Metropolis POV: Gift Fair FindsGift Fair Finds
Last week, the New York International Gift Fair arrived at the Javits Center with, as usual, a handful of terrific new products. Here's a quick look at a few of my personal favorites. The Brooklyn-based distributor neo-utility was showing this elegant stainless-steel pen by Düller and the German designer Dietrich Lubs, of Braun fame. It's available as a ballpoint pen, a fountain pen, and a mecha...
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Curbed NY: Construction Watch: Catching Up With Isis, New Goddess of the Upper East SideConstruction Watch: Catching Up With Isis, New Goddess of the Upper East Side
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Been some time since Yorkville's Isis adorably topped out with a bunch of local first graders on hand. Close observers will remember this FXFowle-designed tower at 77th Street and Second Avenue...
//February 8 2010 | 11:34 pm
NYT > Arts: Music Review | 'The Enchanted Pig': Love (and Arias) With a Proper SwineMusic Review | 'The Enchanted Pig': Love (and Arias) With a Proper Swine
This fanciful children’s opera has a modest, appealing and lively score and wittily poetic libretto.
//February 8 2010 | 11:31 pm
INHABITAT: NewActon Apartments Aim to Be the Greenest in AustraliaNewActon Apartments Aim to Be the Greenest in Australia
NewActon Nishi is a new apartment complex in the middle of Canberra that is aiming to be Australia’s greenest residential development. But don’t go thinking that this will be a boring ‘green building’. NewActon Nishi will feature a sexy minimalist aesthetic in addition to some exciting eco-conscious features.NewActon Nishi is currently being developed by the [...]
//February 8 2010 | 10:48 pm
anArchitecture: Soft Ground. By Ai Weiwei.Soft Ground. By Ai Weiwei.
threee instalations in one room: soft ground, rooted upon and a fairytaleSoft Ground is an artwork done by Ai Weiwei exclusively for his exhibition "So Sorry" at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. The 380m² large rug (size 10.61m x 35.61m) is a replication of the building's limestone flooring and was done from 969 rectangular tiles. Each stone tile was photographed, traced by hand, to be then reproduc...
//February 8 2010 | 10:35 pm
Articles Feed - Dwell: Event Spotlight » SFMoMA 75th Anniversary ShowEvent Spotlight » SFMoMA 75th Anniversary Show
by Miyoko OhtakeThough the iconic Mario Botta building that houses the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has only graced the city's South of Market neighborhood since 1995, the museum itself has brought modern and contemporary art to the West Coast since 1935. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the SFMoMA has filled its floors with 75 Years of Looking Forward, a fantastic exhibition comprising si...
//February 8 2010 | 10:01 pm
Archinect.com Feed: Featured Jobs Today: in New York and Long Beach CAFeatured Jobs Today: in New York and Long Beach CA
KLINGMANN Architects & Brand Consultants seeking Architectural Designer in New York, NY Anonymous seeking Interior Designer in Long Beach, CA Joel Sanders Architect seeking Senior Architect & Architect in New York, NY View thousands of active job listings in our jobs section | Post a Job...
//February 8 2010 | 9:00 pm
ArchDaily: Software and Biotechnology Plants / Coll-Barreu ArquitectosSoftware and Biotechnology Plants / Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
© Aleix Bagué Architects: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos – Juan Coll-Barreu & Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza Location: Derio, Spain Structure: Mintegia y Bilbao Mechanical & Electrical: Indotec Client: Parque Tecnológico S.A. Constructed area: 15,584.63 sqm Budget: 15,840,071.43 € Project year: 2005-2006 Construction year: 2005-2009 Photographs: Aleix Bagué The Technology Park is a center o...
//February 8 2010 | 8:00 pm
architechnophilia: blog wunderlust : 08 February 2010blog wunderlust : 08 February 2010
urban sprawl repair kit | the farmer that wanted to be king | AFH responds to Haiti | a miniature forest | more about empty Beijing architecture | who would want to be an architecture student? | material girl's eco school in Malawi | 5 examples of stylish housing projects | 2009 design winners | 1:1 architects build small spaces | house movingWhen a building is as good as that one, fuck the art.Ph...
//February 8 2010 | 7:04 pm
Designboom - Weblog: HHF architects: labels 2HHF architects: labels 2
labels 2, berlin by HHF architects all images courtesy HHF architects 'labels 2', berlin designed by swiss HHF architects is now officially open. the fashion center, is a concentration of showrooms for international fashion brands in one building, including public spaces such as an event hall, a restaurant and a lounge at the top floor. the design strategy is based on the adjacent wa...
//February 8 2010 | 6:27 pm
BLDGBLOG: Toward the city come hillsToward the city come hills
[Image: Mudslides strike Los Angeles; photo by Gary Friedman for the L.A. Times].In his short novel Man in the Holocene, author Max Frisch describes the psychological implications of living in the presence of possible Alpine landslides. The idea that the very earth beneath your feet might someday start to avalanche takes on existential overtones. "Nobody in the village," Frisch writes, for instanc...
//February 8 2010 | 4:37 pm
Dezeen: Ajurinmäki Daycare Center by AFKSAjurinmäki Daycare Center by AFKS
Helsinki architects AFKS have completed a children’s daycare center in Espoo, Finland, clad inside and out in strips of timber.
//February 8 2010 | 4:30 pm
AIA Members Lobby CongressAIA Members Lobby Congress
February 4th was Capitol Hill Day for AIA executives, board members, and component leaders.
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//4 February 2010 | 21:32
Jan Gleason, Leader of Nonprofit Firm, DiesJan Gleason, Leader of Nonprofit Firm, Dies
While many architects take on the occasional public service project, sometimes pro bono, Jan Gleason made an entire career based on creating innovative sustainable buildings for nonprofit community organizations.
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//4 February 2010 | 18:05
A New Genre Rises in ShanghaiA New Genre Rises in Shanghai
Developer Dai Zhi Kang, chairman and CEO of the Shanghai Zendai Group is a small, gentle man with a super-sized vision—to create a world-class multi-cultural center for art and commerce in his hometown’s Pudong district.
