Architectural Works
The Principles& just recently completed an interactive project, titled the “Workshop”, for the clothing brand Everlane in the Meatpacking district of New York. As part of the Everlanes Not-a-Shop [...] Read »
PREMIADOS OBRAS CONCLUÃDAS: Prêmio AsBEA - O projeto foi o vencedor na categoria edifÃcios e conjuntos residenciais em 2012. Read »
Designed by FGMF Arquitetos& , the proposal for the Edifício Corujas, aims to create a more humane space to work, going against the traditional mirrored glass cubes located in regions of São [...] Read »
[ January 4, 2013; 14:00 to 16:30. ] The Dynamic Behaviors in Processing Webinar, which takes place January 4th from 2:00-4:30pm EST and put on by modeLab, will go in depth with the process of [...] Read »
As the 2012 Jencks Award winner, Rem Koolhaas& charts the evolution of his ideas and built projects in this lecture provided by RIBA. He describes a double life split between practice and theory, [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Youd think that the worlds tallest building a structure that requires amazingly complex engineering and technology to reach its heights would have an equally impressive sewage system. Unfortunately, [...] Read »
The University of Texas (UT) at Austin has withdrawn a prominent study of the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” the controversial process used for extraction of [...] Read »
This post is the first of three marking the 10th anniversary of the Eugene Public Library. Itâs hard for me to believe itâs been a full decade since the new main branch of the Eugene [...] Read »
The event itself, a week or so into the new year, will involve little fuss, simply a few households moving into refurbished flats. But the symbolism is momentous: a rebirth for one of Britains [...] Read »
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Piano apparently sketched his idea on a restaurant napkin while meeting property developer Irvine Sellar in March 2000. According to Piano's architectural firm, RPBW, Sellar keeps the famous [...] Read »
Solar technologies are constantly evolving towards higher efficiencies thanks to the development of materials capable of absorbing more of the suns visible energy. A new DARPA-funded project [...] Read »
Yes, we survived 2012 and now live to tell the tale of the January 2013 Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events .The year starts out this Thursday, with Friends of Downtown asking What Do You [...] Read »
News from Hadrianâs World the Madonna di Loreto and Trajan's Column, from Piazza Venezia Iâm winding up my manuscript on Emulation to deliver to the publisher. Itâs been [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
The nexus between architecture and landscape – the interstitial space – is a fascinating place for a designer. It is the very edges of things; in nature, in objects and in buildings that [...] Read »
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Technology
This futuristic bike from nCycle combines a stripped-down and streamlined frame with a powerful electric motor to offer a speedy alternative to automotive transportation. The fold-up bicycle [...] Read »
Theres a new cure for champagne-induced New Year’s Eve hangovers. We used to think that Bloody Marys or a cup of coffee were miracle hangover cures, but new research shows that a few stalks [...] Read »
Read the rest of Boat-Shaped Nueva Esperanza School in Ecuador Was Built With Bamboo, Timber and Straw Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", agriculture, bamboo, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Haus im Haus: Hamburgs Historic Chamber of Commerce Renovated With a Gleaming Glass Gem Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, Benisch Architecten, [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
The oversize public monuments and buildings in the capital of North Korea confirm the subservience of the citizen to the state and display the ghastly aesthetic imperatives of totalitarian art. [...] Read »
A ski resort in Arizona has been angling to use artificial snow to bolster its slopes for the last seven years, but a slew of legal issues has prevented them from doing so until now. After [...] Read »
The 4,000m 2 Museum of Biodiversity situated on the mouth of the Panama Canal in Panama City is Frank Gehry's first project in Latin America. Exhibition coordinator, Darien Montañes, explains [...] Read »
Video
Uto Elementary School by Kazuhiro Kojima + Kazuko Akamatsu / CAt
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