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  • Russian Evolution

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    November 7, 1917 marks the second stage of the Russian Revolution when Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky lead Communist revolutionaries in a violent overthrow and captured the Winter Palace. You may have seen slightly different dates for these events - Russia still used the Julian calendar. But by any records, Russia's political upheaval brought dramatic changes, including a transformation in the visual arts. Join us for a photo tour of Architecture in Russia. And, to learn more about the Russian Revolution, see this history timeline, from About European History. Shown here: Hermitage Winter…

  • Born on November 6: Jean Louis Charles Garnier

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    French architect Jean Louis Charles Garnier was born on November 6, 1825. Garnier was inspired by Roman pageantry and aspired to design buildings that had the drama of a pageant. When he designed the Opéra in Paris, Garnier combined classical ideas with over-the-top ornamentation. More French Architecture: Architecture in France Born on November 6: Jean Louis Charles Garnier originally appeared on About.com Architecture on Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 01:00:00.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • The Dawn of Deco

    3 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Archaeologist Howard Carter thrilled the world when, on November 4, 1922, he discovered steps leading down to the ancient tomb of King Tutankhamen. Soon a fascination for Egypt found expression in clothing, jewelry, furniture, graphic design and - of course - architecture. By 1925, the world had a jazzy new style known as Art Deco... The Dawn of Deco originally appeared on About.com Architecture on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 01:00:00.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • Obama Names Mayne

    2 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Obama has named the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne to serve on the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. It will be interesting to see whether Mayne can bring an architectural air to the Committee, which throws illustrious members like cellist Yo-Yo MA together with popular icons like "The Devil Wears Prada" fashion editor Anna Wintour. The 26-member group is charged with fostering arts activities through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) . Obama Names…

  • Is Your House a Queen?

    1 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    From charming cottages to towered mansions, there's nothing like a Queen Anne house. Is your house a Queen? Here's your chance to show off! Show us your Queen Anne See Queen Anne house pictures About the Queen Anne Style Above: The owners moved this Queen Anne house from Pasadena to San Pedro, California. Photo © Tyler McLaughlinIs Your House a Queen? originally appeared on About.com Architecture on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 00:00:52.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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  • Hello

    Bubbarob
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:56 pm
    I'm new to the forums. My name is Bubba. I have worked in RE for about 4 years and am looking to get a economic degree and hopefully go on to a MRED. I actually found this site looking for good Real Estate Development programs. Just wanted to introduce myself Also how do I private message? Sorry for the noob question. I wasn't able to find any info on it

  • UCI's Open House Event (Nov. 12) and Info. about UCI's strenghts

    ToPlanIsMyFuture
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:35 pm
    1) I am in town and will attend. Who else is going? 2) For all the planners out there... What is UCI known for, good for, how hard is it to get in and how marketable is their planning degree?

  • 2010 Cyburbia Death Pool (Traditional Version)

    Bear Up North
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pm
    Cyburbia Death Pool 2010 Traditional Version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hear ye! Hear ye! Step right up, boys and girls, step right up......we are proud to pry open, for the first time ever, that tasteless and fun "slam bam, git in the dirt, m'am" thread.....The Cyburbia Death Pool 2010 Edition, Traditional Version. Come on down, join the festivities! We are absolutely positive that Calendar Year 2010 will bring us..... Folks that die that we expected to die. Folks that die that we did not expect to die. Real surprise deaths.

  • higher advantage if no fin.aid??

    krbxtigerz
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:36 am
    I was wondering if someone who does not apply to be considered for fin. aid has a better chance of getting admitted. For ex., if you say "no" for fin. aid consideration on the application. OR does it not matter at all? Also, how generous are schools with fin. aid to international applicants?

  • Conditional variances

    SWMPlanner
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:51 am
    Are there limits to the types of conditions the ZBA can attach to a variance request? Can there be a time frame for a variance, such as allowing a fence, but only for a period of ten years (just an example)?
 
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  • Urban Age Istanbul: City of Intersections

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pm
    "Cities have always been global nodes where people, cultures and goods intersect. More than any other of the Urban Age cities, Istanbul has performed this function for several thousand years: a global �hinge� city that connects civilisations and continents. While it may not be growing at the dizzying pace of Mumbai or Shanghai, nor suffering from the widening social inequality and violence of S�o Paulo, Mexico City or Johannesburg, Istanbul faces many of the same challenges confronted by all Urban Age cities including London, Berlin and New York: economic stability, social cohesion and…

  • Serrano Pecorari & Asociados

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:03 pm
    Serrano Pecorari & Asociados was founded in 1968 as an Integrated Solution Company in the fields of Architecture, Technology, Urban Planning, Engineering and Design. The R&D Department at Serrano Pecorari & Asociados, has conducted a Special Programme entitled �4D Cities�, which has made focus on the fields of Urban Planning, Urban Infrastructure and Transportation, structured from a set of Projects that will shape the future sustainable development of contemporary mega-cities, from a paradigmatic shift in urban mobility and the conception of a new urban order.

  • Fall/Winter 2009 Lecture Posters

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:33 pm
    Until we put the posters on Archinect in full-size/print-friendly format, enjoy the samples we've uploaded to the Archinect Facebook Fan page. If your school's poster isn't included it make sure to send it to us - archinect@gmail.com

  • SCI-Arc Staying Put?

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:22 pm
    Eric Owen Moss dispels the rumors and corrects the record: The school's lease is not up next year but in a decade, things are pretty chill with the landlord, and�most importantly�SCI-Arc would never leave downtown. The Architect's Newspaper | Previously

  • Gunman opens fire in architecture office in Orlando, Florida

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am
    Jason Rodriguez, reportedly a former employee of architecture and engineering firm RS&H, opened fire today in his previous workplace. Last count is 2 dead and 6 injured. Orlando police are still searching for him. Google News Update: He's been caught
 
 
 
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  • Today's archidose #367

    John
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:15 pm
    Here are some photos of 4143 Buena Vista in Dallas, Texas by Ron Wommack Architect, 2009. Photographs are by fake_plastic_earth.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or:: Tag your photos archidose

  • NYC Guide RFB (Request for Buildings)

    John
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
    As indicated in my announcement about A Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture, a book I'm writing, to be published by W. W. Norton, I'd like to solicit opinions as to what projects should be included in the book. If you'd like to help, read on for some selection criteria before sending me your suggestions.Projects in the book will fall into two broad categories:1. Those completed between 2000-20102. Those planned for completion after 2010I'm interested in both, but primarily the first, as they will make up the bulk of the book. Those in the second category, which I will include in…

  • Architize Me

    John
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Monday was the official beta launch* of Architizer, "a new way for architects to interact, show their work, and find clients...an open community created by architects for architects." Developed by Marc Kushner, Matthias Hollwich (both of HWKN), Ben Prosky (Columbia University) and Alex Diehl (KREATIVEKONZEPTION*), the site is being referred to as "Facebook for architects" by many, what with its social networking framework, but it's actually closer to LinkedIn's focus on professional relationships. Comparisons aside, at first glance Architizer is a sharp-looking page that is almost guaranteed…

  • NOV Events

    John
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
    Some ongoing and upcoming events of note in NYC worth highlighting. And don't forget tomorrow is the Design Trust for Public Space's annual benefit and Saturday is the Institute for Urban Design's Arrested Development symposium at Cooper Union. 'Tis a busy month.: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :PERFORMA 09The third edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performance, will be held in New York City from November 1–22, 2009, showcasing new work by more than 150 of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists.Here are some…

  • Issuu Ruummage

    John
    2 Nov 2009 | 11:45 pm
    A few weeks ago I discovered Issuu -- "the leading digital publishing platform delivering exceptional reading experiences of magazines, books, catalogs, reports, and more" -- when I was separately sent a preview of a magazine and a new book. Issuu's interface allows one to flip pages, zoom and pan, and download as a PDF file, among other features. At the time I did not explore the rest of the site, though revisiting Issuu recently I clicked on the "Related" sidebar and searched around, finding some decent architecture selections, presented below. In general, though, the architecture-related…
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  • "Ideological Mildew"

    enrique
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:46 pm
    Against ideological mildew, from Z (dir. Costa Gavras, 1969) (Source)In the opening moments of his political ciné-romanZ (1969), director Costa Gavras shows us a room filled with uniformed government officials. All are listening to a lecture concerning the proper maintenance of crops. The speaker, an elderly, knowledgeable-looking fellow, shows an image of a blighted olive leaf—a portent if ever there was one, an indication that things are not what they seem. This lecturer then steps aside to introduce a stern, mustachioed General (Pierre Dux) who quickly elaborates on the political…

  • Structural Engineering: A Hipster's Tale

    enrique
    1 Nov 2009 | 8:08 pm
    Structural engineering is hip. In fact, it is so hip, that structural engineering has perhaps become a kind of emblem for erudition. A cocktail conversation or beer bust suddenly enters another plane of hipsterdom as Gustave Eiffel, Ove Arup, or Félix Candela are namechecked in the same breath as Television, The Flying Burrito Brothers, or Buzzcocks. That structural engineering has some level of hip caché becomes evident in David Gordon Green's hipster-action-stonerroman Pineapple Express (2008). You may remember the scene where Saul Silver (James Franco) confesses to Dale Denton (Seth…

  • A Sentient City is a City

    enrique
    14 Oct 2009 | 6:26 pm
    Too Smart City's regurgitating trash can (Source)I must start off this piece on Toward the Sentient City with an admission: as I write this, I am unsure as to what my own take on this excellent and thought-provoking exhibition should be. Which hat do I wear? Am I a technologist? Kinda. An architect? Definitely not (although I am affiliated with an architecture school). Urbanist? Unless someone can offer me a specific definition for this term, or circumscribe its putative scope, my only response is, who isn't an urbanist? So let me spin this question around and redirect it somewhat: What…

  • For The Interactive Set ....

    enrique
    2 Oct 2009 | 8:41 pm
    Fox and Kemp, Interactive Architecture (2009)History affords a glimpse into the future. This may seem counter-intuitive, but it really isn't. For example, history can be used to legitimize an architectural agenda in order to project it into an alternative realm. We like to call this mode of writing "operative history"—a kind of history writing that looks to contemporary architecture to make a claim as to what building will and should be. This kind of writing has been a staple in architecture schools for decades and continues to provide designers, educators and scholars with a fulcrum with…

  • Fourth Walls and Theaters of Operation

    enrique
    7 Sep 2009 | 10:26 am
    The Immelmann III, Hitler's Ju-52/3m (Registration D-2600)If the war were literally a mere theaterof war and its sea of corpses onlysimulacra, behind the screen of whichvarious technologies fought for their orour future, then indeed everythingworks out as it does in media, which,from drama to computers, onlytransport informationFriedrich Kittler, "Media and Drugs in Pynchon's Second World War", in John Johnson, ed.Literature, Media, Information Systems: Essays (Amsterdam: G+B Arts, 1997), p. 103.A wide expanse of clouded sky unfurls in front of the camera eye. The opening titles, a series of…
 
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  • Brick-Wheel.

    Christoph
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:17 am
    Alternative uses - via today and tomorrow.content by anArchitecture

  • Change Paradigms in Building Culture - Blog Action Day 2009.

    Christoph
    15 Oct 2009 | 2:28 pm
    Can technology bridge the gap between our lifestyle and its resource consumption? What when technology fails to deliver a simple solutions for the world’s population energy demands? We (collectively) would need 1.3 planets to sustain today's world average per capita consumption (for Europe about three planets and the US even five). What is when 1.3 billion Chinese achieve Europe’s consumption level (and hopefully they do)? Shouldn’t we better change our consumption habits? An impossible demand of course – the more so as (economic) growth is still the most important task we face.Maybe…

  • Dirty Old Loos.

    Christoph
    11 Oct 2009 | 11:53 am
    Adolf Loos, 1905, source: wikipediaCan we separate the artist from his art? By implication we assume that outstanding personalities are supposed to have a high moral integrity. If the artist is outstanding we might take the personallity for granted.Surely not for Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933). In 1928, architect Loos was accused of sexual child abuse. The court acquitted Loos in the absence of credible evidence to prove his guilt. However, Adolf Loos was convicted of seducing a minor and was sentenced to four month in prison. (for german speaking readers see "Pyjama und Verbrechen", by Andreas…

  • Simple Minimalism.

    Christoph
    29 Sep 2009 | 10:55 pm
    Umspannwerk / transformerstation Kenlderstraße, Wien / ViennaWhat a façade!content by anArchitecture

  • Lexikon der gesamten Technik.

    Christoph
    24 Sep 2009 | 8:26 am
    The encyclopedia of architectural, engineering and manufacturing technology ("Lexikon der gesamten Technik."), by Otto Lueger, first published in 1894, now public domain because its copyright has expired. See parts of the great collection on the wikipedia.content by anArchitecture
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  • Urban Age Istanbul: City of Intersections

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pm
    "Cities have always been global nodes where people, cultures and goods intersect. More than any other of the Urban Age cities, Istanbul has performed this function for several thousand years: a global �hinge� city that connects civilisations and continents. While it may not be growing at the dizzying pace of Mumbai or Shanghai, nor suffering from the widening social inequality and violence of S�o Paulo, Mexico City or Johannesburg, Istanbul faces many of the same challenges confronted by all Urban Age cities including London, Berlin and New York: economic stability, social cohesion and…

  • Serrano Pecorari & Asociados

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:03 pm
    Serrano Pecorari & Asociados was founded in 1968 as an Integrated Solution Company in the fields of Architecture, Technology, Urban Planning, Engineering and Design. The R&D Department at Serrano Pecorari & Asociados, has conducted a Special Programme entitled �4D Cities�, which has made focus on the fields of Urban Planning, Urban Infrastructure and Transportation, structured from a set of Projects that will shape the future sustainable development of contemporary mega-cities, from a paradigmatic shift in urban mobility and the conception of a new urban order.