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//3 February 2010 | 17:45
Legoretta Museum Bolsters Texas Arts DistrictLegoretta Museum Bolsters Texas Arts District
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//2 February 2010 | 16:44
Awards Recognize Best Russian BuildingsAwards Recognize Best Russian Buildings
Last fall the Russian architecture journal Building ARX held its fourth annual awards program at the Moscow Institute of Architecture.
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//1 February 2010 | 21:47
Design Museum by Ron Arad Opening in IsraelDesign Museum by Ron Arad Opening in Israel
Five undulating horizontal ribbons of weathered steel—in bright orange, deep red, and rust brown—wrap the Design Museum Holon, Israel’s first museum of design.
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//29 January 2010 | 17:41
ICSID Calls for Design Solutions In the Face of the Disaster in HaitiICSID Calls for Design Solutions In the Face of the Disaster in Haiti
In a global appeal following the devastation in Haiti, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) has launched a call to designers from all disciplines to unite in an open dialogue with international relief organisations to assess potential design-effective rehabilitation pr ...04.02.2010
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Open Call: Innovative Curtain Wall DesignOpen Call: Innovative Curtain Wall Design
The Center for Architecture is seeking innovative designs for curtain wall systems by AIA New York members. The selected design will be built at full-scale and featured for three months in the double-height space of the Center for Architectures storefront as part of our 2010 theme of the year exhibi ...03.02.2010
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Call for papers: AIEDAM Special IssueCall for papers: AIEDAM Special Issue
Representing and Reasoning About 3D Space AIEDAM Special Issue, Fall 2011, Vol.25, No.4 Edited by: Sean Hanna & Bill Regli This issue will survey the range of approaches to representing and reasoning about 3D space. It seeks practice-based contributions in spatial design doma ...02.02.2010
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DREAM HOME AWARDSDREAM HOME AWARDS
In the Dream Home Awards, there will be five finalists in each category selected on a point system created by a panel of industry professionals based in part on A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Isihikawa and Murray Silverstein. ...01.02.2010
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Award-Winning Projects, 2008 The Omrania l CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architect...Award-Winning Projects, 2008 The Omrania l CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design
The Jury awarded first, second, and third prizes, as well as an honorable mention. The winning projects are as follows:
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Call for Papers: Terrain Vague: The Interstitial as Site, Concept, InterventionCall for Papers: Terrain Vague: The Interstitial as Site, Concept, Intervention
Submissions are invited from a range of fields, in particular literature, architecture, ecocriticism, urban studies, cultural geography, the visual arts, and film studies. On the websited it is indicated that a particular interest in responses to the idea, as expressed by Luc Lévesque, that “‘terr ...29.01.2010
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Competition / 2010 AIA/LA Restaurant Design Awards / AIA Los AngelesCompetition / 2010 AIA/LA Restaurant Design Awards / AIA Los Angeles
The AIA|LA's Restaurant Design Awards (RDA) honor excellence in restaurant design. The competition is open to all individuals and practices with both restaurant owners and architects/designers invited to submit. Either the project itself must be located in the United States or the submitting individual/firm must be US-based. Submissions a...
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//6 February 2010 | 8:31
Competition / Fog Analogies / SEAMLabCompetition / Fog Analogies / SEAMLab
SEAMLab's inaugural Scholarship Competition encourages students to thoughtfully consider contemporary challenges and opportunities that exist in material design, architecture, engineering, science, and the built and natural environments. This Scholarship Competition invites students of architecture, art, design, engineering, planning and...
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//5 February 2010 | 9:57
Competition / Spontaneous Architecture : Haiti / Pre-Office, Studio-X, Good MagazineCompetition / Spontaneous Architecture : Haiti / Pre-Office, Studio-X, Good Magazine
"Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed." -- President Rene Preval of Haiti In the wake of the Port-au-Prince earthquake, Haitians have sustained an immense loss of life, with numbers still climbing, and the collapse of physical structures signifying the collapse of t...
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//5 February 2010 | 9:55
Competition / Kaohsiung Marine Culture and Pop Music Center Competition / Kaohsiung City G...Competition / Kaohsiung Marine Culture and Pop Music Center Competition / Kaohsiung City Government
** PLEASE NOTE: OFFICIAL COMPETITION SCHEDULE NOT RELEASED YET, WE WILL UPDATE IT HERE WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE ** The Marine Culture and Pop Music Center is an integral part of the major public investment and construction plan by the Kaohsiung City Government. A major investment toward the overall development of Kaohsiung and even...
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//2 February 2010 | 21:13
Competition / 2010 AIA Educational Facility Design Awards / American Institute of Architec...Competition / 2010 AIA Educational Facility Design Awards / American Institute of Architects
The CAE Design Awards is an Internet-based marketplace of ideas. Through this forum the committee will disseminate quality ideas on educational facility planning and design to clients, architects, and the public. As we rethink and reshape what we do as architects, we must evaluate and measure our successes, and have an arena in which to t...
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//31 January 2010 | 20:15
Customers Adopt Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architecture to Optimize Performance ... - CNNMoney.Customers Adopt Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architecture to Optimize Performance ... - CNNMoney.com (press release)
Earthtimes (press release)Customers Adopt Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architecture to Optimize Performance ...CNNMoney.com (press release)"We decided to move to a 10-Gigabit architecture and adopt a unified fabric with FCoE as well as to completely virtualize our data center. ...Cisco announces Ethernet network expansion technology to conn...
//8 February 2010 | 15:06
Mobile XDR architecture the future of mobile devices, 3D gaming - Mobile MagazineMobile XDR architecture the future of mobile devices, 3D gaming - Mobile Magazine
Mobile MagazineMobile XDR architecture the future of mobile devices, 3D gamingMobile MagazineThat is basically what you can expect when Rambus' Mobile XDR memory architecture is implemented into the next-generation of mobile devices. ...Rambus Unveils Mobile XDR(TM) Memory for Next-Generation Mobile ProductsMarketWatchRambus swings ve...
