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Axel Peemoeller - Eureka Carpark Melbourne

Peemoeller designs an interesting way-finding system for a parking lot in Melbourne. "In Melbourne I developed a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark. The distored letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards."

design architecture Typography signage parking wayfinding
august 2008 by mdn

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Lyons House, Robin Boyd, Sydney [cityofsound]

Great write-up of a tour of Melbourne architect Robyn Boyd, "...The kids apparently enjoyed the fact they could bolt themselves in."

Architect Sydney House Architecture Review DanHill
august 2008 by mdn

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50 Must Read Blogs and Resources for Architecture Majors

For the Architecture degree I never took.

architecture list reference
july 2008 by mdn

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Liquid Architecture - Jonathan Glancey on the London Festival of Architecture [guardian.co.uk]

To mark the London Festival of Architecture, Jonathan Glancey explores whether the capital's waterlogged past holds the key to its future.

architecture cities Future urbanism History Festival
july 2008 by mdn

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DELIRIOUS DUBAI [LEBBEUS WOODS]

Before anyone could criticize the pandering commercialism of his office tower designs, he would say, “I’m a whore.”

architecture Blog cities Criticism design koolhaas politics urbanism visualization Future History Dubai
march 2008 by mdn

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the making of: Ceci N'est Pas Un Satelloon [greg.org]

"But darned if it isn't pretty damn close. La Géode is a mirrored geodesic dome housing a hemispheric Omnimax theatre"

architecture blog geodesic dome
march 2008 by mdn

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An Airline Terminal for a Security-Wary Era [New York Times]

"The design of that terminal was intended to make sure that no one will have to worry that their wait time is going to be greater than 10 minutes."

Article NYtimes Airport Architecture Design
march 2008 by mdn

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X-Seed 4000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"the real Mount Fuji is land-based and is 3.8 kilometers in height, nearly 213 m (700 feet) shorter than X-Seed 4000."

architecture building Future japan wikipedia
august 2007 by mdn

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Crooked Brains by Venus

JSWA holds "Sewage Works Exhibition every year where the latest sewage technologies are exposed.

architecture Image japan photo urban sewer underground
august 2007 by mdn

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Sleeping beauty - Building Design

Piece on FOA. "The word masterpiece is not one that I have used often in these pages, but it is an accolade that the ferry terminal at Yokohama surely deserves."

architecture FOA
june 2007 by mdn

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ArchitectureWeek - Design - Dominus in Depth - 2007.0620

Dominus Winery by Herzog and DeMeuron in Napa. Unvisitable by general public, nice to see the photos.

architecture HerzogDeMeuron winery Dominus building article
june 2007 by mdn

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Doyenne of the drawing board | 7 Days | The Observer

Zaha Hadid, a gruff, laughing, scowling, very loud and exotic earth mother in a hard hat.

Article Architecture Zaha Hadid Observer UK Profile
june 2007 by mdn

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absidea » Helix — a 1D skyscraper with a single corridor

"when the idea smote me hard upside the head: who said the different storeys could not be connected horizontally ? "

architecture Article Blog concept funny Future inspiration Office space
may 2007 by mdn

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IDEO’s Urban Pre-Planning | Metropolis Magazine

Sure it's PR but it is also a very interesting project.

architecture cities community urban urbanism design IDEO
october 2006 by mdn

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The Observer | Magazine | Tim Adams meets architect Rem Koolhaas

'Well one thing is, I am not a control freak,' he says, which is what all control freaks say.

architecture Guardian urban design oma koolhaas rem
july 2006 by mdn

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Brand Aid - or:

Or, The Lexus and the Guggenheim (Further Tales of the Notorious B.I.G.ness), by Sorkin

Architecture magazine design GSD Essay
april 2006 by mdn

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Dialectical Utopias

On Santa Fe and Vegas by Dave Hickey

Architecture HDM GDS Vegas Critic
april 2006 by mdn

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Archinect : Features : One Small Project: Wes Janz

Wes Janz, an architect teaching at Ball State University in Indiana, wants to show how these scavenged places are also claimed by incredible human spirit.

