Happy 20th, Rural Studio!

It was 1994 when Samuel Mockbee and D.K. Ruth started Auburn University's Rural Studio, an undergraduate design/build program in Western Alabama. Since then the participating third- and fifth-year students have designed and built innumerable houses and community projects for the residents of Hale County,...

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Deux Folies

Earlier today I received an email from Lesétablissements Tourneux in regards to their Lieu-Dit le Temple, a wooden temple in the archeological part of Bliesbruck, France. It's an appealing construction in the vein of the folly in the landscape.It has a strong presence at night, and it begs to be climbed.But...

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Today's archidose #751

Here are some photos of Marchesi Antinori Winery (2012) in Bargino, San Casciano Val di Pesa, Italy, by Archea Associati, photographed by Marco Forgione. See my previous posts on the project from 2005, 2011, and 2012.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to...

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Book Review: Platform 6

GSD Platform 6 edited by Rosetta Elkin Actar, 2014Paperback, 368 pagesWhile every student from every architecture school probably thinks that each year they is deserving of a book that sums up the projects, lectures, exhibitions, events, seminars, publications, and other happenings, not that many schools...

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Today's archidose #750

Here are some photos of New Headquarters for BBVA (2015) in Madrid, Spain, by Herzog & de Meuron, photographed by Ximo Michavila.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or:: Tag your photos archid...

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Memory, Authenticity, Scale, Emotion

On Tuesday, April 29, the team from Davis Brody Bond will discuss the design of the 9/11 Memorial Museum at The New School. Details are below.Memory, Authenticity, Scale, Emotion: A Discussion with the Architects of the National 9/11 Memorial MuseumTuesday, April 29, 2014 at 5:00 pm to 7:00 pmThe Auditorium...

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Peanuts Aloft

I've featured Swiss artists Zimoun a couple times before, and each time I see one of their installations made with cardboard boxes, cork balls and motors, I wonder what else they are capable of. A new avenue that achieves similar effects of sound and vision through aggregation and movement can be found in an installation at Art Museum Lugano:Instead of cardboard and cork, Zimoun uses 36 ventilators...

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Today's archidose #749

Here are some photos of Hamar Kulturhus (2014) in Hamar, Norway, by Tegnestuen Vandkunsten, photographed by Flemming Ibsen.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or:: Tag your photos archid...

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Book Review: The Vitra Campus

The Vitra Campus: Architecture – Design – Industry edited by Mateo Kries Vitra Design Museum, 2014Paperback, 200 pages[Cover of German edition. All images are courtesy of Vitra Design Museum.]When I traveled for a couple weeks after the completion of a semester in Italy in 1995, the first stop was in...

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A Virtual Visit to DDP

Wanted to visit Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza but don't think you'll make it to Seoul anytime soon?Then hop on over to Google Maps and browse through the building through the interior street views.Here's a smattering of the building's mainly empty, white, and curvy interio...

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BBP's Berm

It's been a while since I've been to Brooklyn Bridge Park, so a couple days ago I was surprised to see the planned berm blocking out the noise of the BQE has been constructed:Even more surprising is just how well it works. When walking on the path alongside the berm, the sound of the three stacked lanes...

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Lebbeus Woods, Architect

[Conflict Space, 2006 – All photos of the exhibition at The Drawing Center by John Hill.]There is something appealing about cycles, about the sun rising and setting, the changing of the seasons, the earth rotating about its axis as it revolves around the sun, even the way some of the best narratives...

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