Moshe Safdie II – Architecture Book

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Moshe Safdie II, Second Practice Monograph – architecture book contains a collection of work from 1996-2008 – Moshe Safdie book: Essays by William J. Mitchell and Thomas Fisher; Edited by Diana Murphy

Scottish National Online Database: Canmore

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Forth Bridge Construction Scotland

A national online database that holds information on and images of more than 280,000 of Scotland’s buildings and built archaeology opens its files today (Tuesday, August 11) so that members of the public can add their own knowledge directly to its archives.

Beth Sholom Synagogue, San Francisco

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Beth Sholom Synagogue, San Francisco

The site is at the intersection of Park Presidio and Clement Street. An early plan established a pair of religious structures as gateposts along this boulevard. One is the strong presence of the neo-classical Christian Science Church.

Grangegorman House, Ireland Property

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This new residential development, for a motorcycle enthusiast, adjacent to No.10 Grangegorman Villas, Grangegorman, Dublin 7 is an alternative reaction to the more traditional city centre infill residential projects.

Almere Residential Building: Gigon/Guyer

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The location is unusual – the Dutch town of Almere is not a place that has grown naturally but rather was planned on a drawing board, originating after the war as polder land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer Lake. The Masterplan for the new town centre was developed by Rem Koolhaas’s Office for Metropolitan Architecture.

Almere Towers Building: de Architekten Cie.

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Side by Side: located on the border between the city centre and Weerwater lake, two residential towers strike a key note in the urban landscape of Almere centre. To bolster their landdmark character the facades have a deliberately abstract rendering in industrial glass.

Xixi Wetland Art Museum Building, China

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Xixi Wetland Art Museum Building, China

Located in a rural nature preserve near Hangzhou, the Xixi Wetland Art Museum will be a destination for both nature and art. The design respects the surroundings, yet is an innovatively modern expression of humanity and art.

MoMA Tower Alternative – Axis Mundi Design

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MoMA Tower Alternative New York, Architect, Image, Design, Project, News MoMA New York Architecture MoMA Tower Proposal by Axis Mundi, Manhattan, USA Aug 4, 2009 MoMA Tower Design Axis Mundi unveils Conceptual Alternative Design for MoMA Tower at 53 West 53rd Street A Vision Thing : The Uninvited Vertical Hood for MoMA An interview with John … Read more

MoMA Tower Alternative – Axis Mundi, New York

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Axis Mundi proposes a conceptual alternative to business-as-usual, choosing the site of the proposed 53W53rd, among the city’s largest skyscraper proposals in one of the most overbuilt parts of Midtown to test their ideas

Black Rubber Beach House, Dungeness, Kent

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Black Rubber Beach House, Dungeness, Kent

This project demonstrates that the careful choice of low cost materials combined with the innovatory use of new products can create domestic architecture of real quality at very low cost

Design Museum Jan Kaplicky Exhibition, London

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Design Museum Jan Kaplicky Exhibition, Building, Architecture, London, Images Design Museum Jan Kaplicky Exhibition London Architecture Show, England, UK 3 Aug 2009 Future Systems Exhibition The exhibition “Remembering Jan Kaplický – Architect of the Future” at the Design Museum in London Remembering Jan kaplický – architect of the future Jan kaplický Portrait photograph froom Design … Read more