November 2011
60 posts
Architect of Destruction /How I Met Your Mother...
Ted: I can’t do this if it means tearing down the Arcadian. It’s an architectural landmark. Plus, people live there. How does GNB plan to get hundreds of residents to just up and leave? {C Barney: Snakes. {C Ted: Did you just say snakes? {C Barney: I don’t recall saying snakes.
Ted: Did GNB really put snakes in the Arcadian?
Barney: No. Technically they were eggs.
Ted: Did you...
Gate Five D \ mode:lina architekci →
“We chose the nicest and the cleanest backyard, which despite of all its charm doesn’t work that well as a public space.
We decided to show how little you need to change the atmosphere of the backyard.”
Imagining an Elastic City →
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OMA at Cornell University →
Millstein Hall at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Designed by OMA. Photo: Brett Beyer, 2011
Milstein Hall, a new addition to Cornell University designed by OMA, was finally completed this month – after a 12-year development process.
Millstein Hall designed by OMA partner and director Shohei Shigematsu, and Pritzker Prize-winner Rem Koolhaas, is the first new building in over 100 years...
Container Innovation →
“Shipping container technology, innovation and recycling for supply chains, logistics, housing, offices, retail and storage.”
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Built;Festival →
In this undated photo we see Maude and Joseph Hikelsmith headed towards the first western exhibition of Built;Festival circa 1879. It was the First Built show not to be hosted in one of the original colonies and would eventually lead to the show being Held primarily in Chicago Illinois. Maude and Joseph eventually went on to found a company called Mobile Mini which still serves the container...
Witold Rybczynski on Lessons of Urban History →
The urban lessons from the last hundred years should not go unheeded. Small is not always beautiful, but piecemeal urbanism has a long and proven track record. Effective planning should recognize that while the market is not always right, an aggregation of individual decisions is generally closer to the mark than the plans appear on paper. Nor is striving to replicate the Bilbao Effect the...
Marvelous Restored-Stone Home on the Mediterranean... →
Community-Driven Visions of Modernity in Mumbai →
Hydroelectric Infrastructural Landscapes | On the... →
Before & After Paint: 22 Home Furniture & Interior... →
Buildings in Motion →