Venice Biennale 2012: Torre David, Gran Horizonte / Urban Think Tank + Justin...
Last year, thanks to a photo essay by architecture photographer Iwan Baan featured in the New York Magazine, the world became aware of a dramatic urban context in Caracas, Venezuela, the result of a...
View ArticleFilms & Architecture: “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover”
For the second time in our section, we propose a Peter Greenaway film. This one has not an obvious architectural name, however the way in which the director works with space results very attractive...
View Articlecsv House / Burgos & Garrido arquitectos
Architects: Burgos & Garrido arquitectos Location: Lozoya, Spain Architects: Burgos & Garrido Arquitectos, Alberto Pieltain, Justo Fernández-Trapa Collaborators: Saúl García, Javier Malo,...
View ArticleGiveaway: Win ACME Studio’s new series based on Le Corbusier
Thanks to the courtesy of ACME Studio, we are giving you the possibility to win a pen and card case based on Le Corbusier’s 1947 Modulor theory. Le Modulor, accentuates Le Corbusier’s theory on a...
View Article2012 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners Announced!
The Winners for this year’s coveted Curry Stone Design Prize, which awards talented designers who “harness their ingenuity and craft for social good,” have just been announced! In honor of the fifth...
View ArticleGermany’s Leuphana launches Online-University with Urban ThinkTank
Germany’s Leuphana University Lüneburg is venturing into global online learning with the launch of the Leuphana Digital School, a “cost-and-barrier-free” academic platform that offers collaborative...
View ArticleArchDaily U.S. Election Poll: Where do Architects Stand?
The outcome of the 2012 United States presidential election will have global economic implications. In the midst of one of the most severe global recessions in history, policymakers around the world...
View ArticleFootbridge in Ljubljana / Arhitektura d.o.o.
Architects: Arhitektura d.o.o. Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Design Team: Peter Gabrijelčič, Boštjan Gabrijelčič, Gregor Cipot Year: 2012 Collaborators: Tomaž Budkovič, Daniel Zorec, Simon Sever...
View ArticleKenneth Frampton wins 2012 Schelling Architecture Theory Prize
British-American architect and historian Kenneth Frampton has been confirmed as this year’s winner of the Theory Prize of the Schelling Architecture Foundation. The jury is honoring Frampton for his...
View ArticleAir Flow House / UID Architects
Architects: UID Architects Location: Hiroshima, Japan Design Team: Keisuke Maeda Year: 2008 Area: 279.18 sqm Structural Engineers: Hidekazu Ikeda Site Area: 498.15 sqm Total Floor Area: 293.41 sqm...
View ArticleAD Round Up: Olympic Venues
Time for our first selection of Olympic Venues. We have five great projects that you must check out! Like our AD Classics, Munich Olympic Stadium by Frei Otto & Gunther Behnisch and Kenzo Tange’s...
View ArticleOne Taste Holistic / CROX International
Architects: CROX International Location: Hangzhou, China Head Designers: Tsung-Jrn Lin, CROX International Director Design Team: Ying-xiuLin ,Ben-tao Li Year: 2012 Area: 360.0 sqm Clients: One Taste...
View ArticleKahn’s FDR Four Freedoms Park Opens Tomorrow in NYC!
Tomorrow, October 24, will mark the long-awaited grand opening of the Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Four Freedoms Park in New York City. Located on a triangular site formed by the southern tip of...
View ArticleGuardian Parking / Fitzsimmons Architects
Architects: Fitzsimmons Architects Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Year: 2012 Area: 16,500 sqft General Contractor: Lingo Construction Structural Engineer: Obelisk Engineering Photographs:...
View ArticleKnowledge and Cultural Square Winning Proposal / Mecanoo Architecten + Code...
Just this Monday, Kongsberg City Council announced that Mecanoo Architecten, together with Code Arkitektur and Buro Happold, won the design competition for a Knowledge and Cultural Square in the...
View ArticleHow to Make It: Implementing Green Practices in Your Designs
If you are considering turning your designs and business practices into a more eco-friendly, deeper shade of green, then we strongly encourage you to attend the ‘Implementing Green Practices in Your...
View ArticlePalais Thermal / KTP Architecten + formTL
Architects: formTL + KTP Architecten Location: Bad Wildbad, Germany Fitter: Velabran/Novum Client: Staatsbad Wildbad Bäder- und Kurbetriebs GmbH Photographs: Roland Halbe In the new spa area of the...
View ArticleKyneton Residence / Intermode
Architects: Intermode Location: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Project Collaborators: Carr Design Group VCON Year: 2011 Area: 418 sqm Photographs: Derek Swalwell This residence was built on a...
View ArticleCube House / Studio Schiattarella
Located in Rome’s ‘Olympic Village’, the ‘Cube House’ is laid out as a single unit in which a central element, in the form of a cube, divides and distributes its various functional areas without any...
View ArticleDanial / Reza Sayadian + Sara Kalantary
Architects: Reza Sayadian + Sara Kalantary Location: Tehran, Iran Associate Architect: Hamidreza Razmaria Year: 2012 Area: 1,344 sqm Construction: tdcoffice Structure: Mohammad Fathi Client: Nazila...
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