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• Blog Wunderlust : 5th December 2011

  

  Caribbean architecture is not identified by its appearance, rather by its spiritDr. Rohan Bailey Bloomingdale library rape victim sues architect, contractor |... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Djibloho Master Plan

  

  Master Plan for the New Capital City of Equatorial Guinea by IDF-Ideias do Futuro, located on the Wele-Nzas. Designed for 160,000 inhabitants on 20 acres, the... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Terme Olimia

  

  A proposal for a 12,200m2 Wellness Spa designed architects Enota to complement existing skiing facilities in the town of Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 125: Villa Grand Cayman

  

  Located on an ironshore bluff on the Caribbean coast of Grand Cayman, the house is formed as a response to the nature of the site. The house, designed by... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Landscape::: Formosa Pocket Park

  

  Designed by Katherine Spitz Associates, the 4,600 ft2 Formosa Pocket Park, is constructed above an underground parking and adjacent to a Lorcan O'Herlihy... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• MoMA PS1 Finalists

  Announcing the 2012 finalists competing in the 12th annual MoMA PS1 competition. Each year a group of emerging architects compete for the opportunity to design... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 28th November 2011

  

  You can't rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there Jane Jacobs How I Survived The Housing Slowdown | Jane Jacobs’ Masterpiece, An urban... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• New Work ::: Red Stair, Melbourne

  

  Designed by Marcus O'Reilly Architects, the Red Stair is an urban amphitheatre and public square along the Yarra River in the central business district of... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• on the Boards: Bollywood Museum

  

  Used as the informal label to describe the center film industry in India, Bollywood has grown since its humble beginnings in the 1930s to become the world's... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: New Taipei City Museum of Art

  

  The Taipei City Museum of Art, designed by architects WTA is intended to be a vibrant new cultural center for the city and to jumpstart development in the area. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 97: House R

  

  4-storey single family House R designed by architects Christ and Christ is located in the Stadtgarten of Karlsruhe, Germany. The 455m2 house functions without... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 21st November 2011

  

  A lot of the best design is generated when you have significant constraintsAndreas Stavropoulous Architecture- A Profession at War With Itself | Ingenious... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• A DWR Film: The Genius of John Kostick from Design Within...

  A DWR Film: The Genius of John Kostick from Design Within Reach on Vimeo. A combination of mathematics and art, the Foldable Star Sculptures by John Kostick... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE

• Skateboarding VS Architecture: A Study of Public Space and Materiality in...

  A new mini-documentary that takes a fascinating look at the spacial relationships skateboarding and architecture. Produced by SwineTrotters, the film by Johnny... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Competition ::: stcRIO

  The contamination of our atmosphere is a problem that affects all countries of the world, this is felt most in large cities where sources of pollution are... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 073: Queens Park House

  

  The concept for the Queens Park House was a room in the garden, the result created a house designed around openness where spaces would flow and extend from one... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week - a Retrospective (part Deux)

  This is the second retrospective of the House of Week category. It is sadly a little late in coming, the first covering numbers 1-49, this retrospective attempt... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 14th November 2011

  

  Wherever the city is functioning below standard, architecture takes action. It takes the place of the city's spontaneous and organic functioning; it is a... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• e2 Design II — Greening the Federal Government

  This is the second in a series of video podcasts for the PBS series e2 design II. Each podcast takes you beyond the episodes and deeper into the world of... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Hotel Liesma

  

  Hotel Liesma is a 15,000 m2 music-themed hotel in Jurmala, Latvia designed by architects Praud Studio. The hotel is structured on a number of cones containing... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE