Architectural Works
Located in a residential street, near the lively neighborhood of Place d’Italie, the new lodge of the School Ricaut displays its large yellow cube, which replaces the old entrance, refining [...] Read »
The Sophia Library concept proposal for the Helsinki Central Library Competition represents the consolidation of cultural identity, democratic notion and humanistic concepts into a building. [...] Read »
Warming Huts& , an open art and architecture competition on ice has selected five huts that best “push the envelope of design, craft and art” for it’s 2013 edition. Selected from over [...] Read »
[ January 4, 2013 23:00 to February 25, 2013 23:00. January 4, 2013 23:00 to February 25, 2013 23:00. ] ‘ Soviet Modernism 1955 – 1991. Unknown Stories& ’ explores, for the first time comprehensively, [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
The cotton industry consumes a pile of water and emits significant greenhouse gases, but new research reveals that growing cotton in Africa exacts a smaller ecological price. Cotton Made in Africa [...] Read »
Eugene Public Library, central stair (all images by Eckert and Eckert Photography) This post is the third of three marking the 10th anniversary of the Eugene Public Library. You can find the [...] Read »
A new type of concrete has been created by Spanish researchers for buildings in Mediterranean-like climates that encourages the natural, rapid growth of pigmented organisms within the concrete. [...] Read »
Microdocumental producido con motivo de la Mesa Redonda "Arquitectos y emprendedores" dentro de las Jornadas de Formación y Encuentro para Estudiantes de Arquitectura de CREARQ (Consejo de Representantes [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
At some point, every project is subject to compromise. A compromise between the developer’s requirements and the site’s potential, between the architect’s idea and the construction company’s [...] Read »
My commission was to design a workplace that would attract the best engineers in the business. How will I design for this? How will I appreciate the need for a key player to have the solitude [...] Read »
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Google no longer has a monopoly on driverless vehicles. Lexus has unveiled a sneak preview of its luxury LS model equipped with proprietary Intelligent Transport Systems technology, including [...] Read »
The new building adds 6 classrooms, toilets and dressing room to the existing school building dating from modern era of the last century. The old building represents an exemplary antetype of [...] Read »
Barking Town Centre public realm redesign by muf architecture/art. Although I do not have the full listing for SALA's Spring 2013 Lecture series, I do have a few dates to get the ball rolling: [...] Read »
Working with the community in Caracas, Venezuela, interdisciplinary studio Urban Think Tank designed a 4,000m 2 prefab vertical recreational centre to address local need for a safe place for [...] Read »
Opinions
Its hard to decide which aspect of Mark Lascelles Thornton’s drawing project The Happiness Machine is more amazing—the implicit craft and... Read »
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The 5+1 room detached house is located in the residential area of a small town close to Prague. Its narrow and sloping site is shaping the building. The form gently follows the contours of the [...] Read »
My commission was to design a workplace that would attract the best engineers in the business. How will I design for this? How will I appreciate the need for a key player to have the solitude [...] Read »
(c) Matteo Cainer Architects The new National Museum of Afghanistan was envisioned to safeguard the wealth of its cultural heritage and provide a symbol of the strength, pride and traditions [...] Read »
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