Our friends at Graft have shared their 0 Energy hOUSE with us. Images at SpaceInvading, text after the jump...0 Energy hOUSE Program: 0 Energy hOUSE Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Size: 16,000 sq. ft Concept We have applied an integrated strategy of developing a zero-energy house that... View full entry
For recent architecture school graduates trying to make it in the professional world, life can be difficult. With construction slowing, money running out, and entry level hires dwindling, the options seem limited. However, the severe and nearly unprecedented nature of the lows to which this... View full entry
Erin, at University of Washington, is still alive (yay!) and tells us more about that fat gaining elephant, called Thesis. Looking for exciting lectures and events this winter/spring? Scott, at UCLA, has some really good ones. Gene, at New Jersey Institute of Technology, hasn't had a warm site... View full entry
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been awarded the first prize in the design competition to build the Taipei Performing Arts Centre. The design, led by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren, was selected from over 135 entries from 24 countries by an international jury. — Bustler
UPDATE: OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center is topped out View full entry
Newsweek discusses China's re-purposing of unused old buildings. Read View full entry
Porsche's new museum in Stuttgart, designed by Delugan Meissl, is a spectacular piece of architecture featuring equally spectacular cars. Der Spiegel | Slideshow | prev. View full entry
News Member toasteroven writes " I'd be more interested in "genetic mutations" from this process... like a house constructed only of bathrooms"People Shapes!A plastic president?Fretwork to warm the body and soul. Continued after the jump...DiscussionsStay with China or switch to India and... View full entry
Matthew Yglesias fellow at the Center for American Progress and blogger, explores a reader's request regarding the aesthetic considerations of architecture within the urban environment. Particularly as this relate to urban density and skyscrapers. His conclusion, "Aesthetics matters, but it... View full entry
Everyone knows the Glass House, the weekend retreat that the architect Philip Johnson designed for himself in New Canaan, Conn. Much less well known is another house Johnson designed soon after — across the street. Because it was for a family, it doesn’t have the jewel-box quality of... View full entry
I once worked with the late Martin Pawley, a frequently perverse, never less than entertaining critic. One afternoon he returned from a visit to the Richard Rogers studio. How was it, I inquired? "Oh, you know," he said with an expansive gesture. "Troubadours strumming guitars in the... View full entry
A view of Dharavi, the real slum where part of the story of "Slumdog Millionaire" plays out. Via the Los Angeles Times Slideshow and Video Via Airoots a related post which argues that it makes total sense to understand Dharavi as a self-generating post-industrial city. View full entry
The Tribune's Blair Kamin discusses Obama's role in the inevitable shift to more pragmatic building. The Skyline View full entry
Mimi has posted photos from A Few Zines January 8 opening. A Few Zines is up at Studio-X until the end of February, so be sure to stop by and read a few zines and grab a loud paper broadsheet. View full entry
One of the 20th century's most influential graphic design outfits, the Designers Republic, has officially ended it's tour of duty. Creative Review View full entry
Thursday January 22 /.EventsDateModule Everyday Urbanism: BOOK SIGNING AND LAUNCH PARTY , Los Angeles, CA Exhibition Opening: MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities. , New York, NY - Center for Architecture Expanding Architecture - Conversations on Design as Activism , Atlanta, GA OZONE Eco... View full entry