  • Fall/Winter 2009 Lecture Posters

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:33 pm
    Until we put the posters on Archinect in full-size/print-friendly format, enjoy the samples we've uploaded to the Archinect Facebook Fan page. If your school's poster isn't included it make sure to send it to us - archinect@gmail.com

  • SCI-Arc Staying Put?

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:22 pm
    Eric Owen Moss dispels the rumors and corrects the record: The school's lease is not up next year but in a decade, things are pretty chill with the landlord, and�most importantly�SCI-Arc would never leave downtown. The Architect's Newspaper | Previously

  • Gunman opens fire in architecture office in Orlando, Florida

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am
    Jason Rodriguez, reportedly a former employee of architecture and engineering firm RS&H, opened fire today in his previous workplace. Last count is 2 dead and 6 injured. Orlando police are still searching for him. Google News Update: He's been caught
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  • Aqueous

    Geoff Manaugh
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:37 am
    [Image: From Amphibious Architecture by The Living; photo by Chris Woebken].New York architects The Living, mentioned in an earlier post, have completed another recent project called Amphibious Architecture. This one is an environmental monitoring station—a subtle filigree of colored lights—floating in the rivers of New York. [Image: From Amphibious Architecture by The Living; photo by Chris Woebken].As such, it is more or less a direct outgrowth of their earlier project River Glow.Amphibious Architecture is a floating installation in New York's waterways that glows and blinks to provide…

  • Cliff House

    Geoff Manaugh
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    I randomly came across this image, below, of Adolph Sutro's now-lost Cliff House, perched on the rocks outside San Francisco. It stood for eleven years, from 1896-1907, before being destroyed by fire.[Image: The Sutro Cliff House, San Francisco].This gallery of images is extraordinary; the house is so badly situated on its site that it appears simply to be hovering over the rocks on an artificial ground plane. It's like a continental afterthought, the dream of western architecture pushed beyond its ability to retain anchorage. But it's a cinematic sight, to say the least. For more about…

  • Words in Space

    Geoff Manaugh
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:54 am
    I'll be speaking tonight in Brooklyn, at the Pratt Institute of Architecture, in case anyone is around and up for an architecture talk. It starts at 6pm, and is free and open to the public. Here's a map; head to Higgins Hall, right outside the Clinton-Washington G train stop, and it's in the downstairs auditorium. Hope to see some of you there!

  • One Million Years of Isolation: An Interview with Abraham Van Luik

    Geoff Manaugh
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:57 am
    [Image: Yucca Mountain, Nevada; courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy].Abraham Van Luik is a geoscientist with the U.S. Department of Energy; he is currently based at the nuclear waste-entombment site proposed for Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Yucca Mountain, a massive landform created by an extinct supervolcano inside what is now Nellis Air Force Base’s Nevada Test and Training Range, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is the controversial site chosen by Congress for the storage of nuclear waste. Its political fate remains uncertain. Although the Obama Administration has stated that Yucca…

  • Sky Totem

    Geoff Manaugh
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am
    [Image: From Living Light by The Living].Soo-in Yang and David Benjamin of New York's The Living have completed an interesting—and extremely beautiful—public project in Seoul, Korea. Called Living Light, it's a permanent pavilion and glass canopy that registers and communicates air quality in the city. "Our project aims to combine real-time data about the environment with dynamic lighting to create an interactive facade of the future," the architects write.[Image: From Living Light by The Living].The project combines Seoul's already-existing network of real-time air quality sensors with…
 
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  • Digital Architecture: Passages Through Hinterlands

    Ruairi
    25 Oct 2009 | 4:16 pm
    Digital Architecture: Passages Through Hinterlands is a collection of provocative projects from a young generation of digitally enabled designers. This publication oscillates between the analog and the digital, from concept to realisation, mapping processes as it explores the diverse digital paths that lead innovative spaces, poetic narratives and social interactions. sixteen* (makers), 55/02 Shelter, Kielder Forest, UK The book covers a spectrum of London’s leading graduates and young practices, featuring projects from the Architectural Association, Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL),…

  • Living Light

    Ruairi
    18 Oct 2009 | 4:22 pm
    Living Light by David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang (aka “The Living“) is a permanent outdoor pavilion in the heart of Seoul with a dynamic skin that glows and blinks in response to both data about air quality and public interest in the environment. The skin of the pavilion is a giant map of Seoul with the 27 neighborhood (gu) boundaries redrawn based on existing air quality sensors of the Korean Ministry of Environment—each shape in this new map encloses the air closest to one of the sensors. Then the map illuminates to become an interactive, environmental building facade. Citizens…

  • Towards a Sentient City

    Ruairi
    18 Oct 2009 | 4:10 pm
    An exhibition critically exploring the evolving relationship between ubiquitous computing, architecture, and urban space. Curated by Mark Shepard and organized by the Architectural League of New York www.sentientcity.net As computing leaves the desktop and spills out onto the sidewalks, streets, and public spaces of the world around us, we increasingly find information processing capacity embedded within and distributed throughout the material fabric of everday urban space. Artifacts and systems we interact with on a daily basis collect, store, and process information about us, or are…

  • Hand from Above

    Ruairi
    13 Oct 2009 | 8:09 am
    Hand from Above from Chris O'Shea on Vimeo. By far one of the most interesting urban screens project I’ve seen to date, Chris O’Shea’s describes his public art “Hand From Above” as encouraging “us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another.” “Inspired by Land of the Giants and Goliath, we are reminded of mythical stories by mischievously unleashing a giant hand from the BBC Big Screen. Passers by will be playfully transformed. What if humans weren’t on top of the food chain?

  • f5×5x5 – Lab[au]

    Ruairi
    12 Oct 2009 | 6:51 am
    Made up of 700 meters of aluminium, 6750 LED’s and 5060 m of cables Lab[au]’s Framework f5×5x5 is an interactive kinetic light sculpture, extending the bi-dimensional screen space, by transposition of its pixel resolution to the physical space. Conceived as a modular infrastructure, f5×5x5 is a communication and computation system, propagating in form of light and sound the events it inhabits. Presence and motion create and alter the transmitted data, and propagation of this data becomes a space-time parameter. The term framework refers to informatics’ modular…
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  • NeighborGoods: Your New Virtual Tool Shed

    Mike Chino
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:26 pm
    Practically every household in America has its own tool set, drill, and ladder… but why? Most people don’t use these things on a daily basis, and due to their hardworking heritage these items tend to last forever; when’s the last time you wore out a hammer? Enter NeighborGoods, a service that seeks to cut down on redundant consumption and save households the cost of buying their own toolshed by enabling networks of borrowers. Perfect for those times when you need a drill for a day, or a saw for a few hours — plus you’ll actually have a chance to meet your…

  • LAST CHANCE to Vote for Your Favorite Green Halloween Costume!

    Yuka Yoneda
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    Our Green Halloween Costume Contest ends TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT!Today is your LAST CHANCE to vote in our Green Halloween Costume contest, and the competition is fierce! Our top 15 amazingly crafted submissions are currently vying for fame, glory, and some great green prizes – and we’re leaving it up to you to pick the winners! The competition ends tonight at midnight, so without further ado, here’s your chance to check them out and weigh in on who you think deserves the coveted title of “Inhabitat Best Green Halloween Costume 2009” not to mention some incredible…

  • Transport System Runs on Super-Strong Magnetic Fields

    Ariel Schwartz
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:30 am
    Instead of moving goods on resource-intensive trains, Spain-based technology company Novateq Guerrero SNL wants to build out a different kind of transportation network–one that uses super-powerful magnets to propel vehicles. Novateq has already developed a prototype of its system, which uses Neodymium magnets, or rare-earth magnets, as a driving force. The magnets are 9 times more powerful than conventional models.Read the rest of Transport System Runs on Super-Strong Magnetic Fields Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: green design, magnetic fields, neodymium, novateq…

  • 2009 World Architecture Festival Winners Announced

    Bridgette Meinhold
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:25 am
    The 2009 World Architecture Festival took place this week in Barcelona, drawing great minds to discuss, learn, share and award excellent architectural designs and completed projects. This year’s theme dealt with how to achieve Less With More and the relationship between cities and architecture, with climate change and sustainability playing key roles. The winners of the festival have been announced and we want to highlight four of the completed buildings that stand out for their environmentally sensitive and sustainable designs. Read on to see all of these noteworthy buildings.Read the…

  • Cité du Design: Solar Powered International Design Center Unveiled

    Bridgette Meinhold
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Situated in an defunct arms manufacturing facility in Saint-Etienne, the recently unveiled Cité du Design is a stunning international center for design. Designed by LIN, the project completely renovated the historic complex and integrated a new facility made out of triangular scaffolding. Powered by solar energy and supplemented by an efficient heating system, the energy efficient Cité du Design is a world class design center that lives up to its name. Read the rest of Cité du Design: Solar Powered International Design Center Unveiled Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Cite…
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  • Waterpleinen

    Alexander Trevi
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:59 pm
    (Image by De Urbanisten and Studio Marco Vermeulen.)To launch its 14th anthology, Water, Alphabet City has organized a series of events this week in Toronto, two of which are the HYDROCity symposium and its accompanying exhibition at the University of Toronto. Another event is a lunchtime talk in which Jeroen Bodewits will discuss Waterpleinen, a project designed by Florian Boer and Marco Vermeulen to reconfigure the stormwater infrastructure of Rotterdam.(Image by De Urbanisten and Studio Marco Vermeulen.)In Florian Boer and Marco Vermeulen's proposal, rainwater runoff isn't funneled into a…

  • FantastiCity

    Alexander Trevi
    1 Nov 2009 | 7:21 pm
    (MEtreePOLIS, by NYC-based HWKN's contribution in Kerb 17: Is Landscape Architecture Dead?, envisions a genetically modified Atlanta, Georgia, a hundred years from now: stratified like a forest, with a canopy at the top collecting water and energy and a single-surface city floor below of bio-renewable moss with no roads or pavements. Watch Matthias Hollwich and Marc Kushner give a tour of their “fantasticity” here.)Coinciding with the next issue (#18) of Kerb, the annual landscape architecture journal edited by students at RMIT, Melbourne, is their first ever international design…

  • Links for 2009-10-21 [del.icio.us]

    Alexander Trevi
    Peak Water in Yemen "Yemen is set to be the first country in the world to run out of water, providing a taste of the conflict and mass movement of populations that may spread across the world if population growth outstrips natural resources." [Times]

  • Great Street Games

    Alexander Trevi
    20 Oct 2009 | 3:14 pm
    (Image by KMA.)Speaking of augmented game spaces, here is an interesting interactive installation set to come online at the of the month in three UK cities. Created by KMA, Great Street Games will be a “huge, participatory, high-tech athletics tournament” in which participants in Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough compete against each other virtually in real-time using the city as platform.KMA will use projected light and thermal-imaging technology to create interactive 'courts' in which human movement triggers light effects. The physical movements of players determine the outcome…

  • Urban Golf

    Alexander Trevi
    20 Oct 2009 | 10:28 am
    (All photos via Urbangolf.fr.)Actions: What You Can Do With The City finally comes to Chicago at the Graham Foundation. Organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the exhibition features “experimental interactions with the urban environment [that] show the potential influence personal involvement can have in shaping the city.”These “actions” tend to be modest in scale and budget, opportunistic and informal, communal and participatory. If broadly categorizing, they might fall messily under the heading of urban hacking. They are not the great tectonic reconfiguration of urban…
 
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  • Linked Hybrid

    Marcus Trimble
    26 Oct 2009 | 10:24 pm
    Steven Holl Architects’ Linked Hybrid towers in Beijing has been named the “Best Tall Building Overall” by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. We like this project.

  • Photography Banned at Des Moines Library

    Marcus Trimble
    26 Oct 2009 | 9:26 pm
    A librarian visiting the Des Moines Public Library has learnt that David Chipperfield has made moves to forbid people to photograph the building without prior permission. After visiting the library and being told not to take photographs, Jessamyn West sent a letter to the library asking why. The response was that the architect had asked for photography of the building be forbidden lest the photographs be used for commercial purposes: Our photo policy is part of our meeting room policy which I will attach. This meeting room policy was rewritten just prior to our opening of the building in…

  • Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct Masterplan

    Marcus Trimble
    20 Oct 2009 | 10:21 pm
    Super Colossal has been awarded first place in the Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct Masterplan competition. The project provides new facilities for the Gold Coast Council, including a Performing Arts Centre, Visual Arts and Heritage Centre, cinema complex, restaurants, city council accommodation, significant parklands and an integrated pedestrian and bicycle network for the city. Jury Report: “In common with many entries this proposal recognises that the site of the Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct lies within the flood plain of the Nerang River and is therefore…

  • Google Building Maker

    Marcus Trimble
    16 Oct 2009 | 10:52 pm
    In the their next step towards their ultimate goal of realtime one to one replication of the planet, Google has started crowd-sourcing the production of its 3D content for google earth with its new product Google Building Maker. I suppose that at some point the streetview van will be able to contribute to the effort also. Just scan for outline as you hurtle down the street, wrap a texture over it, upload it and allow people to tweak from there. via Butterpaper.

  • Morphologically Disturbed

    Marcus Trimble
    16 Oct 2009 | 10:47 pm
    But Does it Float show us a collection of illustrations of morphologically disturbed insects. The work of scientific illustrator Cornelia Hess-Honeggar, they the effects of insects in the fallout area of chernobyl and other nuclear installations. The beautifully rendered drawings and the sometimes subtle In our previous flat, we had a cockroach infestation where all kinds of chemical warfare was waged on them in an attempt to gain ascendancy over their species. We were largely unsuccessful until we moved out when the pest man with organic super gel managed to deal with them once and for…
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    Planetizen

  • The Solution for Homelessness? Homes.

