Prefabricated house in Milwaukee by architects Kelly Denk and John Vetter [Vetter Denk Architecture]
April 30, 2007
house @ moose lake
Prefabricated house in Milwaukee by architects Kelly Denk and John Vetter [Vetter Denk Architecture]
Dr. Evil does it again
French architects Jean Nouvel has revealed an iconic (and rather phallic) proposal for a office tower in Doha, Qatar
check out the details here
An artist has created a towering cathedral of light & shadow using nothing more than 2x4's & nails, and the help from an entire community. Erected & destroyed for the burning man festival held annually in the middle of the Nevada desert.The work and the festival brings to mind the book Architecture Must Burn, by Aaron Betsky + Erik Adigard
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April 27, 2007
Home of the Future
Nine practices have been shortlisted in the new Home for the Future category of the British Homes Awards, a competition intended to inspire homebuilders to reconsider the typical house type.via
April 26, 2007
April 25, 2007
April 24, 2007
The box-like façade of the Levent Loft in Instanbul, by Tabanlioglu Architects, recesses to create high level gardens within the 11 story residential block.
April 23, 2007
April 22, 2007
Happy Earth Day
In honour of Earth Day we are attempting to keep all the posts today green. That said I am a big believer that green and sustainable need not be in your face but achieved through simple yet life long changes in the way we live, work and play.
solar school
solar school
suggested reading
Here are some helpful resources towards sustainable practice
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make things by William McDonough
Strategies for Sustainable Architecture by Paola Sassi
Tropical Architecture: Sustainable and Humane Building in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia by Wolfgang Lauber
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make things by William McDonough
Strategies for Sustainable Architecture by Paola Sassi
Tropical Architecture: Sustainable and Humane Building in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia by Wolfgang Lauber
April 19, 2007
April 18, 2007
Adjaye does Prefab
Building Design reports on a near complete prefabricated house in East London designed by architect David Adjaye. The external finish of engineered timber is said to improve thermal and acoustic performance.
"architecture is art on a civic scale"
Daniel Libeskind speaking about his unrealised vision for Ground Zero, his earlier architectural designs and other works.
Unbuilt project by the Design Office for Research and Architecture (DORA) for ranch with a unique water collection system. The site affords heavy snowfall during the winter but dry summers. The project proposed waterways to collect melted snow which were stored & filtered on the roof.
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does anyone know if DORA has a website?
April 17, 2007
April 16, 2007
Karl Thorne Lecture
Architect Karl Thorne will give a lecture at the Caribbean School of Architecture this evening at 5:30.
The lecture is being done in association with the Jamaica Institute of Architects
Biography
April 15, 2007
Architect of optimism | article on Oscar Niemeyer and then there is this and this not bad for a man of 99 years old
April 14, 2007
Philharmonie de Paris
architect Jean Nouvel has been chosen to design a new €200 million orchestra hall to be constructed in the capital's largest green, Parc de la Villette in northeastern Paris. The city has long been criticized for its lack of a proper music hall and when completed in 2012 with provide a state of the art 2,400-seat venue.
April 13, 2007
MoPo 2007 - Top 25 Architecture Blogs
Architechnophilia was featured in the MoPo 2007 - Top 25 Architecture Blogs at no.17
MoPo 2007 measures the popularity of architecture blogs by linking blogs (Technorati), subscribers (Bloglines), and hits (Google, and Google Images). The four parameters are objective figures and a way of representing popularity.
MoPo 2007 measures the popularity of architecture blogs by linking blogs (Technorati), subscribers (Bloglines), and hits (Google, and Google Images). The four parameters are objective figures and a way of representing popularity.
April 12, 2007
April 11, 2007
A proposal for a solar powered revolving tower in Dubai by architect Glenn Howells. The 30-storey sustainable project will contain 200 apartments and is anchored by a 20m high base, visually recalling a classical column.
more here
April 10, 2007
April 7, 2007
Russia seeks Starchitect
The Centre of Contemporary Architecture in Russia is announcing an open architectural competition for a new Museum in Perm city.
The jury is to be made up of Arata Isozaki, Ben van Berkel and Peter Zumthor among others
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The jury is to be made up of Arata Isozaki, Ben van Berkel and Peter Zumthor among others
via
April 5, 2007
Europan 9 is Europe's foremost housing design competition for under 40 architects; its theme for Ireland is sustainable cities and new public spaces with two sites located in Cork & Dublin.
- deadline for registrations: 31 May 2007
- deadline for entries: 28 June 2007
Humana @ 25
Iconic building of the Post Modern movement nears 25 years, its architect Michael Graves is getting a chance to go it all over again...
high design meets recycling
Superuse is an online community of designers, architects and anybody else who is interested in inventive ways of recycling.
April 4, 2007
Will in US
Will Alsop has revealed the much-anticipated renderings for the Glenwood waterfront regeneration project. The Glenwood project will on completion be New York's first carbon-free building. The project will transform the old power plant switch house into a new contemporary art museum with residences, shops and restaurants hovering above the original building.
more images here, here & here
April 3, 2007
Peppermint Bay is a wharfside cruise tourist centre in Hobart designed by Terroir a multi-disciplinary practice in Australia
April 2, 2007
Tetris Haus
Each of the 5 units by Plasma Studio, are L-shaped in plan and section and are spatially interlocked to create the structure and resolve the multiple programmatic requirements.
