The Canoes Landscape project by Julio Barreno Arquitecto is one of my favorite Showcase projects in awhile.
The Canoes Landscape project by Julio Barreno Arquitecto is one of my favorite Showcase projects in awhile. Love the location and this image...



News
“Urban Umbrella,” developed by Young-Hwan Choi wins the urbanSHED competition.
SO-IL wins annual PS1 Young Architects competition.

Portland will be getting an 18 story green curtain wall courtesy of SERA Architects.
Unsurprisingly this was designed by an in-house creator.

D.J. Huppatz revisits designer Russel Wright's designer house and landscape project, Manitoga, a dynamic interaction between culture and nature.
Emily Pilloton on the new Triple bottom line: Planet People and Profit.

Discussion Threads
SDR posts some great photos of Rural Studio project in this thread on Samuel Mockbee.
We discuss architects and long hair.

School Blogs
Jesse at University of Hawaii announces I believe cultural empathy is the first cultural value I seek to adhere to.
Candace from University of Illinois reports in from Barcelona

Nick Sowers statement I argue that the lifecycle of a building, from its construction to its eventual ruin or destruction, is also the design research, and there is no such thing as a design object., generates a great little discussion.

Errata
Lebbeus Woods in a recent post responds to charges that architecture sometimes "aesthetizes violence". He writes I do not believe this is the case. Architects are by nature pragmatists who want to deal with real conditions—even the most idealistic ground their designs in the actual. So, why it would be surprising that they want to deal with the effects of violence that has already occurred? Perhaps many do—but they are afraid. Read more here.