    Tim Halbur
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Neal Peirce says that there is finally light at the end of the tunnel in the debate over homelessness, and a consensus that stopgaps don't work. The real answer is to, duh, give them homes.

  • The History of the Parking Lot

    Tim Halbur
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    An exhibit currently at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. explains how the architecture and design of parking lots evolved, and why. Meanwhile, the Parking Show of Shows conference takes place nearby with a different take. read more

  • The Most Polluted Metro Areas in America

    Nate Berg
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Atlanta tops a list of the most polluted cities in the country, according to an analysis of EPA data by Forbes. read more

  • 'No Credits, Just Prerequisites'

    Nate Berg
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    The Living Building Challenge is a new environmental rating system that focuses on required environmental design elements, diverging dramatically from the credit-based approach of the built environment's dominant rating system, LEED. read more

  • Center for Developmentally Disabled Doesn't Fit Zoning - Any Zoning

    Tim Halbur
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    The Winterville, GA Planning Commission rejected the idea of creating a special "assisted residential district" for a center for developmentally disabled people, saying that the proposal was too vague. read more
 
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  • Duplicate Array

    26 Oct 2009 | 4:43 am
    Just back from Lausanne, where FATs show "Duplicate Array' opened at Galerie Lucy Mackintosh. "Duplicate Array: Objects/Buildings/Plans presents a series of architecture, design and art projects by London based practice FAT ranging in scale from objects to buildings and masterplans. The projects explore an idea of architecture as narrative, media and communication engaging directly with the culture, communities and scenarios that surround them. Using tactics which include appropriation, irony and juxtaposition they set out an architectural agenda addressing issues of taste, ornament and…

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  • The Best New Building In London

    27 Sep 2009 | 9:44 am
    This, I love. It's on Commercial Street, on the southern side of Bishopsgate Goods Yard. An assemblage of totally ordinary elements (billboard, hoarding, fencing) and totally ordinary programmes (newsagent, advertising site, mini cab office). But the realtionship between these elements makes it something amazing. A certain kind of symbiotic relationship which forms - out of all expectation - the kind of elegance you rarely find in big A architecture. One part becomes the structural support for another, something else becomes a revenue stream generated from a perimeter enclosure. Together,…

  • Book Review: The Infrastructural City

    14 Sep 2009 | 4:43 am
    "I learned to drive in order to read Los Angeles in the original' quipped Reyner Banham with deadly seriousness. For Banham, LA was a culmination of his own reading of Modernism - a trajectory of machines, of gadgets and gizmos that stretched from early 20th century Futurism to the Freeways of Southern California. In his reading - developed 'Architecture of the Four Ecologies' - LA was a non-plan kind of place, liberated from historical forms of urbanism by movement. Banhams techno-optimism seems quaint now, his faith in technology exposed by our own experience. 40 years later, with Americas…

  • A Balloon in the Pantheon

    11 Sep 2009 | 4:22 pm
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  • A Guest + A Host = A Ghost - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection at DESTE Foundation in Athens

    Regine
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:01 am
    In a series of symbiotic encounters and parasitic relationships, the solo presentations are often interrupted by incongruous presences or perturbed by unusual juxtapositions: drawings by Kara Walker surround a tomb by Urs Fischer; Maurizio Cattelan's homeless man kneels down in front of Kiki Smith's Bat Woman; Robert Gober's haunted rooms incorporate Gregor Schneider's architectural fragments, etc. continue

  • Rechnender Raum (Calculating Space) at the Share Festival in Turin

    Regine
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:43 am
    Calculating Space is a delicate sculpture made of sticks, strings and little plumbs. The fragility and transparency of its structure reveals as much as it hides the logic and functioning of the machine. Its units operate like a very basic artifical neural network continue

  • November programme for the VivoArts School for Transgenic Aesthetics

    Regine
    2 Nov 2009 | 12:59 am
    The VivoArts School for Transgenic Aesthetics Ltd., Adam Zaretsky and Waag Society's temporary research and education institute on Art and Life Sciences, will be focusing this month on body art continue

  • Venice Biennale: the Finnish pavilion

    Regine
    2 Nov 2009 | 12:13 am
    This year the wooden pavilion, designed by architect Alvar Aalto in 1956, hosts a collection of Fire & Rescue Museum by Jussi Kivi. The artist's museum project is based on his long-term passion of collecting every imaginable item that ever has had something to do with firefighting continue

  • Smoke and Hot Air

    Regine
    29 Oct 2009 | 1:37 am
    The installation echoes the artist's concern for the relentless threats against Iran made by many countries in recent years. Sentences that include "attack Iran" are scavenged from Google News and spoken using a text-to-speech synthesizer. The voice is then picked up by a microphone, analyzed, and translated into rhythmically corresponding smoke rings from a quartet of smoke ring makers continue
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  • Bits and bobs from here and there

    things
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:40 pm
    Home Movie Reconstructions 1974 / 2004, a project by Elliot Malkin / photography by Youngsuk Suh / skate photography at they call me osde / My Playground, a new firm about Parkour and Freerunning / Wild Particle, a weblog / 50 3D milestones in gaming / A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families. Superb evocation of domestic taxonomies / also at tmn, The Babysitter / m. gerwing architects notebook, a weblog.Gimme Shiny pumps in 'popular images from Flickr and deviantART' (blog) / see also Dear Computer's image ripper / a demonstration of Sketchpad by Ivan Sutherland (via quiero tiempo y dinero /…

  • Snippets

    things
    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A beautiful little animation exploring the world of scale / a timeline for Primer, the low-budget time travel film / Cloudy Weather, English Russia drags up some urban exploring images of Moscow's emerging new skyscraper cluster / A Million Years of Isolation: An Interview with Abraham Van Luik, BLDG BLOG on the challenges of architecture and design that will endure for all eternity. It beats archival cockroaches. Leonardo Finotti's architectural photography blog celebrates its one year anniversary / Bank Notes, 'a collection of bank robbery notes' (via) / 2001: A Spiritualized Odyssey, a…

  • Archiving the past and fulfilling the future

    things
    28 Oct 2009 | 3:30 pm
    This collection of Chernikov imagery - the famous Architectural Fantasies from 1925 - can be found at the Iakov Chernikov International Foundation (via Coudal). Even in the 1920s, just before the Five Year Plans kicked in, the forms proposed bore little relation to the real needs of culture, industry or society in general, being simply extravagant, elaborate, quasi-abstract compositions that delighted in visual drama and form. Architecture as Cubist or Futurist painting. What's perverse is how influential these images have become, to the point where architectural culture has allowed itself to…

  • Books, objects, magazines, all in varying states of health

    things
    23 Oct 2009 | 3:00 pm
    It's been a while since we visited the Guidebook, 'a website dedicated to preserving and showcasing Graphical User Interfaces, as well as various materials related to them.' Almost obsessive compulsive in its comprehensiveness / Creative Voyage, a weblog / descend deep into the uncanny valley with the 'Plush Alive Elvis and Plush Alive Chimpanzee / Bad at Sports picks up on our recent death of the object post from last week / Jimmy Wales asks 'is the the magazine dead?Untiny, get original URLs from tiny ones / atmospheric photography by Megan Baker / very honoured to be nominated as one of…

  • The modern flaneur, abandoned infrastructure and digital melts into solids

    things
    22 Oct 2009 | 5:00 am
    Romania Shrugs Off Reminder of Its Past: 'sycophants kept a virtual army of state-approved artists busy painting portraits of Ceausescu and his wife, thousands of them..... As it happened, the National Museum of Contemporary Art here had some of them on view the other day. Mihai Oroveanu, the museum's director, hung them in one gallery - diagonally, to make clear that the show was not actually a tribute.'Phil Gyford on the psychological transition of the digital object into a physical entity: The £10,000 playlist. 'It wasn’t long ago that buying a purely digital piece of music —…
 
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    Architecture

  • Architectural Fantasies

    Young
    7 Nov 2009 | 12:38 am
    “Architectural fantasy stimulates the architect’s activity, it arouses creative thought not only for the artist but it also educates and arouses all those who come in contact with him; it produces new directions, new quests, and opens new horizons. Architectural fantasy in all cases propels the culture of architectural problems, and with the freshness of new thoughts, with the transition to new phases of architectural creativity, it serves as the best aid in real design work. We also use the help of architectural fantasy in finding a form for presenting architectural representations, in…

  • bonzai3d 1.2 new release

    Young
    9 Oct 2009 | 7:58 pm
    Really hope google sketchup can be enhanced with some of bonzai3d's modelling features. Although Bonzai3d do not consist of animations or walkthrough functions, with it's powerful tools and user friendly interface, it is definitely worth an invest of time in it. It's NURBs modelling and flexible modification tools are truely making our life easier.Image from http://www.bonzai3d.com/bonzai3d_homeN.html

  • AT 103 + BGP Architecture / 'Ave Fenix' Fire Station

    Young
    9 Oct 2009 | 12:34 pm
    AT 103 + BGP Architecture / 'Ave Fenix' Fire Station from 0300TV on Vimeo.info located via http://hrarchitecture.com/2009/10

  • Sustainability Tracking, Assesment & Rating System

    Young
    9 Oct 2009 | 12:18 pm
    "Three years ago, many of you called for a campus sustainability rating system so we could have a consistent way of measuring sustainability in higher education. After three years of research, a pilot program with nearly 70 participants and plenty of collaboration with you, AASHE is pleased to announce the early release of AASHE's Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) 1.0. STARS is a voluntary self-reporting framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability for colleges and universities. It awards points for engaging in sustainability practices in each of…

  • Sketchup 7.1

    Young
    26 Sep 2009 | 12:41 am
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  • Reactions to Enterprise 2.0 & SLE

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:55 am
    The image/cartoon from http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2008/04/good-reasons-fo.html : is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 LicenseI clipped the following to illustrate the Corporate take on Web 2.0 and Second Life EnterpriseEnterprise 2.0 technology is only starting to become really enterprise readyBecause of a lack of understanding of how the modern enterprise infrastructure works, my belief is that a lot of the existing E2.0 offerings have gaping holes in them that must be addressed if they are to survive long term in the environment they wish to play in…

  • Move over Google Earth

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:59 am
    Love this. Built in his spare time with a bunch of friends.Sneak preview of an amazing three dimensional model of the entire planet on which anyone can build their own homes or shops anywhere on earth. It was built by a tiny team led by Michael Fotoohi, managing director of Micazook.com and a bunch of friends all working in their spare time (Take a bow .Daniel, Jarek, Bartek and Marcin and Lukas) . Think Wikipedia meets Google Earth (Google Earth it isn't) mfotoohi@micazook.com via: Rita J. King via: Joshua S. Fouts via: Mal BurnsBookmark this:

  • GPUs on the grid

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:49 am
    image from CL Lab" www.cse.buffalo.eduRuss Miller, principal investigator at CI Lab, stands in front of the server rack that holds Magic, a synchronous supercomputer that can achieve up to 50 Teraflops.Enhancing the performance of computer clusters and supercomputers using graphical processing units is all the rage. But what happens when you put these chips on a full-fledged grid?Meet “Magic,” a supercomputing cluster based at the University of Buffalo’s CyberInfrastructure Laboratory (CI Lab). On the surface, Magic is like any other cluster of Dell nodes. “But then attached to each…

  • From the mouth of CAD guy

    4 Nov 2009 | 9:56 am
    " So, conclusion for today. I’m thinking about immersive world where design, engineering and real people are all connected to dream, design, plan, build and manufacture life around us. And, in my view, this is a perfect time for today’s CAD/PLM/BIM vendors to think about a future of their products. How to catch up before Google’s next leapfrog? Just not to find themselves in place of GPS manufacturers today."via:Oleg Shilovitsky (Note: Oleg says "I work at the Dassault Systemes Group, the content included in my blog is my own personal opinion, experience and thoughts and it does not…

  • No need for a Viewer - Nvidia does Rendering on the Server

    4 Nov 2009 | 7:52 am
    A quote by Tom Hale caught my eye and I have not gotten it out of my head, to paraphrase he said that Linden Lab was preparing for the next wave of technology. I have reported on mental images & Reality Server before but it is time to revisit it, because this just may be the next wave of innovation Tom spoke of.About mental images: mental images, founded in 1986, is the recognized international leader in providing component and platform software for the creation, manipulation and visualization of 3D content. Its world leading rendering and other technologies are used by the entertainment,…
 
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    TreeHugger

  • Second Skin: A Pop-Up Room By Rene Siebum

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:56 am
    Alex at Shedworking is expanding into interior design, with this bookcase that opens up to "create an environment which helps us to concentrate and focus," although it won't do much for noise. Alex calls it "shedworkingesque." Designer Rene Siebum won third in the public voting at the Design Academy Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week for it. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

  • Treehouse Without a Tree By Benoît Fray

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:15 am
    TreeHugger previously showed some of the work of French designers Dans mon Arbre; Industrial designer Benoit Fray worked with them on this project we didn't see in their portfolio. Ecofriend calls it "a sustainable treehouse made from locally sourced wood."... Read the full story on TreeHugger

  • People's Design Award Bestowed on the Trek Lime

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:03 pm
    When Trek unveiled the Lime back in 2007, the mission was to bring delightful, non-threatening biking to grown-ups. Some nice validation came last week when the Lime won the 2009 People's Design Award, a subcategory of the prominent National Design Awards. A simple city bike with an upright riding posture, the Lime uses Shimano's Coasting automatic three-speed transmission (a pretty complex system with a very simple user interface) and a back-pedal brake ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

  • Gorgeous Lighting Idea Puts Spotlight on Deforestation

    5 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    Images via Yanko Design Designer Kitae Pak has come up with a great home accessory concept - a light that looks like a tree when turned on, and a root system when turned off. It's gorgeous, and a beautiful eco-centric idea. And while it looks attractive, it doesn't do much to really hit the bigger picture concept that inspired it. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

  • WorkingWonders Offers 20% Off on Products for the Holidays

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:29 am
    The cold weather is quickly approaching, which means it's time to start thinking about the holidays! Whether it's gift-giving, entertaining, or curling up to a warm biofuel fireplace, WorkingWonders has what you are looking for in the upcoming winter months. And what's better is that Workin... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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  • Haptik Sustainable Suite Design by WATG

    Preston Koerner
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    The USGBC, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and The Network of the Hospitality Industry (NEWH) together announced the winner of the first ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition.  The purpose of the competition was to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing the guest experience.  Out of 65 professional design entries, WATG and IDEO took the top prize for their suite, Haptik.  WATG led the creative design and specification process, while IDEO contributed experience on human-centered sustainability for the…

  • Clay Roof Integrated Solé Power Tile

    Preston Koerner
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:44 pm
    We've seen building integrated solar by separate companies for use with both asphalt shingles and standing seam roofing.  Now SRS Energy and US Tile are preparing to unveil a new Solé Power Tile at Greenbuild.  The barrel-style technology was designed for a clay tile curved roofing system.  Using thin film solar, the Solé Power Tile integrates seamlessly with blue glaze or earthen tone tiles.  SRS Energy and US Tile will launch the system first on the West Coast and roll it out nationally through 2010. [+] SRS Energy + US Tile.  Photo credits: US Tile.