//8 February 2010 | 23:30
Radiant Logic Announced as Gold Sponsor of Forrester's Enterprise Architecture ... - SYS-C...Radiant Logic Announced as Gold Sponsor of Forrester's Enterprise Architecture ... - SYS-CON Media (press release)
Radiant Logic Announced as Gold Sponsor of Forrester's Enterprise Architecture ...SYS-CON Media (press release)Forrester's Enterprise Architecture Forum 2010 will take place February 11-12, 2010 at Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA. ...and more »...
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//8 February 2010 | 23:24
Look to architecture for fashion trends and inspiration - Vancouver SunLook to architecture for fashion trends and inspiration - Vancouver Sun
Look to architecture for fashion trends and inspirationVancouver SunFashion and architecture are just two of the many facets of design that are interconnected. "Architecture itself sometimes leads. ...and more »...
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//8 February 2010 | 21:55
Tensilica Introduces ConnX Atlas Reference Architecture for LTE - SYS-CON Media (press rel...Tensilica Introduces ConnX Atlas Reference Architecture for LTE - SYS-CON Media (press release)
Tensilica Introduces ConnX Atlas Reference Architecture for LTESYS-CON Media (press release)The ConnX Atlas LTE reference architecture is designed to be a launching point for Tensilica licensees who are designing their own software-programmable or ...Tensilica Introduces Second Generation ConnX BaseBand Engine DSP for Demanding ...Design...
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//8 February 2010 | 15:01
Who Got It Right With Olympic Architecture, Beijing or Vancouver? - TreehuggerWho Got It Right With Olympic Architecture, Beijing or Vancouver? - Treehugger
TreehuggerWho Got It Right With Olympic Architecture, Beijing or Vancouver?TreehuggerAs Canadians, we all want to put on a good show, and architecture can help. But from the outside, this pavilion is completely uninspiring."and more »...
//8 February 2010 | 21:09
Featured Jobs Today: in New York and Long Beach CAFeatured Jobs Today: in New York and Long Beach CA
KLINGMANN Architects & Brand Consultants seeking Architectural Designer in New York, NY Anonymous seeking Interior Designer in Long Beach, CA Joel Sanders Architect seeking Senior Architect & Architect in New York, NY View thousands of active job listings in our jobs section | Post a Job...
//8 February 2010 | 21:00
Competition registration deadlines approaching...Competition registration deadlines approaching...
February 08 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HK Boundary Crossing Facilities International Design Ideas Competition Call for Entries: ReSource The City of Dreams Pavilion February 09 Fashion Museum in Omotesando Street - Tokyo February 10 18th Annual IIDA Will Ching Design Competition 37th Annual IIDA Interior Design Competition...
//8 February 2010 | 18:00
New Mag: ElephantNew Mag: Elephant
From the good people at Frame Magazine, who've given us the sparkling Mark Magazine before, now bringing us Elephant, "on art and visual culture. The magazine is divided into five parts: meetings, research, studio visits, economies and cities." I'm ecstatic.
//8 February 2010 | 7:40
Editor's Picks #144Editor's Picks #144
News In a town in Upper Bavaria they do it differently. There as Orhan points us to Even the minaret is admired as a valuable addition to the cityscape. Read and Related R.I.P. Eduardo Catalano 1917-2010 Philip Johnson's Glass House released tour tickets for the 2010 season. The L.A. Bike Working Group proposed a backbone bikeway networ...
//7 February 2010 | 16:32
Transmaterial 3: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine our Physical EnvironmentTransmaterial 3: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine our Physical Environment
Since the 2006 publication of his best-selling first volume of Transmaterial, author Blaine Brownell has become the undisputed master of new materials, inspiring architects and designers looking to transform the structure, spaces, and surfaces of their projects with the latest high-tech and environmentally friendly products. The third vol...
//6 February 2010 | 6:17
Another ThingAnother Thing
Fullscale projection of a virtual building on the real version of itself. The building flies around and changes shapes. The building in this case is the icelandic parliament. By architect Andrew Burgess. *Thing is parliament in icelandic.
//6 February 2010 | 5:45
Heller Manus Architects’ Shanghai Commercial Office Tower Receives LEED ® Gold Precerti...Heller Manus Architects’ Shanghai Commercial Office Tower Receives LEED ® Gold Precertification
Heller Manus Architects informed us that its 26-story commercial high-rise tower currently under construction in Shanghai was awarded LEED Gold Precertification under the LEED-Core and Shell (LEED-CS) program. The building at 1080 East Dondaming is the first of the LEED-CS program that has been precertified in Shanghai, China. Final LEED Gold cer...
//5 February 2010 | 18:13
Forty-Three Drawings by Swiss Architect Jean Tschumi Donated to the Collection of The Muse...Forty-Three Drawings by Swiss Architect Jean Tschumi Donated to the Collection of The Museum of ...
Architect Bernard Tschumi has donated forty-three drawings by his father, the Swiss architect Jean Tschumi (1904-1962), to the Architecture and Design Department of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA). Jean Tschumi, a key contributor toward the evolution of modern architecture and design in the mid-20th century, was known as an influential f...
//5 February 2010 | 16:58
Seattle to host fourth annual Living Future “Unconference” – bigger, better and even...Seattle to host fourth annual Living Future “Unconference” – bigger, better and even more ...
This spring, the fourth annual Living Future will bring the world’s most forward-thinking green building professionals together in Seattle to explore solutions to today’s most daunting environmental and social justice issues. With this year’s theme of “Build Hope, Re-valuing Community,” the Cascadia Region Green Building Council’s Liv...
//5 February 2010 | 16:31
Los Angeles Architect, Frederick Fisher Exhibits New Watercolors Exploring Form and Compos...Los Angeles Architect, Frederick Fisher Exhibits New Watercolors Exploring Form and Composition.
The Edward Cella Art + Architecture (ECAA) Gallery announced a solo exhibition by contemporary West-coast architect Frederick Fisher (principal, Frederick Fisher and Partners of Los Angeles). Entitled Frederick Fisher: Thinking by Hand, this exhibition of new and recent watercolors explores the form making process and composition strategies Fisher...
