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The last project famed architect Mies van der Rohe worked on would have also been his only building in the UK. Made of amber glass and steel, the office tower almost graced Mansion House Square in the City of London. Instead, James Stirling’s recently-landmarked, Postmodernist No 1 Poultry... View full entry
The confluence of Google mapping, 3D printing and the desire for inventive home decor has produced a Kickstarter for One Hundred Tokyo, a fully-fledged three dimensional map of Tokyo that is divided into 100 handy pieces. Pick your favorite palm-sized square(s) or collect all 100; it's up to you... View full entry
The anticipated outcome of The Laundry Truck is of course the build-out of an aesthetically pleasing and inviting unit. In addition, The Laundry Truck will serve as a location to promote educational services for the target community as well as job training. We are on the precipice of a new era in addressing the urgent needs of people experiencing poverty and homelessness, where homeless individuals are taking the lead in their own journey out of poverty. — Kickstarter
The architects and designers over at Radian, Inc., along with Bayaud Enterprises and Denver Homeless Outloud, have kicked off their effort to in some small way, address the crisis of homelessness/extreme poverty in Denver, CO.On a somewhat related note, Denver recently launched it's... View full entry
Taking and recording measurements on the fly can be tricky—getting all the right tools to measure different surfaces and distances, and having a place to scribble them down for later, can easily lead to imprecise or inefficient measurements. The mouthwateringly-named Bagel digital tape measure... View full entry
Hyper-Reality is a concept film by Keiichi Matsuda. It presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media. — hyper-reality.co
"Our physical and virtual realities are becoming increasingly intertwined. Technologies such as VR, augmented reality, wearables, and the internet of things are pointing to a world where technology will envelop every aspect of our lives. It will be the glue between every interaction and... View full entry
Have a look at some of the crowdfunding campaigns that caught our attention for this month's list, including a few furniture picks for the end of Archinect's Furniture February. You can also check out Archinect's curated Kickstarter page for more of our previous favorites.BIG Oakland coworking... View full entry
It's been awhile since our last Kickstarter round-up, so here's our first list of 2016! Take a gander at some of the crowdfunded projects that caught our eye this month for Archinect's curated Kickstarter page.Ghetto Biennale CatalogueCreated by Haitian art collective Atis Rezistans, The Ghetto... View full entry
"What we propose here is a different format for making architecture," Camille Lacadee states in a deadpan tone, "with multiple clients, multiple users, backers, lovers, following a bottom-up mode of exchanges and desire." A robotic arm extends into the frame and offers her a bowl of bird's nest... View full entry
It's already time for the next Kickstart This list! Check below to see what sorts of crowdfunding projects made it onto the September round-up for Archinect's curated Kickstarter page.On a different note, the former Kickstarter Inc. announced its reincorporation as a Public Benefit Corporation... View full entry
Time for the next Kickstart this! list. Check out what sorts of crowdfunding projects made it onto the July and August round-up for Archinect's curated Kickstarter page.BIG's STEAM RING GENERATOR FOR WORLD'S CLEANEST POWER PLANTBjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange set up a Kickstarter to build the final... View full entry
After winning second place in Blank Space's 2015 Fairy Tales Architecture Competition, University of Illinois at Chicago graduate students Alexander Culler and Danny Travis took things one step further to publish their submission, "Beautifully Banal", into a full-length architectural comic zine... View full entry
Another month has flown by, so that means it's time for the latest Kickstart This! list. Check out what sorts of crowdfunding projects made it onto the June 2015 round-up for Archinect's curated Kickstarter page.Build a BEACH in D.C.The National Building Museum teamed up with Brooklyn-based... View full entry
Take a gander at the latest roundup of Kickstarter and crowdfunding projects for Archinect's curated Kickstarter page! Here are our picks for May 2015:20 years of neurotitan gallery in Haus Schwarzenberg, BerlinBerlin's Haus Schwarzenberg is prepping to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their... View full entry
Another month has gone by, so that means it's time for the latest Kickstart this! list. Check out what sorts of crowdfunding projects made it onto the April round-up for Archinect's curated Kickstarter page.The Urban Death Project: Laying Our Loved Ones to RestThe Urban Death Project presents a... View full entry
Time for the latest Kickstarter picks for Archinect's curated Kickstarter page. Check out what sorts of crowdfunding projects made it onto this month's list...Organic Growth. Summer Pavilion on Governors Island 2015Izaskun Chinchilla Architects was chosen as one of the winners in the 2015 ‘City... View full entry
