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Films & Architecture: “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”
Going back to the times when cinema was recorded with no colours or sound, the German film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by Robert Wiene is a masterpiece that utilizes fully stylised sets with...
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Fast Track / Salto AB
Architects: Salto AB Location: Nikola-Lenivets, Russia Design Team: Maarja Kask, Karli Luik, Ralf Lõoke Client: Festival Archstoyanie Area: 51 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Karli Luik, Nikita Shohov,...
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“Pig-Ugly” Housing Gives Development A Bad Name, Says UK Planning Minister
For once, British architects, the Prince’s Foundation, and NIMBYs have something they can all agree on. In a speech to the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), UK planning minister, Nick...
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Materiale Edili Garavaglia / Buratti+Battiston Architects
Architects: Buratti+Battiston Architects Location: Casorezzo, Italy Year: 2011 Photographs: Marcello Mariana White and black, transparent and opaque, bright and muffled, these are the opposite pairs...
View ArticleCurry Stone Prize Winners’ Inspiring Videos
Click here to view the embedded video. Each of this year’s winners of the Curry Stone Design Prize are incredible examples of the powerful, and truly varied reach, of Public-Interest Design – which is...
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OKE / aq4 arquitectura
Architects: aq4 arquitectura Location: Ortuella, Vizcaya, Spain Team: Ibon Bilbao, Jordi Campos Garcia, Caterina Figuerola Tomás, Carlos Gelpí Almirall Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Adrià Goula...
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Cultural Center Pontault Combault / Archi5
Architects: Archi5 Location: Pontault Combault, France Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Thomas Jorion Project Area: 3,140 sqm Collaborators: B. Huidobro. Client: City of Pontault Combault Budget:...
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AIA Ranks Columbus, Indiana as US’s 6th Most Architecturally Important City
New York, San Fran, Chicago…Columbus, Indiana. Which of these doesn’t go with the others? Well, according to the AIA, none. Columbus, Indiana, a small town of about 44,000 has been ranked by the AIA...
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Qingtao Marketing Center / Tsushima Design Studio
Architects: Tsushima Design Studio Location: Qingtao, China Landscape Architects: E Design Client: Qingtao Vanke Area: 1,850 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Masao Nishikawa Located within the beautiful...
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modeLab Applied Data Trees in Grasshopper
Moving from concept sketch to parametric model, this webinar by modeLab, which takes place this Friday at 2:00pm-4:30pmEST, will cover the ins and outs of working with and managing data trees in...
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Domus Vitae Winning Proposal / Tomas Ghisellini Architects
Designed by Tomas Ghisellini Architects, the first prize winning proposal for the Domus Vitae, a new city morgue and social facilities complex, is aimed at being a new architectural presence with a...
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154 Rental Social Housing and Public Building for the Barcelona Municipal...
Architects: ONL Arquitectura Location: Barcelona, Spain Collaborators: Llorenç Vallribera, Sílvia Ocaña, Martin Álvarez, Leonardo Fernández, Gianluca Giaccone Installations: FONT I ARMENGOL S.A....
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Framework Sculpture / Gijs Van Vaerenbergh
Artist Gijs Van Vaerenbergh shared with us his recent project, Framework, a monumental geometric sculpture, which was recently on display in Leuven, above the ring road on the Artoisplein. With this...
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House M / monovolume architecture + design
Architects: monovolume architecture + design Location: Meran, Italy Area: 360 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of monovolume architecture + design The project M, a residential building in the...
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JA 87: Kumiko Inui
This special monographic issue of ‘Japan Architect’ features Kumiko Inui, who is perhaps best known for her facades, each one a visual pun or optical illusion. It is the first time that almost all of...
View ArticleThe architect at work: 425 Park Ave
Click here to view the embedded video. A few months ago we informed you about a competition to re develop the massive “wedding-cake” style building at 425 Park Ave in NY, near Mies’ Seagram Building...
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Fillmore Park / David Baker + Partners Architects
Architects: David Baker + Partners Architects Location: San Francisco, United States Design Team: David Baker, Peter MacKenzie, Ian Dunn Site Area: 26,708 sqf Client: Michael Simmons Property...
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Landmark Vote for David Wright House To Be Delayed
Councilman Sal DiCiccio, who represents the Arcadia district in Arizona, has said he will ask for a delay of today’s Council vote, which could potentially give Landmark status to the David Wright...
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Flux Cocoon for Lausanne Lumieres (Urban Light Festival) / Allegory
Designed for Lausanne Lumieres (Urban Light Festival), Flux Cocoon was selected as one of the winning projects of the the city’s first Light Festival, which inaugurated on November 23rd and will run...
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Video: GAD Architects, The Istanbul Series
Global Architectural Development is an award-winning practice based in Istanbul and New York. Though the majority of their projects are based in Turkey, the practice is truly global, with work in...
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