//5 February 2010 | 16:16
Taylor_Smyth architects - Bishop Street Residence in Toronto, CanadaTaylor_Smyth architects - Bishop Street Residence in Toronto, Canada
On a narrow street of Victorian, working-class cottages in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood, Bishop Street Residence is the renovation of a post-industrial building from a graphic design firm to a bachelor’s residence by Taylor_Smyth architects. The design negotiates the tightness and public nature of its urban site, while playing out desira...
//3 February 2010 | 16:42
DESIGN COMPLETE FOR 105,000-SF, LEED-GOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SPRING ISD NEAR HOUSTONDESIGN COMPLETE FOR 105,000-SF, LEED-GOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SPRING ISD NEAR HOUSTON
SHW Group designed Gloria Marshall Elementary School to meet LEED and Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria; Has already been accepted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to receive an ENERGY STAR rating due to its energy-efficient building designSHW Group's Houston studio, one of the world’s largest educational archi...
//2 February 2010 | 19:04
PUGH + SCARPA AIA FIRM AWARD 2010PUGH + SCARPA AIA FIRM AWARD 2010
It's not easy to pigeonhole Pugh Scarpa Architects. And that's the way partners Gwynne Pugh, Larry Scarpa, and Angela Brooks like it. The buildings they create are dynamic, many with colorful, angular, patterned facades that exude a sense of whimsical energy. Even at its most eyecatching, the work is also decisively rooted in function and energy...
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//4 February 2010 | 1:59
HAITI EARTHQUAKE INITIAL ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVEHAITI EARTHQUAKE INITIAL ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Living and building day to day in one of the most challenged small countries on our planet entails difficulties hard to grasp from an everyday wealthycountry perspective. Rushing the desperately needed volumes of emergency aid, from water to antiseptics, to the millions who need it in a devastated city and its surroundings though collapsed port...
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//4 February 2010 | 1:59
AUSSIE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2009AUSSIE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2009
On a windswept site in Australia's Snowy Mountains stands a rounded, steelclad form, like a sleek spacecraft among the grasses. Anchored to a concrete plinth, this groundhugging shelter by James Stockwell Architect deflects wind and transfers snow loads while offering its occupants expansive views of the Snowy and Thredbo River Valleys.
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//4 February 2010 | 1:59
ESHERICK'S CARY HOUSEESHERICK'S CARY HOUSE
The Cary House in Mill Valley, California 1961 was a pivotal project for Joseph Esherick, gathering in the experience and the formal explorations of the gable and chalet manners and looking forward to the singleslope roofs that became the icon of the Sea Ranch style.
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//4 February 2010 | 1:59
HOLL'S LINKED HYBRIDHOLL'S LINKED HYBRID
China's recent willinginess to be an architectural testing ground has left it with a fair share of question marks dotting urban horizons, but in Linked Hybrid the gamble may have paid off. The bold, highend residential complex in Beijing, by Steven Holl Architects, offers a more pervasive and open sense of neighborhood than most other modern high...
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//4 February 2010 | 1:59
BAR HOUSE IN ASPENBAR HOUSE IN ASPEN
The simple and strong geometric shape of the Bar House near Aspen, Colorado 8212; which is a bar set boldly across, rather than nestling along, the valley floor 8212; stands up to the rugged and majestic mountains that surround it. Despite its strength, this house by Peter Gluck and Partners is partly submerged in the ground, as if to lock it into...
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//4 February 2010 | 1:59
Monday, MondayMonday, Monday
My weekly page update:This week's dose features Concrete Studio in Austin, Texas by Mell Lawrence Architects:The featured past dose is Bar House in Aspen, Colorado by Peter L. Gluck & Partners, Architects:This week's book review is Urbanisms: Working with Doubt by Steven Holl:Some unrelated links for your enjoyment: ArchiExpo"The Virt...
//8 February 2010 | 7:00
Today's archidose #392Today's archidose #392
Here are some photos of Donnybrook Quarter in London, England by Peter Barber Architects, 2006. Photographs are by suburbanslice.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or:: Tag your photos archidose...
//7 February 2010 | 7:30
Half Dose #74: Park Avenue SouthHalf Dose #74: Park Avenue South
The following text and images are courtesy studio octopi for their extension to the Victorian end of a terrace house located in North London, UK. The project is shortlisted for a 2010 AJ Small Project Award.[photo by Lyndon Douglas Photography]The original builder was also the house’s first resident, and made the most of his triangular...
//5 February 2010 | 19:00
Living in ContainersLiving in Containers
Last night my friend and old CCNY classmate Matt informed me about NYIT professor Michele Bertomen's house under construction in Williamsburg. The distinctive design at 351 Keap Street (address via Curbed) is certainly one to consider for my guidebook to NYC contemporary architecture, because it's a project actually built from stacked shi...
//4 February 2010 | 21:00
Today's archidose #391Today's archidose #391
Here are a couple Tadao Ando-designed buidlings, photographed by etogh33.[Langen Foundation in Neuss, Germany, 2004][Vitra Conference Center in Weil Am Rhein, Germany, 1993]To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or:: Tag your photos archidose...
//4 February 2010 | 6:45
Javits RedoJavits Redo
The Architect's Newspaper features an article I wrote for their next issue on a place I've written about before, Jacob Javits Plaza at Lafayette and Worth Streets in Lower Manhattan. "Plaza Redo, Again" describes the GSA's decision to remove Martha Schwartz's curly green benches and planted mounds in order to undergo repairs to the roof o...
//3 February 2010 | 6:00
Shanghai World Financial CenterShanghai World Financial Center
"The recently completed Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) has bagged the award for Asia’s “Best Tall Building” of 2008.The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) gave the thumbs up to SWFC not only for its excellent architectural form and design but also for the integration and use of sustainable materials in the building’...
//7 February 2010 | 8:19
STADSKANTOOR, NETHERLANDS, ROTTERDAM, 2009STADSKANTOOR, NETHERLANDS, ROTTERDAM, 2009
Statement by Rem Koolhaas:-"What does Rotterdam really need? After an impressive sequence of abrupt architectural transitions – from the stark modernity of the reconstruction, via the “new humanism” of the cubes, the repressed postmodern of the 90s to the current apotheosis of Dutch modernity – launched by the fireworks of the 1940 bombard...
