Built to replace a 1950s youth center in Joué-le-Tours, France, Le Temps Machine (the Time Machine) is a radical revision and, conversely, homage to the original facility.
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LE TEMPS MACHINE, France by Moussafir Architects
Built to replace a 1950s youth center in Joué-le-Tours, France, Le Temps Machine (the Time Machine) is a radical revision and, conversely, homage to the original facility.
Lecture: Designing an Institute for Performance Art
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) recently held a lecture featuring performance artist Marina Abromović alongside OMA principle Shohei Shigematsu in the anticipation of the Marina Abromović Institute for the Preservation of Performing Art (MAI) 2014 opening
Call for submission // San Francisco Fire Department Headquarters
This contest has been organized with the collaboration of the American Institute of Architects and the Architecture School of Barcelona (ETSAB)
The too-smart city
We’re already building the metropolis of the future—green, wired, even helpful. Now critics are starting to ask whether we’ll really want to live there.
Urban Class Warfare: Are Cities Built for the Rich?
Today’s class struggles are increasingly taking place in cities, says Marxist and social theorist David Harvey. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, he discusses how urbanization will play a key role in social conflicts to come.
Amazon’s plan for giant spheres gets mixed reaction
The three glass-and-steel spheres Amazon.com has proposed as the “heart” of its high-rise complex in Seattle’s Denny Triangle drew mixed reviews Tuesday.
Miami Beach Convention Center by BIG & WEST8
West 8 together with BIG, Fentress, JPA and developers Portman and CMC proposes Miami Beach Square as the centerpiece of their 52 acre Convention Center.
Gulliver Seeks Rental: The Newfound Fascination With Tiny Dwellings
Mr. Tyler’s entire home was only 78 square feet… ..a video tour of Mr. Tyler’s little room posted on YouTube has been viewed nearly 1.7 million times over the past year and a half.
A stroke of genius: Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel has seen off world-class rivals for the job of designing China’s National Museum
It’s Time For City Planners To Adapt A New Model
In an op-ed for Forbes, economist Carl Schramm argues that “the practice of city planning has escaped reality.”
An Indiana Town Where Big Names Built
The Visitors Center lists some 70 structures as “noteworthy”), many designed by a litany of important American architects
Construction begins on OMA’s Bryghusprojektet in Copenhagen, Denmark
The 27,000m² mixed-use project will accommodate a new headquarters for the Danish Architecture Centre (DAC). The building will act as the missing link between the city centre, the historic waterfront and the culturally rich Slotsholmen district of Copenhagen.
Cultural Center Chapultec, Mexico // Competition Entry
The Cultural Center of Chapultepec is designed to merge the concepts of aesthetics and functionality. It is to become the icon of the city through its subtle yet dynamic form and overall composition.
Modern architects have forgotten how to build beautiful new houses
The British public have gone on buying beautiful, old buildings. Who could possibly defend the modern horrors inflicted on our cities by architects over the last half century?
Xunliao Resort Community Phase 1, China by Aedas
Xunliao Resort Community Phase 1 named Best Architecture Multiple Residence in China
Five Crescent Drive, Philadelphia, USA by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
GlaxoSmithKline and Liberty Property Trust/Synterra Partners Transform the Work Environment with the Opening of Five Crescent Drive