Through the Lens: Art Deco’s debt to Agatha Christie
This article comes courtesy of Charlotte Neilson, the author of the fascinating design blog Casting Architecture. Her column, Through the Lens, will look at architecture and production design in TV...
View ArticleStadia: The Populous Design and Development Guide
The London 2012 Olympic Stadium is one of several landmark international sports venues to feature in a fully-updated and redesigned fifth edition of Stadia, the essential and long-established guide to...
View ArticleTakhassussi Patchi Shop / Lautrefabrique Architectes
Architects: Lautrefabrique Architectes Location: Takhassussi Avenue, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Architect In Charge: Jean-Pascal Crouzet & Julien Mermet-Bouvier General Contractor: Dal Al Arabia Area:...
View ArticleFive Firms Shortlisted to Rehabilitate U.S. Embassies Worldwide
The Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has selected five design teams in a worldwide Architecture/Engineering Design Services solicitation to rehabilitate/renovate...
View ArticleKaruizawa Museum Complex / Yasui Hideo Atelier
Architects: Yasui Hideo Atelier Location: Karuizawa, Japan Area: 423 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Nacasa & Partners inc Client: International Cultural College Foundation Construction: Sasazawa...
View ArticleWorld Water Day: 10 Projects that Exemplify Water Conservation
In celebration of World Water Day, we have complied a list of ten environmentally conscious designs that epitomize the importance of water conservation. See what they have to offer, after the break....
View ArticleProingas / WA Arquitectos
Architects: WA Arquitectos Location: Pudahuel, Santiago, Chile Architect In Charge: WA Arquitectos Design Team: Gonzalo Iturriaga, Catalina Gómez Beck Structural Engineering: Carlos Molina Area: 1,300...
View ArticleVideo: Vito Acconci, Is Architecture Art?
Click here to view the embedded video. Following on from their previous ‘videopolemic’ tribute to Lebbeus Woods, 32BNY has released their second video featuring artist and designer Vito Acconci’s...
View ArticlePark Block Renovation, Luqiao Old Town / TM Studio
Architects: TM Studio Location: Luqiao, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China Architect: Tong Ming Area: 10,500 sqm Year: 2008 Photographs: Courtesy of TM Studio Park Block is sited within Luqiao Old Town, on the...
View ArticleHouse Boone Murray / Tribe Studio Architects
Architects: Tribe Studio Architects Location: Sydney, Australia Architect In Charge: Hannah Tribe, Ricci Bloch Builder: JLS Construction Area: 197 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Peter Bennetts This 1920s...
View ArticleThe Blue Planet / 3XN
Architects: 3XN Location: Cheshire, England Architect In Charge: 3XN Area: 10,000 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Adam Mõrk Consulting Engineers: Moe & Brødsgaard Landscape: HJ Landskab Exhibition:...
View ArticleCompetition to Design a Feature Space at Tent London
Tent London recently launched their call for entries for their 2013 Project Spaces where they will be offering 4 spaces in the show to architects and designers who have a design or concept they would...
View ArticleKop van Diemenstraat / B. Tjhie – C. Bakker
Architects: B. Tjhie – C. Bakker Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Contributers: M. Breg, J. van Osnabrugge, E. Abebe, E. Kanters, T. Schreij Area: 13,680 sqm Year: 2009 Photographs: Courtesy of B....
View ArticleKaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute / Cannon Design
Architects: Cannon Design Location: Buffalo, USA Design Principal: Mehrdad Yazdani, Associate AIA Area: 476,000 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: K C Kratt, Bjorg Magnea Architectural & Interior, Thomas...
View ArticleGold Coast International Design Competition
Launching Tuesday, March 26, Council of the City of Gold Coast is calling participants to compete for the opportunity to design a landmark cultural ‘heart and soul’ on 11 hectares of the stunning...
View ArticleHouse Zochental / Liebel Architekten BDA
Architects: Liebel Architekten BDA Location: Aalen, Germany Team: Bernd Liebel, Steffen Kainzbauer, Frank Weinschenk, Karin Dischinger-Hänle Year: 2010 Photographs: Michael Schnell Situated in the...
View Article7th Annual Cambridge Talks Conference: ‘Architecture and the Street’
Free and open to the public, the PhD program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design is pleased to invite you to the 7th annual Cambridge Talks conference, which will take place on Friday,...
View ArticleEndless Love Of Porcelain / Tongheshanzhi Landscape Design Co
Architects: Tongheshanzhi Landscape Design Co Location: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China Design Team: Bo Jiang, Chao Wang, Jie Sun, Xin Xu, Yan Wei, Yuan Zhang, Bo Li, Chenfei Wang, Dongke Li Year: 2012...
View ArticleNeues Museum Weimar Honors Henry van de Velde’s Contribution to European...
The Klassik Stiftung Weimar will present the exhibition “Passion, Function and Beauty. Henry van de Velde and his Contribution to European Modernism” on March 24, 2013 at 11:00am. The press conference...
View ArticlePier 40 Parks and Housing Development Proposal / WXY Architecture + Urban Design
In an effort to saving the crumbling 15-acre Pier 40 on Manhattan’s Lower West Side waterfront, seven downtown youth sports groups have released a concept plan prepared by WXY Architecture + Urban...
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