OMA proposes new building for New Jersey "mixed-use development unveiled today by starchitect Rem Koolhaas." JCL | Curbed | Discussion View full entry
Konstantin Melnikov once proposed a worker's dorm that could "intensify the process of slumber." It was designed with sloping floors, because this would "obviate the need for pillows," and the whole building was like a machine: sleep technicians in a central control room could "regulate the... View full entry
Emphasizing the material attributes of wine making, bottling, and storage as the theme, Office dA presents Bin 26 Enoteca, a wine bar and restaurant in Boston's Beacon Hill utilizing cork and glass throughout the space in unique and unexpected ways. View full entry
Researchers from Turkey and UK have designed a prefab housing structure fixed to a shake table that earthquake victims can use and control themselves in order to help treat their PTSD. Another evolution in simulating collapse. In the BBC. View full entry
MVRDV to design new building for Cleveland Institute of Art... Aiming for an iconic new building that will grab international attention, the Cleveland Institute of Art has selected MVRDV to design their new 16.000 m2 School of Arts. The new building will be a major component of the University... View full entry
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have been selected to build the new skating rink and outdoor center in Prospect Park. NY TimesNew Ice Skating Rinks for Prospect Park The Prospect Park Alliance has selected Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to design the Lakeside Center, a 38,000-square-foot... View full entry
Miami Beach commissioners edge closer to the $150M needed to break ground on a new Gehry-designed symphony hall for Miami Beach. Miami Herald View full entry
The Institute for Sound and Vision by Neutelings Riedijk has opened its doors to the public. The juice is not the television-like exterior, but the dramatic interior that allows a look 5 stories down, 5 stories up, and all the way around. A new paradigm in public architecture. Eikongraphia View full entry
Shigeru Ban appears on YouTube discussing his latest sustainable endeavor, a pavilion for artek, which is constructed with composite wood and plastic members. via View full entry
Want to live in a home designed by a famous architect? Then get a council flat in Madrid. Steve Rose reports. View full entry
Some kind of giant wind flashy thing, in one case with videos... where else? we-make-money-not-art View full entry
December, January and February site visits. Flickr View full entry
Regalia Holdings has commissioned Bernardo Fort-Brescia (of Arquitectonica) as architect of Regalia in Sunny Isles Beach. Coral Gables Gazette View full entry
A nice article on a transitional housing homeless project in Toronto, by architects Levitt Goodman Architects. As Goodman describes the project, echoes of Herman Hertzberger's "non-programmed" spatial strategies resound: the creation of places for the accommodation of unanticipated activities... View full entry
Years after the end of the Cold War, the Swiss continue to construct fallout shelters for their citizens as a matter of written law. BBC View full entry