Architectural Works
Quickly rising on the corner of 14th Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan, this new, multipurpose facility will soon become the “heart” of The New School an avant-garde university in New [...] Read »
This doctor's surgery in the Austrian Alps by Graz-based architects Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher was inspired by small wooden hay barns that dot the local landscape (+ slideshow). (more...) Read »
This animation by architect Andrea Stinga and graphic designer Federico Gonzalez depicts the best-known buildings of 26 famous architects, one for each letter of the alphabet. (more...) Read »
Launched in 1930 by Battista Pinin Farina, the Italian car design firm Pininfarina is now run by the founders grandson Paolo Pininfarina. The company has partnered with all the big hitters [...] Read »
Designed by Irad Shomroni and Josef Shushan& , the proposal for the Yad Le’Banim Building Cultural and Memorial Center seeks to emphasize the duality between everyday life activities and [...] Read »
Junichiro Tanizaki’s (1886-1965) book In Praise of Shadows& has been haunting me lately. There it sits on my shelf, as it has for years, ever since it was part of a reading list for an art [...] Read »
Taking advantage of solid timbers unique benefits, the Timber Café by BAKOKO& , an emerging Tokyo architecture practice, is a proposal for a sustainable pop-up restaurant. The temporary building [...] Read »
These shots by photographer Edmund Sumner show some of the first visitors able to scale the roof of the O2 Arena in London, thanks to a new fabric walkway designed by architects Rogers Stirk [...] Read »
Mayeul Akpovi& shared with us a time lapse video he made, which goes through a sequence of experiences and places, highlighting the day and night life of the big city. Paris in Motion includes [...] Read »
Richard Meier & Partners Architects is pleased to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Richard Meier& ’s prolific architecture career. In recognition of his contributions to architecture and [...] Read »
As if it wasn’t full enough, multifaceted artist Pharrell is adding architecture to his wheelhouse, which already consists of being a rapper, singer, record producer, composer, writer, radio [...] Read »
Weve just stumbled upon this awesome video from Frederico Gonzalez of Ombú Architecture which shows, quite simply, the works of 26 architects, from A to Z. A is for Aalto, B is for Barragan, [...] Read »
The angled columns of an earthquake-proof structure frame a series of window slits on the exterior of this Tokyo research laboratory by KINO Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) Read »
[ February 26, 2013 22:00 to April 27, 2013 22:00. ] Following the conclusion of David Chipperfield’s 2012 Venice Biennale, the British Pavilion has brought its investigations back to the UK [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
I was deeply saddened to learn this week that Ada Louise Huxtable had passed away. For those of us who write about buildings, she was a titan: a historical figure who basically invented the profession [...] Read »
The new Casillo Headquarters are located in the outskirts of the city of Bari, Italy, in its industrial zone. The surface area of the intervention is of approximately 6,000 square meters, part [...] Read »
The Nissan Leaf electric vehicle has only been on the market since 2010, but Nissan is giving it some significant upgrades for the 2013 model. Nissan has announced that the 2013 Nissan Leaf will [...] Read »
As a species, we waste an amazing amount of food. According to Natural Resources Defense Council, people chuck an incredible 40% of all food we produce. Dumpster divers have long sought to live [...] Read »
Here now, Past Lives, in which Curbed contributor Chris Berger explores what some of the country's most interesting residential buildings used to be before they became livable homes. Care to [...] Read »
Latvian architecture firm NRJA (which stands for No Rules, Just Architecture ) is one of the most exciting firms working in Europe today. Floating Barn, the firms latest project, is a lakeside [...] Read »
Although scientists have been aware that the polar ice sheets are melting faster than previously expected, the consequential rise in sea levels may be much higher than anyone predicted. A new [...] Read »
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The 2013 International CES officially kicked off yesterday in Las Vegas. Many automakers are using the show to showcase their latest vehicle technologies, which range from fully autonomous cars [...] Read »
Central Eastside railway (photo by Brian Libby) BY BRIAN LIBBY In Tuesday's New York Times, Lisa Foderado reports on an initiative underway in the Queens borough of New York City to replicate [...] Read »
After nine years and $135 million, the Yale Art Galleries on the universitys campus in New Haven, Connecticut, have reopened to display the treasures you more typically find in a big-city museum. [...] Read »
Toronto-based firm ATELIER3AM is sharing us their third place-winning entry for the international architectural competition, Innovative Bioclimatic European School complex in Crete, Greece - [...] Read »
The beluga whale, also known as the Canary of the Sea, could become as much of a harbinger of danger as its feathered namesake. The pure white whales of Cook Inlet, Alaska are at a great risk [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of Beam Me Up: Out of This World Ice Hotel Room Dazzles With Glowing UFOs! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", beam me up, Green Building, [...] Read »
South America’s first solar thermal plant has just opened in Antofagasta, Chile. Designed and constructed by Abengoa, the plant will harvest 10 megawatts of solar energy for the Minera El Tesoro [...] Read »
Read the rest of Under the Moonlight is a Gorgeous Archetypal Home Built With Glass, Stone and Wood in Australia Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: australia, Contemporary Home, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Living Trees Grow Through the Ceiling of Cadaval & Sola-Morales Tepoztlan Lounge in Mexico Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture, Botanical, Cadaval [...] Read »
Most hybrid and electric cars dont combust fuel at slow speeds, which makes them virtually silent. Its a peaceful way to travel, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration fears [...] Read »
Alex Cochrane Architects updated this traditional Victorian boathouse in England with a beautiful renovation that transforms it into a creative refuge overlooking a lake. The London-based design [...] Read »
Read the rest of Loch Ness Glamping Provides Cozy Eco Camping Pods for Monster Watching & Outdoor Adventure Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: camping, eco camping, eco camping [...] Read »
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Anti-Arctic oil drilling campaigners sighed with relief yesterday as Shells Kulluk oil rig (which ran aground in Alaska with some 140,000 gallons of diesel on board) was safely towed away. The [...] Read »
Photo by Shutterstock Its official: Last year was the hottest year ever recorded in the contiguous United States. The National Climate Data Center announced today that the average temperature [...] Read »
South Korean architect Sae Min Oh of Gangnam-based bang by min emerging design group has sent us photographs of H-House, his award-winning residential building in Seoul's Seongbuk-dong neighborhood. [...] Read »
Indicating his ambitions for the next showcase in 2014, Koolhaas said he planned to give a new look to architectures basic elements to see if we can discover something new about architecture. [...] Read »
Yale University is under fire from its own faculty for a new collaboration with the National University of Singapore (NUS). Pelli Clarke Pelli is designing the campus of what will be a four-year [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Ford just launched its new MyEnergi Lifestyle collaboration, which show how a family can reduce their electricity bills and CO2 footprint by integrating home appliance technology with a plug-in [...] Read »
Yesterday Ada Louise Huxtable died at the age of 91. Admiration for the influential architecture critic can be found all over the internet , on architecture and other websites reporting on her [...] Read »
Qcha is a unique, modular cat home created by three young Italian designers. With large openings and a soft carpet inside for long naps, Qcha is the perfect indoor or outdoor home for a cat. [...] Read »
Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes by Sol LeWitt.
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Sandakan Memorial Architectural Model ARCHITECTURE, SETTINGS, MEMORY: SANDAKAN MEMORIAL IN KINGS PARK Sandakan Death Marches, described as the worst atrocity committed against Australians deserves [...] Read »
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