Architecture Article feature Interview urbanism archinect
march 2006 by mdn

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The Observer | Focus | It's my arch of triumph

Lord Foster's answer to Wembly's critics...

Foster Architecture Observer Article Wembley
march 2006 by mdn

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Welcome to Project Rebirth

Chronicles of rebuilding lower manhattan.

blog NYC architecture urbanism
february 2006 by mdn

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The Observer | UK News | British public buildings just don't work - top architect

David Adjaye, one of the country's brightest young architects, is working to create a more welcoming and user-friendly urban landscape.

Architecture Article DavidAdjaye Observer
january 2006 by mdn

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Low Income Housing Meets Green

Denny Park Apartments in South Lake Union will meet green building standards.

Article sustainable living housing community architecture
january 2006 by mdn

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Affordable Housing Finance

Environmentally sound building adds value.

Sustainability community housing architecture green article
january 2006 by mdn

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Welcome to Green Communities

Green Communities is a five-year, $555 million initiative to build more than 8,500 environmentally healthy homes for low-income families.

Architect Architecture community green housing sustainable urban
january 2006 by mdn

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Telegraph | Arts | Look - it's the invisible house

Another article on the invisible house -

architecture invisible house Botsford Gianni UK article
january 2006 by mdn

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Guardian Unlimited | Arts critics | Bright fantastic

Building the invisible house. 2 points in 1 article, designing a house around annual, day-long light sources, and a house that is invisible to its neighbourhood.

Architecture light UK Guardian article
january 2006 by mdn

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Arup unveils plans for world’s first sustainable city in Dongtan, China | Arup

Arup, the global planning, engineering and design consultancy, has signed a contract with Shanghai Industrial Investment Corporation (SIIC) to plan the world’s first sustainable city – an eco-city – at Dongtan, in Shanghai, China.

Architecture Green sustainable China energy eco city
january 2006 by mdn

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Flickr: The Details of Modern Architecture Pool

Some 2000 photos of interesting modern buildings.

Architecture Photos flickr
january 2006 by mdn

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Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Steve Rose on David Adjaye's Peace Centre in Oslo
Architecture DavidAdjaye Guardian
january 2006 by mdn

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Bucky: Conversations

It was like Christmas all over again coming across these videos: In 2002, to celebrate the acquisition of the Fuller archive, the Stanford University Libraries and the Stanford Humanities Laboratory launched a series of Conversations on R. Buckminster Ful

Bucky Archive Architecture Design Sustainability Foster Brand
december 2005 by mdn

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Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Q: What can be done to improve the suburbs of Paris? A: People are starting to understand that the real challenge is to turn peripheries into cities

Renzo Piano, by reputation among the world's greatest architects, tells Emma Brockes why cities have been betrayed

architecture design cities urban politics society economics Article Guardian
december 2005 by mdn

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Anthem Book Blog - Bookstore Listing

Photographs from a visit to UK's John Pawson's Studio

Architecture Studio Photos Blog Pawson Architect
december 2005 by mdn

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Building Design - the essential weekly paper for Architects

Comment: Architects need not be tortured artists

Architecture Article BDonline
december 2005 by mdn

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Architecture, Design and Art Exhibitions ::: Panton, Conzett, Villanueva, Fuller, Hadid, Droog, Barragan, van der Rohe, etc...

