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The best and worst of SA architecture
We asked some of South Africa's top architects (and an artist) to tell us about the buildings that inspire and appall them. They spoke to Andrea Nagel
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:18am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:18amArchitectural demand shows uptick
Demand for architecture services, an indicator of construction activity, improved nationwide and in the West for July, according to an American Institute of Architects report released Wednesday.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:17am
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/19 3:17am
BOOK REVIEW: Rematerial, From Waste To Architecture
Material reuse has been a wildly popular trend in sustainable architecture over the last decade. Using old materials and giving them a new life in a building not only keeps those materials from wasting away in a landfill, but also adds a considerable amount of character to the finished project.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/18 4:09am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/18 4:09am
First Architecture Program Coming to South Dakota
South Dakotans high school graduates wishing to study architecture don't need to leave the state anymore: Beginning this school year, students at South Dakota State University will be able to earn a degree in architecture. Believe it or not, it will be the first accredited architecture program in the state.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/18 4:08am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/18 4:08am
The architectural wonder Taj Mahal Palace hotel reopened with flag hoisting
Taj Mahal Palace hotel of Mumbai was opened after renewal on Independence Day.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/17 12:36am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/17 12:36am
Fireplaces become sleek, linear pieces of architecture
Stop thinking about fireplaces as square or rectangular brick objects built into the family room wall. Start thinking of sleek pieces of architecture that showcase a panoramic view of flames anywhere in the house.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:28pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:28pm
The Hand of a Master Architect
A huge and previously unknown trove of archival material from Philip Johnson’s architectural practice — including his hand-drawn sketches for towers that helped define postmodern architecture — is to be put up for sale by one of Johnson’s former partners, who has had them in storage for years.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:27pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:27pmThe Future of Design & Architecture
German architect Christoph Ingenhoven says the attitude which defines modernism is against superfluous design and that many Asian cities are modernizing in all the wrong ways.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:26pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:26pm
Architecture Fiction: postmodernism is back
The thesis imagines a future pure-water product produced in the chalk hills of England by capturing dew. The main building is a warping of Neo-Classical forms into a continuously curved skeleton that rises out of, or digs into, the earth.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:25pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:25pm
A Singular Perspective on the Urban Mosaic
Up the Harlem River, past the saltwater marshes of Swindler Cove, beyond the Sherman Creek Nature Trail and the quaint gingerbread boathouse, the bucolic landscape gives way to a sinister hive, where the higher machine species are breeding for their eventual takeover of the earth.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:19pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/15 11:19pmArchitectural Record and GreenSource Present the Innovation 2010 Conference
Sessions to cover large-scale, super-green buildings and the super-green cities that support them
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/14 7:16am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/14 7:16am
Israeli architecture's lone arranger
The Israeli Architect's Archive, founded and operated by architect Zvi Elhayani, is in fact a large private collection without institutional academic or financial support. Elhayani funds it out of his own pocket, aided by a few sources of varying value
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/03 3:23am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 08/03 3:23am
Some of World's Most Famous Buildings, All in One Museum
Architecture lovers in Washington do not have to travel far to see some of the world’s most famous buildings. Architect Adam Reed Tucker has recreated fifteen of them using Lego bricks. The exhibit is called “LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition.” It is at the National Building Museum in Washington until early September. Faith Lapidus has more.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 07/30 5:07pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 07/30 5:07pm
Lincoln Center's 'striptease': It's the architecture!
Well, the losers of an architectural competition are fairly unimportant, since to the victors go the spoils, in this case a lucrative project that—unusually for a big, contentious job—ended up growing in scope to encompass the rethinking of all of Lincoln Center's public spaces.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 07/30 5:06pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 07/30 5:06pm
A green answer to Vanity Fair's architecture poll has its own blind spot
When Vanity Fair magazine recently released the results of a survey ranking the most significant pieces of architecture of the last 30 years -- with Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, topping the list -- the poll was met with more than a little grumbling.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 07/29 5:53pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 07/29 5:53pm