  • Koda Recycled Content Exterior Material

    Preston Koerner
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:15 am
    We first saw this 3form material, Koda XT, with the wavy transit shelters in San Francisco.  Designed by Lundberg Design, the colorful transit shelters use a custom configuration of Koda XT, a material made of 40% pre-consumer recycled content.  3form says Koda XT is the only architectural polycarbonate material available to use towards LEED MR 4.1 for recycled content.  Koda XT is available in three off-the-shelf colors/specifications and can be customized with up to three layers of various color to create any one of 10,000 options.  The material can be molded to match a variety of…

  • An Affordable Free Span Solar System

    Preston Koerner
    3 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pm
    P4P Energy, LLC -- short for Power for the Planet -- recently completed the installation of its first, cable-suspended free span solar system in the parking lot of the headquarters building for REM Eyewear in Sun Valley, California.  Designed and patented by P4P Energy and TenSol Power, the array spans 107 feet on low-cost cables and provides shade for cars parked below.  It's expected to generate roughly 40,877 kWh of electricity per year.  The floating photovoltaic system differs from a traditional solar installation in that it doesn't require excessive columns and foundation work. …

  • Tempe Transit Center Covered in Green

    Preston Koerner
    3 Nov 2009 | 10:05 am
    We've seen solar-powered transit shelters, but this eco-friendly transit center with transit stops outfitted with green walls may be a first.  With the help of greenscreen green walls, the City of Tempe Transit Center is seeking LEED Platinum certification.  The mixed use facility, designed to be 52% more efficient than a traditional building of its kind, went with green walls to provide a buffer from the harsh Arizona sun and heat.  As you can see below, the green walls help to cool and shade the surrounding areas through evapotranspiration.  Plants used in the application include…
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    The Dirt

  • Brisbane’s 470-meter Solar-powered Footbridge

    asladirt
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:15 pm
    A 470-meter solar-powered footbridge recently opened in Brisbane’s Central Business District, writes Inhabitat. The footbridge, designed by Cox Architects, an Australian firm, cost $63 million. Approximately 36,000 pedestrians and bikers are expected to use the bridge per year.  According to Inhabitat, the LED lighting system is designed for maximum energy efficiency and will be used for festivals along the river. The LED ligh system is powered by 84 solar panels mounted on the bridge, which can ”generate a daily output of 100KWh and an average yearly output of…

  • Reconnecting a Washington State Park to the Local Community

    asladirt
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    Gustafson Guthrie Nichols and Allied Works won a design competition to create a park that will span an Interstate and connect a two-block section of Washington State’s Fort Vancouver national historic site with the City of Vancouver’s downtown. The design will include a ”landscape cap” that will extend south from the existing “Evergreen Boulevard” span over the interstate. According to The Oregonian, “a central walkway would connect downtown to the historic area. Smaller wood pathways would branch out to various pockets of the park, such as the…

  • New Landscape Rating System to Transform the Industry, Complete Green Building Puzzle

    asladirt
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:27 am
    The Sustainable Sites Initiative released the nation’s first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. A partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Initiative’s rating system represents four years of work by dozens of the country’s leading sustainability experts, scientists and design professionals, as well as public input from hundreds of individuals and dozens of organizations to create this essential missing link in…

  • Human Responses to Green Design

    asladirt
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:31 pm
    Frederick Marks, AIA, a partner with AC Martin, an architecture design firm, presented on the varied human responses to green design at the National Building Museum. Marks focused on recent developments in testing the value of sustainable architecture and landscapes, and asked: “Are they actually providing us with enhanced well-being?” Marks discussed his role as a founding member of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, a group examining the growing body of knowledge on people’s behavior in the built environment. He then outlined the relationship between art and…

  • Indiana Town Sees Canal as Sustainable Stormwater Management System and Economic Boost

    asladirt
    4 Nov 2009 | 6:08 am
    Jeffersonville, Indiana, plans to change a street near the Ohio River into 40-foot wide canal and 3/4-mile pedestrian promenade. The plan is expected to improve the town’s ability to sustainably manage stormwater and enable pedestrians to more easily walk to stores and local attractions.  The town’s mayor sees the plan addressing both environmental and economic needs at once. According to the Architect’s Newspaper, heavy rain in the area causes sewer overflow and runoff. To meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s requirements, which prohibit sewage…
 
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    CONTINUITY IN ARCHITECTURE

  • North West Regional Studies

    Sally Stone
    31 Oct 2009 | 3:18 pm
    Dominic Roberts of CiA will be talking about Architecture and some uses of Tradition: Projects by Francis Roberts Architects at the Centre for North West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster on Saturday 7 November, 2009. The talk forms part of the Architecture of the North West study... (more...)

  • Architect, client and tour de force

    Dominic Roberts
    21 Oct 2009 | 9:57 am
    Get the full picture at Iconic Photos  (more...)

  • The Times on Architecture School

    Dominic Roberts
    20 Oct 2009 | 9:18 am
    The avant garde absolutely gushes: TimesOnline  (more...)

  • Notes from New York City #3

    Crompton
    19 Oct 2009 | 9:36 am
    8. Sacred Space Guard with dog keeps people off space in front of Seagram Building, Fifth Avenue. Get too close to Mies and you will be bitten. 9. Gimp Car Clothes for your automobile. 10. $25,000 for a lampshade Previous owner JFK Airport, seen in junkshop in NYC. (more...)

  • Andromaca at Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico

    Sally Stone
    14 Oct 2009 | 5:45 am
    I looked forward with great excitement to the recent production of Euripide’s Andromaca at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. Not necessarily for the performance itself, which is a bit of a grim story especially for a non-Italian-speaking visitor, but for the manner in which the magnificent... (more...)
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    Blisstree » Home & Living

  • More Reasons to Re-Think Buying a House

    Katelyn Thomas
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:51 pm
    Yesterday, I shared a few reasons to re-think buying a house. Today, I went to look at a few handyman specials and have a few more reasons to add to the list. And by the way…When they say handyman special? I think it is code for “This house should be condemned due to mold, structural and hazardous waste issues.” Wow. A scribbled sign on the door that says “Don’t drink the water.” After I read the sign, which the realtor pulled down because it was unauthorized, I took a closer look at the surrounding houses and saw that a lot of them had gallons of water lined up on their porches.

  • Giveaway: Think Confident, Be Confident

    Cherie Burbach
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:42 pm
    I’m all for something that can lift us up. If a book or action can have us behave and think more positively, hey, why not? So that’s why I was particularly happy to read Think Confident, Be Confident by Leslie Sokol and Marci Fox. For those that have read “self help” books before, you’ll find more of the same motivating speech in this book. Where the book differs, however, is in a 4-step approach to conquering doubt. They take you through a series of steps (Label It, Question It, Rethink It, and Take Action.) While we sometimes know what it is we need to improve…

  • Cool-Weather Wonders of Chestnuts

    Peggy Rowland
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:08 pm
    Chestnuts aren’t only great roasted over an open fire as you sip a hot beverage, but they’re also good in homemade soup. And December is one of the best times to find fresh chestnuts in stores. After you buy chestnuts, use them within one week or freeze. Otherwise, they may dry out. Store fresh chestnuts in a cool, dry place, not next to the fire! Have you tried making chestnut soup? It first requires roasting some chestnuts, but directions are included below. Really, what can get you more in the holiday spirit than cooking with chestnuts? The reward is a tasty dish, sure to…

  • Canning Jar Pin Cushion

    Kathy Zengolewicz
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:27 pm
    Today I have a beginner’s sewing project for you. There is really no sewing involved, but it pertains to sewing. The materials call for a jar with a lid and a band, so I used a small candle that I had on hand. When the candle is used up I can clean up the jar and put buttons or sewing needles inside. Kathy Zengolewicz Here is what you will need to get started: A fabric scrap of your choice A jar with a lid and a band Cotton balls or fiberfill Card stock A glue gun Using the lid of the jar, cut out a circle the same size as the lid from the card stock. Again, using the lid of your jar,…

  • Five Reasons to Re-Think Buying a House

    Katelyn Thomas
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:40 pm
    So, you’re house hunting and you come across the house of your dreams. And the price? It’s a steal! Before you sign on the dotted line for 30 years of mortgage payments, you may want to make sure you aren’t buying a 30 year rehab project you didn’t plan on doing! Here are five reasons to re-think buying a house: Water in the basement or signs of water damage. (Or backed up septic mess. Ick!) If that water has been there long, it may have weakened the house foundation. Even if the foundation is okay, all of that water may have created a mold mess. I’ve noticed over the years that…
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    Roundtable: Research Architecture

  • Public, Evidence and Truth

    Godofredo Pereira
    2 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    The essays “Theatre and the public” by Simon Bayly, “They the people” by Gayatri Spivak and “The involution of Photography” by Andrew Fisher, all of them appearing in Radical Philosophy no 157, may provide useful new perspectives to our recent discussions on evidence and documentary truth.

  • Emanuel Licha: Fiction for Real

    eyal weizman
    29 Oct 2009 | 6:37 am
    Towards a PhD proposal I would like to start this seminar by reflecting on some aspects of the project that took me to the National Training Center of Fort Irwin in the Mojave desert in California in July 09. Fort Irwin is an interesting example of a collaboration between the military and the industry of film making. Besides soldiers, the staff working on this location is composed of make up artists, set designers, pyrotechnicians, acting coaches, actors and extras. In order to be visually as close as possible to reality, Hollywood’s producers and directors have often read more

  • RT2: Apparatuses and Things Fri-Sat 6th-7th Nov

    Paulo Tavares
    28 Oct 2009 | 4:31 am
    Agamben - "What is an apparatus?" Heidegger - "The Thing" Latour - "Crisis" (in: We have never been Modern) Latour - "The slight surprise of action: facts, fetishes, factishes" (in Pandora's Hope) Dear all, Based on the availability of most members we have slightly changed the date for RT2 - apparatuses and things - to friday/saturday Nov. 6th and 7th. Friday Nov 6 at Goldsmiths room 312 1030-lunch: The Factish We will start with a reading seminar, returning to where we left it with Latour last time. read more

  • Research Architecture Roundtable 12-13.12.09

    eyal weizman
    28 Oct 2009 | 1:51 am
    Organized by Celine Condorelli and Avery Gordon and hosted by Extra City (http://www.extracity.org/en/about) and its artistic director, Anselm Franke, the next Research Architecture Roundtable will take place 12-13 December 2009 in Antwerp. It is held in conjunction with the exhibition/ciné club, Of A People Who Are Missing: On films by Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub, curated by Florian Schneider and Annett Busch running from 13 November – 20 December (http://www.extracity.org/en/projects/view/51). read more

  • Frederik Tygstrup: Forms of Space

    eyal weizman
    20 Oct 2009 | 11:41 am
    Space is not a concept of substance; it is a concept of function. Space is not a “something” that surrounds us; space is the way in which our surroundings appear to our experience. All human actions, perceptions, and thoughts are situated in a context of space, but the character of this context varies. Human experience of space is an experience of the material and immaterial relations included in the world-image of a culture. Every culture and every historical epoch has a space proper to it. read more
 
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    The Antiplanner

  • Smart Growth at the Polls

    The Antiplanner
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    National news reports of last Tuesday’s election focused on the New Jersey and Virginia governor’s races and the congressional race in upstate New York. But smart growth and rail transit played a role in several local races. First, Peter Brown, a candidate for mayor in Houston, had made smart growth the centerpiece of his campaign. A [...]

  • The Ultimate Transportation Antiplanning Book

    The Antiplanner
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    This is a bit premature, but booksellers such as Amazon and reviewers such as the Globe and Mail have already let the cat out of the bag. So I might as well announce the forthcoming publication of a new book: Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It. This book is [...]

  • Employment Up, Transit Ridership Down

    The Antiplanner
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Transit ridership has fallen in 2009, which the American Public Transportation Association blames mainly on the recession. But in Washington, DC, where the economy is doing well thanks to the growth of big government, ridership has fallen by 3 percent, leading to serious financial problems for Washington Metro. Yet the financial problems described in the above [...]

  • Great Example of Government Planning

    The Antiplanner
    2 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Oregon Governor Kunlongoski wanted to give tax breaks to companies building windmills. The Oregon Department of Energy estimated the tax breaks would cost the state $13 million in foregone revenues over the first two years. The governor said that number was too big, so officials told the legislature they would cost only $1.2 million. Flickr photo [...]

