Foster and Partners has been busy lately with new projects and has just unveiled their wining design for a bank headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina that will feature energy efficient design and a large, wavy, canopy roof. Foster and Partners has been busy lately with new projects and has just... View full entry
As a member of this landmark church, I feel compelled to post a news item regarding a fund raiser. Photo by Pete Sieger As a member of this landmark church, I feel compelled to post a news item regarding a fund raiser. The Friends of Christ Church Lutheran was established in 2008 to help ensure... View full entry
The skyscraper war between the Empire State Building and the proposed 15 Penn Plaza reaches new heights. Literally. The owners of the Empire State Building and their supporters say their tower’s international status and New York City’s skyline are in mortal danger of an assault from a... View full entry
According to the LA Times Culture Monster blog, "It's official: Eli Broad will build his art museum downtown; Diller Scofidio + Renfro will design".According to the LA Times Culture Monster blog, "It's official: Eli Broad will build his art museum downtown; Diller Scofidio + Renfro will design"... View full entry
The very first competition submission to appear on the Land Art Generator website is a stunning, 40km flexible photovoltaic ribbon that features integrated dye-sensitized solar cells. Calibrated optimally, the third-generation solar cells would generate 4592 megawatt hours (16530 gigajoules) of... View full entry
Brookline, MA-based Jin Choi & Thomas Shine of Choi+Shine recently received the 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award for their "Land of Giants" project. The design transforms mundane electrical pylons into statues on the Icelandic landscape by making only small... View full entry
Beijing's Water Cube, previously featured on Archinect, has re-opened as... a water park! The world's largest water park actually. The design of "Happy Water Park" is heavily inspired by the film Avatar. Beijing's Water Cube, previously featured on Archinect, has re-opened as... a water park! The... View full entry
Called TED, BIG Architects' new 57m x 57m x 57m building resembles a gigantic sugar cube, and is meant to serve as a mixed use area for Taiwan. But there's more to the seemingly straightforward structure than meets the eye - a series of strategic hollows that have been tunneled out of the block... View full entry
Poland's Katowice Railway Station, built in 1972 and designed by notable Polish architects Wacław Kłyszewski, Jerzy Mokrzyński and Eugeniusz Wierzbicki, is facing demolition. There is an appeal underway, spearheaded by Irma Kozina, art historian and the University of Silesia... View full entry
Matej Kren's recently unveiled a mind-blowing building composed of thousands of books at the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna (MAMbo). The piece, entitled "Scanner," is a gigantic tunnel of books that is meant to inspire reflection, impose greatness, and confuse perspective. Decked out with mirrors... View full entry
Santiago Calatrava will be putting his mark on Denver with a new addition to the international airport, which includes a rail station, retail plaza, hotel and rail bridge. Plans for the new addition were revealed on Thursday in Denver. More at Inhabitat View full entry
To help boost the "progressive upsurge" of their country, Georgian government selects a curvy building design to serve as a chechpoint between Georgia and Turkey at Sarpi. To help boost the "progressive upsurge" of their country, Georgian government selects a curvy building design to serve as a... View full entry
H&M, the fashion world's equivalent to IKEA, has commissioned Jean Nouvel to design a "futuristic hyperstore" on Paris' Champs Elysées. The new store is expected to be 3 floors and around 2,800 square meters. H&M, the fashion world's equivalent to IKEA, has commissioned Jean Nouvel... View full entry
jargon, etc. reviews French architects Nicolas Dorval-Bory and Raphaël Bétillon's recent cloud and greenhouse installation in Toulouse, a project which synthesizes the ideas of Diller Scofidio and Renfro's Blur Building with Gilles Clément's Planetary Gardens.jargon, etc... View full entry
The Stephan Jaklitsch-designed Marc Jacobs Collection flagship store, scheduled to open late this year, has won an Award of Excellence from the New York chapter of the AIA. Bustler Related: Stephan Jaklitsch is seeking a Project Manager/Architect in NYCThe Stephan Jaklitsch-designed Marc Jacobs... View full entry