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Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Stacked Casa del Fascio?
I can't be the only person who thinks the recently completed "Aufstockung und Generalsanierung Wohnhochhaus als Nullenergiehaus" designed by Freivogel-Architekten...[Photo: Dietmar Strauß, via German-Architects]looks like Giuseppe Terragni's Casa del Fascio...stacked two high?[Original photo of Casa...
Monday, 15 December 2014
Today's archidose #803
Here are some photos of Tobias Rehberger. Home and Away and Outside at the Shirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (21 February – 11 May 2014), photographed by Frank Dinger (be sure to click the panoramas to see them larger at Flickr).To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos...
Sunday, 14 December 2014
So You Want to Learn About: Bernard Tschumi
The "So You Want to Learn About" (SYW2LA) series highlights books focused on a particular theme: think "socially responsible architecture" and "phenomenology," rather than broad themes like "housing" or "theory." Therefore the series aims to be a resource for finding decent reading materials...
Friday, 12 December 2014
Book Review: Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales: When Architecture Tells a Story edited by Blank SpaceBlank Space Publishing, 2014Paperback, 256 pagesThe subtitle of this book, which collects the winners and runners-up from the more than 300 entries to the first Blank Space Fairy Tales Competition, is a telling one. "When architecture...
Thursday, 11 December 2014
Today's archidose #802
Here are some photos of the Quinta Do Vallado Winery (2011), in Vilarinho dos Freires, Peso da Régua, Portugal, by Menos é Mais Arquitectos Associados, photographed by José Carlos Melo Dias.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To...
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Cooper Hewitt Unveiled
[All photographs by John Hill]This (rainy) morning was the press preview unveiling the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's three-year renovation, carried out by a "dream team" of 13 design firms, including Gluckman Mayner Architects and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Below is a tour of sorts through...