Architectural Works
INABA has completed Skylight& , a permanent installation for KORO Public Art Norway. The 6.6 m (22 ft) diameter, 11.5 m (38 ft) long structure hangs from the foyer of the New Concert Hall [...] Read »
To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Finnish design company Artek showcases its latest lighting project, White, devised by the companys design director Ville Kokkonen. Since forming in 1935 [...] Read »
[ January 17, 2013 0:00 to March 10, 2013 0:00. ] Opening tomorrow, January 17, at the Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, the In Dialogue with the World exhibition, which [...] Read »
News: the architect behind the competition-winning design for a new parliament in Baghdad has spoken out against "fashionable icon building" amid rumours that the Iraqi authorities are in discussions [...] Read »
On August 15th, 2007 a powerful earthquake hit the region of Ica, Perú, destroying the small Maria Auxiliadora School. The first responders left after a matter of months, but the damage remained. [...] Read »
Wearing masks with the faces of Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa, architects and urban planners swarmed the 50th Annual IAB (Institute of Architects of Brazil) Awards in Rio de Janeiro this week. [...] Read »
Designed by STAPL Architects& at the popular diving hub of the Philippines, the Oceo Drive tourist resort is a beachfront property which has multiple dwelling options ranging from single studio [...] Read »
For the 4th consecutive year, we are proud to announce the Building of the Year Awards. During the past year we continued to grow, reaching over 280,000 daily visitors and close to 70 million [...] Read »
A conceptual space station that was conceived in the 1920s inspired the spiralling structure of this culture and technology centre in Slovenia. (more...) Read »
Created and conceived by Patrick Duffy, the creative director of the OUT NYC, and designed by award-winning Italian designer and architect Antonio Pio Saracino, the Arches of Hope installation [...] Read »
John Robertson Architects (JRA)& just won an international competition to design a new 16,400m2 headquarters for BANKMED in Beirut, Lebanon. Located at the center of the Mina El Hosn district [...] Read »
The highly acclaimed Los Angeles-based practice Brooks + Scarpa Architects , along with KZF Design Studio& , have released plans for a new Interfaith Chapel at the University of North Florida. [...] Read »
A team of architects including Belgian studio JDS Architects and Danish firm CEBRA are close to completing this harbour-side housing development modelled on a cluster of floating icebergs [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
This autumn—October 12-19, 2013— High Desert Tests Sites aims "to take in everything from Joshua Tree, California, to Albuquerque, New Mexico," through a weeklong open event in which "artists [...] Read »
When I first heard of Paju Bookcity, I imagined a bibliophilic paradise of human-scaled buildings with legible facades nestled side-by-side like volumes on a shelf. When I traveled to the real [...] Read »
Photo via Shutterstock The government of Canada’s Ontario province has announced that the last of Ontario’s coal plants will be shut down by the end of 2014. It will become the first North [...] Read »
Nissan has given the 2013 Nissan Leaf several updates for the 2013 model year, which includes some styling tweaks, a faster charger and more features. The best part is that the 2013 Leaf starts [...] Read »
Read the rest of NAIAS 2013: Tesla Brings Gullwing Model X to the Detroit Auto Show Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013 Detroit Auto Show, 2013 NAIAS, detroit auto show, electric [...] Read »
Read the rest of NAIAS 2013: Mercedes Unveils Sleek New CLA Class Compact Sedan in Detroit Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013 Detroit Auto Show, 2013 NAIAS, CLA Class, detroit [...] Read »
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Ada Louise Huxtable (photo by L. Garth Huxtable) BY DAN HANECKOW Ada Louise Huxtable, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times and Wall Street Journal architectural critic as well as a celebrated [...] Read »
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Read the rest of NAIAS 2013: Acura Confirms Details for Luxury RLX Hybrid Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013 Detroit Auto Show, 2013 NAIAS, Acura, Acura RLX Hybrid, detroit [...] Read »
Used in the manufacturing of solar cells, silicon wafers are an integral component that also create a sizable financial loss for the solar industry. About 5-10 percent of wafers get damaged during [...] Read »
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Nope, this is not a still from Blade Runner . It’s smog in Beijing . Read »
The Art Institute of Chicago has announced the appointment of Judith Russi Kirshner . . . photograph: Charlie Dietz as the museum's new Deputy Director for Education and Woman's Board Endowed [...] Read »
Read the rest of NAIAS 2013: We Check Out Nissans New Quick-Charging 2013 Leaf EV Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013 Detroit Auto Show, 2013 Leaf, 2013 NAIAS, detroit auto [...] Read »
Games of change occupy an important place in the leisure industry. They usually function in secret, in back rooms, private circles or on the internet. In the last two decades the presence of [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of X Marks the Spot at the Striking Naturally Daylit NEO Bankside Residences in London Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco [...] Read »
Read the rest of LOT-EKs Sanlitun South is an Urban Shipping Container Village in Beijing Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Beijing, Cargotecture, eco design, eco shopping, eco [...] Read »
Read the rest of Antony Gibbons Lord of the Rings-Style Treehouses Could Offer Elvish Accommodations for Humans Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Antony Gibbon, Antony Gibbon [...] Read »
Read the rest of BNKR Arquitectura Builds an Entire Pavilion from 5,000 Recycled Coca-Cola Crates Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bnkr arquitectura, BNKR Arquitectura pavilion, [...] Read »
In the last several years eco designer Adital Ela has dedicated her time to the earth by developing Terra a brand of bio furniture made from compressed earth and agricultural waste. Terra is [...] Read »
Take a look at your desk. Is it cluttered with pens? Wires hanging tangled up everywhere? Electronic devices hiding under piles of papers? B&A Studio in Houston, TX has created an awesome modular [...] Read »
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In my inbox today. Note that this next PK night Denver will be hosted at our office. Hope to see you there! For those of you who plan ahead, mark your [...] Read »
NASA’s Earth Observatory has released startling new satellite images of the thick layer of smog that engulfed Beijing over the weekend. Two images, taken on January 14 and January 3, 2013, [...] Read »
Blu® Homes is now offering “start to finish” project management services so that they can more easily provide customers with precision-engineered, green prefabricated houses. BluServ™ [...] Read »
Read the rest of NAIAS 2013: Acura Brings Its Awesome NSX Concept Sports Hybrid Back to Detroit Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013 Detroit Auto Show, 2013 NAIAS, Acura, Acura [...] Read »
Photo via DesignBoom A tiny home carved from a guitar? Check. Let's move on to bigger, stranger things, like these architectural miniatures built to be fully functional vacuum cleaners by Dutch [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Fashion week is coming up soon and I'm not looking forward to all the crazy colorful street style characters looking for attention. Right now, I'm inspired by a return to black and white simplicity [...] Read »
click images for larger view It was proclaimed "the most spectacular building ever constructed in the Loop" at its 1985 opening, but the James R. Thompson Center has also always been the building [...] Read »
In front of a packed room inside the Capitol Records building in Hollywood yesterday, the Getty announced details of the next installment of Pacific Standard Time, the popular series of art and [...] Read »
The Oerlikon Bührle Areal is an administration building in Seebach, Zurich, which had its heyday in the 1970s. After a period of being vacant, the building was resurrected with the premise [...] Read »
Read the rest of NAIAS 2013: Nissans Resonance Concept Hybrid Makes its Global Debut Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013 Detroit Auto Show, 2013 NAIAS, concept car, detroit [...] Read »
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