Learning from Berlin, New York, and Zurich

On Friday, October 24, 2014 at 2pm, Columbia University GSAPP is hosting the symposium "Housing Beyond the Market: Learning from Berlin, New York, and Zurich." Below is more information and a program for the afternoon symposium.[Image: Duplex Architekten, Zurich] About:Organized by Hilary Sample and...

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Climbing Starchitecture

Not since two daredevils scaled Renzo Piano's New York Times building in 2008 have I heard controversy about people climbing buildings designed by well known architects. The latest news is in regards to Shigeru Ban's Aspen Art Museum, which one must admit looks inviting to climb:[Photo by Jim Kehoe]The...

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More Chicago

Here are some more photos from my week in and around Chicago, all via my Instagram feed.IN THE CITYMansueto Library at University of Chicago by JAHN:Logan Center at University of Chicago by TWBTA:Morgan Street Station by Ross Barney Architects:235 Van Buren by Perkins + Will:William Jones College Prep...

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In Chicago

I'm in Chicago for about a week, so in that time posts will be slow. Here's a few of the buildings I saw in the last couple of days, via my Instagram feed.WMS Boathouse at Clark Park by Studio Gang Architects:Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston by Ross Barney Architects:Holocaust Memorial...

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MoMI as a Future House

The first time I saw this futuristic house in a commercial for New Jersey lottery's "Cash 4 Life," I thought it looked familiar:Turns out it's the highly photogenic Museum of the Moving Image expansion in Astoria, Queens, designed by Thomas Leeser:[Photo: Elizabeth Felicella | Image source]Specifically...

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Gathering Pavilion

The following text and images are courtesy Mark Pearson, Associate Professor of Architecture at the College of DuPage, which had its first ever Design + Build Studio this summer resulting in a Gathering Pavilion for the community college campus outside Chicago.During the 2014 summer semester, the College...

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Today's archidose #785

Here are some photos of the Afrykarium - Oceanarium, ZOO Wrocław (2014, under construction) in Wrocław, Poland, by ArC2 Fabryka Projektowa, photographed by Maciek Lulko.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram...

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