MONU Magazine New Issue: Next Urbanism
MONU – magazine on urbanism is a unique bi-annual international forum for artists, writers and designers that are working on topics of urban culture, development and politics. This new issue of MONU...
View ArticleEl Pinar / Roldán + Berengué
Architects: Roldán + Berengué Location: El Pinar, Rubí, Spain Design Team: José Miguel Roldán, Mercè Berengué Collaborators: Vicenç Sanz, Isis Campos, Rosa Hereu, Juanjo P. Jarque Structure:...
View ArticleAltímetro / Darkitectura
Architects: Darkitectura Location: Colonia Roma, México D.F, Mexico Contributors: Julio Juárez, David Lagunas, Oswaldo López Area: 145 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Yoshihiro Koitani Altimetrois a space...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Zaha Hadid!
Zaha Hadid turns 62 today, and the Dame has a lot to celebrate. Since winning the Pritzker Prize in 2004, the first woman to do so, Hadid’s career has been on an exponential trajectory. Before the...
View ArticleHome Box / Architech
Architects: Architech Location: Italy Design Team: Han Slawik, Sonja Tinney Area: 63 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Courtesy of Architech – Architecture and Technology In the size of an internationally...
View ArticleVenice Biennale 2012: Yucún or Inhabitat the desert / Peru
For the Venice Biennale, a group of 20 Peruvian architects (with no state support) presented a reflection on one of the most interesting territorial projects in South America. After 80 years in...
View ArticleWhite Mountain Chilean Contemporary Architecture Exhibition
Taking place October 26-December 2, the White Mountain Chilean Contemporary Architecture exhibition is composed of a selection of relevant works. Put on by Aedes Berlin, the event highlights the...
View ArticleVideo: Ellen van Loon, Architect Profile
Ellen Van Loon is an architect at the forefront of her field. Alongside six partners, including Rem Koolhaas and Reinier de Graaf, her work at the Dutch architecture practice, OMA, has encompassed...
View ArticleTree Hut / Barnaby Gunning Architects
Architects: Barnaby Gunning Architects Location: Bridport, England, United Kingdom Main Contractor: Mike Parsons, Parsons Building & Construction Windows And Doors: Rationel windows and doors...
View ArticleWave Dilfert / The Principles
Wave Dilfert: Wave (moves in wave-form oscillations) + Dilfert (geek-like intelligence, absorbs information like a sponge). Wave Dilfert is a new kind of space that reads the changes in light and...
View ArticleRácz Thermal Bath / Budapesti Műhely
Architects: Budapesti Műhely Location: Budapest, Hungary Architect In Charge: Tamás Dévényi, Csaba Valkai, Anikó Varga, Péter Kis Structural Engineering: András Szabó, Tamás Tamássy Mechanical...
View ArticleSOM breaks ground on New York’s First Net Zero Energy School
A few days before the wrath of Sandy, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) broke ground on what will be the first net zero energy school in New York City and the Northeast U.S. Located on a 3.5-acre...
View ArticleTakanawa House / Hiroyuki Ito + O.F.D.A.
Architects: Hiroyuki Ito + O.F.D.A. Location: Minato-ku,Tokyo,Japan Site Area: 161.50 sqm Building Area: 95.15 Area: 229.49 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Daici Ano This three-story house is located in...
View ArticleAD Round Up: Zaha Hadid
In case you hadn’t noticed, today is the birthday of the most influential woman in architecture, Zaha Hadid. So you can’t miss this special Round Up with 9 great projects by the first woman to win the...
View ArticleM9-C Building / BP Architectures
Architects: BP Architectures Location: Paris, France Design Team: Jean Bocabeille, Ignacio Prego Budget: € 25,670,000 Area: 9,845 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of BP Architectures, Sergio...
View ArticleGiveaway Winner: ACME Studio’s new series based on Le Corbusier
Last week, thanks to the courtesy of ACME Studios, we gave you the chance to win a pen and card case based on Le Corbusier’s 1947 Modulor theory. All you had to do to participate was become a...
View ArticleStarchitect Trick-Or-Treaters
What’s scarier, Ando as a mime or Zaha as a witch? With their Costume Critique | Morbid Models post, Building Satire transformed Tadao Ando, Bjarke Ingels, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas and Jean Nouvel...
View ArticleOcasa / JENDRETZKI
Architects: JENDRETZKI Location: Long Island City, New York, United States Area: 1,800 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Pablo Corradi This re-imagining of an Ulrich Franzen masterpiece, delicately updates...
View ArticleBoekenberg Park / OMGEVING
Architects: OMGEVING Location: Deurne, Belgium Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of OMGEVING Working in a historical context, of the continental Europe where the architecture of the past is still very...
View ArticleSeattle Center HUB (Hybrid Urban Bioscape) Competition Entry / Aétrangère
The Seattle Center HUB (Hybrid Urban Bioscape) is an innovative urban space that explores the value of urban hybridization as a design opportunity to address sustainable and technological issues in...
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