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• Call for Entries ::: Reggae Poster Contest

  

  The First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012 is open for entries for our 2012 edition, The Reggae Poster Contest 2012 from December 26 2011 until March... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 26th December 2011

  

  After a brief with a client [...] I can't stop thinking about the project. The subject keeps circulating through both hemispheres of my brain. I dream it,... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• TED Talks ::: Nona Yehia & Jefferson Ellinger

  Nona Yehia Jefferson Ellinger presented at the TEDx Jackson HoleArchitects, artists, scientists and designers throughout the ages have been inspired by the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Biosphere Sustainability Centre

  

  The Biosphere Sustainability Centre is a proposed reuse of an 11,508 m2 brownfield site near the Thousand Islands in Gananoque, Canada into a new cultural,... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Qingdao Water City

  

  Qingdao Water City is a proposed 180,000m2 development to be located on a 120acre site on Aoshan Bay in Goyang City, Korea. Designed by multi-national... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• SPARK Digital Media, the First Publisher for Tablets Spec...

  

  SPARK Digital Media, the first publisher for Tablets specializing in Architecture and Design was recently launched between Portugal and Brasil. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 19th December 2011

  

  Architects are the moderators between the objective world of building and the poetic world of livingOwen Rose image via BigStock Rebuild Downtown Kingston... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Euralille Youth Centre

  

  Competition entry for a €12m Euralille Youth Centre by JDS Architects. The 7,000m2 project located in Lille, France proposes to be an urban catalyst,... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Sculpture Museum of Leganes

  

  A competition entry for a new 4,000 m2 Museum of Sculpture in Leganes, Spain by architects MACA (Christian Alvarez, Jorge Garrudo Thomas Suarez). Designed to... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Competition ::: Ouput Grand Prix

  

  All projects submitted to the :output competition will be eligible for the :output Grand Prix. An international jury will choose the Grand Prix winner and a... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 127: Stacked House

  

  Built around an existing three bedroom house on a 400m2 steeply sloping site built by the client in the early eighties, the stacked house is a three bedroom... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 12th December 2011

  

  We need to go out into the real world and experience it in order to create architecture that is rooted in reality Tadao Ando Top 100 Public Spaces... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• TED Talks ::: Mark Raymond

  TEDxPortofSpain - Mark Raymond is a Trinidad based architect and has been responsible for a wide range of architectural, urban design and planning projects... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Eames: The Architect and the Painter

  The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America's most important designers. In this film directed by Jason Cohn and Bill Jerse... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Dwell: Contained

  Owners of a soaring loft in San Francisco was transformed with the use of shipping containers. The final design includes a custom teak-and-copper bathroom, a... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 126: Summer House in Menorca

  

  The near 450m2 Summer House in Menorca, Spain designed by Pablo Serrano Elorduy of Dom Arquitectura seeks to engage the surroundings and views to marry the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• New Work ::: The Okanagan College Centre of Excellence

  

  Dubbed A Living Classroom, the facility designed by CEI Architecture is a net-zero energy and water consuming building. Electricity is generated by the largest... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Competition: Performance Architecture

  

  Announcing the International Open Call for an ideas competition aimed at choosing proposals for five temporary urban interventions in the scope of Guimarães 201... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• New Work ::: The Josephine Baker School

  

  Built on a trapezoid-shaped plot of land in La Courneuve a Parisian suburb, the €8m Josephine Baker School is a modern early education facility for nursery and... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Competition ::: Public Interest Design

  

  Announcing the 2nd Annual SEED awards for excellence in Public Interest Design that promote socially, economically, and environmentally healthy communities. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE