House of the Week 172: Cocoon House

In a sense this is an anti-social building. It makes no attempt to blend to blend with it's environment [...] the intent was to demonstrate that harmony between the work of nature and the work of man can be brought about by clearly differentiating between the two

Paul Rudolph

The two bedroom, one bathroom cottage designed by Paul Rudoulph for a client H. R. Healy in 1950 sits on the edge of the river banks of Siesta Key in Sarasota. The concave roof was designed to drain rainwater and was constructed using a built-up spray-on process typical of cocooning disused US naval ships.

blog wunderlust: 14th October 2013

Architecture is a political act. It's an honor to serve and to represent the industry.

Cameron Sinclair

(c) Annabel Tarrant

Controversy builds as footage emerges of 'completed' Sagrada Familia in Barcelona | Japanese architects rally against Zaha Hadid's 2020 Olympic Stadium | San Francisco Architect: Better Bike Lanes = Higher Land Value | Drive-In Theatre made of wrecked cars has screen built from salvage wood | Stay in a classic dorm at the Bauhaus, tuition-free | For Sale at $50M: Bob Hope’s John Lautner designed Mansion


last word: 12 Great Forts in the Caribbean

Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Film

DESIGN IN FILM: THE MODERN HOUSE from James Munn on Vimeo.

Architects in Love

In this pilot episode Robert Slinger talks about the Kreuzberg Tower, where he lived on the eighth floor for more than eight years. The project which consists of a tower and its two wings was a social housing project-cum-student-residences built by the architect, educator and poet John Hejduk.

2014 Glenn Murcutt Architecture Masterclass

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Applications are now being accepted for the fourteenth annual Glenn Murcutt Architecture Master Class to take place in Australia next July at 'Riversdale', the Boyd Education Centre on the shores of the Shoalhaven River south of Sydney. The now famous event has attracted practising architects, academics, postgraduates and some senior students from 70 nations around the world since its inception in 2001. The two-week residential program consists of a design based studio, led by Pritzker Prize Laureate Glenn Murcutt and other eminent architects and teachers Richard Leplastrier, Brit Andresen, Peter Stutchbury and former Dean of Architecture at the University of Newcastle, Australia, Lindsay Johnston. The studio program is supported by tutorials, lectures, and guided tour visits to significant buildings by the 'masters'.

The Architecture Foundation Australia is a not-for-profit organisation.

blog wunderlust: 7th October 2013

happy world architecture day!

Architecture strives to find the balance between the outward beauty and the inner significance of the world in which we live.

Hilari Jones

Sarasota Boasts Treasure Trove of Mid-Century Modern Architecture | Q&A: Architecture With ‘Midwestern Pragmatism’ | Architecture: Beyond just construction | The Brown Palace through a leading architect's eyes | Mid-Century Modern Homes by Famous Architects Star in Short Film | Why architect Santiago Calatrava cast as a villain in Valencia? | Architects keep foreign players out | Mind meets architecture

last word: Creating a Sanctuary for Spiritual Energy

Advances in Architectural Geometry - MIT

The MIT Centre for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) and the MIT Department of Architecture co-sponsored this video on the emerging field of Architectural Geometry that uses geometrical principles to approach current design challenges with a renewed mathematical rigor.

2026 We build tomorrow

An animation documenting the final stages of Gaudí's masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia

House of the Week 171: Zero Cottage

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The Zero cottage is an 1,150 ft^s free-standing extension composed of a workshop with living spaces set over it. The living space includes a two-bedroom flat, studio apartment and storefront space. Designed by David Baker and Partners, Zero Cottage presented an opportunity to explore advanced sustainable design, construction techniques, materials and technologies, with a goal of achieving Passive House and Net-Zero Energy certification - the first of its kind in San Francisco.

blog wunderlust: 30th September 2013

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

Buckminister Fuller

(c)Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov

Photographs From the Top of Europe's Landmarks | Carpet designer threatens cosplayers with legal action | It's Time to Find New Opportunities for Social Impact Design | Beautiful Destroyed Structures of the Modern Age | A bookstore inside of a cathedral? Oh Amsterdam | Have-Nots Squeezed and Stacked in Hong Kong | A Big Book of Architectural Entertainment | Future Architecture Thinking designs the flame-red House of the Arts in Miranda do Corvo


