Uncertain Futures is a two-year snapshot of the student work produced at MIT's Department of Architecture. It is an invitation to a conversation with MIT about the types of narratives of relevance that we - architects, scholars, researchers - tell ourselves daily, in order to do our work, in order to demand the extraordinary, in order to invent, experiment, and innovate. The book opens with Forecast...
It's Project Runway 's first season filming in LA , so of course the show has to take a field trip to the Getty. The designers were asked to make dresses inspired by something at the museum, and the results were a little less promising than that Project Runway alum's Disney Hall affair we showed you a few weeks ago. Most chose pieces in the museum to work off of, but Althea picked the Getty building...
Jason Rodriguez, reportedly a former employee of architecture and engineering firm RS&H, opened fire today in his previous workplace. Last count is 2 dead and 6 injured. Orlando police are still searching for him. Google News Update: He's been caught
(TrendHunter.com) The PRISM by Marcelo Spina is an intriguing three-story structure. Located on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, the PRISM was designed as an art gallery, with exhibition space, film-viewing areas, and lecture…
During the week of November 7, the Toronto Design Exchange is hosting a large retrospective called Parallel Nippon , and the Index design fair kicks off in Dubai. Coming up within the next four weeks: the Singapore Design festival, Interior Lifestyle in Tokyo, and the opening of the world's tallest building.
New York's Pulltab Design recently sent me some images of a rooftop project that features a little bit of " urban rust ." Situated atop a 1900's walkup in Manhattan's East Village, the design is "a space for both reading and entertaining," consisting of a penthouse and garden. [photo by Elizabeth Felicella | courtesy Pulltab Design ] The penthouse and garden are two projects for...
The Alameda County judge who presided over the dispute between UC Berkeley and tree-sitters seeking to block a construction project, Barbara J. Miller, was found dead Friday at her home in Oakland. She was 58. Judge Miller was found a little after 6 p.m.,...
The �Walled Garden� is an oft-used metaphor to describe an area of the web that is somehow closed off � think AOL in the 90s, or any site that lives behind a paywall. To some, these areas of the net are exclusive avenues to brilliantly curated content. To others �Walled Gardens� are threats to the open nature of the net. Elizabeth Goodman, a PhD student at the UC...
Nanaimo: Nanaimo Art Gallery exhibition: Showcasing Recipients of Design Awards October 15 - November 15th, 2009 Opening: October 22nd—7pm to 9pm Royal Architecture Institute of Canada
This week takes us seaside to Pacific Palisades for our Weekend Open House Wrap. The homes range in price from $2 million to $3 million and vary from newly renovated residences to "fixers." Many feature ocean and canyon views. Best of luck, house hunters. 350 Chautauqua Price: $2.879 million Original Listing Price: $3.278 million Days on Market: 154 Beds, Bath: 4/4 Sq. Ft.: 3,206 Pitch:...
"> " style="font-size: 9px; text-align: center;"> Click the image above to view the full photogallery. This week's top stories : On the Market: Hansel and Gretel's Bay Ridge Hidey Hole , BLOCKBUSTER: Nolita's 11 Spring Street Has a Buyer! , New Cooper Union Building's Secrets Revealed! , Closings Begin at Nouvel's West Chelsea Vision Machine , Curbed Inside: Harlem's PS90...
“Architectural fantasy stimulates the architect’s activity, it arouses creative thought not only for the artist but it also educates and arouses all those who come in contact with him; it produces new directions, new quests, and opens new horizons. Architectural fantasy in all cases propels the culture of architectural problems, and with the freshness of new thoughts, with the transition...
Amid the master-planned polish of Mission Bay, the 20 "floating homes" along Mission Creek exude a carefree social defiance. They've been there since the 1950s, when freight trains were the only neighbors. No longer: The north side of Mission Creek is lined...
With little fanfare and a modest budget, work has begun that could lead to something California has never had - an explicit government vision for how and where the state should grow. The official action is modest, a $2.5 million contract to devise a set of...
Discover an unparalleled architectural gem, a unique creation that has become Barcelona's most universal symbol. Come and get to know the Sagrada Familia, the pinnacle of Antoni Gaudi's creation, a monumental church comprised of shapes, towers, curves and complex, unique sculptures.
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