Going SUMO

[All photos courtesy of deMx architecture's Facebook page, unless noted otherwise] I just learned about SUMO (Sustainabile Urban MObility), an "electric, mechanized mobility service [that] is the Western Hemisphere's first car sharing service based on street-legal, low-speed electric vehicles (LEVs),...

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Book Review: OfficeUS Atlas

OfficeUS Atlas edited by Eva Franch i Gilabert, Ana Miljački, Ashley Schafer, Michael KuboStorefront for Art and Architecture, Lars Müller Publishers, 2015Hardcover, 1,250 pagesThe 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale was one of the most anticipated since it started in the 1970s. Rem Koolhaas served as...

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Japan: Three Generations of Avant-garde Architects

An oldie but goodie: This documentary from 1989 profiles Japanese architects Kazuo Shinohara, Itsuko Hasegawa, Toyo Ito, Fumihiko Maki, Arato Isozaki, and Tadao Ando. The 56-minute film, directed by Michael Blackwood, is narrated by Kenneth Frampt...

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Today's archidose #852

Here are some of my photos of Alloy Development's DUMBO Townhouses (2015) in Brooklyn, New York.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 your photos #archid...

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More of André Chiote's Architectural Illustrations

A couple years ago I featured some of the illustrations created by André Chiote, an architect who also dabbles in creating "a set of images in which the aim is to simultaneously outline the emblematic and distinctive side of the building while creating a graphic composition whose expression could...

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Today's archidose #851

Here are some photos of the Investcorp Building (2015) at St Anthony's College, Oxford, by Zaha Hadid Architects, photographed by Iqbal Aalam.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration,...

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Magazine of the Moment: Kimbell Art Museum – Drawing Collection

This one is hard to resist: the 538th issue of a+u is devoted to Louis I. Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum, presenting drawings as well as some photographs and essays by Lawrence Speck and Carlos Jimenez....

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