Photos of Gehry's development in Hove, nr Brighton UK: KING ALFRED DEVELOPMENT ::::::::::: Brighton & Hove / Project exhibited to the public at the Jubilee Library, Brighton, Oct. 2005

Architecture gehry UK photos
december 2005 by mdn

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Guardian | Pearl in the shell

Alison Brooks's Salt House, among the oyster-pickers' old cottages in Essex, is a triumph of ingenious, affordable design, says Jonathan Glancey.

guardian Architecture AlisonBrook Salt House
december 2005 by mdn

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Guardian Unlimited | Arts critics | Interview: architect Norman Foster
Architecture Foster Article guardian
december 2005 by mdn

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In America, form no longer follows function - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

The grand train station, the dignified town hall -- once, form followed function in America's public buildings, where design was meant to reveal purpose and enhance a sense of community.

architecture Urban Article
november 2005 by mdn

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AR+D

ar awards for emerging architecture 2005

Architecture Awards Design
november 2005 by mdn

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Ana Luzia Raposo's Photo Galleries at pbase.com

Architecture photos (a personal photo album online)

Architecture photos
november 2005 by mdn

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Archinect : Image Gallery

Now framed and part of the collection, is Daniel Libeskind's initial sketch (on a napkin) for the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

Architecture Napkin Sketch Libeskind Image
november 2005 by mdn

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Building On Brownfields / High demand for real estate drives eco-cleanup
Architecture sfgate urban housing article
november 2005 by mdn

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The Observer | Magazine | The city that ate the world
Architecture Foster
november 2005 by mdn

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Design Council | RED - Future Currents - Virtual House

Try before you buy! Drag and drop energy saving measures onto a model of your own home to predict how much you could improve your energy rating on the UK’s energy rating scale.

Architecture DesignCouncil UK
november 2005 by mdn

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BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Architect Farshid Moussavi

Short interview with Farshid Moussavi from FOA.

Architecture Interview radio BBC
november 2005 by mdn

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UNJOURNALED: Pyramid found - in the heart of Bosnia!!

After several months of geological and archeological research, Mr. Osmanagić concluded that under the present hill of Visočica hides a stairs-like pyramid, about 12,000 years old.

architecture archeology blog
october 2005 by mdn

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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities - Home

Boston Green Roofs Conference and Industry Association

architecture Green Sustainability
october 2005 by mdn

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Going for Cozy Glamour in San Francisco - New York Times

The New de Young Museum in SF, designed by Herzog de Meuron.

NYtimes Article Architecture
october 2005 by mdn

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SPA - Tamworth Prize 2005

Alternative to the Stirling Prize in the UK

Architecture Awards
october 2005 by mdn

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Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Brits 'n' mortar

What or who is the Stirling Prize for - Deyan Sudjic asks

Architecture article
october 2005 by mdn

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Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | 'Every day I wake up and think of my building'

Story of Jorn Utzon's unfinished Sydney Opera House

architecture article
october 2005 by mdn

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What One Man Can Do | Printer-friendly version

A very long Fast Company piece on Bill Strickland - very worth the read.

Architecture Development
october 2005 by mdn

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The Twentieth Century Society

The Lawn Road Flats, a four-storey block of small apartments, were built at a time when the Modern Movement just started to happen in Britain.

Hampstead London Architecture UK Design
october 2005 by mdn

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Utopian Office - Context

We have commissioned a documentary that will bring you visual representation of some of the most interesting workspaces in London.

architecture design office documentary
september 2005 by mdn

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Extreme Makeover: Museum Edition - New York Times

"There's not an architect I know that doesn't have problems with important buildings," Mr. Eisenman said in a recent interview in his New York office.

architecture Architect
september 2005 by mdn

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With Traffic at a Crawl, Planners Talk of Tunnels - Los Angeles Times

Three massive projects are under study in Southern California, each dwarfing any of the nation's 337 underground roadways, including the 2.6-mile tunnel in Boston's infamous "Big Dig," the most costly public works project in U.S. history:

architecture California
september 2005 by mdn

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The Fat Channel: architecture, art, and design.

Fat is a company that makes architecture and art (and all kinds of things in between).

architecture design art UK
september 2005 by mdn

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SpaceSyntax

Space Syntax provides a creative and analytic input to the design and delivery of building and urban development projects

architecture design UK
september 2005 by mdn

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At MRJ Architects

Grand Canyon Walkway Project