The latest trend in furniture design and architecture is escaping into the mainstream media. CNC and other digital fabrication methods are creating 'fluid' furniture. Looks like the stuff being made by architecture students around the world! LAtimes View full entry
If I told you there’s a building material that is up to 50 times stronger than oak but lighter than steel or concrete, that is flexible, aesthetically pleasing and highly rated for its green credentials, you might say it sounds too good to be true. FT View full entry
After much anticipation, the beautiful, eco-friendly Loblolly prefab home has finally been built in Maryland, using a non-traditional, component-based approach to prefab construction, in which a "kit-of-parts," much like in automotive assembly, can be unbolted and rebuilt in different... View full entry
The chief appeal of The Architecture of Happiness, the thoughtful if rather conservative new book by Alain de Botton, is its offering of a plausible theory about why we inexplicably find certain buildings beautiful, others ugly, and why these emotions can be so passionate. A review by Kevin... View full entry
“We are letting ourselves be drained of endless resources and huge amounts of ideas — all to no avail,” said Koolhaas. “I am on a campaign now to convince the world that this kind of competition is hopeless and that we should find more efficient forms of architectural... View full entry
9 of Ito's projects that describe his "emerging grid" concept which embraces richer complexities and transforms standardized rigidity into fluid organic space. Exhibition website / QTVR views via Dezain View full entry
You can now vote in the 3-horse race competition for The History Channel's City of the Future. Assess and vote here View full entry
Mordechai Omer and Avi Rosen chart the structures of man and how they help(ed) us to understand our relationship to the universe. CTheory View full entry
Buildings are definitely energy hogs. The SUV is the environmental bad-boy symbol, but buildings consume more energy than cars and trucks. It’s estimated that commercial and residential buildings in the U.S. consume 65 percent of all electricity, as well as 12 percent of drinkable water and... View full entry
Spurred by recent legislation that provides financial incentives — and by rising energy costs and, perhaps, by a lingering distrust of power companies in the aftermath of the California electricity crisis at the start of the decade — homeowners across the state have come to see solar... View full entry
Even though this exhibition won't open at Cooper-Hewitt until May, I am mentioning it now 'cause it sounds so good. “Design for the Other 90%” will be divided into sections focusing on food, water, shelter, health and sanitation, education, energy and transportation and highlights... View full entry
John at Archidose is surveying 30 buildings or places of interest throughout New York City tracking his ongoing exploration of the city. #2 is the mostly complete 40 Mercer Residences by Jean Nouvel. View full entry
Average student debt levels have more than doubled in the last decade and more students and their families are finding themselves buried under the burden of debt... The good news is that incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has publicly committed to cutting student loan interest rates in half... View full entry
Radio Netherlands discusses OMA's China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing. Read/Listen View full entry
Experts are starting to think so - and they're urging architects and town planners to tackle the obesity epidemic by making new buildings more fitness-friendly. Guardian View full entry