Today's archidose #758

Here are some photos of the Playground in Belleville Park (2008) in Paris by BASE, photographed by victortsu.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: Rural Studio at Twenty

Rural Studio at Twenty: Designing and Building in Hale County, Alabama by Andrew Freear and Elena Barthel, with Andrea Oppenheimer Dean and photography by Timothy HursleyPrinceton Architectural Press, 2014Paperback, 288 pagesIn 2002 the first book by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean on Auburn University's Rural...

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Call for Entries: Pamphlet Architecture 35

The 2014 competition for Pamphlet Architecture 35 is now open. Registration deadline is August 1 and submission deadline is September 1. Details are below and at the Pamphlet Architecture website. "To promote and foster the development and circulation of architectural ideas, Pamphlet Architecture is...

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Today's archidose #757

Here are some photos of the FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais (2013) in Dunkerque, France, by Lacaton & Vassal, photographed by Frank Stahl.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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Learn from the Bronx

On Thursday ASLANY, APANY, AIANY and designyc are holding a one-day conference in the Bronx: Design as a Catalyst for Social Change: Learning from the Bronx. The conference consists of a breakfast and three morning sessions at the New York Botanical Garden, a lunch, afternoon tours, and finally drinks...

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Sales Oddity

No, "Sales Oddity" is not an ironic version of a David Bowie song. It's Andrés Jaque's (Office for Political Innovation) contribution to the Monditalia component of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, directed by Rem Koolhaas under the larger theme Fundamentals.Subtitled...

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In Venice

I'm in Venice this week covering the 2014 Biennale for World-Architects. Therefore posts on this blog will be nonexistent until I'm back home next week. In the meantime, head over to the Daily News at World-Architects to see my frequent updates from Fundamentals, directed by Rem Koolhaas.[The graphic...

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