ti — The soviets had a successful policy for minimizing traffic congestion: keep people too poor to drive. Environmentalists today want to use the same policy: tax the heck out of gasoline; prevent the development of Alberta tar sands (“keep the tar sands oil in the soil” says one group); stop the...
archinect — Seoul's new Yongsan International Business District keeps dominating the news: we just received images of Pentominium, the 320-meter-tall residential development designed by Chicago-based Murphy/Jahn Architects. Project Description from the Architects: The Yongsan International Business District will set a new standard for an integrated global city. Situated on a high-profile site in the...
jetsongreen — This the new Blueair Sense designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune. It was designed to shatter barriers in the bland world of air purification with a contemporary design, touch-less control, compact size, low energy consumption, quiet operation, and optimal clean air delivery rate. All Blueair units are Energy Star certified and...
treehugger — They vary from the very clever but simple, like the Urbio, to hydroponic systems like the Live Screen
treehugger — It wasn't exactly counterculture, but Wanted Design was just a bit edgier.
dirt.asla — Biophilic design is still at the bleeding-edge of green building design and hasn’t taken off yet. The obstacle may be the lack of data on the impact of biophilic design on health and well-being. Or perhaps it’s because there still hasn’t been that one model site that makes current practice irrelevant. Other possible reasons: “collective ignorance” or a ”lack...
dwell — by Jaime GillinKnockoff furnishings may be cheap, but for the design industry, they come with a heavy price.
archdaily — Two weeks ago we started proposing films relevant to our field for you to primarily enjoy and also to encourage its discussion. First with “The Belly of an Architect”, and then “Blade Runner”, this week is the turn for a slightly more contemporary movie written and directed by Andrew Niccol, Gattaca. The...
bldgblog.blogspot — Hidden in an article about New York City's first million-dollar parking space is the somewhat incredible fact that, up in the apartment building this parking space will be attached to, "the shower water will be pumped full of vitamin C and aloe" for the building's economically distinguished residents. Like...
archdaily — © Elias Chandelis Architects: React Architects – Yiorgos Spiridonos, Natasha Deliyianni Location: Paros Cyclades, Greece Project Manager: Yiorgos Spiridonos, Architect Civil Engineer: MFP consulting engineers Mechanical Study: Gregoriades Dimitris, Mechanical Engineer Area: 450 sqm Plot Area: 9,000 sqm Completion: 2010 Photographs: Elias Chandelis © Elias Chandelis Purpose of the study is to design two summer homes with guest houses, overlooking the...
archdaily — Courtesy of Stantec Stantec’s design for the DjavafMowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC, in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada is envisioned as a translational research facility defined by present and future medical practices that collaborate under research and patient care. To achieve this, designers considered the intersections within the spatial dynamics...
archinect — The Tokyo Skytree, twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and its surrounding retail and office complex opens today to an estimated 200,000 visitors. [...] Tokyo Skytree, which took four years to build, surpasses the 600-meter Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China, as the world’s tallest, according to the Council on Tall...
treehugger — These designers didn't make it into the big show, but that didn't stop them from doing a great bit of guerrilla design theatre
archdaily — Click here to view the embedded video. During the launch of the META Project in Chile, we had the chance to interview Bijoy Jain, founder of Studio Mumbai. Studio Mumbai is a “human infrastructure of skilled craftsmen and architects who design and build the work directly.” Together, the colleagues immerse themselves within an...
archinect — Wiel Arets. I don't know if he has accepted or not but he has been spotted making the rounds.
archdaily — © Mariela Apollonio Architects: Corell Monfort Palacios Arquitectos – Vicente Corell Farinós, Joaquín Monfort, Salvador, José Vicente Palacio Espasa Location: Valencia, Spain Partnership in project and construction management: Mariano Conesa Tejada Architect Engineering: VALNU, servicios de ingeniería Site manager: CG técnica, José Lozano Gin Developer / owner: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Manufacturer: ECSA-VIALOBRA UTE Completion: April 2010 Total Area: 17,156.39...
archdaily — © Ben Hosking Architects: Bloxas - Black Line One X Architecture Studio Location: Melbourne, Australia Completion: 2012 Client: Grange Road Kindergarten Association and Bayside City Council Photographs: Ben Hosking © Ben Hosking Grange Road Kindergarten This project was part of the Victoria state government’s 2010-11 early childhood development initiative, and was completed in March 2012. The approach to...
treehugger — Heat kills LEDs. The CSYS light has a heat pipe system to carry it away, and is estimated to burn for 37 years.
archinect — The architect who created the £269 million aquatics centre has criticised “rude” Games bosses for not inviting her to a single event. Zaha Hadid claimed she was not asked to the opening or closing ceremonies of the Games, or to any of the diving and swimming heats at her acclaimed building...
archinect — I remember Poly Styrene, the singer from X-Ray Spex, and all her prophetic songs from the late 70s: "I Am A Poser," "Germ-Free Adolescents," "Prefabricated Icon," "Genetic Engineering." Take a look at architecture and people today and you realize that it all came true. A candid conversation on the horrendous state...
treehugger — Everything from iPhone holders to 3D printing to snack foods that you write on: Designers from all over the world show their stuff.
archdaily — There are few organizations that would utter the words: “we need to constantly look for ways to make ourselves redundant” (46). But Architecture for Humanity isn’t your typical organization. Since its inception in 1999, the company has put design professionals in the service of local communities, empowering these locals to the point...
