cardboard study modelNew Images of the Spanish Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai Exposition, in China by EMBT (Enric Miralles + Benedetta Tagliabue)
February 19, 2009
on the boards: Spanish Pavilion
cardboard study modelNew Images of the Spanish Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai Exposition, in China by EMBT (Enric Miralles + Benedetta Tagliabue)
February 18, 2009
House of the Week 010: Haus W
The 130 sqm residence in Hamburg, Germany by Kraus Schonberg Architects is partially submerged to provide privacy yet keep a sense of openness. The glazed lower level contains the living areas with views into garden, whilst the varying upper floor levels - finished in engineered timber on the exterior contain the more private spaces wrapped around the central atrium.
central atrium lined with books
February 17, 2009
mobile solutions for housing
The EDAR company is a charitable organisation that provides unique mobile shelters to those living on the streets. EDAR which stands for "everyone deserves a roof" is designed around a four-wheeled mobile unit which carries belongings and unfolds into a tent-like sleeping enclosure with a bed at night.
follow the link to learn more or donate to the cause.
February 16, 2009
competition: Miami 2009
Arquitectum is hosting an architecture competition to design a “Pier-Museum” to be located at South Beach in Miami, Florida. The design is for a horizontal monument that points out to sea honouring the immigrants (particularly Cuban) that arrived on the shores in search of a better future.
February 14, 2009
blog wunderlust: 13 February 2009
music of resistance | 50 Strange Buildings | Foster to loose title and some height| CCTv on fire | failed landscapes | a new kind of modern movement | pretending | Mies finalists | camouflage house
February 12, 2009
February 11, 2009
House of the Week 009: 700 Palms
700 Palms is a family house in Venice Beach, California by Ehrlich Architects. The residence boasts a dynamic series of adjustable canvas sails hung from exposed frames spanning from the eaves to the boundary wall that both shades and creates additional space on the narrow lot. Internal spaces open entirely to the landscape to increase natural ventilation, and the structure is kept to the natural patina of weathered materials.
living roomFebruary 10, 2009
Postopolis! LA
A live 5-day blogathon in Los Angeles with back-to-back discussions, interviews, panels, slideshows, films and parties designed to push the architecture and landscape conversation from virtual to reality.for more info
February 9, 2009
February 6, 2009
February 4, 2009
House of the Week 008: Blackwell House
A modern house in Arkansas designed by architect Marlon Blackwell and his wife Meryati (a partner in MBP) for their young family. The bridge-like structure was built over a seasonal creek.
The façade is finished with horizontally lain redwood strips that act as a rain screen and the elevation is punctuated with long, black framed windows.
February 2, 2009
January 31, 2009
2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom
The Open Architecture Network is inviting designers to work one-on-one with students and teachers to design the classroom of the future, addressing the unique challenges of the community in providing a smart, safe and sustainable learning space.
The Open Architecture Challenge is an open, international design competition hosted once every two years on the Open Architecture Network.
By harnessing the creativity and energy of the design community and beyond, each challenge offers not one but many solutions to a different systemic issue facing the built environment. All are invited to participate. Funding from partners and sponsors goes towards constructing the winning designs.
The Open Architecture Challenge is an open, international design competition hosted once every two years on the Open Architecture Network.
By harnessing the creativity and energy of the design community and beyond, each challenge offers not one but many solutions to a different systemic issue facing the built environment. All are invited to participate. Funding from partners and sponsors goes towards constructing the winning designs.
Beyond Media 2009 - Call for Entries
This is a call for entries for the ninth edition of the BEYOND MEDIA festival. The programme of the festival has been observing the relationship between architecture and the media, and is aimed at videos with an architectural content. Entries will lead to the selection of works by architects, designers, artists, students and other creatives. Videos submitted can be of various kinds; conceptual, interpretational, documentary as well as advertising works.
Deadline for the submission of videos is February 16, 2009
Deadline for the submission of videos is February 16, 2009
January 30, 2009
Air Forest
photos by Jason Walpmore images here + here
blog wunderlust: 30 January 2009
PS1 - MOS
January 28, 2009
House of the Week 007: Surfhouse
entry elevationthe Surfhouse in California by XTEN architects has a blackened cedar elevation in contrast to the white interior made visually available through the slices of the building's exterior. From its small site the California beach house has inverted a traditional programme, placing public spaces on the upper floors towards views of the Pacific Ocean.
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