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• New Work ::: Nike Football Soweto

  

  The 1300m2 Nike Football training facility in Soweto, South Africa was designed by Canadian architects RUF project with locally based architectural practice MMA... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 16th April 2012

  

  A building can be designed to satisfy 'by the month' with the regularity of a provider. Or it can give satisfaction 'by the moment,' with the thrill of a... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Dutch Profiles: Mecanoo

  Dutch Profiles features Francine Houben director of the Netherlands based architecture offices, Mecanoo. Her playful designs are equally technically provocative... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Dutch Profiles: Maxwan

  Dutch Profiles interviews Rients Dijkstra one of the founding members of Maxwan architects + urbanists. The company has a diverse portfolio from home interiors... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards : Lifeboard Station

  

  Paul Raff Studio has won a competition for the new Lifeguard Stands for the City of Toronto, Canada. The design is both pragmatic and humanistic and marries... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards : Strand East

  

  Swedish homeware retailer IKEA has released images of its planned community in London called Strand East. The 11Ha mixed-use urban development of rental... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 137: Kappe Residence

  

  The 370m2 residence was designed by architect Ray Kappe in 1967 for himself and his family in the rustic canyon of Pacific Palisades, LA. The house is cut into... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 9th April 2012

  

  The Manifesto for a New Urbanism That Came Before 'New Urbanism' | Good architecture was their MISSION | Google saves energy by cooling its buildings with ice... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE

• This Must Be the Place

  Allan is the caretaker and resident at the Albert Kahn designed Packard factory. Despite years of neglect and decay he finds beauty and comfort enough to call i... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards : Orphanage and Children’s Centre

  

  The US Building Council and international architectural practice HOK have partnered together to design an orphanage and children’s center in Port-au-Prince,... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 136: Palms Residence

  

  Images by David Lena Located on a narrow, urban lot in Venice, California, this private residence was designed by Marmol Radziner. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• New Work: A-Frame

  

  Jamaican-born designer Sean Knibb has converted a defunct IHOP restaurant in Culver City, LA into a unpretentious, yet trendy Korean-fusion restaurant. The... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 2nd April 2012

  

  Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Ludwig Mies van der Rohephotos by Dylan Wolfe origami fashion by Issey Miyake | taffy stairs |... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Maison Du Brésil

  at the Cité Universitaire complex in Paris was designed by Le Corbusier for Brazilian students and researchers, in 1959. The initial design was produced by the... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Star Architect Fear for His Masterpiece

  The remote alpine village of Vals in the eastern Swiss canton of Graubünden rose to fame when star architect Peter Zumthor built new thermal baths there in 1996... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards : Pedestrian Bridge Competition

  

  Spanish architects Nicolas Montesano, Victor Vila, Boris Hoppek were recently awarded announced the winners for their proposal for the Amsterdam Iconic... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 135: Cliff House

  

  Photography by Tim BiesThe residence on a cliffside lot in Gig Harbour, Washington was designed by Architect Scott Allen while a still named principal at Olson... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 26th March 2012

  

  We all see more of architecture than any other art. Every street is a gallery of architect's work CE Montague The Roots of Sprawl: Why We Don't Live Where We... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards : Embassy Housing, Haiti

  

  Sorg Architects has designed new, sustainable, staff housing for the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The project consists of 107 new townhouse units, a... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Landscape ::: Sensational Park

  

  The aim of the Sensational Park in Frosinone, Italy was to harmonize the relationship between nature and urbanism. The design based around the 5 senses invites... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE