Architecture Meme

Powerhouse Company, Bubbles (2012). Courtesy Powerhouse Company / Christian van der Kooy ‘SHIFTS: The Economic Crisis and its Consequences for Architecture’ is an exhibition currently on display until June 9 at The Architecture Foundation in London. Presented by Rotterdam/Copenhagen-based Powerhouse Company and critic and architectural historian Hans Ibelings (the Architecture Observer), the exhibit illustrates the [...]

© Shu He Photo Architect: Vector Architects Location: Kunshan, China Client: Kunshan City Investment Company Design-Partner-In-Charge: Gong Dong, Chien-ho Hsu Project Architect: Feng Xu Project Advisor: Nan Wang Building Area: 150 sqm Completion: 2012 Photographs: Shu He Photo © Shu He Photo Sited in an Eco-farm alongside the Yang Cheng Lake, Kunshan the project consists [...]

Source AIA via the WSJ And, we are back with our monthly updates of the Architecture Billings Index.  Last month looked promising as March marked the fifth consecutive positive rating.  However, April’s index has been calculated as 48.4 – a drop from March’s 50.4.  The index has been a roller coaster ride of slight positive [...]

Courtesy of OFIS Arhitekti The new extension for the Crossroad Offices by OFIS Arhitekti acts as a crossroad regulator between the existing villa and its approach from the street on the south side and the underground parking on the east side. The actual form derives from the main logical directions on the site to the [...]

Today,  over 17,000 architects and designers, contractors and project managers, magazines and bloggers (including us) will converge on the Capital for the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) 144th National Convention, Design Connects. So let’s take a moment to reflect on this Association’s long history, intertwined with our nation’s history, and look at how it’s evolved to become both [...]

A flag announcing the IPO of Facebook flies next to the American flag outside the offices of J.P. Morgan in New York City, New York, May 4, 2012. REUTERS/Lee Celano via The Nation. In her recent Next American City article, “An IPO for Cities”, Diana Lind proposes employing the financial mechanisms of Wall Street to [...]

© Albert Vecerka/Esto Accompanied by Mayor Bloomberg yesterday in an early morning ribbon cutting, New York City-based practice Weiss/Manfredi celebrated the grand opening of the new Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center. Embedded into an existing hillside at the Garden’s northeast corner, the sinuous glass building appears as a seamless extension to the existing topography as [...]

Courtesy of Hufft Projects Architect: Hufft Projects Location: Missouri, USA Principal in charge: Matthew Hufft Design Team: Kendra Kirchmer, Dan Brown Casework/Custom Fabrication: Hufft Projects General Contractor: Kenson Goff Homes Area: 5,700 sq. ft. Completion: 2010 Photographs: Matthew Hufft, Andrew Fabin   Courtesy of Hufft Projects This lakeside retreat is anything but ordinary. Taking design inspiration [...]

© Pedro Lobo Architects: Atelier Carvalho Araújo – José Manuel Carvalho Araújo Location: Braga, Portugal Client: Mário Sequeira Design Team: Nuno Capa, Raul Carvalhai Photographs: Pedro Lobo    © Pedro Lobo It can be concisely summarized the project to a gesture. The respect for the site, not in the sense of the landscape, but of [...]

© ArchDaily Thousands of architects crammed into the grand ballroom of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this morning to kick-off the 2012 National Convention hosted by the American Institute of Architects. Invigorating speeches, led by AIA President Jeff Potter, urged architects to re-envision the profession and question the role of today’s architect. Although the [...]