  • Stuck in the 1960s

    The Antiplanner
    1 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Each year, about one out of 40 households receive a letter from the Census Bureau demanding that they fill out an American Community Survey asking such nosy questions as how much money each person in the household earns each year, how they heat their house, and whether they have a flush toilet. Though some have [...]
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    After Corbu

  • Inner City Pressure

    Quixote
    13 Oct 2009 | 1:53 am
    A song in honor of my troubles with random undeserved parking citations.  I don’t think people have this problem in the suburbs. Click here to view the embedded video.

  • Hacking No Child Left Behind

    Quixote
    13 Oct 2009 | 1:35 am
    It’s hard to describe how awesome it is to see that my former high school district is manipulating No Child Left Behind in such innovative ways.  I’m almost proud. Basically, NCLB school evaluation in Califnornia is based on the percent of 10th graders who pass the HS Exit Exam.  It doesn’t matter if the student passes the test in a later grade; the 10th grade rate is the key statistic.  The Kern High School District has therefore taken an ‘assume a can-opener’ approach to this challenge and eliminated sophomores.  Or at least the low-performing ones.

  • Thank you RISA

    Quixote
    16 Sep 2009 | 10:46 pm
    Because of you, when the boss catches us having rubber band fights we can always just say: ”I’m iterating for p-delta.” Similar to coders really. Update: It’s embarrassing when you misspell the punchline.

  • Counter-revolutionary design

    Quixote
    10 Sep 2009 | 7:55 pm
    What If New York City 3 by Studio Lindfors This is pretty awesome, but it would make it much harder to use the political & economic disruption of a precipitous rise in sea levels to stage a world revolution. [vis BLDGBLOG, so so long ago]

  • Used to say you were flawed if you weren’t free

    Quixote
    10 Sep 2009 | 1:00 pm
    Not that she let’s John Edwards completely off the hook, but this passage by Caitlin Flanagan describing Rielle Hunter is appalling: …his (former) mistress, a known hellcat who has been flummoxing boy-men since the ’80s and whose rage over Elizabeth’s book is held in check only (and here I’m admittedly basing my speculation largely on what I’ve come to learn about women’s dreams and desires) by her hankering to live in Tara. Hers is not an intelligence or an ambition difficult to plumb, and her dream is almost certainly to have Elizabeth shuffle off the mortal coil so…
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    Architecture + Morality

  • $200K Grants for Changes in Church Policy: Welcome to the New Way of Being Church

    relieveddebtor
    30 Oct 2009 | 1:56 pm
    A few weeks ago I lamented that everyone wanted to be a politician, even those who lead the Church. Simply preaching and defending the gospel has ceased to be enough of a calling; the so-called “social gospel”, enacted by achieving social justice now deserved top billing. This social gospel compelled those who should have been churchmen to become politicians, by lobbying politicians, preaching on the social ills of the world and the building of God’s Kingdom as a remedy, or using plays like The Vagina Monologues to make a “religious” point about the abuse of women. The examples are…

  • Podcast 8

    relieveddebtor
    8 Oct 2009 | 6:04 am
    In this podcast , Corbusier and Relieveddebtor discuss a recent trip to eastern Europe and what really defines vitality in the life of a city. Listen and subscribe here!

  • Beyond the Shell: Impressions of Post-Communist Germany and Romania

    corbusier
    12 Sep 2009 | 11:30 am
    Though it was far too short and hectic for my taste, I was grateful for the chance to recently travel to Europe. Part of the trip consisted of revisiting old haunts while the other entailed exploring a new place of which I had lots of curiosity for. My itinerary through the former East Germany and Romania offered a vivid glimpse of the changes that have occurred since the Communist control. In the case of reunified Germany (or more accurately the Western acquisition of the East) a massive transfer of wealth from the West was infused to rebuild an entire East to the point that it is has become…

  • The Statesman and the Churchman: Lost American Icons

    relieveddebtor
    21 Aug 2009 | 8:32 am
    Everyone wants to be a politician. Which is rather odd given their reputation. Everyone complains about politicians, most agree that 100 politicians on the bottom floor of the ocean would be "a good start," and we tend to see them as sellouts devoid of principle. For a politician to be trusted in America, he or she has to overcome the pre-existing baggage that comes with the job. Yet, it is hard to find leaders that don't seek to be politicians. Even politicians want to be politicians. Let me clarify as there are alternatives. In the political realm, one can choose to be a statesman. Perhaps…

  • The New Discrimination

    relieveddebtor
    27 Jul 2009 | 8:56 pm
    Political Correctness has brought us some of the more absurd moments in human history. Contrary to common sense and organic checks and balances, it sacrifices the war for small victories, time and again. You see it in the hope of helping minorities and single mothers through the Great Society, only to create more poverty and destroying minority families through perverse incentives. Feminism seeks to create equality among the sexes, yet its adherents are so off-putting, they often become caricatures who demand special treatment. The Gates' case in Cambridge last week is another example of the…
 
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  • About Face: Unbelievably Hilarious Face Painting Art

    Delana
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Remember going to birthday parties or the carnival as a child and getting your face painted? Face painting is fun and magical, and it lets us temporarily transform ourselves. You can be just about anything, from a fierce animal to a dainty fairy to a weird celebrity look-alike. Unfortunately, most of us stop getting our faces painting when we become adults. James Kuhn, however, picked up the habit as an adult – and ran with it. James Kuhn has considered him an artist for his whole life, but it wasn’t until he grew up that he began painting his own face with a new theme every…

  • Off the Wall Graffiti: 11 Artists Making Odd Marks

    Delana
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    By now, we’re all used to seeing graffiti and public art in urban and suburban settings. We’re so used to it, in fact, that we typically walk right by without giving it a second glance. But would you be able to ignore graffiti if it were done in a medium or a method you’d never seen before? These 11 innovative artists are stepping up the standards for graffiti and public art by doing it in ways we don’t usually see, but just might notice. Some of them are pure brilliance and sure to catch the attention of even the most jaded city-dweller. Buff Diss If you saw Buff…

  • Mods: 26 Sexy Steampunk Gadgets & Hi-Tech Hacks

    Angie
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Steampunk is the mating of technology and romance, breeding some of the most wickedly cool gadget’s and art you’ve ever seen. It’s cool and brass-clad sexy. With a post apocalyptic type of rebellion, Steampunk enthusiast mod almost everything you can imagine and then some. This amazing urban art movement was birthed on the Internet, so it’s no wonder hi-tech hardware hackers are romancing technology with a Victorian passion, yearning for the aesthetic realm of The Time That Never Happened; Steampunk – where the future meets the past. Here are some of the slickest…

  • Enthused and Infused: 19 New Directions For Teapot Design

    Mike
    3 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    What could be more welcoming than a pot of tea in the morning? (Coffee drinkers, you are not allowed to answer that). From its humble beginnings in ancient China, the teapot has gone from obscurity to the height of luxury and finally to worldwide ubiquity, embedding itself firmly in the English language (”as useless as a chocolate teapot“) and becoming an object of adoration by millions, particularly the Brits. But now teapots are disappearing – at least the traditional kind are. The next generation of beverage-buckets are here and they couldn’t look more different…

  • Soul Searching: 11 Remarkable Robots Seeking Humanity

    Marc
    2 Nov 2009 | 6:00 pm
    What makes us human? With computer and robotics technology improving every day, we’ve already seen room-sized computers shrink to the size of a dime and cold metal has transformed into an increasingly organic aesthetic. With the current trajectory of technological advances, we’re bound to be faced with a situation in the future where the line between humanity and machine becomes blurred. Here are 11 robots in film faced with a crisis of identity. The obstacles faced by these compelling characters force us to analyze our own humanity. Where is the line between man and machine? Roy…
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  • Raold Gundersen's Organic Architecture

    5 Nov 2009 | 6:16 am
    Photo: Paul Kelly for the New York TimesRoald Gundersen is an architect I heard about a few years ago when I lived in Spring Green, WI. His home and studio - located a few miles east of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wisconsin - is a study in organic architecture.Gunderson utilizes natural unmilled forest trees in the structure and detailing of his designs. He skins the trees revealing a sensuous silky-smooth finish that invites the human touch. Nature has a way of offering ready-made beauty, and Gunderson's work is a wonderful case study in expressing that natural beauty.Beauty aside,…

  • Recycling the Recycling Business Model

    29 Oct 2009 | 1:12 pm
    Is recycling just a feel-good exercise in America? Wild swings over the past few years in the demand for recycled waste material has presented a challenge for communities attempting to promote universal recycling and a rational for communities who are hostile to the very idea of recycling. I hear stories all the time about recycled material "piling up" outside of town because of a weak buyer's market, and I've read about instances where excess recycled stock is periodically hauled off to the landfill. At the same time, manufacturers and contractors use far less recycled material than they…

  • Fat People Don't Walk

    26 Oct 2009 | 6:09 am
    This week's newspaper column: On a recent trip to Washington, DC, I noticed something on the streets of the city that’s very peculiar in modern-day America – the complete absence of morbid obesity. A little background: In 1791, President George Washington commissioned Pierre L’Enfant, a prominent French architect and city planner – to lay out the new capitol city on the banks of the Potomac River.L’Enfant envisioned the city as a series of parks connected by diagonal avenues on an overlay of a regular rectangular street grid.Each neighborhood would have its own green space and…

  • Metro Rail in Power City

    24 Oct 2009 | 8:54 am
    When in DC, the Metro is the way to go. And why not? The Washington DC Metro is safe, clean, and efficient.Among rapid transit systems in the US, only the New York City subway system has more ridership. With a metropolitan area population of 5.3 million, Washingtonians log a million trips each week day on metro trains, and including bus service, almost 40 percent of commuters access public transportation daily.The rub on subways has always been 1) safety (or more to the point, perceived safety), and 2) vandalism and graffiti.Architect Harry Weese's brilliant design transcends those issues.

  • Capitol Oasis

    23 Oct 2009 | 5:20 am
    One of my favorite places in Washington DC is this little rest stop on the grounds of the US Capitol. When I lived in Capitol Hill in the late 80's and early 90's, I spent a good bit of time in this little house. The thick masonry walls and surrounding mature tree canopy resulted in a microclimate that was 10-20 degrees cooler than the harsh Washington summer temperature outside. (Washington is very much a southern city. The traditional August congressional recess came about as a response to the repressive late summer weather.)This little enclosure, by design, muffles the sounds of the city…
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  • A House in Camberwell

    David Thompson
    7 Nov 2009 | 2:57 am
    I adore the front of this house in Camberwell. I don't know if it is a deep verandah or an enormous porch behind that complete semi-circular arch.On a hot November Saturday in Melbourne I look at this house and wonder if it is cool in there.See my prints and t-shirts at www.redbubble.com/people/dct66 and tees and other giftware at www.zazzle.com/davidt66*.

  • 1255 Phillips Square, Montreal

    David Thompson
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:48 am
    1255 Phillips Square in downtown Montreal was designed by Spence and Mathias and constructed in 1949.The overall design of the exterior is simple with streamline features. Curved stone walls and windows draw people towards the entrance. Horizontal bands of windows emphasise the streamline design as does the curved corner at the major street intersection.The high quality lobby is finished in cream, green and black colours with brass for the mailbox and the shop windows and doors.See my prints and t-shirts at www.redbubble.com/people/dct66 and tees and other giftware at…

  • Storage Depot, Asmara

    David Thompson
    3 Nov 2009 | 1:38 pm
    I was intrigued by this amazing building from the first time I saw it. The facade is rounded, in fact it is a completely circular building with a central core and roadway within the structure. The two storey high frame around the doorway is striking but in the end even that is dwarfed by the height of the monumental entrances either side of the administration block.In Asmara - Africa's Secret Modernist City by Denison, Yu Ren and Gebremedhin the building is identified as originally being the Spinelli Store when it was built in the late 1930s. From their information it appears that Spinelli…

  • Warwick Court, St Kilda East

    David Thompson
    2 Nov 2009 | 2:38 am
    I absolutely love these four garages at Warwick Court in St Kilda East. It is lovely to see the original doors still intact. I reckon I could just fit my car into one of the garages but I'm not sure I could open the car door to get out once I was in there.See my prints and t-shirts at www.redbubble.com/people/dct66 and tees and other giftware at www.zazzle.com/davidt66*.

  • Dominion Court, Durban

    David Thompson
    1 Nov 2009 | 2:26 am
    Dominion Court in the Grey St or Indian area of Durban harks back to South Africa being part of the British Empire. A nearby building is called Empire Court.The building has several Art Deco features. A flagpole with a nice example of a rule of three decoration at the base.The central panel below the second storey balconies bears a stylised sunburst that could also represent the Union Flag of the United Kingdom. The bays either side are decorated with a tapering horizontal stepped design.Dominion Court has seen better days but with a bit of work could become a very stylish building once…
 
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  • How Green is Your Tech?

    SEI Design Group
    19 Oct 2009 | 2:30 pm
    Ever wonder how green some technology companies are? Apple Have you purchased an Apple laptop and opened the box to see the computer suspended in “mid air”?  This is part of Apple’s plan to reduce packaging materials and help to save the environment.  Apple has also been promoting that since their products are thinner and lighter, there is less material use. Google Google uses photovoltaic cells for some of it’s electric consumption.  They also shuttle people to the Googleplex and reward those who come via self power (bike, walk, etc.).  You can read more here.

  • SEI at NYSCOSS

    SEI Design Group
    13 Oct 2009 | 2:45 pm
    We think our client, Michelle Kavanaugh, Superintendent at Honeoye Falls – Lima CSD, looks pretty official at our booth at the NYSCOSS conference.

  • Very Cool Interiors Blog

    SEI Design Group
    23 Sep 2009 | 1:40 pm
    The Fresh Home Interior Design site is great.  Their blog has many inspirational photos.  Most things are out of our budget (way out), but we can always dream!