//4 February 2010 | 16:40
Waterfront Town of the 21st Century from SingaporeWaterfront Town of the 21st Century from Singapore
"In September 2007, HDB exhibited the plans for Remaking Our Heartland to realise, rejuvenate and regenerate housing estates in Singapore. Under this initiative, Punggol will be developed into a Waterfront Town of the 21st Century."With this development goal, Singapore had held competitions for it. The winning entry has been published at http://he...
//21 January 2010 | 8:35
World Expo:Past&PresentWorld Expo:Past&Present
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//17 January 2010 | 8:34
BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTENBEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN
A first prize competition work from BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN. to find out more...
//3 January 2010 | 18:46
CTBUH - Council on Tall Buildings and Urban HabitatCTBUH - Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
"The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, based at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, is an international not-for-profit organization supported by architecture, engineering, planning, development and construction professionals, designed to facilitate exchanges among those involved in all aspects of the planning, design, constr...
//27 December 2009 | 17:12
blog wunderlust : 08 February 2010blog wunderlust : 08 February 2010
urban sprawl repair kit | the farmer that wanted to be king | AFH responds to Haiti | a miniature forest | more about empty Beijing architecture | who would want to be an architecture student? | material girl's eco school in Malawi | 5 examples of stylish housing projects | 2009 design winners | 1:1 architects build small spaces | house movingWhen...
//8 February 2010 | 19:04
Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo ItoSendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito
sendai mediatheque by Toyo Ito from Luisa Mendez on Vimeo.
//6 February 2010 | 6:22
master of bamboo: Simon Velezmaster of bamboo: Simon Velez
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//5 February 2010 | 23:35
Living Architectures ::: Xmas MeierLiving Architectures ::: Xmas Meier
A trailer for one of the films in the Living Architectures series called Xmas Meier by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine...
//5 February 2010 | 23:14
on the boards: Energy Neutral Portable Classroomon the boards: Energy Neutral Portable Classroom
The Energy Neutral Portable Classroom designed by Anderson Anderson Architecture, provides an optimized educational facility whilst conserving, collecting and generating natural resources, including electrical and wind energy, natural lighting, and rainwater.
//4 February 2010 | 17:07
on the boards: Ecological Resort, Dominicaon the boards: Ecological Resort, Dominica
The resort aims to create a dialogue with Dominica's lush natural coastline; the architects BURO II, strengthened the relationship further by mimicking the terrain of the site, integrating garden walls, and the use of sustainable materials.
//4 February 2010 | 6:13
The Heroics of ScaleThe Heroics of Scale
A seemingly endless, sprawling labyrinth. A generic hero – a “super-man,” who lives in a world that no longer needs him. A world of technological achievement and wonder where man can be everywhere at once. A crisis of purpose and identity. A loss of significance in the face of modernity. Technology. Identity. The humbling power...
//30 January 2010 | 22:29
Architecture After Las VegasArchitecture After Las Vegas
This week, an international array of critics, architects and historians will convene at the Yale School of Architecture for Architecture After Las Vegas, a four-day symposium beginning January 21st. The event features lectures and panel discussions designed to consider the long-term impact of Las Vegas – as famously celebrated by Ro...
//18 January 2010 | 23:25
Inflate and Imbibe: Art and Architecture meet in a New Orleans CourtyardInflate and Imbibe: Art and Architecture meet in a New Orleans Courtyard
[Des Cours Installation, original photo] In December, I participated in Des Cours, a week-long art exhibition in New Orleans organized by The Big Easy’s chapter of the American Institute of Architects. A team made up of Fred Stivers, Sergio Padilla, and myself was invited with twelve other international teams of artists and architec...
//4 January 2010 | 18:31
Subverting the Spectacle of Modern Times: Charlie Chaplin and the SituationistsSubverting the Spectacle of Modern Times: Charlie Chaplin and the Situationists
[Still from Modern Times] “The construction of situations begins beyond the ruins of the modern spectacle. It is easy to see how much the very principle of the spectacle – nonintervention – is linked to the alienation of the old world. Conversely, the most pertinent revolutionary experiments in culture have sought to br...
//21 September 2009 | 7:24
iPhone it in: A Venturi fire station in New Haven as seen out the window of a giant busiPhone it in: A Venturi fire station in New Haven as seen out the window of a giant bus
//29 August 2009 | 0:37
iPhone it in: The Beinecke Rare Book Library at YaleiPhone it in: The Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale
Gordon Bunshaft for SOM, 1963
//28 August 2009 | 2:12
Construction Watch: Catching Up With Isis, New Goddess of the Upper East SideConstruction Watch: Catching Up With Isis, New Goddess of the Upper East Side
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Been some time since Yorkville's Isis adorably topped out with a bunch of local first graders on hand. Close observers will remember this FXFowle-designed tower at 77th Street and Second Avenue...
//8 February 2010 | 23:34
Eye on Dubai: Burj Closes: A month after cutting the ribbon,...Eye on Dubai: Burj Closes: A month after cutting the ribbon,...
A month after cutting the ribbon, the SOM-designed Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world's tallest building, is closed to the public. The observation deck has been beset by electrical problems, the Daily News reports, but it's unclear whether the rest...
//8 February 2010 | 23:03
UWS Cupcake Controversy!: The Upper West Side's Community Board...UWS Cupcake Controversy!: The Upper West Side's Community Board...
The Upper West Side's Community Board 7 is taking aim at a real neighborhood menace: cupcake addicts. The Magnolia Bakery on Columbus Avenue is so popular that the enclosed sidewalk café area is being used to line up tweekers waiting...
//8 February 2010 | 22:43
PriceChopper: Alleged Birthplace of West Side Story Keeps Cutting Its PricePriceChopper: Alleged Birthplace of West Side Story Keeps Cutting Its Price
We're drawn to any listing in the Upper West Side's legendary Dakota, but apparently the same cannot be said for everyone. At least not when it comes to apartment #54, which has been entertaining the PriceChopper repeatedly since hitting...
