"Over 200 Boeing 727 and 737 fuselages are stacked in a north-south slant in relation to sun exposure for energy efficiency. Two shifts in the direction of the main axis of the fuselages generate two large open spaces within the stack." Who could it be? LoTek presented in Noticias. View full entry
"A decade ago, office towers guzzled energy as fast as they could, and 'sick building syndrome' was dismissed as a hypochondriac's all-purpose excuse. Since then, however, the rise of 'green' architecture has encouraged architects, developers and construction managers to consider the effect their... View full entry
Will that bridge still stand after it's been shaken? What if it's stirred? Find out what seismic bridge engineers have to say, at ENR. View full entry
Witold Rybczynski comes at cha with a slide show of the new breed of tall buildings. Slateafied View full entry
A Ray Kappe designed pre-fab home by 'livinghomes' will be installed on Thursday, 04/13/06, and you can watch it webcast-live from the job siteManufacturer's warning: If you happen to know where the site is, please do not stop by. It is not safe to be under those 10,000 pound modules. Seriously... View full entry
Dedicated fans have forsaken the track infield ”” the home of tricked-out R.V.'s, makeshift barbecue pits and parking spaces passed down from generation to generation ”” to root for Dale Earnhardt Jr. from the plush confines of swanky condos. | nytimes View full entry
Thom Mayne has achieved almost everything that an architect can. He has won the Pritzker Prize, he has designed a succession of radical public buildings in architecturally conservative America and he has a retrospective exhibition about to open at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. ICON View full entry
The 2006 Pritzker Prize was awarded to Paulo Mendes da Rocha. more info. in the full postMendes da Rocha, Paulo (Archias) (b Vitória, Espirito Santo, 25 Oct 1928). Brazilian architect. He graduated in architecture in 1954 from Mackenzie University, São Paulo, one of a new generation of... View full entry
Forget low-key boutique hotels, architects are upping the ante with a new breed of mega-hotels destined to become landmarks in their own right. Deyan Sudjic charts the rise of the 'statement' hotel. | observer View full entry
This story is pretty old, but circulating again: German architect Wolf Hilbertz plans to use the process of electrodeposition to build a self-assembling city from the sea called Autopia Ampere. Via Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society View full entry
Today Chipperfield opens a new library in Des Moines, though not without some criticism, or some disappointment of his own about the larger park space context in which it has been situated. Read | Video. View full entry
Chris Hume delcares a renaissance in Toronto, but is unmoved by the new (Mall-like) Four Seasons Peforming Arts Centre. | thestar by Diamond Schmitt View full entry
Architecture is not science and, to the dismay of many of its appreciators, it's not art. Still, it borrows from both: Science, in particular, has profoundly influenced architects, informing their knowledge of materials, geometries, volumes and natural forms. Still, beyond the fundamentals... View full entry
From Sweden to Botswana, Germany to Japan, master builders are incorporating recent developments in math and physics, as well as elements of biology and other fields, into their designs. The result has been some of the most innovative and interesting constructions of the last several decades... View full entry
A fascinating account of what happens when you realize - a year after construction - that the building you just designed might actually fall down and kill thousands: Design Observer. View full entry