Knafo Klimor Architects are winners of the 2007 2nd Annual Living Steel Architecture competition for Sustainable Design with their Agro-Housing project.

Feix & Merlin Architects

In March of this year architechnophilia recieved 100,000 visitors; and now days before Christmas it has reached 300,000

blog wunderlust

U2 towers in trouble; hopefully this marvel I found on my way to work will have smooth sailing. Remember who you are when the name changes. Zaha has made her way to the top, and is inviting you for the ride. You could build your own also

Davide Macullo architects was recently featured here, for the house he designed in Carabbia. This house is in Muzzano, and is characterized by a living cube extending two floors and illuminated to the outward viewer

the new Bauhaus?

Well not exactly. This modern construct called the BaleHaus is actually aimed at the green market, with the essential structure being strawbale; load-bearing straw-filled modules to be more specific. Read more at modcell.

Fashion retail shop for Ann Demeulemeester by Korean architects Mass Studies, features a living wall of herbaceous perennials planted on the building's facade.



note the web link for Mass Studies is unavailable

best in architecture

NY Magazine 2007 Review of Architecture with snazzy titles like, "best French Architectural Invasion" - was there more than one?

happy birthday Oscar

The house is like a ma-chine? No! The mechanical is ugly

An interview via the Times Online with Oscar Niemeyer, master Brazilian architect who turns 100 on Saturday (mark your calenders). Niemeyer in this interview talks in general terms about his extensive architectural career and his belief in Communism.

Notes on Becoming a Famous Architect

Added under friends, a design and photography blog AnXism

Sustainable Development House

This residential complex in Montreal, Canada by Anik Shooner, Jean-Pierre Letourneux, and Joanne Parent Architects, is aiming to be one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in the world. The design will utilise geothermal for cooling and heating, the structure of the building will be formed by recycled industrial containers, and will have a wall garden to filter internal ventilation.

AR Awards - Emerging Architecture

The Architecture Review has announced the 2007 winners of the AR Emerging Architecture prize. The winners include the Wall House in Chile by architects by FAR, the Eco Boulevard in Spain by Ecosistema Urbano Arquitectos and a Vegetation installation in Japan by Taketo Shimohigoshi


Olympic structures were also awarded, the water cube by PTW/Chris Bosse.
The real winner though was green, as a number of projects had an eco sensibility to them, like this one - made with renewable resources.