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Treehouses in Paradise Competition: Call for Proposals
Apr 30th
Photo by weirdox – http://www.flickr.com/photos/weirdox/ The Treehouses in Paradise competition, among many competitions featured on our site, unfortunately turned out to be a scam. Many architects not only lost their time, but their efforts and money as well. Many competitions arise such as these and unfortunately, the work of the architects are often gone to waste.
TED Talk: Daniel Libeskind’s 17 words of architectural inspiration
Apr 29th
Filmed back in 2009, this TED Talk by Daniel Libeskind has yet to diminish in popularity. Once a free-verse poet, an opera set designer and a virtuoso musician, Libeskind has evolved into an internationally-renowned architect with an illustrious style that has been praised and criticized by many
Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects
Apr 29th
American firm Handel Architects have completed a New York hotel with porthole windows that give it an uncanny resemblance to children’s game Connect Four. (more…)
Agro-Housing / Knafo Klimor Architects
Apr 28th
Courtesy of Knafo Klimor Architects Proposed by Knafo Klimor Architects , Agro- Housing was the winning project in Living Steel – Competition for Sustainable Housing (2007) for China .
Girardota’s Metropolitan Coliseum Competition Winner
Apr 28th
Courtesy of the architects The Girardota’s Metropolitan Coliseum Competition winners were announced. First Prize goes to the team of Juan Sebastián Larrota, Felipe Robayo, Sebastián Gaviria, AlcuboArquitectos (Alejandro Martínez, Marcela Marulanda) and G-Arquitectura (Juan David García, Natalia Mejía).
2012 Washington UNBUILT Awards Winners
Apr 28th
The Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA|DC) recently announced the 2012 winners of the 4th Annual Washington UNBUILT Awards competition. This year’s judging yielded eight winning submissions from local design professionals and students with the grand prize awarded to Christine Chlebda , a student at The Catholic University of America (CUA). More information on the awards after the break.
Mountain Range House / Irving Smith Jack Architects
Apr 28th
© Patrick Reynolds Architects: Irving Smith Jack Architects Location: Brightwater, Nelson , New Zealand Completed: 2009 Area: 392 sqm Photographs: Patrick Reynolds © Patrick Reynolds Mountain Range House develops research and analysis of previous practice projects where traditional Pacific verandahs have provided intermediary living space at the transition of building to landscape. In attractive climates these external transition spaces, often finished in simple timbers, collect activity at the building edge where physical and visual access to landscape is unrestricted, immediate and inviting. Without enclosing walls, a verandah forms a single space held between horizontal flooring and roofing planes, and orientated outwards to the surrounding landscape by the building behind and transverse access
Monash University Student Housing / BVM Architects
Apr 25th
Courtesy of BVN Architecture Architects: BVN Architecture Location: Monash, Australia Photographs: Courtesy of BVN Architecture © Courtesy of BVN Architecture Monash University Student Housing, Clayton, comprises two 5 storey buildings, each containing 300 student studios, flanking a central, common courtyard. Fundamental to the project was the need to create a community whilst supporting the individual; therefore, the courtyard is the meeting point and entry to each building.
SeaCity Museum by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Apr 21st
These reconstituted-stone sails belong to the second museum we’ve featured this month dedicated to ill-fated liner the RMS Titanic, following one shaped like four hulls . (more…)
Sami Cultural Center Sajos / HALO Architects
Apr 20th
© Mika Huisman Architects: HALO Architects Ltd Location: Inari, Finland Head Designer: Architects m3 Ltd, Janne Pihlajaniemi, Architect M.Sc. SAFA Client: Senate Properties Photographs: Mika Huisman © Mika Huisman Sami Cultural Centre Sajos is located in northern part of Finnish Lappland, in village of Inari, on the southern bank of river Juutua. Sajos is the centre of culture and administration for the Sámi, the only indigenous people in European Union
