Architectural Works
[ February 20, 2013 18:00 to April 13, 2013 18:00. ] Iwan Baan& s name may ring a bell for all those following Hurricane Sandys devastation across New York City and New Jerseys coast. The [...] Read »
This shop and office complex by Dutch architects MVRDV is disguised as an old farmhouse, but its walls and roof are actually made from glass. (more...) Read »
Make Architects& was just granted planning permission by the Crown Estate for the £450million St. James Market development plan located in the heart of Westminster, UK. Also given the go ahead [...] Read »
STUDIO architecture and urbanism magazine is currently accepting proposals for our forthcoming issue TRANSFORMATION. This issue aims to investigate which were, are, and will be the dynamics and [...] Read »
Parasitic dwellings for homeless people would cling to the sides of lamp posts in this concept by British architecture graduate Milo Ayden De Luca (+ slideshow + movie). (more...) Read »
Designed by Aflalo & Gasperini Arquitetos& , the Trump Towers is an innovative project that will contribute to the development of the port area of Rio de Janeiro, the future home of the 2016 [...] Read »
The lower floor of this long narrow house by Dutch studio 123DV is mostly buried beneath two grassy mounds (+ slideshow). (more...) Read »
[ February 28, 2013 0:00 to March 3, 2013 0:00. ] Going back to where it all started, TEX-FAB& will be holding their Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication Conference at the University of [...] Read »
The Menil Collection Houston, designed by architect Renzo Piano& , has been selected for the 2013 AIA Twenty-five Year Award. Recognizing architectural design of enduring significance, the [...] Read »
At almost a mile long Superkilen wedges through one of the most ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighborhoods in Denmark creating a truly unique urban space with a strong identity [...] Read »
Read the rest of The BEEBOX Mobile Office Pod Creates an Instant Co-Working Space Anywhere Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Amsterdam, beebox, beehive, co-working, co-working [...] Read »
Four years after breaking ground, Steven Holl Architects& have completed the Sliced Porosity Block in the heart of Chengdu, China. Rather than being designed as object-icon skyscrapers, [...] Read »
This translucent cabin by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates is an experimental house in Hokkaidō, Japan, designed to test the limits of architecture in cold climates (+ slideshow). (more...) Read »
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Miscellaneous
It seems as if a day can’t go by without a new announcement from Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Brooklyn Paper reported Tuesday that park planners are pushing for a free bouldering wall to be built [...] Read »
The latest addition to Chicago's Magnificent Mile has polarized the city's architecture critics. Cheryl Kent—Blair Kamin's stand-in at the Chicago Tribune while he takes in all Cambridge, MA, [...] Read »
Barn Light Electric has announced its launch a a new line of lighting fixtures that utilize innovative LED technology from Cree, Inc., an innovator in LED lighting. Barn Light is combining its [...] Read »
Blogging dogged eared thoughts some loose, coincidental noticings that deserve recording& Im looking forward to seeing some of Hadids work further iterated in the future by the algorithms [...] Read »
The main purpose of this community would be to isolate its residents from the propaganda that Beck believes Americans are exposed to in their current society, as well as provide them with freedom [...] Read »
When trying to squeeze every last penny out of your utilities, picking the right light bulb could go a long way towards reducing your bills. LED bulbs have exploded in popularity due to their [...] Read »
The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, has been honored with the 2013 AIA Twenty-Five Year Award. Renzo Piano designed the museum to house Dominique de Menil’s impressive collection of primitive [...] Read »
Earlier this week, we published the winners of the 2013 AIA Institute Honor Awards with eight projects from around the world being recognized in the category "Regional and Urban Design." One [...] Read »
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The AIA today selected the Menil Collection Houston, designed by Renzo Piano, to receive the 2013 AIA Twenty-five Year Award. Read »
Read the rest of Seven Sizzling Hybrid and Electric Cars from the 2013 Detroit Auto Show Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013 Detroit Auto Show, Acura, Acura NSX Concept, cadillac, [...] Read »
The Cottage Series is a line of traditionally-inspired prefab bungalows by Studio 29 Architecture and Method Homes. Classic in style and efficient by design, the series is designed for adaptability [...] Read »
Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary Richard Davey announced plans for expanding and maintaining the states transportation system on Monday. The improvements outlined in the [...] Read »
