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• Blog Wunderlust: 28th January 2013

  

  We will never solve the housing problems of Africa if architects do not shift their concerns to the development of locally manufactured systems and materials... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Interfaith Chapel

  

  A proposed Interfaith Chapel at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL designed by architects Brooks + Scarpa and KZF Design. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 160: Jewell Box

  

  photo credit: Gary Payne Photography The Jewell Box in San Diego, California designed by Architects Magnus is composed of two buildings bridged by a two-story... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust: 21st January 2013

  

  I believe in God, only I spell it Nature Frank Lloyd Wright image source Amazing Cliff Houses: Literally Living on the Edge | A Great Way to Break Ground | Glen... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust: 14th January 2013

  

  Each material has its own potential and we seek the most eloquent expression of it Paul Rudolph Champion of livable architecture and pioneering critic Ada Louis... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Notre Dame De l’Assomption

  

  images courtesy of Architecture for Humanity The origami-like form of the proposed cathedral, Notre Dame de l’Assomption was inspired by traditional fishing... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust: 7th January 2013

  

  a utopia is neither a chimera nor an illusion but a forward thinking plan, a hopeful anticipation Jorge Glusberg (c) Kat Sark Ruins of Modernity: The Failure... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• A Prefab Vertical Gym For Urban Slums

  Working with the community in Caracas, Venezuela, interdisciplinary studio Urban Think Tank designed a 4,000m2 prefab vertical recreational centre to address... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: National Museum of Afghanistan

  

  (c) Matteo Cainer Architects The new National Museum of Afghanistan was envisioned to safeguard the wealth of its cultural heritage and provide a symbol of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: CNM Headquarters

  

  A competition entry for the CNM/Municipality National Council in Brasilia, Brazil by Atelier UM+D (Utrabo Monteiro). The 5000 m2 building is spread over 8 floor... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: New Holland Island

  

  The NHI is a new cultural centre for a 20 acre island bordered by two canals and a river in the heart of St Petersburg, Russia. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• House of the Week 159: Crabhill Modern

  

  © Richard Leo Johnson Located on a five-acre property in Hillsborough, North Carolina, the Crabhill house was designed and built by Tonic Design and their siste... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust: 31st December 2012

  

  Space always intrigued me, with its incredibly rich possibilities, space alteration by (architectural) objects, objects' transformation in space (sculpture,... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Museum of Biodiversity

  The 4,000m2 Museum of Biodiversity situated on the mouth of the Panama Canal in Panama City is Frank Gehry's first project in Latin America. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Android for Architects & Designers

  With the introduction of Google's chromebook, a laptop device running their mobile Android operating system and manufactured by Samsung & Acer, we are seeing th... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust: 24th December 2012

  

  I'll plan anything a man wants, from a cathedral to a chicken coop. That's the way I make my living Henry Hobson Richardson images (c) Miami Herald Self-Help... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust: 17th December 2012

  

  I am attracted to free-flowing, sensual curves. The curves that I find in the mountains of my country.... Niemeyer image (c) David Cuthbert Architects pay... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Blog Wunderlust: 10th December 2012

  

  It is important that the architect think not only of architecture but of how architecture can solve the problems of the world. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Shelter

  The strategy conceived by Carter Williamson Architects was to devise both an 'ideal' and a 're-use' system that could operate interchangeably in all... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• On the Boards: Quintessence

  

  The Quintessence centre for education and research in sustainability was designed by architects Peter Galuzzi, Julian Evans and Marcelo D'Andrea. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE