Office for Metropolitan Architecture has presented a masterplan for the North Sea. OMA states that wind energy generated at this sea can replace oil from the Gulf. Architectenweb (translated) View full entry
Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture -- and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms.Watch and Related discussion View full entry
How does design respond to a bleak economic landscape? Philippe Starck, Sir Terence Conran and Kirstie Allsopp debate the future of their industries in these lean times. Guardian View full entry
Van Alen Institute invites applications from emerging practitioners and scholars in architecture, design, and other fields in the arts, humanities and sciences for the 2009-2010 New York Prize Fellowship. Fellowships support critical inquiry and experimental practices that explore, challenge and... View full entry
This might be of interest to Archinect readers. The Complex Terran Laboratory (CTlab) has just started issuing a weekly compendium of links to items on the web that deal with place, space, and conflict. It's still a bit rough around the edges, but a useful resource. Published every Monday. View full entry
News Hopefully, whichever firm they pick for this will produce a more thoughtful, sensitive and inspiring building than this one. Another option would be to just keep the old one.How many have you seen?Can we throw away the key?Architects, creators of format(s) not media. Continued after the... View full entry
...And what you can do about it, according to the Boston Globe.Just being in an urban environment, (scientists) have found, impairs our basic mental processes. View full entry
Curbed LA has the scoop. linkThe development of a new 586- foot tall, 43-story mixed use building comprised of a 35-story tower over an 8-level podium and two subterranean levels, for 273 residential units, 8,496 square feet of restaurant use, and a 9,566 square foot spa, with 379 total parking... View full entry
Thursday January 08 /.EventsDateModule Individual Grant Opportunities for Architects and Designers , The Urban Center, 457 Madison Avenue A Few Zines: Dispatches from the Edge of Architectural Production , New York, NY Individual Grant Opportunities for Architects and Designers , The Urban... View full entry
Javier responds to David Gissen regarding his criticism of Archinect's 2009 predictions, based on David's belief that historians should not predict. View full entry
Bryan Boyer shares The Mediators, his contribution to the latest issue of loud paper. Bryan's piece, unfortunately, was accidentally left behind as lp was sent out to print. ... this essay is posted here as part of my ongoing concern with the acts and instruments of judgment. Ultimately, it's an... View full entry
The NYT visits a house by Tom Kundig which was finally completed last summer. The house commisioned by Jan McFarland Cox, an artist and designer almost dissapears into the surrounding landscape of the high desert of southern Idaho.Read View full entry
The dutch architecture firm Monolab proposes a 450 m high skyscraper for Rotterdam. The highest building in this city currently is 150 m high. Read View full entry
Looking for office space? There's available space in NYC, Brooklyn, Philly, Santa Monica, Downtown LA, and more. Check it out, or use it yourself, to make connections with others for workspace, living space, and goods for sale. ArchMart View full entry
A warm hand shake, hug and thanks to the Archinect advertisers, sponsors and partners who make this site possible.This weeks advertisers:Georgia PacificHarvard Career Discovery ProgramSCI-Arc MediaScapesWileyWacomBoston Society of Architects - In the Pursuit of HousingCTLabRotch Traveling... View full entry