[Image: An otherwise unrelated photo of lift bags being used in underwater archaeology; via NOAA ]. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA , is hoping to implement a global infrastructure [...] Read »
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Inhabitots editor-in-chief, Jill Fehrenbacher, had a chance to give Hushamoks gorgeous baby hammock a try with her sweet six-week-old newborn baby. The hammock comes complete with an elegant [...] Read »
Photo via Shutterstock Japans Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has announced plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm near Fukushima as part of plans to reconstruct the [...] Read »
Patterns in design are important when it comes to architecture. In fact, they can help an architecture to meet many needs at once because patterns speak multiple languages . Patterns in design [...] Read »
The entry "Urban Canyon" by the design consortium of Synthesis Design + Architecture and Shenzhen General Architectural Design Institute has recently been awarded first place in the invited international [...] Read »
Click here to view the full photogallery. The prolific minimalist Richard Meier is now one of the world's most famous architects, with a reputation that has drawn marquee commissions from developers [...] Read »
Photo via Shutterstock Oil exploration, production and transportation in the United States may suffer from endemic failures in technology, regulation and common sense, but that doesnt appear [...] Read »
A brand new green building project is set to become one of the worlds most sustainable commercial office builds not for the new and innovative technology it has implemented but for the unique [...] Read »
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In 2011 we wrote about Solar Ship, a helium zero-emissions cargo plane that is capable of delivering much-needed goods to people in remote areas where vehicles simply cannot reach. Today, Solar [...] Read »
A recent study conducted at the University of California has shown how teeth-growing techniques of marine snails can be applied to the solar industry, helping to create improved solar cells and [...] Read »
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But the insights of the maturing sciences of nature and human natureof evolution and ecology and how human biology interacts with an environmentare only beginning to be applied systematically [...] Read »
Stop by New Yorks John Houshmand Showroom on Thursday, January 17 from 6:00 to 9:00p.m. to take in some art and music, part of the Soundwall exhibition. Ed Potakars sound sculptures, audio [...] Read »
Read the rest of NAIAS 2013: Chinese Automaker Guangzhou Shows Off Three Green Electric and Hybrid Models in Detroit Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2013 Detroit Auto Show, 2013 [...] Read »
The location in the south suburbs of Salt Lake City is an up-and-coming region for tech business sometimes called "Silicon Slope." Adobe's new campus will operate as the company's digital marketing [...] Read »
With todays groundbreaking, were taking a major step forward in the transformation and rebirth of the Far West Side of Manhattan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said from the podium at the corner [...] Read »
Technology
As sea levels rise, beaches are the first things to go as waters engulf the lowest-lying land. But a recent study by Andrew Cooper, Professor of Coastal Studies, indicates that beaches naturally [...] Read »
Read the rest of Singapores Gardens by the Bay Feature the Worlds Largest Climate-Controlled Greenhouses Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", climate [...] Read »
Climate change has led to the deterioration of the world’s coral reefs, but the decline of Madagascars Grand Recif of Toliara was brought about by old-fashioned trampling. An influx of seaside [...] Read »
Read the rest of Antony Gibbons Inhabit Treehouse Lets You Sleep High Up in the Trees Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Antony Gibbon, Antony Gibbon Designs, cedar cladding, Daylighting, [...] Read »
Read the rest of PHOTOS: Siemens LEED Platinum Headquarters at Masdar City Nears Completion Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", "leed", abu dhabi, Ólafur Ragnar [...] Read »
Dominican designer Richard Moreta Castillo has proposed an innovative solution for cyclists stuck in congested cities packed with cars a 10 kilometer elevated bike path that lets bike riders [...] Read »
The worlds oldest trees are dying off at an alarming rate, according to recent study by Australian National University professor David Lindenmayer. Research conducted on some of the worlds [...] Read »
Kickstarter projects help the world become a better place through thoughtful design, and it looks like their new headquarters will follow that philosophy as well. Located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, [...] Read »
Opinions
Filip Dujardin’s architectural “fictions,” as he calls them, are a typology unto themselves. Stitched together from photographs of conventional buildings,... Read »
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