Read more at http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/future-architecture-thinking-designs-the-flame-red-house-of-the-arts-in-miranda-do-corvo/6811#t3Ph0TI0sBXiS75W.99

last words: ‘Ark of Return’: Telling the stories of 15 million slaves in a UN permanent memorial

TEDxBoston - Lynwood Walker - Digital Fabrication of Homes

Lynwood Walker, Claudia Gold & Matt Gordon
Digital Fabrication of Homes: An Innovative, Sustainable, Low-cost Approach to Building Homes of Architectural Distinction without Nails

blog wunderlust: 23rd September 2013

Architecture is more than creating a place to live [...] you create a society

Piet Blom

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A sense of place | Aging Nicollet Mall gets a team to make it young once more | breathtaking (frightening) photograph taken of a suburb in Mexico | Unpaid architecture internships in Japan are a "nice opportunity" | Zaha Hadid: 'I don't make nice little buildings' | Ancient and modern architecture inspires at Milan fashion week | Schoolhouse Architecture Gets Hip | UK's brutalist architecture celebrated |

last word: Nigeria: Traditional Royal Architecture Defies Modernity in Kano

Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers

blog wunderlust: 16th September 2013

The most sustainable building in the world is the one that’s loved

Cameron Sinclair

Architecture for Humanity Co-Founders to Transition and Launch Founders Fund | Embattled Architecture: At-Risk Sites Caught In The Syrian Civil War | In pictures: Street art of Sao Paulo | 10 Most Fascinating Staircases from around the World | How Much Will it Cost to Start My Own Architecture Firm? | World's First Invisible Skyscraper Going Up | The 4 P's of Marketing for Architects

tech news: 123D apps from Autodesk

last word: Overhaul Vetting Of Building Permits

A day in the life...

A day in the life at Ayers Saint Gross Architects + Planners.

*apologies on the previous link*

House of the Week 170: Casa GR

Photos: Leonardo Finotti

Designed by Brazilian practice Bernardes + Jacobsen Architecture, Casa GR sits on a near 600m² suburban lot in São Sebastião. The bedroom spaces, located on the upper levels float above in a white framed metal box, shielded from the tropical heat with vertical timber screens. The living and kitchen areas open to the lush landscape at times with double height spaces to engage with the family areas above.

blog wunderlust: 9th September 2013

The building is a national tragedy. It is a cross between a concrete candy box and a marble sarcophagus in which the art of architecture lies buried.

Ada Louise Huxtable

Yours truly, architects | What is Architecture? (Art?) | Space-wasting "vanity" skyscrapers revealed | How to Bring China’s Ghost Towns Back to Life | Walkie Talkie City skyscraper renamed Walkie Scorchie after beam of light melts Jaguar car parked beneath it | Does Prince Charles Abuse His Power Over Architects? | In Los Angeles, Architects Find That Disadvantaged People Like Nice Buildings, Too | Famous Architects Depicted as 8-Bit Video Game Characters

last word: Five Caribbean States Join Pilot for Energy Efficiency

Ariapata Ave Master Plan

Master Plan for Ariapita Ave, Woodbrook, Trinidad designed by OBMI and Talma Mills Studios.

blog wunderlust: 2nd September 2013

Architecture is a cultural phenomenon.

Juan Fontana

Richard Rogers: the man who taught us to love colour | The Architecture Of Christopher Nolan's Batcave | The Controversy Regarding The Restoration of Eileen Gray’s E-1027 | 10 Creative Ideas For Thriving Cities Of The Future | Understanding the Passivehaus | How the office was invented | Drunk Texting and the Art (Or Architecture) of the International Press Release | Criticizing Gentrification: The Ultimate Hypocrisy? |

last word: Architect Evan Williams set to build New Kingston corporate hotel

Banyan Tree Corniche Bay

The Banyan Tree Corniche Bay in Mauritius by Architects Foster + Partners