//8 February 2010 | 22:22
Park Slope Mansion Gets Facebooked: Curious about the looong renovation of...Park Slope Mansion Gets Facebooked: Curious about the looong renovation of...
Curious about the looong renovation of 17 Prospect Park West—the $8.5 million mansion sold by Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany to a Google exec and family—blog Fucked in Park Slope looked up the new owners on Facebook and, well, asked...
//8 February 2010 | 21:53
The Pink Palace: Glory, Glory Schnabelujah: Palazzo Chupi Now Sold OutThe Pink Palace: Glory, Glory Schnabelujah: Palazzo Chupi Now Sold Out
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. It's a busy winter for the West Village's favorite off-pink fun house. Artist Julian Schnabel's Palazzo Chupi at 360 West 11th Street has been hit with a partial stop work order...
//8 February 2010 | 21:16
Gift Fair FindsGift Fair Finds
Last week, the New York International Gift Fair arrived at the Javits Center with, as usual, a handful of terrific new products. Here's a quick look at a few of my personal favorites. The Brooklyn-based distributor neo-utility was showing this elegant stainless-steel pen by Düller and the German designer Dietrich Lubs, of Braun fame. It's availab...
//8 February 2010 | 23:42
The Design Revolution Hits the RoadThe Design Revolution Hits the Road
Photo: the Design Revolution Road Show on Flickr Last night, in San Francisco, Emily Pilloton and her merry band of humanitarian-design crusaders hosted the official send-off for their Design Revolution Road Show, which will be touring the country in a vintage Airstream trailer between now and April. I am very sorry I wasn't able to attend--the i...
//5 February 2010 | 18:35
Smarter Energy for New YorkSmarter Energy for New York
For years, New York City’s electricity grid has strained under the stress caused by peak demand, the times (like midday or, in a seasonal cycle, the summer) when residents are most apt to use electrical appliances and max out the municipal power network. Stress on the aging system will likely only increase in coming years, with some experts pre...
//4 February 2010 | 23:40
Civic VirtueCivic Virtue
Civic involvement is top of mind in Washington, D.C.—at least in the White House, even if it’s scarce on the Hill. This spring, it will be also on the agenda at the National Building Museum, which, on May 11, will honor three “civic innovators” who have helped build strong communities and neighborhoods, made breakthroughs in clean-energy te...
//4 February 2010 | 18:17
Amale Andraos and Dan Wood on the Edible SchoolyardAmale Andraos and Dan Wood on the Edible Schoolyard
Images: courtesy WORK Architecture Company With its startling lack of parks, community gardens, or farmers’ markets, the Gravesend neighborhood of southern Brooklyn is currently one of the least green sections of New York’s most populous borough. That is set to change this fall, however, when a neighborhood public school—P.S. 216—launches t...
//4 February 2010 | 0:17
The Active CityThe Active City
Now that green design has gone from a fringe concern to an absolute imperative for the architecture community, you have to wonder what, if anything, is the next frontier. The recent publication of New York City’s Active Design Guidelines suggests one possible answer: architecture to get people off their butts. The Guidelines, which were unveiled...
//2 February 2010 | 23:15
Music Review | 'The Enchanted Pig': Love (and Arias) With a Proper SwineMusic Review | 'The Enchanted Pig': Love (and Arias) With a Proper Swine
This fanciful children’s opera has a modest, appealing and lively score and wittily poetic libretto.
//8 February 2010 | 23:31
Shakespeare Troupe Plans Residency in New York in 2011Shakespeare Troupe Plans Residency in New York in 2011
The Royal Shakespeare Company will hold court in Manhattan for an unprecedented six-week, five-play residency inside the Park Avenue Armory.
//8 February 2010 | 23:25
Iron Checkbook Shapes Cultural Los AngelesIron Checkbook Shapes Cultural Los Angeles
Eli Broad dominates the arts in Los Angeles with a force that has no parallel in any major city.
//8 February 2010 | 19:19
Music Review: In Halftime Show, the Who Exhibits Flashes of Age and FamiliarityMusic Review: In Halftime Show, the Who Exhibits Flashes of Age and Familiarity
The Who chose a repertory from Pete Townshend’s ambitious late-1960s albums and afterward, music born to be heard in arenas and stadiums.
//8 February 2010 | 9:13
A Chronicler of the World Now Looks InwardA Chronicler of the World Now Looks Inward
The historian Tony Judt, who has written nine books and scores of essays, has lost the ability to move nearly every muscle in his body.
//8 February 2010 | 17:37
Back From the Depths, Rebuilding a CareerBack From the Depths, Rebuilding a Career
The actor Wes Bentley has begun to put his career back together, in the new play “Venus in Fur.”...
//8 February 2010 | 7:36
Luke Harding on Moscow's plan to demolish artists' villageLuke Harding on Moscow's plan to demolish artists' village
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//8 February 2010 | 11:35
Take the next exit for the green motorway service stationTake the next exit for the green motorway service station
A new motorway service station being designed in the Cotswolds will lead the way environmentallyMotorway services and green design are awkward bedfellows. It's not simply the petrol, the shopping and the fast food, but service stations take up a lot of space. And of course, they're dispiriting to look at.But the challenge of buildin...
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//8 February 2010 | 2:05
'Stonehenge? It's more like a city garden''Stonehenge? It's more like a city garden'
Design watchdog hits out at plans for £20m visitor centre at megalithic jewel in England's cultural crownIts footpaths are "tortuous", the roof likely to "channel wind and rain" and its myriad columns – meant to evoke a forest – are incongruous with the vast landscape surrounding it.So says the government's design watchdog over pla...
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//8 February 2010 | 0:02
Design Museum Holon | ArchitectureDesign Museum Holon | Architecture
Ron Arad has finally got round to making a building – Design Museum Holon, in his native Israel – and it is a remarkable success, writes Deyan SudjicThirty one years after Ron Arad walked out of the architect's studio in Hampstead where he had just set about learning the finer points of professional practice to go for lunch, and decid...