  • SEI Sees Obama Up Close

    SEI Design Group
    21 Sep 2009 | 9:15 pm
    The Albany Office got up close to President Obama as he passed by near the office.  Here are a few photos including one where they saw President Obama on his cell phone as his car passed by.

  • Frank Gehry Contest Winner Announced

    SEI Design Group
    10 Sep 2009 | 5:03 am
    And the winner is…. Justin (the man with the lucky seat)!  Enjoy the DVD!  Lunchtime sharing is encouraged, so Mike and Jimmi can stop complaining that they didn’t win.
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  • Purple Hill House / IROJE KHM Architects

    Nico Saieh
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm
    © JongOh Kim Architect : HyoMan Kim – IROJE KHM Architects Location: Youngin, Gyeounggi-do, Korea Design team : KyeongJin Jung, JiWon Ym, EunHae Park Structure designer : MOA. SungYeong Oh Contractor : JEHYO Site area : 554 sqm Bldg. area :  110.28 sqm Gross floor area : 290.88 sqm Photographer : JongOh Kim Suburban residential site This scenic site is a part of the residential area developed in the natural greenery area of the mountain gwanggyo and that is located at the entrance area to trail to mountain. Merit = siteplan faced to evergreen mountain=Demerit=Facing not south but…

  • AD Round Up: Mixed Use Part II

    Sebastian J
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    Another “Part II” Round Up to finish this week. This time, we bring back previously featured mixed use projects. And if you didn’t catch our first part, it’s never to late, check it out right here. Z Towers / NRJA This project by young Latvian architects NRJA (previously featured on AD) is currently under construction. The complex, in Riga, Latvia, includes 2 towers (29 and 30 stories each), connected by a floor bridge. It also includes a 4-stories podium. Completion is expected durin 1st quarter 2010 (read more…) Dorobanti Tower, Bucharest / Zaha Hadid…

  • Sebastopol Residence / Turnbull Griffin Haesloop

    David Basulto
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    © David Wakely Photography Location: Sebastopol, California, USA Architect: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop – Eric Haesloop, FAIA and Mary Griffin, FAIA, Jerome Christensen, Juliet Hsu Landscape Architect: Jennifer Brooke, Landscape Office, Ltd. Engineer: Mike Forbes, Fratessa Forbes Wong Interiors: John and Loreta Hornall General Contractor: Ken Sawyer and Micah Sawyer, Sawyer Construction Year: 2008 Photographer: David Wakely, David Wakely Photography © David Wakely Photography © David Wakely Photography Designed for two graphic designers, this house bridges between two stands of redwood…

  • Fabbrica Restaurant / Tjep

    Nico Saieh
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    © Daniel Nicolas Architect: Tjep Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Client: Private Project year: 2006 Photographs: Daniel Nicolas After the success of restaurant Praq, one of our favorite clients commissioned a new restaurant to be located in the Rotterdam harbor, right between the boats and the cranes. Fabbrica struck us as the most convenient name for this new Italian restaurant. Fabbrica meaning factory in Italian, we envisioned the canteen of a very special factory: a very romantic factory where pleasure is produced for guests. Like in the canteen of a factory you will find long…

  • 3XN Wins Cultural Project in Aarhus

    Sebastian J
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    © 3XN Danish architects 3XN has won an Architectural Competition to transform the former freight train halls in Aarhus, Denmark into a new and dynamic cultural center. The new cultural hub for scenography, visual arts and literature will soon be constructed within a historical framework in Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus. The new cultural center is meant to be an inspiring setting that stimulates production of the arts and facilitates the interaction amongst the various artistic metiers, business and education. 3XNs proposal adds elements of nature, with green spaces injecting a…
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  • Metz Residence in Minneapolis

    Lavinia
    7 Nov 2009 | 3:36 am
    The Metz Residence by U+B Architects stands out through its impressive interior and exterior design. Emanating a feeling of coziness, of peace and relaxation, the colors are bold (blue, yellow) yet remain pale not to disturb the perfect balance of this house. The architecture challenge was to rebuild a 1923 home by  adding an office, a master suite, an entertainment center and a mudroom. Large efforts have been made in order to keep the old “looks” of the house in matters of aesthetics and even materials.  A back garden was also a new element. Take a look at the fantastic…

  • ‘Anamorphism’ : A Stunning Street Project by Ninja182

    Lavinia
    7 Nov 2009 | 2:13 am
    Even though this is not directly connected to interior design, we consider this to be an art form worthy of you attention here on Freshome. ‘Anamorphism’ is a project initiated by the artists  over at the graphic design studio Truly Design. The amazing “paintings” were made using contemporary techniques and a lot of passion. They are only visible from a certain angle of the building, for example the image with the head phones can only be seen if you are standing in front of it and at least one meter away. We definitely would not mind stumbling upon one of these during our…

  • Spoil Yourself With The New Globe Bench from Hstudio

    Lavinia
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:55 pm
    Armchairs come in different colors, sizes and shapes. However, today we would like to present a substitute: The Globe Bench from Hstudio. A very original design concept, the “bench” has a round shape enabling a very comfortable seating place. The best thing of  this creation is its design versatility or the fact that it can be custom made for each user. These being said, you can choose from a variety of upholstery fabrics and acrylic, wood, or steel legs. With its bold and unusual shape, don’t be surprised the Globe Bench will in a short time become the focus point of any…

  • Stack your Wine Bottles with Style : Vineyard by Pack a& Rack

    Michael
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:33 pm
    In these days I’m pretty sure that you’ve noticed that producers pay more and more attention to how the product looks. In today post here is an interesting idea on how you can use a few beautiful wine bottles to improve your home decor. Wine speaks to all your senses, not least to the eye. So why then tuck away a beautiful bottle of deepest red with a label that probably has been designed by a well known artist? This sleek and stylish wine shelf has the ability to cater five wine bottles at a time. The shelf is available in five different types of woods that are treated with…

  • Using Wallpaper as A Storage Solution : Pocket Wall

    Michael
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:39 pm
    The Pocket Wall is an interesting idea proposed by Maja Ganszyniec and is probably one of the coolest ideas for storage, especially for a small apartment. If you’ve ever lived in a small place you tend to think about innovative ways to store all of your stuff, and you are looking especially for storage that won’t be too bulky or interfere with my decor choices. This idea is basically a wall covering that contains peg holes and pockets so that you can store items by hanging them or loading them into the slots. It’s a really interesting concept and it isn’t exactly bad…
 
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    Meanwhile Back At the Ranch

  • We have the best dinner guests ever!

    admin
    26 Oct 2009 | 5:55 pm
    We had friends for dinner on Saturday and they brought these: Can’t you just squeal with delight? So, they were worried they weren’t 50’s because they’re gold – I say absolutely 50’s – opinions?

  • Contest over at Modern Capital – Know your architects?

    admin
    18 Oct 2009 | 6:33 pm
    Mike over at “Modern Capital” is curious if you know 12 Architects who have appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. I have to say, I wouldn’t have a clue, but I’ll be watching and learning! And the prize: The first person who e-mails me with the names of the 12 architects who have appeared on the cover of Time will win a copy of the 1964 book, The People’s Architects. Published by Rice University, the book features an essay, “Architecture and Society,” by Charles Goodman, who, no, is not one of the architects to appear on the cover of Time.

  • Pictures of “Franks” bar and other insights into our home

    admin
    7 Oct 2009 | 5:21 pm
    My husband’s bar is named “Franks”….not oddly after Frank Sinatra (although there are pictures of him) but after Frank Zappa – I bought an expensive photo of him years ago and that’s what started the whole bar theme! So, here’s the new and improved “Franks”. Some of the “Franks” around the bar – it’s fun to see what people bring over. Oh, and here’s the rest of the room. Not really mid-century (we need different fabrics) but that’s our only Shag (a cheap print with Pink Panther – my son LOVES it!).

  • Mad Men Parody on Sesame Street – what’s not to love!

    admin
    1 Oct 2009 | 2:00 pm

  • If you love me….

    admin
    23 Sep 2009 | 11:46 am
    Vote for me! This is actually a plea for my “other blog” – so if you’re strictly a mid-century type, you might not know that I write a crafty blog regularly (actually it’s my crafty-Mom-everything blog). Anyway, I’ve been nominated again this year for “Play” blog over at Divine Caroline (where I do post some Mid Century articles by the way!). Yes, you have to register, but it’s a great site with some fantastic articles, so why  not? Ok, done with my grovelling – thanks for listening!
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  • Aqueous

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:37 am
    [Image: From Amphibious Architecture by The Living; photo by Chris Woebken].New York architects The Living, mentioned in an earlier post, have completed another recent project called Amphibious Architecture. This one is an environmental monitoring station—a subtle filigree of colored lights—floating in the rivers of New York. [Image: From Amphibious Architecture by The Living; photo by Chris Woebken].As such, it is more or less a direct outgrowth of their earlier project River Glow.Amphibious Architecture is a floating installation in New York's waterways that glows and blinks to provide…

  • Cliff House

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    I randomly came across this image, below, of Adolph Sutro's now-lost Cliff House, perched on the rocks outside San Francisco. It stood for eleven years, from 1896-1907, before being destroyed by fire.[Image: The Sutro Cliff House, San Francisco].This gallery of images is extraordinary; the house is so badly situated on its site that it appears simply to be hovering over the rocks on an artificial ground plane. It's like a continental afterthought, the dream of western architecture pushed beyond its ability to retain anchorage. But it's a cinematic sight, to say the least. For more about…

  • Words in Space

    5 Nov 2009 | 7:54 am
    I'll be speaking tonight in Brooklyn, at the Pratt Institute of Architecture, in case anyone is around and up for an architecture talk. It starts at 6pm, and is free and open to the public. Here's a map; head to Higgins Hall, right outside the Clinton-Washington G train stop, and it's in the downstairs auditorium. Hope to see some of you there!

  • One Million Years of Isolation: An Interview with Abraham Van Luik

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:57 am
    [Image: Yucca Mountain, Nevada; courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy].Abraham Van Luik is a geoscientist with the U.S. Department of Energy; he is currently based at the nuclear waste-entombment site proposed for Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Yucca Mountain, a massive landform created by an extinct supervolcano inside what is now Nellis Air Force Base’s Nevada Test and Training Range, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is the controversial site chosen by Congress for the storage of nuclear waste. Its political fate remains uncertain. Although the Obama Administration has stated that Yucca…

  • Sky Totem

    2 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am
    [Image: From Living Light by The Living].Soo-in Yang and David Benjamin of New York's The Living have completed an interesting—and extremely beautiful—public project in Seoul, Korea. Called Living Light, it's a permanent pavilion and glass canopy that registers and communicates air quality in the city. "Our project aims to combine real-time data about the environment with dynamic lighting to create an interactive facade of the future," the architects write.[Image: From Living Light by The Living].The project combines Seoul's already-existing network of real-time air quality sensors with…
 
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    Design, Architecture, Urbanism...and Salt

  • University of Western Australia end of year student exhibition.

    3 Nov 2009 | 8:26 pm
    Invite to the UWA Architecture faculty's end of year exhibition attached. Date: Friday the 13th of November 2009 Time: 6:30pm Location: Corner of Clifton St and Stirling Highway, Nedlands, Western Australia

  • Rome Hospital Starts Treatment for `Booming' Internet-Addiction Disorder

    3 Nov 2009 | 9:24 am
    Bloomberg News, sent from my iPhone.Rome Hospital Starts Treating 'Booming' Web-Addiction Disorder Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Rome's Policlinico Gemelli hospital, whose former patients include Pope John Paul II, has opened a clinic to treat Internet Addiction Disorder, a pathology linked to the obsessive need to be online. The center, which opened yesterday, is a unit of the psychiatric department and has received its first patients, according to a statement on the hospital's Web site. The Gemelli is one of the Italian capital's biggest medical centers. "The disorder is linked to the booming use…

  • autoCAD errors.

    3 Nov 2009 | 3:35 am
    You've got to love them.

  • Apple, 1984 advertisement directed by Ridley Scott

    1 Nov 2009 | 5:44 pm
    ... I should push beyond Apple when it comes to design, though who can go past this epic Ridley Scott directed commerical introducing the first mainstream personal computer with a mouse? A world changing advertisement. For more via Apple Insider, click here.

  • Perth. Summer is very close...

    31 Oct 2009 | 5:11 am
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    Informed Architectural Photography

  • Priceless

    Andy Marshall
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:33 am
    A post card from France, a brief muted message, the horrors of war... continued at fotofacade.....

  • Photoshoot Favourite: Zaha’s Music Chamber

    Andy Marshall
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:04 am
    It seems that nothing can go wrong for Zaha Hadid. Her summer triumph was the music chamber installation at Manchester Art Gallery commissioned for the Manchester International Festival in July. Andy Marshall recall's his experiences during the photo shoot continued at fotofacade.....

  • Saint Werburgh’s – stripped of modernity?

    Andy Marshall
    25 Oct 2009 | 6:45 am
    "Walking through the arched doorway and up towards the chancel of Old Saint Werburgh's in Cheshire, it felt like I was slowly being stripped of every vestige of modernity." Architectural Photographer, Andy Marshall peels back the layers of time at a remarkable church with a hypnotic interior... continued at fotofacade.....

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    22 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Architectural iPhoneography of Andy Marshall Who say's that architecture and mobile phones don't mix?

