Sad to read on trendbeheer that Beukelsblauw , by Florentijn Hofman (the artist who paints street in yellow […]
Category Archive: architecture
theboxtank (Emily Andersen, Geoff DeOld and Corey Hoelker), a collaborative blog about big-box urbanism and retail, have devised […]
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Linear cities for tourists built all along the Spanish coast have turned this section of land into the […]
I first read about the idea of the Loft Car in one of Nicolas’ post. German architects Manfred […]
Minneapolis’s new central library, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and opening in late 2006, will include an […]
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Palast is no more but Andreas Muhs and Oliver Elser are documenting on restmodern and flickr postwar modern […]
Built for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair and planned originally to last only six months, André Waterkeyn‘s Atomium […]
In Detroit, large numbers of buildings and homes have been abandoned and many have been torn down or […]
Architect Andreas Angelidakis‘s work engages a 3-D Internet as well as physical spaces to raise questions about urbanism, […]
Heritage Park, outside Cape Town, is thought to be the first self-contained town entirely ringed by a computer-monitored […]
Another Spanish project (which isn’t part of the New York show) that intrigued me: the city of Basauri […]
elastico has a nice post (in spanish but most of the links lead to websites in english) about […]
Two eye-popping projects discovered while checking noticias arquitectura this morning. When it’s completed in 2010, Museum Plaza will […]
For decades, one large lot that might otherwise have been prime territory for development in Berlin has lain […]
Some 4,000 drawings, models and audio tapes produced by Archigram is to be catalogued and digitised over three […]
After Frank Gehry‘s Ginger and Fred building in Prague (image on the left), here’s another dance-inspired building. Baljurk […]
While queuing at the post office, i found pictures of this amazing Feuerwehrzentrale (fire station), designed by BFM […]
Foster and Partners‘ Philology Library in Berlin utilizes decades of research into the use of active and passive […]
Takehiko Sanada‘s Prefab Coats can be worn as coats or transformed into blankets, sleeping bags or even emergency […]
New York architect Evan Douglis explores the generation of changeable environments supported by digital techniques. Auto Braids / […]
Germany’s first gated community is ready and desperately waiting for the well-off to move in. Located in Potsdam […]
Architects Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk have recently completed the new building for the College of Shipping […]
Replacing the Palast with a ridiculous replica of a boring 18th century palace? Is it too late to […]
Mass housing in China has historically been standardized and repetitive. Steven Holl Architects‘ Linked Hybrid project in Beijing […]
Padua (N/E of Italy) recently inaugurated a “cradle for life” (culla per la vita) hoping to curb incidents […]
iNSTANT eGO is a concept dwelling that allows the emergence of intimate electronic space in the middle of […]
reinraus is a mobile space extension for city apartments. It can be installed on any type of window. […]
Bill Pechet and Stephanie Robb’s SweaterLodge envisions a future where daily objects become multifunctional: a sweater becomes a […]
I stumbled on a futuristic project proposed by the brilliant Makato Sei Watanabe for Milan. His Fiber Tower […]
The Lighting Research Center and ASSIST are developing a flexible interior infrastructure that will integrate solid-state lighting with […]
Max-Online has a small gallery of Renzo Piano‘s superb building for Peek & Cloppenburg flagshipstore in Cologne (Germany). […]
Lance Hosey, of Atmo, and Soo-in Yang and David Benjamin, of the Living, are working toward a similar […]
Thomas Heatherwick, famous for works such as the opening pedestrian bridge in west London that curls up into […]
Micro Dwellings are low cost movable housing modules that can form different configurations on land, on water and […]
A few months ago, a political row blew up over government plans (announced in April) to solve Spain´s […]
Beijing Boom Tower presents a model showing 6 hectares of the Chinese capital in 2020. The design of […]
Dalki (Strawberry) is a cartoon character invented to market clothes and other products for children and young adults. […]
Nicolas is blogging some interesting projects that are presented this week at the Wireless and Mobile Technologies in […]
ostmoderne documents buildings from the post-war socialist era still largely unknown in the west and widely regarded as […]