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Zaha Hadid�s Petroleum Research Center (Ironically) Aims For LEED Platinum

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:32 GMT

It may seem ironic, but even petroleum research centers can be LEED certified if they meet the critieria. Case in point:�the King Abudullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC for short), designed by Zaha Hadid, is aiming for LEED Platinum. Set to be built in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the state of the art campus will house research and development facilities on energy and environmental exploration and analysis. KAPSARC�s main building is a crystalline structure composed of modular six-sided cells with many connections between them, as well as a series of shaded outdoor spaces, gardens, and underground tunnels. Inhabitat.

Huge Church Project Renews Downtown, and Debate

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:01:42 GMT

In downtown Salt Lake City, the Mormon church is undertaking a massive commercial re-development project. "'There will be no evidence of the church within those blocks,' said H. David Burton, a former corporate executive who oversees the church�s business interests as the presiding bishop. Mr. Burton said the civic spaces inside City Creek would be private property, but 'with all the attributes of a public venue.' The next step in a creeping theocracy in Utah? Via the NYT.

Professor builds case for Barbie as architect

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:43:51 GMT

Over the years, Barbie has been an astronaut, a nurse, the president of the United States and a police officer, among more than 120 careers. But she�s never been an architect, and a University at Buffalo architecture professor wants to change that. Buffalo News

Burj Khalifa closed indefinitely

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:37:04 GMT

Only a month after it's hyped opening, the Burj Khalifa (formerly known as the Burj Dubai), has been shut off from the public, apparently due to electrical problems. Sounds familiar | Guardian

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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:05 GMT

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Competition registration deadlines approaching...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:00:07 GMT

February 08

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge HK Boundary Crossing Facilities International Design Ideas Competition

Call for Entries: ReSource

The City of Dreams Pavilion

February 09

Fashion Museum in Omotesando Street - Tokyo

February 10

18th Annual IIDA Will Ching Design Competition

37th Annual IIDA Interior Design Competition

February 11

BSA Small Firms/Small Projects

February 12

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - CONDITIONS #4: PRODUCTION OF ADDED VALUE

Forgotten Spaces - Ideas Competition for London

AIA San Francisco 2010 Design Awards

February 15

Design of a Science Center to Promote scientific temperament.

Mock Firms 2010 International Skyscraper Challenge

ARCA: 12th Arquine International Competition

Who’s Next

Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial Design Competition

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Competition Competition 2010

SPONTANEOUS ARCHITECTURE: HAITI

February 19

2010 Rapson Traveling Fellowship Competition

The 2010 Vision Awards

Open Call: Innovative Curtain Wall Design

Ceramic Tiles of Italy Design Competition 2010

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New Mag: Elephant

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:40:36 GMT

From the good people at Frame Magazine, who've given us the sparkling Mark Magazine before, now bringing us Elephant, "on art and visual culture. The magazine is divided into five parts: meetings, research, studio visits, economies and cities." I'm ecstatic.

Editor's Picks #144

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:32:56 GMT

News In a town in Upper Bavaria they do it differently. There as Orhan points us to Even the minaret is admired as a valuable addition to the cityscape. Read and Related R.I.P. Eduardo Catalano 1917-2010 Philip Johnson's Glass House released tour tickets for the 2010 season. The L.A. Bike Working Group proposed a backbone bikeway network for Central Los Angeles. John W Chorley elementary school by Paul Rudolph may be demo'd. Discussion Threads Over on TC Holz.box shared some great images including this one; Some suggestions on how to trick out a slideshow presentation with multi-media. Archinect as support group? Member tagalong is looking for some good leads on custom concrete furniture fabricators. School Blogs Max's post on toilets lead Holz to share some photos of great toilet design. Faysal alerts us to the livestream of Peter Eisenman speaking at the AA on Lateness and the Crisis of Modernity. Eisenman spoke about the "disease" of Parametric Processing. He also provided an update on his project in Galicia Spain and showed some construction images. Errata Political blogger Matthew Yglesias opines on why "architecture photography still works much better in a magazine." than online.

Transmaterial 3: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine our Physical Environment

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:17:11 GMT

Since the 2006 publication of his best-selling first volume of Transmaterial, author Blaine Brownell has become the undisputed master of new materials, inspiring architects and designers looking to transform the structure, spaces, and surfaces of their projects with the latest high-tech and environmentally friendly products. The third volume in the critically acclaimed series presents over two hundred emergent materials, products, and systems that have significant potential to transform the constructed world. Transmaterial 3 provides a broad synopsis of the state of technological advances in materials today with a special emphasis on new developments in the field of biopolymers and various agriculturally derived products; biomimetic products, systems, and processes that seek to emulate natural examples including low-embodied-energy and biochemically manufactured products; 'grown' materials; nanoscale marvels; renewable energy technologies; 'second-life' materials derived from repurposed waste; and responsive, interactive, and transformational digital interfaces that harness pervasive communication networks and are powered by low-energy illumination sources. An excellent ideas generator, Transmaterial 3 is an indispensable tool for any architect or designer looking to keep up with the current trends in the field of materials.

Another Thing

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:45:44 GMT

Fullscale projection of a virtual building on the real version of itself. The building flies around and changes shapes. The building in this case is the icelandic parliament. By architect Andrew Burgess. *Thing is parliament in icelandic.

Glass House tour schedule

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:22:42 GMT

Philip Johnson's Glass House just released tour tickets for the 2010 season which runs from May 1 to November 30, including the new night time Twilight Tours with lighting designed by Richard Kelly. More

"Even the Minarette Is Admired"

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:00:13 GMT

A recent editorial looks into the dynamics of the 21st century's first large scale cross religious conflict, Islam in Europe, a four way complexity of divided Germans and divided Moslems. Qantara. + Alen Jasarevic, architect of a mosque built in Upper Bavaria writes about his work, "Even the Minarette Is Admired."

Purchased: A Ghost town in Latvia

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:02:08 GMT

Image Via Flickr user Kappas photography Latvia has sold an entire town once used by the Soviet military as a base. The deserted town formerly known as Skrunda-1 was auctioned off to a Russian firm for $3m (�1.9m) - about 10 times its list price, officials said. BBC News

Featured Jobs Today: in New York & Long Beach

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:00:30 GMT

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Recent Results

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:53:59 GMT

Studio Gang Wins Second Prize at Taipei Pop Music Center Competition The Taipei Pop Music Center International Competition recently announced the final winners of Stage Two with the first prize going to Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture PC, second prize to Studio Gang Architects, and a third prize for Office dA...
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Wins Tucker Design Award For Smithsonian�s Kogod Courtyard The Tucker Design Award was awarded to the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. The award-winning Courtyard was designed by landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, within an architectural renovation by Foster + Partners...
A New Library for Montreal�s Saint-Laurent Borough The winner of the Quebec-wide architectural competition for the new library in Montreal�s Saint-Laurent Borough was announced. The chosen project was submitted by the team composed of Cardinal Hardy/Labont� Marcil/�ric Pelletier Architectes en consortium/SDK et associ�s inc./Leroux Beaudoin Hurens et associ�s inc...
Point Supreme Architects with Alexandros Gerousis Win EUROPAN 10 for Trondheim, Norway Last week, Bustler already featured two winners of three Norwegian sites for the EUROPAN 2010 contest: Vard� and Oslo. The proposal �Proscenium� by Greek studio Point Supreme Architects, in collaboration with Alex Gerousis, is the winner of the third Norwegian EUROPAN challenge, Trondheim...

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