  • Architectural iPhoneography

    Andy Marshall
    19 Oct 2009 | 11:43 am
    Capturing Architecture on the Iphone The Architectural Iphoneography of Andy Marshall continued at fotofacade.....
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  • Souto de Moura latest project

    12 Oct 2009 | 7:25 pm
    The Casa das Histórias Paula Rego was designed by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. The building makes use of certain aspects of the region’s historical architecture, which is here reinterpreted in a contemporary way. It can be immediately recognized thanks to its two pyramid-shaped towers and the red-colored concrete used in its construction. The land and trees which previously existed at the site are incorporated as fundamental elements, while four wings, of varying heights and sizes, make up the building. The building itself is subdivided into rooms which lead into one another and…

  • Exhibition in Oporto

    18 Sep 2009 | 10:20 am

  • FG+SG 10 years

    12 Aug 2009 | 4:20 pm

  • Habitar Portugal 2006-2008 | 33 of the selected projects are online in ultimasreportagens.com

    19 Jul 2009 | 6:20 pm
    Habitar Portugal is a selection of work by Portuguese architects built between 2006 and 2008, reproducing a part of the body of work which is Portuguese architecture – from small to large scale projects, from detachedhouses to public spaces.

  • Álvaro Siza Documentation Center

    19 Jul 2009 | 6:20 pm
    Álvaro Siza Interview by José Salgado - The HOUSE in Roberto Ivens | To talk about a house is not simply to refer to the dimensions of its rooms or to carefully describe the relationships between its spaces. It is these things as well, but, no matter how rigorous this information may be, it will never be enough to achieve a satisfactory portrait of the thing that which is the most relevant when we speak about houses: those moments in life when they are, or were the protagonist.
 
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  • 7 Excellent Examples of Adaptive Reuse

    Linda
    27 Oct 2009 | 3:52 am
    It’s often hard to imagine that a building can be used for anything other than what it was intended, yet when they are left abandoned, having outlived their original purpose, many dilapidated structures cry out to be transformed rather than fall fowl to the demolition ball. Whether due to conservation issues, the limited availability of space for new ventures or because public campaigns are successful in saving beloved landmarks, adaptive reuse projects are on the increase. Old buildings breathe new life, albeit in an altered state, offering a chance to embrace past designs while looking to…

  • New Urban Economies: Architecture beyond buildings

    Jordan
    24 Oct 2009 | 11:40 pm
    flickr.com user JacobEnos For many decades entomologists studied insects in laboratories to understand everything about them. At some point over the course of the 20th Century, they reached a new level of understanding when they studied how individual species contributed towards a much larger eco system. Take ants for example. Ants not only grow and harvest their own food, they also safely handle material waste (including waste from other species), create their own medicines and disinfectants; in addition to constructing their own living environments from recycled material. They do all this,…

  • Archi-Ninja on The Architects – “Advertisement for Architecture” radio segment

    Linda
    17 Oct 2009 | 10:46 pm
    Recently Simon Knott and Stuart Harrison discussed the Most Over-rated Architects article and survey results on-air. Along with Christine Phillips, they run the radio show The Architects on Melbourne’s independent RRR radio station – one of my favourite Australian Architecture bloggers Rory Hyde, is their international correspondent. The segment discussed the exhibition “Advertisement for Architecture”, currently on at Federation Square and included discussion of the following: Advertisments for Architecture live cross Gollings/Rijavec win Venice Australian Pavilion…

  • The Most Over-Rated Architects + Architects who deserve more credit

    Linda
    27 Sep 2009 | 9:10 am
    I recently conducted a survey to find out the answer to these questions – Who is the most over-rated Architect? and Which Architect deserves more credit? Here are my results I was interested to find out the opinion from many professionals in the industry as to who they thought was the most over-rated Architect. It was fairly obvious to me that the winner would have to be someone well-known in the industry, but who? Also of interest to me, was to find out from the people I follow, who they thought deserved more credit and recognition. There are so many Architects that do amazing work,…

  • Massive Game of Monopoly on Google Maps

    Linda
    10 Sep 2009 | 10:51 am
    Google and the company behind Monopoly, Hasbro; have just completed the launch of the biggest game of Monopoly ever – it’s called Monopoly City Streets. Here’s how it works: Each player begins by being given $3 million to spend (Monopoly money of course!). You then set about buying any street in the world and from there, you get to play a “virtual architect” putting up houses, stadiums, and city skyscrapers to your hearts content! With each new building you create, you are able to collect daily rent with the goal of collecting enough to be the richest property…
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  • Contemporary Architectural Models Workshop on 3D Printing

    Sweet Onion Creations
    21 Oct 2009 | 2:33 pm
    Our first workshop with Live Architecture Network (LaN) at Montana State University here in Bozeman went great. The students did a solid job of understanding how to design for 3D printing using RHINO software. (The challenge always being how tricky it can be to create a watertight .STL file as you build up creative surfaces) We also covered how “normals” can be these weird nebulous vectors that stick out in space. RHINO 4 has some pretty slick tools that allow you to identify when a normal might be posing a problem. We’ll be posting some workflow examples here on the blog in…

  • Digital Fabrication for Architecture

    Sweet Onion Creations
    15 Oct 2009 | 7:51 pm
    Bozeman, Montana - The first set of workshops on digital fabrication techniques covered 3D printing and RHINO tonight for architects. Shane and Monika from LaN did a great introduction to what’s happening around the world in digi fab (check out Materialecology) We did an overview of showing how architectural models can be 3d printed with various case studies and examples ranging from 3D printing out entire cityscapes to presentation architecture models using a blend of automated and hand techniques. Next up we’ll be working with the students on 3d printing out their funky designs.

  • Workshop for Architects and Designers on Cutting-Edge Fabrication Tools

    Sweet Onion Creations
    8 Oct 2009 | 3:20 pm
    3D printing, CNC Milling, and design software explained in hands-on exercises in Bozeman and across North America Live Architecture Network (LaN) will be presenting a 4 day workshop (evenings + Saturday) on Digital Fabrication: from intro to advanced. The workshop will focus on the use of the software program, RHINO, as it pertains to creating physical objects using automated fabrication methods such as CNC and 3D printing. Computer Aided Design (CAD) software continues to open new doors for how objects, buildings, and even cities are designed and constructed. Even more exciting is seeing how…

  • Design Your Dwelling 2008 Contest Overview

    Sweet Onion Creations
    7 Jul 2009 | 4:17 pm
    Background: Last August, Google SketchUp in conjunction with Dwell magazine, put together a contest for folks to design their ideal place on a site just outside San Francisco. Over 130 talented designers submitted plans and drawings and in the end it came down to Drew Wilgus winning the whole shebang for his Crissy Airfield House design.  You can check out the model on 3D Warehouse here. As part of the winning prize, a 3d scale architectural model was awarded and Sweet Onion Creations chosen to be a co-sponsor of the contest.  Here on the blog, we’ll be highlighting how we’ve…

  • Scale Model of Frank Gehry’s Disney Concert Hall

    Jake
    19 May 2009 | 1:48 pm
    Frank Gehry’s Disney Concert Hall A Scale Architectural Model A little over a year ago we went down to Los Angeles for a few meetings with clients.  We were still hot off a project of building out Jacksonville, Florida to scale and really hyped up on Google’s 3D Warehouse (Still am in fact). Anyways, we think this is a great example of how 3d printing can make it so much easier to do complex models.  We’re building a few models right now using traditional hand-techniques and a blend of 3d printing.  To build out Gehry’s freak show of a building would be a nightmare…
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  • Lower East Side Hotel // New York // USA // ODA

    manuel
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:54 am
    Located in the Bowery, the Lower East Side Hotel (L.E.S.) designed by the Office for Design and Architecture (ODA) will feature over 220 rooms with minimalistic interiors to allow the ‘guests to use their personal aesthetic as an impromptu installation’. By designing tempered and laminated interior cylinders for the shower, toilet and closet, and using stark colors teamed with expansive city views, the small rooms seem larger than their dimensions. The relationship between the Owner and Architect was critical for accomplishing the common goal of accommodating an aggressive program…

  • Cultural Park Valparaiso // Chile // Emilio Marin

    manuel
    1 Nov 2009 | 8:54 am
    Chilean architect Emilio Marin of Oficina de Arquitectura has designed this entry for a competition to redesign ‘Cultural Park Valparaiso’ in Chile. The existing former prison will be converted into a modern cultural center. ‘The building is not an object is a constant succession of relationships. What matters is not man’s relationship with the object, but what happens between them.’ The program of Emilio Marin’s proposal, which won the 3rd prize, is planned as a series of geometric spaces. The relations between these are filtered through the space which…

  • InfoWash – A Physical and Psychological Refuge

    ShavkatKarimov
    28 Oct 2009 | 8:04 pm
    39751 InfoWash was conceived and constructed by students of The Design Workshop at Parsons. The project was a direct response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi. The mixed-use space was designed to meet both the physical and emotional needs of the community. The project is home to an organization which provides rebuilding assistance to local residents. It also houses a 24-hour Laundromat, providing a much needed service to the community. Combining elements that address the short-term and long-term needs of the community, 39571 InfoWash…

  • Uni-Diversity – Coexistence in Architecture

    ShavkatKarimov
    23 Oct 2009 | 11:36 am
    Project by: Arch. Rami Kopty and Arch. Judi Nashashibi. Technion Institute of Technology – Israel. The project deal with Nazareth metropolis , trying to create a wide connection between Nazareth and Nazareth illit. In the project the two cities are examined typology’s as you can see in this diagram and get a connection between them in many fields such as: the green typology, the openness of the materials, activities in the areas, the meeting scale, formality of a place and materials… these diagrams shows the deference and the connection between Nazareth and Nazareth illit,…

  • Hwaseong Sports Complex By DRDS

    manuel
    21 Oct 2009 | 10:50 am
    Los Angeles architects DRDS have designed a sports complex for the Hyundai-Samsung Consortium in Hwaseong, Korea. The stadium has a perforated metal skin with openings of various size. Designed in collaboration with Junglim, DMP, Haendlim and A&U, the project is scheduled to open in 2010. It includes a 35,000 seat soccer, a 5000 seat arena and a 2000 seat practice field. Stadiums have significant impact on cities because of their size, so ‘we have created a harmonious and fluid design that speaks to the civic aspect of sports architecture, one in which the local community can take…
 
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  • Urgent Request. Need you all to follow MrCadman on Twitter and donate $5 to the Susan G Komen Cure for Cancer Fund so Shaan Hurley will shave his head at AU2009

    Gregory Arkin
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:54 pm
    Well, we can never pass up the opportunity to gather up enough people and money to get the Autodesk Platform Technology Evangelist to shave his head in the name of Revit.I just received an email from Shaan Hurley about several issues for Autodesk University.First is the request to place this lovely badge on my blog and link it to http://au.autodesk.com.  That was the easy one.The next items are a little more challenging. From Shaan's email: 1. FYI: There will be a Twitter Tweetup event on the exhibit hall floor Tuesday night at 7PM in the AUGI area.2. Make sure to spread the word to…

  • Father of LEED Says: "Green Buildings Only Bright Spot in Construction Industry"

    Gregory Arkin
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:48 pm
    Matt, thanks for the great news. Since we all know that BIM and LEED are perfect partners, I'm sure everyone will be running to their resellers to finally move to Revit. Repost: http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/BestPracticesConstructionLaw/~3/f3J2Jfumajw/from BL Best Practices Construction Law (Matt DeVries)I am certainly not the first ... and certainly won't be the last ... person to write about Robert Watson's webinar presentation this afternoon entitled, Building a Sustainable Future: Progress & Trends Toward Improving the Environmental Footprint of Commercial Buildings. Watson, Executive…

  • RobiNZ CAD Blog: Blogging around the world, to meet at Autodesk University

    Gregory Arkin
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:11 pm
    As long as we're talking about Revit Russia, Robin in New Zealand made his own blog post about my blog post. We've really gone global BIM now. Thanks Robin and I look forward to seeing you at the Blogger's Social Monday night. If you look closely at Robin's map, there's a big ass orange blog of Revit activity right where I live. Coincidence? Not! I'm kicking Revit ass in my neighborhood. I'm glad Robin's map visualizes my efforts. Nothing like Florida orange.Repost: http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2009/11/blogging-around-the-world-to-meet-at-autodesk-university.htmlA few days ago Gregory Arkin…

  • LEED Charrette Planning Guide

    Gregory Arkin
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:05 pm
    As usual, another great post from Real Life LEED blog:Repost: http://www.reallifeleed.com/2009/10/leed-charrette-planning-guide.htmlMy firm has a new LEED project that I've been asked to help plan a startup charrette, a first for me (though I've participated in a few others). After noticing google mostly just references you to firms providing LEED charrette facilitation services, I thought it would be helpful to compile a list of resources that I found useful in my planning. ...A boring post to be sure, but a necessary one all the same. If you have no idea what I'm talking about right now, I…

  • New Landscape Rating System to Transform the Industry, Complete Green Building Puzzle

    Gregory Arkin
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:03 pm
    Repost: http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/05/new-landscape-rating-system-to-transform-the-industry-complete-green-building-puzzle/The Sustainable Sites Initiative released the nation’s first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. A partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Initiative’s rating system represents four years of work by dozens of the country’s leading sustainability experts, scientists and design…
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  • Cape Cod Classic Keeps Charm with Enclosed Porch

    julia@lookiloos
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:21 pm
    Growing up on the east coast, Tom and Carol O’Brien loved the charms of traditional old homes. So after years of living around the South Bay, the couple found exactly what they wanted — a 1940 Cape Cod. In the heart of San Jose’s Rose Garden neighborhood, the house also brought them closer to two of their grandchildren who live nearby and attend St. Martin of Tours school. With shingles, bay windows, plus an enclosed porch on the back, the house just felt like home. The home was built by the Gallagher family, who owned Gallagher Fruit Co. when the area was known as the…

  • Ticket Give-away for Los Gatos Historic Home Tour

    julia@lookiloos
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:50 pm
    Like this house? Wanna see inside? Lookiloos has a pair of tickets to get you in! This house is one of seven on the Los Gatos Historic Homes Tour on Saturday  and Sunday (Nov. 7-8). The tour promises to show off great examples of Victorian architecture, as well as an unusual Hawaiian-inspired house, an old hunting lodge and, as a bonus, a new Provence-inspired farmhouse. The tour benefits the Museums of Los Gatos, providing the operating revenue to keep their doors open for the next year. So if you don’t win this pair, buy a pair for yourself and a friend. (See below for contest…

