Via NYT Today, he says, the challenge facing designers is how to establish an opposition to convention when, as he says, “everything is legitimate and fashionable. There doesn’t seem to be an anti-design movement, and there should be. Everyone is trying to be Marc Newson and sell a... View full entry
Le Corbusier - The Art of Architecture is the current exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is probably the most influential architect of the 20th Century. The retrospective aims to address the many aspects that still make Le Corbusier’s... View full entry
I discovered Thread CentralHere What do Archinecters read?Books Our hopes die...Little Miss Modern R.I.P. Resources of Canada; A recent image via University of Toronto (Kelly) School Blog...Pic Who will be the next Bansky...The Telegraph ...investigates Orhan Pamuk discussed how literature has... View full entry
Not only will the building’s glass walls allow W residents to see, and be seen by, passers-by on the street below, but Mr. Fletcher and Ms. Lillo have created peekaboo features within each apartment, like a window between the kitchen and the bedroom, and a bathroom that’s a glass... View full entry
The announcement early last year that Ian Schrager was building 40 Bond, a condominium project in downtown Manhattan, with the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron set the design world abuzz. Well, it’s done now, and unlike so many apartment projects that look good on paper but... View full entry
My Sust House is an exciting interactive design game exploring what sustainability means and how it relates to our homes. You learn about sustainability as you design a house or an environment with funny money (yes there is a thrill of going over the budget, watch it.) Teach your children well!... View full entry
The Neutra house takes fine-architecture auctions to a whole new level. Marcel Breuer's Wolfson Trailer House, in New York state, carries an estimate of $1 million to $1.5 million; Pierre Koenig's Case Study House No. 21, in LA, sold for $3.1 million; Jean Prouvé’s Maison Tropicale... View full entry
Pari's new bike rental scheme has taken off...in abig way with more than 6 million riders in less than 3 months.. It's success has inspired a wave of cities across the globe to start looking into similar programs...Moscow, London, and Chicago to name a but a few... Does this idea along with... View full entry
Wired's "Saddest Cubicle" contest has found some "winners". Check it out, feel better about your workspace View full entry
The German government started construction of an exhibition center at the site where the Gestapo, leaders of the SS and other top officials in the Third Reich presided over crimes against humanity. SDUT l previous View full entry
High-profile buildings such as the Glass House and Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House can be saved by being turned into museums, but a growing number of important modern structures are threatened with demolition... AP l related View full entry
Brazil's Oscar Niemeyer remains true to form (think: the beauty in women and nature) as he approaches 100. LA Times View full entry
Simon Henley's new book casts an objective eye over car parks, one of the most important but most neglected building types of the modern era, and finds a strange and haunting beauty. Guardian View full entry
talk20 toronto on INTERACTIVE is tonight! Here is the lineup: David McCallum (SINTHETA); Patty Johnson (NORTH SOUTH PROJECT); Liav Koren (DORKBOT); Matt Gorbet, Susan Gorbet & Rob Gorbet (GORBET DESIGN); Ian Chodikoff (CANADIAN ARCHITECT); Dieter Janssen (DJA); Marc Böhlen... View full entry
A brief summary about the relationships between architectural representation and digital (game) space. The post touches on perspective, some vintage Daniel Libeskind drawing and ponders the implications of new gaming releases like Portal, Ehochrome and The Night Journey. Serial Consign View full entry