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Michael Bloomberg Named U.N. Envoy for Cities and Climate Change
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has been appointed to be the U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change. Upon receiving the news, Bloomberg tweeted: “Cities are taking measurable action...
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Ziya Imren Wins Competition for Instanbul’s Beykoz School Complex
Ziya İmren Architects has recently won an invited competition for the design of the Beykoz School complex in Istanbul. The firm’s winning proposal distinguished itself by embedding its layout within...
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Barkow Leibinger Places Third in Berlin’s Tallest Tower Competition
In a competition that ultimately crowned Frank Gehry as winner, Berlin’s Barkow Leibinger placed third with their 150-meter “faceted stacked building” proposal clad in glass. Aimed to be Berlin’s...
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VIDEO: Inspired by Archigram, A Humanoid Walking City
Click here to view the embedded video. “Walking City: Architecture + Evolution + Movement” is an awesome new video from Universal Everything that we came across on Fast Co.Design. In it, the humanoid...
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Coupdeville Architects Design Zero Carbon House in London
Coupdeville Architects has proposed designs for an environmentally responsible, carbon zero building in London. The earth sheltered structure is set into an existing slope on the site where it is...
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Hotel De La Isla / Estudio Larrain
Architects: Estudio Larrain Location: Isla Madre de Dios, Castro, Los Lagos Region, Chile Architect In Charge: Rodrigo Larrain Galvez, Rodrigo Larrain Illanes Area: 14,179 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs:...
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Office & House Luna / Hitzig Militello arquitectos
Architects: Hitzig Militello arquitectos Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Area: 250 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Federico Kulekdjian Construction: Fernando Hitzig & Leonardo G. Militello Luis...
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El Té – Casa de Chás / Estúdio 30°51°
Architects: Estúdio 30°51° Location:Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Architects in Charge: Gustavo Sbardelotto, Mariana Bogarin Area: 63 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Marcelo Donadussi Carpentry: D’Cor Móveis...
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Malthouse / Inside Out Architecture
Architects: Inside Out Architecture Location: Hawkhurst, Kent, UK Area: 231 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Jim Stephenson Structural Engineers: Kingspan Potton Ltd, Train and Kemp Contractor: Davis...
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Four Reasons Biking is Good For Business
Aside from the environmental and health benefits provided by biking, cycle cities are proving to be profitable, which has begun to attract support from many US business leaders. Not only do...
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INTERIORS: The Monthly Zine Mapping Film’s Fascinating Spaces
Originally appearing on Metropolis as A Pair of Artists Use Architecture to Study Film, Colin Warren-Hicks profiles “Interiors“, a monthly zine that analyzes important spaces in Films and TV through...
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Stoas Vilentum Hogeschool / BDG Architects Zwolle
Architects: BDG Architects Zwolle Location: Mansholtlaan 18, 6708 PA Wageningen, The Netherlands Year: 2014 Photographs: ScagliolaBrakkee From the architect. Stoas Vilentum is a small academic...
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Insulation Grown From Fungi
Inspired by the woods of Vermont, a US biotechnology startup have developed a system for using agricultural byproducts with fungal mycelium (a natural, self-assembling binder) to grow high performance...
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VIDEO: Klemens Torggler’s Mesmerizing, Rotating Door
Click here to view the embedded video. Austrian company Klemens Torggler have recently invented the “Evolution Door,” a very cool new door that slides itself open/closed – without the use of tracks. A...
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Snow Reveals Opportunities for Public Space
Traffic imprints found in Philadelphia’s record snowfall has revealed some clever opportunities for public space. As reported by This Old City, snow formations have carved examples of unused...
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Mitsulift HQ / Raed Abillama Architects
Architects: Raed Abillama Architects Location: Lebanon Area: 3,322 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Géraldine Bruneel From the architect. Architectural program The space is functional and serves different...
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Ron Cooke Hub / BDP Professions
Architects: BDP Professions Location: University of York, Heslington, York, UK Area: 6,300 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Hamilton Knight Contractor: BAM Construct UK Structural Engineer: Arup Quantity...
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A Master Architect’s Surprising Obsession
Frank Lloyd Wright—perhaps the most influential American architect of the 20th century—was deeply ambivalent about cities. For decades, Wright was seen as the prophet of America’s post-World War II...
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Dos Patios / RDR Arquitectos
Architects: RDR Arquitectos Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Collaborators: Bárbara Moyano, Florencia Rausch and Susana Barra Area: 1,150 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Gustavo Sosa Pinilla From the...
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Congress Aids the Impending Doom of Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial
Congress budget cuts have officially stalled Frank Gehry’s controversial Eisenhower Memorial, according to a recent report, rejecting $49 million in construction funds and cutting the Eisenhower...
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