  • One Kings Lane – Secret Club for Designer Decor Discounts

    sheila
    1 Nov 2009 | 8:01 pm
    Do you love designer home decor, but we don’t love having to pay top dollar?  We found the One Kings Lane site and are enamored by the beauties that can be found at a fraction of the cost.  For example, this gorgeous console table is designed by Maria Yee.  Every item in her collection is handcrafted with sophisticated joinery techniques, handed down through the ages and refined for a modern manufacturing environment, with no nails or screws marring the integrity of the raw materials.  She is a pioneer in socially responsible luxury furniture.  The console retails for $2260 and you…

  • Halloween Witch Comes to Hansel and Gretel House

    julia@lookiloos
    30 Oct 2009 | 6:22 pm
    When Lookiloos first visited Amy and Parke Young’s tudor home, they told us how  it had been so dark and overgrown when they first bought it, it looked like  the witch from Hansel and Gretel must have lived there. While their renovation swept away all signs of scary, come Halloween every year, the family invites the witch back home. “My favorite holiday is Halloween,” Amy said. At the front door, a full-size witch guards the entrance with autumn vines swirling over the doorway. Amy’s black urns are filled with stacked pumpkins. A black cat ornament stands with his…

  • Halloween Finds on Willow Glen’s Lincoln Avenue

    sheila
    29 Oct 2009 | 8:29 am
    While the kids go door-to-door looking for candy or chocolate bars, Lookiloos tend to keep an eye out for great Halloween decorations.  Trimmings for this holiday often ranges from gory to campy, yet a discerning eye strikes the balance of both. Here are a few finds celebrating Dia De las Muertos and Halloween from San Jose’s Lincoln Avenue in the Willow Glen Neighborhood. Photos taken by Sheila Dowd at Fleurish and Domus.
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  • Eco design compliments green sustainability to the skylines

    admin
    30 Oct 2009 | 10:12 am
    Cities around the world are running into the same problems with their infrastructure: how can we create true eco-friendly living where cars, concrete and metal dominate? Its not simple. Problems of old infrastructure and traditional city planning curb significant efforts to recreate a city’s environment. New urban developments, like Blue Springs’ downtown revitalization, are much easier to reimagine with green living; the upper west side of Manhattan is another thing entirely. What is the answer? Instead of trying to take the cities back into the natural environment, architects,…

  • NRDC: Going car-free is the new chic in cities increasing sustainability in urban design

    admin
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:08 am
    This is an excellent post that reveals again how markets and market preferences are not stagnant – they respond to many variables. And, in this case, we see what might be a minor trend for now, but something to consider strongly for the future. Click the screenshot on the left to go to the post from the National Resources Defense Council’s Switchboard blog: “Never mind the Prius – the new chic is going car-free entirely” Related posts:A post from NRDC’s Switchboard: Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interactionA master plan behind covering…

  • A post from NRDC’s Switchboard: Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interaction

    admin
    19 Oct 2009 | 12:42 pm
    The following was written by Kaid Benfield and originally posted on the Switchboard, the NRDC blog: As many readers of this blog already know, Orenco Station was built as one of the country’s first new, suburban transit-oriented developments. It’s on Portland’s MAX light rail line in Hillsborough, Oregon, and comprises some 1,850 housing units and a town center that includes 68,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving, ground-floor commercial space (with lofts above) on a total of 190 acres. The now-iconic community was one of the first choices we made while researching…

  • A master plan behind covering the Path to Prosperity in shade: Incorporating “street trees” into the urban design of neighborhoods

    admin
    19 Oct 2009 | 11:03 am
    In his seminal book “Great Streets”, Allan Jacobs wrote “given a limited budget, the most effective expenditure of funds to improve a street would probably be on trees.” I couldn’t agree more. This is not simply an exercise in greenwashing or tree-hugging. In fact, when planning for cities one of the more damaging paths to go down is to think that green is always good. It’ll be interesting in fact when the current phase of green fancy dies down so we can start to have more rational discussions of what “green” is appropriate in a walkable environment and how…

  • Planetizen recognizes Klinkenberg as ‘A Spokesman for Urbanity’

    admin
    15 Oct 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Looks like Planetizen found the Pitch’s profile of me from last week here. For those that don’t know, Planetizen is a user-contributed site dedicated to urban planning. They do a good job on reporting, reviewing and critiquing current and future urban planning practices and news. They also have a very interesting top 100 list of Urban Thinkers for those that want to check out what their site has to offer. Related posts:A post from NRDC’s Switchboard: Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interactionSuburban sprawl slowing to a crawl: Could your suburb fall…
 
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    dornob

  • Eating Thin: Extremely Skinny Dining Room Table Design

    d0rn0b
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    It seems almost impossible to imagine a dining room table with essentially no surface area – after all, having a flat place to set down your plates and silverware is almost an assumed part of this central and ubiquitous piece of home furniture by definition. Nilly Landao chose the perspective for her short film featuring this incredibly slim table quite carefully. The viewer is in fact never shown the precise method by which it holds things up, though slots in a vertical wooden surface can be inferred from the images and animation. The more you see, however, the more it makes you…

  • Swimming Cities: Floating Trash or Modern Pirate Treasure?

    d0rn0b
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Set against the backdrop of a contemporary city skyline, this ramshackle collection of recycled parts looks as much like a half-sunk pirate ship of pile of floating debris as it does a functional floating hobo-style hodgepodge home. But these are not merely a one-time installation or thrown-together art project: this collection of makeshift mobile water homes has sailed the open seas and picked up musicians, performers and other artists along its way. Swoon is known for on-land street art as well as works featured in prominent galleries around the world, but stepped from stable dry ground…

  • Dead Houses: Crafted in Memory of Lost & Destroyed Homes

    d0rn0b
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Sure, some of us ‘love’ our homes … but few of us wonder if a house can ‘die’. There is a fascinating 18th-and-19th-Century tradition of grieving loved by taking and braiding, knitting or otherwise working the hair of the decease into a crafted object to commemorate them – and in similar recent-past traditions, photographs were sometimes taken of their still and lifeless body (shiver). The artist whose work is featured here plays on these traditions in a strange modern reinterpretation of that practice … only she has created commemorative sculptural…

  • How to: Recycle a Rubber Hose into a Cheap & Comfy Chair

    d0rn0b
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    Clean modern lines, wood and metal supports … one could almost imagine this being sold at your local contemporary furniture store for thousands of dollars. Except: that comfortable-looking lining threaded between the structural frame is an ordinary, everyday reused garden hose. Total cost? About twenty bucks. A few pieces of plywood, threaded metal rods, washers and bolts are all that is needed to construct the supporting elements on the sides of the seat. The standard-sized rubber hose is then woven between holes punched in the ply. By stretching the length of hose tightly across the…

  • Artists Rework Waterworks into Live-&-Work Studio Space

    d0rn0b
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:41 am
    Some people saw this old industrial water pumping station as an eyesore, a giant architectural relic out of place and scale in its now-residential semi-urban surroundings near the middle of contemporary downtown Berlin. An artistic duo, however, saw it is a huge blank canvas on which to create a masterpiece of modern minimalism. For the price of a cheap condo in most other major European cities, Elmgreen & Dragset were able to purchase the property for under a million dollars – a steal considering the fine structural shape it is in and the incredibly vast interior space it contains.
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  • IaaC Open Lecture: Ben van Berkel

    IaaC is pleased to invite you to the open lecture of Ben van Berkel, UNStudio Tuesday 10th of November 19:30 > IaaC Auditorium C/Pujades 102. Poble Nou Ben van Berkel studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and at the Architectural Association in London, receiving the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987. In 1988 ...

  • World Architecture Festival 2009 Winners

    The World Architecture Festival has announced the winners to their 9 categories (Civic and Community, Culture, Holiday, House, Housing, Learning, New and Old, Office,  and Shopping) after the break you'll find a couple of images for each of the winners with the captions provided by the festival. Civic and Community Emergency Terminal, ...

  • COBE Wins Competition for the New Norreport Train Station in Copenhagen

    Danish Architects COBE, in collaboration with Public Architects, Grontmij Carlbro and Bartenbach LichtLabor, have been awarded first place in the international competition to design the new Norreport Train Station in Copenhagen, Denmark. More images after the break. Norreport Train Station is the busiest train station in Denmark with around 250,000 persons passing ...

  • V3 House – Garduño Arquitectos

    Project: V3 House Author: Garduño Arquitectos Juan Garduño, Ernesto Flores, Ricardo Guzmán, Daniel Banda, Isaac Romero, Athos Sajid Location: Mexico City, Mexico Plot Area: 1,440 m2 Built Area: 650 m2 Contractor: Tollan Construcciones Ing. Manuel Vertíz Photography: Paul Czitrom Laura Cohen When we accepted the invitation to solve a house in a 60º-sloped area, without interesting sights and ...

  • JDS Architects Awarded honorable mention in the Taipei Pop Music Center Competition

    Last week the Taipei Pop Music Center competition had announced three finalists and four honorable mentions. JDS Architects / Julien de Smedt has been awarded Honorable ention for their proposal in the Taipei Pop Music Center International Competition. More images and project descritpion by JDS after the break. MORE THAN SYMBOLIC The ...
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  • 3 social media events, 2 cities, 1 big blog post

    redcubemarketing
    1 Nov 2009 | 1:35 pm
    Image courtesy of Britt Warg There have been a number of social media events recently and I wanted to attend as many as I could to a) connect with the best of the best in social media, b) validate what we’re doing at Red Cube and c) understand how social media is being used in other [...]

  • Cube Conversations: We chat to the DBA’s Deborah Dawton about their new event, The Edge

    redcubemarketing
    20 Oct 2009 | 4:43 am
    It’s been a while since the last Cube Conversation, but I was waiting for a goodun. And here it is. As some of you know, I’ve been working with the DBA on the launch of their fantastic new design event, The Edge. I thought I’d make the most of that by chatting to the DBA’s Chief [...]

  • Look before you leap – article on Reputation Online

    redcubemarketing
    12 Oct 2009 | 2:13 am
    As the world and his dog shepherds businesses into the digital space before they ‘miss out’ (on what exactly? it’s not going anywhere), it seems some have lost site of the fundamentals … read the full piece on Reputation Online

  • So many social media events, so little time

    redcubemarketing
    9 Oct 2009 | 6:16 am
    I don’t know about you, but every corner I turn at the moment I seem to be bombarded by ‘MUST ATTEND SOCIAL MEDIA’ events. There seems to be a bit of a rush in the air. That if we don’t attend our lives will suddenly turn sour. We’ll never be the same again. Or something. As [...]

  • Rethinking Agency Relationships – Part II

    redcubemarketing
    8 Oct 2009 | 10:22 am
    As the title suggests, this is the second part of Julie Jenson Bennett’s post on developing a happy client/agency relationship (go here if you’ve not read it). This is directed at product development partnerships. But, as before, I do think a lot of this rings true for most agency relationships. _________________________________________________________________________________ Ok – so we covered the [...]
 
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  • Eco design compliments green sustainability to the skylines

    admin
    30 Oct 2009 | 10:12 am
    Cities around the world are running into the same problems with their infrastructure: how can we create true eco-friendly living where cars, concrete and metal dominate? Its not simple. Problems of old infrastructure and traditional city planning curb significant efforts to recreate a city’s environment. New urban developments, like Blue Springs’ downtown revitalization, are much easier to reimagine with green living; the upper west side of Manhattan is another thing entirely. What is the answer? Instead of trying to take the cities back into the natural environment, architects,…

  • NRDC: Going car-free is the new chic in cities increasing sustainability in urban design

    admin
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:08 am
    This is an excellent post that reveals again how markets and market preferences are not stagnant – they respond to many variables. And, in this case, we see what might be a minor trend for now, but something to consider strongly for the future. Click the screenshot on the left to go to the post from the National Resources Defense Council’s Switchboard blog: “Never mind the Prius – the new chic is going car-free entirely” Related posts:A post from NRDC’s Switchboard: Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interactionA master plan behind covering…

  • A post from NRDC’s Switchboard: Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interaction

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    19 Oct 2009 | 12:42 pm
    The following was written by Kaid Benfield and originally posted on the Switchboard, the NRDC blog: As many readers of this blog already know, Orenco Station was built as one of the country’s first new, suburban transit-oriented developments. It’s on Portland’s MAX light rail line in Hillsborough, Oregon, and comprises some 1,850 housing units and a town center that includes 68,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving, ground-floor commercial space (with lofts above) on a total of 190 acres. The now-iconic community was one of the first choices we made while researching…

  • A master plan behind covering the Path to Prosperity in shade: Incorporating “street trees” into the urban design of neighborhoods

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    19 Oct 2009 | 11:03 am
    In his seminal book “Great Streets”, Allan Jacobs wrote “given a limited budget, the most effective expenditure of funds to improve a street would probably be on trees.” I couldn’t agree more. This is not simply an exercise in greenwashing or tree-hugging. In fact, when planning for cities one of the more damaging paths to go down is to think that green is always good. It’ll be interesting in fact when the current phase of green fancy dies down so we can start to have more rational discussions of what “green” is appropriate in a walkable environment and how…

  • Planetizen recognizes Klinkenberg as ‘A Spokesman for Urbanity’

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    15 Oct 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Looks like Planetizen found the Pitch’s profile of me from last week here. For those that don’t know, Planetizen is a user-contributed site dedicated to urban planning. They do a good job on reporting, reviewing and critiquing current and future urban planning practices and news. They also have a very interesting top 100 list of Urban Thinkers for those that want to check out what their site has to offer. Related posts:A post from NRDC’s Switchboard: Orenco Station found to have more walking, community interactionSuburban sprawl slowing to a crawl: Could your suburb fall…
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