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• Competition ::: Lest We Forget

  

  UNESCO has launched an international design competition for the creation of a Permanent Memorial at United Nations to the honor victims of slavery and the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 7th November 2011

  

  Drawing is a tool that helps me design and then build. For me, it is a way to test an idea or prove a point, to make the unclear clear, and to move the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• RIP - Denny Repole

  Renowned Jamaican architect, Herbert Denham Repole passed away on the 1st November 2011 - days before his 77th birthday. Denny, as he was affectionately known,... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 31st October 2011

  

  architecture and design is our way of living and a source of pleasure and inspirationVan Rooijen emerging-market innovation: slums as inspiration | Le... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Oslo Cooking

  Short documentary on the architectural and urban development of Oslo featuring Julien De Smedt, Kjetil Thorsen and Gary Bates. Directed by Martin Hogsnes... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 24th October 2011

  

  We have to be careful not to criticise things just because they don't appeal to us as architectsJulien de SmedtGiant melting da Vinci artwork recreated on Arcti... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Regional Holcim Awards 2011 Latin America

  

  The Holcim Awards is an international competition that recognizes innovative projects and future-oriented concepts on regional and global levels. A total of... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Continuous

  Continuity and acceleration are two mathematical concepts that relate the dancing body to space. This film unpacks the sensation of acceleration embedded in... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Logo Competition

  Architechnophilia is seeking a creative new logo design. The ideal logo should that embody the idea and mantra that "Architecture is a beautiful thing to love,... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 17th October 2011

  

  Making a sandcastle is like an ideal version of architecture: make mistakes, erase them, start again.Sam Jacob, FAT Classic Documentary The Social Life of... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• New Work ::: Contemporary Art Museum (CAM)

  

  Brooks + Scarpa has just completed a new 22,300 ft2 Museum located in the Historic Depot District of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 3rd October 2011

  

  The approach to architecture should be like science, with breakthroughs that create new information, not repetition of old ideas Frank Gehry Is architecture bes... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• IMA - Institut Du Monde Arabe

  The Institut du Monde Arabe designed by Jean Nouvel. The Institute houses a museum, temporary exhibitions, a library and halls dedicated to current events. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: 99 Sudbury

  

  99 Sudbury is 20,000 ft2 warehouse conversion into a fitness studio, competition squash courts lounge. The project designed by architects superkül is phased t... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 124: Brown Residence

  

  Architects Lake Flato completed the Brown residence a modest home located on a golf community, in Scottsdale, Arizona. The considerate design celebrates views t... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Landscape::: The Art of Jim Denevan

  

  American sand artist Jim Denevan creates colossal geometric drawings etched into the sand freehand during the low tides. Often created with nothing more than a... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Eco-friendly WaterShed

  

  The water inspired entry for the 2011 Solar Decathlon by the University of Maryland. via this image was too good not to Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust : 26th September 2011

  

  For all great architecture is contemporary of its time, relevant to its situation in space, time and human society-but also eternal. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Polymorphic

  SlinkyVids-Part I from Charlie Able on Vimeo.Polymorphic is a kinetic installation, designed by ten architecture students from Columbia University GSAPP,... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Sunken Hull

  Created from a converted cargo ship, the sunken hull of the transformed vessel now offers a pristine 8×32 meter pool that sits near level with the surface of th... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE