[RE] Engaged Architecture Symposium

Mark your calendars: March 28 is the [RE] Engaged Architecture Symposium: Celebrating 20 years of Studio 804. Details on the symposium, and the events taking place the day before and after, are below.[The Forum at Marvin Hall, Studio 804's 2014 project][RE] Engaged Architecture Symposium: Celebrating...

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Book Review: Shape of Sound

Shape of Sound by Victoria MeyersArtifice Books on Architecture, 2014Hardcover, 144 pagesOn my first encounter with the title phrase "shape of sound" my thoughts did not go to, say, how the shape of a room makes sounds reverberate, or some other architectural thought. Instead I was reminded of a couple...

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Today's archidose #812

Here are a few photos of the Nordwesthaus (2008) in Fußach, Austria, by Baumschlager Eberle, photographed by Martin Krause.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just::: Tag...

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SOILED No. 6: Call for Submissions

Deathscrapers, of all things, is the theme for the sixth issue of SOILED, which has just put out a call for submissions. Deadline is March 15, 2015, with details below the drawing of a casket.[Image courtesy of SOILED] "I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens." –Woody...

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Andrés Jaque Wins MoMA PS1 Competition

Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation's COSMO continues MoMA PS1's selection of designs for its Young Architects Program with an emphasis on environmental issues. HWKN's Wendy in 2012 was covered in nanoparticles that cleaned the air; CODA's Party Wall one year later was made from the scraps...

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Today's archidose #811

Here are a few buildings in winter, all photographed by iConte.Herzog and de Meuron's VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein, Germany:Le Corbusier's Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France:Peter Zumthor's Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz, Austria:To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:::...

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AE31: Supershades

One of the standout projects in BIG's HOT TO COLD exhibition now at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, is what the firm calls "Magic Carpet," a media headquarters for the Middle East. The project stands out partly because it is located right at the start of the exhibition, which rings the...

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