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//7 February 2010 | 2:05
Letters: Blowing the whistle on bad house designLetters: Blowing the whistle on bad house design
Lynsey Hanley is right to draw attention to the lamentable standard of new housing funded by a massive injection of public cash through the Kickstart programme (Comment, 3 February). However, she is wrong to suggest the whistle has been blown by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. In fact, it was a freedom of inform...
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//5 February 2010 | 2:06
Demolition ball threatens Moscow artists' colonyDemolition ball threatens Moscow artists' colony
Fury as mayor targets one of last green enclavesIt is one of Moscow's last green enclaves, a unique garden village built by the new Soviet Union for its revolutionary elite. In winter and summer, weary Muscovites flock here to escape the urban noise and to wander along peaceful avenues of birch trees and log-built cottages. You can even s...
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//4 February 2010 | 21:57
NewActon Apartments Aim to Be the Greenest in AustraliaNewActon Apartments Aim to Be the Greenest in Australia
NewActon Nishi is a new apartment complex in the middle of Canberra that is aiming to be Australia’s greenest residential development. But don’t go thinking that this will be a boring ‘green building’. NewActon Nishi will feature a sexy minimalist aesthetic in addition to some exciting eco-conscious features.NewAct...
//8 February 2010 | 22:48
Build Your Own Treehouse in 6 Easy StepsBuild Your Own Treehouse in 6 Easy Steps
Building a treehouse for your kids is no longer a tall order with this flatpak DIY treehouse design from Dutch designers Rogier Martens and Sam van Veluw of Aandeboom. The Zelfbouwboomhut (Build-It-Yourself Treehouse) is comprised of water-resistant wood panels which fit together via a slot and tab system, and the completed structure is s...
//8 February 2010 | 21:47
Top 5 Greener Gadgets to Look for in 2010Top 5 Greener Gadgets to Look for in 2010
As greener gadget geeks, we’re pretty enthralled with the assortment of energy and earth-conscious gizmos that emerged last year, and we’re even more excited about what this year holds in store. Check out our short list of the most promising new greener gadgets and don’t forget to vote for your favorite freshly unveiled...
//8 February 2010 | 21:00
Collapsible Cargoshell Shipping Container Cuts EmissionsCollapsible Cargoshell Shipping Container Cuts Emissions
Ocean-bound shipping containers are an often-overlooked source of CO2 emissions — over 90% of all non-bulk cargo carried worldwide arrives in containers, and many of them are sent back empty. Enter the innovative Cargoshell collapsible shipping container, which can drastically cut emissions on return trips by collapsing to a quarter...
//8 February 2010 | 19:33
The Gyre: A Floating Upside Down Eco SkyscraperThe Gyre: A Floating Upside Down Eco Skyscraper
Can you imagine living in a high-rise apartment building where the 360 degree views are of fishes and saltwater? Although just a concept now, this upside-down, underwater eco-skyscraper could be the future of building, especially if sea levels rise as predicted and we end up living in a water world. Designed by Victoria BC-based firm [...
//8 February 2010 | 18:33
Car Bodies Could Store Energy Like BatteriesCar Bodies Could Store Energy Like Batteries
As battery manufacturers race to produce more efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, some scientists are looking to make the cars themselves a power source. Researchers are currently developing a new material that can store and release electrical energy like a battery. Once perfected, scientists hope the substance will rep...
//8 February 2010 | 17:00
U.S. Dept of State and National School of Architecture of Mareille to host events this wee...U.S. Dept of State and National School of Architecture of Mareille to host events this weekend
Just in cast you STILL haven’t updated your blog feed to the new location: http://www.archvirtual.com – I wanted to give you a heads up about 2 exciting events this weekend. But you have to visit the new site to find out! http://archvirtual.com/?p=1750 and http://archvirtual.com/?p=1758...
//14 October 2009 | 5:44
The Architecture of OpenSim (machinima)The Architecture of OpenSim (machinima)
Sims at a fraction of the cost? No prim size limits? Saving and restoring entire sims to and from my own hard drive? OpenSim is where its at, and its improving at a pretty impressive rate. With the likes of IBM, Intel, Microsoft and even Linden Lab itself making contributions toward strengthening OpenSim, it certainly seems to have...
//17 September 2009 | 21:49
THIS BLOG HAS MOVED!!! PLEASE UPDATE YOUR FEEDS!!!THIS BLOG HAS MOVED!!! PLEASE UPDATE YOUR FEEDS!!!
This blog has moved to http://www.archvirtual.com . Please visit the new site and update your feeds to stay tuned to news, tutorials, reviews and community resources related to architecture and design in virtual worlds. Also, don’t forget to sign up at The ARCH Network site, where you can network with other members, and learn more...
//15 September 2009 | 16:14
FOR SALE: Architecture IslandsFOR SALE: Architecture Islands
First off…if you’re currently renting parcels on Architecture Islands, have no fear! Your prims are safe with me! However, I have given a lot of thought to my priorities and objectives in virtual worlds, and I’ve come to the conclusion that Architecture Islands (and the tenants they serve) are probably best left to...
//1 August 2009 | 19:35
Field Trip!Field Trip!
Cross posted from the ARCH Network – originally posted from Dijodi Dubratt: About time for another field trip, don’t you think? Join the crew on Saturday, July 11 at 7am SLT, as we do what architects, designers and builders always love to do - visit a good space and figure out what makes [...]...
//10 July 2009 | 16:15
Using Virtual Worlds in Residential DesignUsing Virtual Worlds in Residential Design
Using Second Life as part of my real-life practice, Crescendo Design, to meet with long-distance clients and describe design ideas are what drew me into virtual worlds – over 3 years ago now! I have since had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of purely virtual projects, and still believe virtual worlds will [...]...
//6 July 2009 | 18:32
# Urban roller coasters# Urban roller coasters
I just found back some pictures I took while I was in Japan in 2007 and I thought those two urban Roller Coasters respectively in Tokyo and Osaka would deserve some space in boiteaoutils' big mess.A lot of cities (Hong Kong, Paris, Rouen etc.) have some theme park permanently or temporarily set inside the city but it never reaches the int...
