Clik here to view.
Learning from Ricardo: an unpublished recent talk with Ricardo and Victor...
San Antonio Library, Texas / Photo by John W. Schulze via flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruenemann/In memory of Ricardo Legorreta (May 7, 1931 – December 30, 2011), Carlo Ezechieli (Ph.D.,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Family House In Kraluv Dvur / OV-A
© Tomas SoucekArchitects: OV-A Location: Kraluv Dvur, Czech Republic Head Architects: Jiri Opocensky, Stepan Valouch Structural Engineering: Jan Pohl Completion: 2009 Site area: 1212 sqm Built area:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Buildings A, B and D / Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
© JWest ProductionsArchitects: Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Client: Wake Technical Community College, Northern Wake Campus Project Team: Jeffrey Lee, Douglas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Forumtorget / White Architects
Courtesy of White ArchitectsWhite Architects was recently named the winner of the competition for the Forumtorget project in Uppsala, Sweden. The proposal, with its subdued paving, expressive sofa and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Avenue / Sheppard Robson
© Hufton+CrowArchitect: Sheppard Robson Location: Manchester, UK Project Manager: Gardiner & Theobald Structural Engineer: Capita Symonds M&E Engineer: Grontmij Quantity Surveyor: Mooney Kelly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Extension Of A Barn / PPA
© Philippe RuaultArchitects: PPA Location: Lesponne, France Area: 70 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Philippe Ruault © Philippe RuaultThe site on which this project is situated lies in the verdant valley...
View ArticleClik here to view.
National and University Library NUK II Competition
Courtesy of ZAPSThe Chamber of Architecture and spatial planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) is currently putting on a competition for public, project, open, anonymous, single-stage, architectural design for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: Memory Museum / Estudio America, by Cristobal Palma
Click here to view the embedded video.Photographer Cristobal Palma shared with us a dynamic view of the Memory Museum in Santiago, Chile, by Brazilian firm Estudio America.More about the museum...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seeing the Building for the Trees by Sarah Williams Goldhagen
Metropol Parasol © Javier OriveThis article, recently seen on The New York Times, was kindly shared with us by the author Sarah Williams Goldhagen.A REVOLUTION in cognitive neuroscience is changing the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dancing Trees, Singing Birds / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAPArchitects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan Date of Completion: 2007 Parcel areas: 770.22sqm Constructed area: 424.25sqm Materials: RC+S...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kimball Art Center / Brooks + Scarpa Architects
North View approach - Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa ArchitectsAs we announced yesterday, Brooks + Scarpa Architects is one of the five finalists selected for the Kimball Art Center competition. Inspired...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reality Check
An illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric system by Portuguese cosmographer and cartographer Bartolomeu Velho, 1568 Courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsIn 2007 I presented a conceptual (unbuilt) design for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AD Round Up: Cultural Centers Part VIII
© Chris Cooper PhotographyFor our eight selection of previously featured Cultural Centers we have 5 amazing projects from early-2011. Check them all after the break.Edcouch-Elsa ISD Fine Arts Center /...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lighthouse / BYTR Architects
© Ossip van DuivenbodeArchitect: BYTR Architects Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Project team: Tjerk van de Wetering, Richel Lubbers, Dominique Vermeulen Client: Private Design: 2006 Realisation:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CO/FXFOWLE Announce Joint Venture
Palomar Medical Center West (PMCW) by CO Architects - Rendering courtesy CO ArchitectsLos Angeles-based CO Architects and New York City-based FXFOWLE have announced the formation of a joint venture...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Conceit of Architects
.What do we call a gathering of Architects?When animals gather in groups, we refer to them by an array of elegant terms: a Flock of Birds, a Herd of Sheep, a Swarm of Bees, a Smack of Jellyfish, an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Princeton School of Architecture / Architecture Research Office
© Paul WarcholArchitects: Architecture Research Office Location: New York, USA Project Team: Principal-in-charge: Adam Yarinsky; Project Manager: Megumi Tamanaha; Project Team: Jennifer Park, Tina...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Psychology of Home
© www.wikimedia.org / TystoThe psychology behind what we consider or value to be our homes presents some interesting concepts. While it is easy to answer the question “Where are you from?” when someone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Country House In Tupadly / OV-A
© Tomas SoucekArchitects: OV-A Location: Tupadly, Czech Republic Head Architects: Jiri Opocensky, Stepan Valouch Structural Engineering: Jan Pohl Completion: 2008 Site area: 1,241 sqm Built area: 245...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chinese High-rise constructed in 15 days
We began the week with the destruction of Houston’s historic Prudential Building and now end with a time-lapse documenting a 30-story, five-star Chinese hotel constructed in only 15 days. The Chinese...
View Article