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Parc Paysager des bords de Seine Proposal / AWP & HHF
visitors center 01Architecture firms AWP and HHF shared with us their first prize winning proposal for the Parc Paysager des bords de Seine in Carrière-Sous-Poissy, France. The project consists of...
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Barata Garcia Headquarters / Arqmarket
© Osvaldo Coutinho / Asymmetric StudioArchitects: Arqmarket Location: Barcelos, Portugal Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 3,500 sqm Photographs: Osvaldo Coutinho / Asymmetric Studio General...
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Sweet Parliament Home / Andrés Jaque Architects
Courtesy of Andrés Jaque ArchitectsBased on the research on spread-in-the-city-domesticity, Andrés Jaque Architects produced their ‘Sweet Parliament Home’ based on the field work they have been doing...
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Coffou Cottage / Brininstool, Kerwin, + Lynch
© Chris Barrett of Hedrich BlessingArchitect: Brininstool, Kerwin, & Lynch Location: Michigan City, Indiana Project Year: 2006-2008 Photographs: Christopher Barrett of Hedrich Blessing The Coffou...
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AIA Arkansas 2011 Convention
Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion, Honor Award - photo © Timothy HursleyLast week I had the honor to be an invited speaker to the 2011 AIA Arkansas Convention in Hot Springs, AR.The event featured a great...
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Peter Eisenman: American Architecture Today
Peter Eisenman is one of the most influential figures in contemporary architecture. Theorist, academic and practitioner, Peter Eisenman was part of a very important generation of architects and one of...
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Video: Airstream Living / Werehaus
Click here to view the embedded video.The Werehaus, a small creative production studio based in San Francisco, recently shared with us an interesting clip about Andreas Stavropoulous, a landscape...
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Steven Holl Architects’ Sliced Porosity Block Tops Out
Courtesy of Steven Holl ArchitectsThe Sliced Porosity Block—the Raffles City development designed by Steven Holl Architects in Chengdu—celebrates its topping out at 123 meters. Located just south of...
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Men and Urinals…Time for one of them to change
Urinals – do they need to go? (1st pun)I just don’t understand why urinals are the way they are. The function they serve is obvious and I am pretty sure that the invention of the first urinal was one...
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Minimum House / Scheidt Kasprusch Architekten
© Christian GahlArchitects: Scheidt Kasprusch Architekten Location: Klausdorf, Germany Project Year: 2008 Project Area: 151 sqm Photograph: Christian Gahl The minimumhouse at Mellensee, situated to the...
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Suzhou Industrial Park Central Business District / SWA Group
Click here to view the embedded video.Lead by principal designers Hui-Li Lee and John Wong, SWA Group along with consulting architect Ojanen_Chiou Architects provided the winning competition proposal...
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Fort Cortina / Karelse & den Besten
Courtesy of Karelse & den BestenArchitects: Karelse & den Besten Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Client: Cortina, Amsterdam Project management: TPAGH architecten, Hoorn Contractor: Klies...
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Brione House / Wespi de Meuron
© Hannes HenzArchitects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects Location: Brione sopra Minusio, TI, Switzerland Construction Supervision: Guscetti Arch. Dipl., 6648 Minusio Engineer: Anastasi SA,...
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AIA Emphatically Urges Looser Credit, Notes 30% Drop in Architectural...
Construction at 1 WTC, by ShinyThings VIA FlickrThe AIA has issued a “comprehensive look yet at the built environment’s role in economic recovery, highlighting six specific policy steps that will...
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The Architecture of Croce, Aflalo and Gasperini / Aflalo and Gasperini...
Aflalo & Gasperini Arquitetos recently shared with us the book they are launching titled, “The Architecture of Croce, Aflalo and Gasperini.” The book details the 50 years history of one of the most...
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Zaha Hadid chosen to design Miami Beach Parking Garage at Collins Park
Zaha Hadid's Riverside MuseumArchitect Zaha Hadid has been chosen by the City of Miami Beach to design its newest parking garage at Collins Park, a neighborhood that’s home to the Miami City Ballet,...
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Casa 4×30 / CR2 Arquitetos + FGMF Architects
© Fran Parente Architects: CR2 Arquitetos + FGMF Architects Location: São Paulo, Brazil Project Year: 2011 Collaborators: Fernando Forte, Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz, Ana Luíza Galvão, Bruno Araújo,...
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Phinney / Pb elemental architecture
© Mel CurtisArchitect: Pb elemental architecture Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Project Team: Dave Biddle & Chris Pardo Contractor: Logan’s Hammer Project Area: 2510 sqf Photographs: Mel Curtis...
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From the Library of Philip Johnson
© Birch Books ConservationA Kickstarter campaign started by Birch Books Conservation owner Birch Cooper will see the library collection of Philip Johnson’s Glass House collated in a new book – The...
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The Crystal / Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen ArchitectsArchitects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Client: Nykredit Landscape Architect: SLA Project Year: 2010 Project Area: 6,850...
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