//8 February 2010 | 16:13
#Body extensions / Delphic's new music video by Andrew Huang#Body extensions / Delphic's new music video by Andrew Huang
Following you'll see "Doubt" the last clip of the English band Delphic, it's directed by the talented Andrew Wang .This video is pretty much inspired by the great work of the two english artists Lucy Mc Rae and Bart Hess works, that every one must have seen on many other blogs... but the video is a nice mix between real body extensions an...
//8 February 2010 | 1:20
# Alebardo Morell's Camere Obscure# Alebardo Morell's Camere Obscure
Alebardo Morell is a Cuban photographer who creates a camera obscura in several hotel rooms around the world. This way, he succeeds to fold the view outside the original window and unfold it inside the room. The result is stunning and provokes an overlapping of domestic space and outside world, thus creating an ambiguous and disturbing th...
//7 February 2010 | 16:13
# XIXth century in Europe / Philanthropy vs Humanism / Fourier+Godin vs Marx+Engels# XIXth century in Europe / Philanthropy vs Humanism / Fourier+Godin vs Marx+Engels
In 1803, Claude Henri de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon creates a new kind of religion that worships science and propose as main "prophet", Isaac Newton. This "religion" is founded on philanthropic basis, yet it did establish the roots of what we nowadays know as technocracy. Science was supposed to unify human beings; that is how Charles Fourier...
//7 February 2010 | 15:56
# How far can the bullshit go ?# How far can the bullshit go ?
The article is not so recent (June 2006), but I still think it is worth it to speak about it since this project gathers the biggest bullshit architectural discourse I ever had to listen to...It starts with a stupid idea competition organized by the New York Times calls A Fence With More Beauty, Fewer Barbs that proposes to thirteen archit...
//6 February 2010 | 16:58
# fORaLLtHEcOWS by CTRLZ architectures# fORaLLtHEcOWS by CTRLZ architectures
You won't see so often some firms' projects on boiteaoutils, especially those who loudly claim their sustainable dimension as a religious banner. However, this project fORaLLtHEcOWS by CTRLZ architectures (a young and small Parisian office), seem to me as very interesting in the absolute re-questioning it implies about urbanity.This proje...
//5 February 2010 | 15:41
Weeknotes, January 18-24, 2010Weeknotes, January 18-24, 2010
Weeknotes Posted in Strategy design
//25 January 2010 | 21:47
4. Urban agriculture4. Urban agriculture
I’m borrowing the 10 things concept to build an agenda of thinking for the next couple of months – my New Year’s resolutions, of sorts. Over the next few days, we’ll roll out one or two of these ideas in the hope that you’ll find something of [...]...
//20 January 2010 | 0:13
WeeknotesWeeknotes
Weeknotes, January 16, 2010 We’re testing the “weeknotes” concept, basically a report on what we were up to in the last week. “Sitting there waiting for the economy to get better” A bit out of context, this is a quote from Anna Wintour in reference, obliquely, to the sisters behind the Rodarte fashion label. We’...
//17 January 2010 | 1:39
3. From MPG to ?3. From MPG to ?
The primary measure of the efficiency of the car, and a significant factor in its design and engineering, is miles per gallon. In the physical world, however, there are many other costs associated with the design of the automobile – widths of streets, breadths of intersections, sizes of parking lots and parking spaces, miles of [...]...
//14 January 2010 | 18:28
2. From square feet per person to…?2. From square feet per person to…?
I’m borrowing the 10 things concept to build an agenda of thinking for the next couple of months – my New Year’s resolutions, of sorts. Over the next few days, we’ll roll out one or two of these ideas in the hope that you’ll find something of common interest and choose [...]...
//13 January 2010 | 2:00
1. Rethinking the strip mall1. Rethinking the strip mall
I’m borrowing the 10 things concept to build an agenda of thinking for the next couple of months – my New Year’s resolutions, of sorts. Over the next few days, we’ll roll out one or two of these ideas in the hope that you’ll find something of common interest and choose to join the conversation…or [...]...
//12 January 2010 | 4:00
Event Spotlight » SFMoMA 75th Anniversary ShowEvent Spotlight » SFMoMA 75th Anniversary Show
by Miyoko OhtakeThough the iconic Mario Botta building that houses the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has only graced the city's South of Market neighborhood since 1995, the museum itself has brought modern and contemporary art to the West Coast since 1935. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the SFMoMA has filled its floors with 75 Years of Loo...
//8 February 2010 | 22:01
My House » Surfer's TurfMy House » Surfer's Turf
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//8 February 2010 | 21:01
Dwellings » Project RunawayDwellings » Project Runaway
by Deborah BishopDriven by the death of several appliances, a San Francisco family finds that a spanking new kitchen delivers a good dose of domestic harmony along with the excuse to execute a complete home makeover.
//6 February 2010 | 1:30
Week in Review » Friday Finds 2.5.2010Week in Review » Friday Finds 2.5.2010
by Amanda DameronDigital delights await you within this weekly roundup of internet finds, contributed by the Dwell staff.
//5 February 2010 | 22:05
Conversation » Public, from Rob ForbesConversation » Public, from Rob Forbes
by Sarah RichRob Forbes is best known as the founder of the much beloved modern shop Design Within Reach. What people may not know is that Forbes has an abiding love of urban design, mobility, and most especially, bicycles. Forbes's newest venture is called Public and it's all about enabling and encouraging these passions. We talked to Forbes about...
//5 February 2010 | 20:29
Bookshelf » Stephan JaklitschBookshelf » Stephan Jaklitsch
by Aaron BrittOro Editions's Stephan Jaklitsch: Habits, Patterns, Algorithms 1998-2008 is a massive tome chronicling the last ten years' work of architect and interior designer Stephan Jaklitsch. Jaklitsch has designed retail spaces for both Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs (the brand's down-market little brother) all over the world. Though we'v...
//5 February 2010 | 16:00
