Architectural Works
New York Citys Midtown West will be experiencing a large makeover over the coming years. Shortly after Hudson Yards broke ground in late 2012, Brookfield Properties initiated the first [...] Read »
[ January 9, 2013 12:00 to February 21, 2013 18:00. ] Open now until February 21, the Atlas of an Irish City exhibition, hosted by the Irish Architecture Foundation at the Oonagh Young Gallery [...] Read »
News: America's first fully digital public library without a single book is set to open this autumn in San Antonio, Texas, and will be based on the design of an Apple store. (more...) Read »
Opportunity. Challenge. Innovation. These words form the backbone of RMIT University (Melbourne Institute of Technology University) in Australia. Too often, architecture schools become enamored [...] Read »
[ January 25, 2013; 0:00 to 3:00. ] By Design is a two-day inaugural event taking place January 25-26 that aims to build a platform of innovation by engaging key stakeholders through the creative [...] Read »
[ February 4, 2013 0:00 to February 10, 2013 0:00. ] As part of Ajman University of Science & Technologys series of architecture workshops by architects and designers, Emilio Ambasz& will be [...] Read »
Walls of books fold around a wooden staircase in this renovation and extension to a north London home by Hackney studio Platform 5 Architects. (more...) Read »
[ January 23, 2013; 14:00 to 19:00. ] Taking place January 23rd from 2:00pm-7:oopm EST, the Reyner Banham Symposium, ‘On Error’, focuses on how error can be many things. In its most common [...] Read »
Youve reviewed the work selected by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to receive top honors in architecture and interior architecture at the 2013 National Convention and Design [...] Read »
Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has hidden a bamboo-framed conference centre behind a fortified stone wall in the countryside outside Hanoi (+ slideshow). (more...) Read »
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Miscellaneous
Villa Witte was a name I've long loved. I think it offers the most exquisite opportunities for creating a logo. Here is the proper front elevation, which doesn't directly face the road to the [...] Read »
Manhattans far west side is about to become one of the busiest construction sites in the country. Last Tuesday morning, officials gathered at the corner of 9th Avenue and West 33rd Street to [...] Read »
Congregation members of the Lincoln Square Synagogue stepped inside their new $50 million facility this weekend. It is the first new synagogue to be built from the ground up in New York City [...] Read »
Photo via Laughing Squid Dodging security cameras, construction workers, and police, three mildly insane Russian men recently pulled an Alain Robert and managed to climb Moscow's Mercury City [...] Read »
This recycled shipping container stage was created by architecture studio O+A in celebration of Amsterdam’s Over het IJ theatre festival’s 20th anniversary. Made of locally sourced materials, [...] Read »
In Richard Mabey's excellent history—and "defense"—of weeds , previously mentioned on BLDGBLOG back in December , he tells the story of Oxford ragwort, a species native to the volcanic slopes [...] Read »
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Steven Holl on Daeyang Gallery and House
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Some recent tweeting by Paul Goldberger revealed that the Vanity Fair contributing editor had set sail off the coast of L.A. with architects/ seamen Frank Gehry and Greg Lynn. Broadcasting from [...] Read »
Read the rest of EXCLUSIVE Photos of the Worlds Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "clean energy", "sustainable development", abu dhabi, [...] Read »
Photo via Shutterstock Critics of renewable energy often argue that wind and solar power are boutique energy sources that could never satisfy the worlds energy needs, but one new report has [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
Engineering Ministries International has released its list of projects for Spring 2013 (updated here January 21, 2013). Theyre looking for architects, planners and all types of engineers to [...] Read »
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Belgium is set to construct an artificial island in the North Sea that will be used solely as storage for wind energy. Announcing the plans earlier this week, Belgiums North Sea minister Johan [...] Read »
Photo via Shutterstock Could the worlds supply of fertile soil really run out? Thats the question posed by TIME Magazine in a recent Q & A with University of Sydney professor John Crawford, [...] Read »
I was saddened to hear that legendary French interior designer Andrée Putman passed away in Paris Saturday at the age of 87. She might be best know here in New York for designing the [...] Read »
Technology
Read the rest of The Santa Barbara Auto Camp is a Hotel for Airstream Lovers Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: airstream trailer, american riviera, anacapa, Arizona, California, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Inhabitat Tours Abu Dhabis Energy-Plus Masdar City: EXCLUSIVE NEW PHOTOS Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", "solar energy", abu dhabi, clean [...] Read »
Read the rest of Silt Lake City: Floating Hydropolis Could Ride the Tide of the Nile River in Egypt Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", aswan dam, eco [...] Read »
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