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We've published a fascinating 2-part discussion this week between Archinect's Aaron Plewke and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm. The feature covers Rahm's work surrounding issues of biology, chemistry and the environment. Read...

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Nicolai Ourousoff reviews “Claude Parent: Graphic and Built Works” a marvelous exhibition at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris’s architecture museum. Read...

I've been waiting patiently for this feature for ages. Google Maps has finally introduced a "cycling" option for their Google Maps directions feature. Living in LA, with crazy drivers and bad roads, this feature will be a very nice addition while planning my next cross-town adventure. Google (or Apple), if you're listening, my next request is integration with the iPhone app, with turn-by-turn voice navigation. Read...

Speaks on some of the current trends in architecture and what he terms "design intelligence" Read...

The 10 MW Tower is an eco skyscraper and renewable energy generating machine that harvests wind and solar power. A 5 MW wind turbine sits at the top of the building harnessing the wind, while the power of the sun is collected via a 3 MW concentrating solar system plus a 2 MW solar updraft system. Designed by UAE-based Studied Impact, this 50 story skyscraper will put out 10 times as much energy as it needs, pumping renewable power back into the Dubai electric grid. Read...

Over at the Atlantic Edward Tenner discusses a recent story in the NYT about the recent rescue of the archives of the WTC architect. Read...

Any | Log Magazine have amasses all their content from Any Magazine 0-27 to their full library of ANY books and their newest project Log, as well as the Cynthia Davidson edited series the Writing Architecture Series into a new seamless web presence that joins the past with the present. enjoy! Read...

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In the past five years, life in this bushy little patch of western Kenya has improved dramatically.NYT | Read...

Some of the photos displayed below show exquisite furniture, created by the famous minimalist sculptor Donald Judd. These masterpieces of design are meant for furnishing apartments that also contain famous abstract paintings. The rest of the photos show ordinary cheap furniture.

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The Chicago architect Bruce Graham died. From the 1960s to 1980s, he was the 'top man' at SOM and is best known for the Sears (uhhhh Willis) Tower and Hancock Tower. Read...

Yesterday I visited the VitraHaus which was designed by Herzog & De Meuron in Weil am Rhein in Germany, next to Basel.
The design features stacked logs that are shaped like long houses. Read...

A Slovak village has built a wall to keep Roma Gypsies out. Read...

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The winners of eVolo’s 2010 Skyscraper Competition were announced today. After several years of organizing, this annual competition has become a renowned architectural prize around the world. The main idea of the contest is to examine the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and urban living. Read...

Via its second annual short film competition, SMIBE continues to bring together a growing body of moving image stories about the built environment. Deadline for 2010 submittals, March 31 is nearing. Read the brief and watch some of the submitted works. Read...

Hugh Pearman takes a look at some of the buildings scheduled for completion over the next decade. Read...

Jonathan Woolf's Painted House occupies the exact footprint and volume of a pair of 1920s semi-detached houses that previously stood on the site. Read...

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Everyone's favorite infoviz guru: Edward Tufte, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. Read Read...

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Archinect publishes a new In Focus with Liao Yusheng a NYC-raised photographer & food lover who is currently working out of Taipei. Read...

What cultural value do temporary events and spatial productions have?
What contribution can they make to a vivid European urban built environment (Stadtbaukultur)? Temporary City
Also; Qinyun Ma and Thom Mayne briefly touch base on temporality of the city and opportunities via expiration in Los Angeles and elsewhere in China. Read...

Detroit is debating how best to save Michigan Central Station, closed for more than 20 years. NYT Read...

In her sophomore post, Brieana, at University of Michigan, welcomes us to her thesis-ish studio and sheds some light on Manhattan's fecal matters. Way to go, Brieana!

And even more new faces: Lucas & Hannah say hello and promise exciting studio documentation from the sacred halls at RISD.

Faysal, at Architectural Association, continues his fascinating prnt scrn series and screen-shoots his days.

Inspired by Faysal's series, Nick, at UC Berkeley, drops another episode of prnt dsk a.k.a. "What's around my desk".

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The Maldives government and Dutch Docklands/Dutch Watervalley just signed an agreement yesterday to develop several floating facilities for the islands, including a convention center and golf courses. Designed by architect Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio.NL, the people who brought you the Citadel floating apartment complex and these amazing floating homes, the renderings for the amphibious mini-cities appear depict star-shaped, tiered islands with indoor spaces hidden under lush green-roof terraces, complete with interior pools and beaches. Read...