Archive for July, 2008
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Koolhaas and Prada Team Up on Art Force Field in Milan
31 Jul 2008[image via ARTINFO] Rem Koolhaas’ most recent collaboration with Miuccia Prada isn’t a store in Dubai or a high-rise in…
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The Complex Worlds of Vasco Mourão
31 Jul 2008Illustrator Vasco Mourão creates incredibly imaginative drawings of subterranean cities, dirigible homes, and cliff-side housing. Life Without Buildings is of…
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Herzog & de Meuron Unveil Tate 2: Electric Boogaloo
30 Jul 2008[left: original rendering. right: revised rendering] Revised plans and renderings were recently unveiled of Herzog & de Meuron’s addition to…
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Restorefront Blogs the Storefront for Art and Architecture Renovation
30 Jul 2008[image via ReStorefront] New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture is documenting the renovation of their Kenmare Street…ah, storefront in…
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The Wire and Baltimore’s Architecture
29 Jul 2008“The Wire is the opposite of escapism. It gives you the measure of an entire city, a real city –…
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From the Earth to the Moon, To Live in a Balloon
28 Jul 2008[image via io9] In honor of today’s debut of the incredibly-named Virgin Galactic White Knight Two and last week’s revelation…
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Urban Objects 5
17 Jul 2008A study of traffic bollards, representation technique, and perspective manipulation. Click for larger image. · Urban Objects 1 [Life Without…
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“It’s Like a Group Grope,”
16 Jul 2008“…People choose one building by me, one by Norman Foster, one by Zaha, one by Jean Nouvel, one by Daniel…
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Architectural Tourism and the Money Shot.
16 Jul 2008While in Italy last week, we made a quick side trip to Pisa. What was surely once a nice little…
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Quietly, Slowly, Demolishing a Building
14 Jul 2008Japan’s Kajima corporation has pioneered a new method of demolishing buildings floor by floor. While the sheer high-five awesomeness of…
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To Italy and Back Again
14 Jul 2008Back from a whirlwind trip through Rome and Florence, with a couple days in Venice for good measure. Italy is,…
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In Italy
03 Jul 2008Back in a couple weeks!
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Ant Farm Media Van v.08 Update 1
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How Green Are You?
02 Jul 2008Dwell and the AIA have teamed up to ask architects the question “How Green are You?” A panel of Dwell…