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by Kelsey KeithMaison & Objet, the annual winter design show in Paris, ended last week, and it's taken seven whole days to catch our collective breath and clean off our camera's memory card. The immeubles shown at Maison sweep across eight airplane-hangar-sized buildings in a convention center north of the ciy, and include everything in the world of "déco," ... weiterlesen...
by Aaron BrittWith the jury going into deliberations at the end of the week, the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, is poised to announce the architect and design of its new extension. I've reported on the quintet of finalists, but I was particularly curious to hear from the only Utah firm to make the final cut: Sparano Mooney. I asked John Sparano—whose house we cover... weiterlesen...
If you don’t know who Monsanto is, just ask your stomach – chances are you’ve consumed quite a lot of their genetically modified produce in your life. The giant agricultural company has long been derided by activists for its lawsuits against small family farms and is now the center of a lawsuit for poisoning an entire town with chemicals used to make Agent Oran... weiterlesen...
by Aaron BrittAs I reported earlier, the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, is just days away from choosing which of the five plans for their extension will go into construction. The jury makes its final deliberation on February 3rd, in part based on the models that the five contending firms—BIG, Sparano Mooney, Tod Williams Billie Tsien, Will Bruder + Partners, and Br... weiterlesen...
Read the rest of PICS: The Montreal Center for Sustainable Development Boasts a Lush Vertical Garden and Green Roof
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Read the rest of Modern Bio Diversity Center in Southern Spain Melts Into the Agricultural Landscape
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Post tags: agricultural design, andalusia design, bio diversity education, land cultivation, loja biodiversity center, natural design, natural environment architecture, spanish design, Tomas García Píriz (CUAC.arquitectura) and ... weiterlesen...
As one of the greenest citites in the nation, New York City is known as being a sustainable urban trail blazer, whether it’s through turning aging infrastructure into world class parks or passing groundbreaking green building legislation. So it’s no surprise that the Big Apple is filled with sustainable architecture, but you may not realize that many of the cityR... weiterlesen...
European researchers recently discovered a bulging mass of fresh water that is growing in the western Arctic Ocean. Fresh water has always existed in the Arctic but has not been known at such great quantities and with such growth. The bulge consists of fresh water from the Eurasian rivers that feed the Arctic Ocean being concentrated and spun in a clockwise motion by the powerfu... weiterlesen...
Read the rest of SOM Unveils Soaring Daylit Tower for China’s Greenland Group Suzhou Center
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by Kelsey KeithBoston's venerable Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum—founded in 1903 by a lady art patron and obsessive collector of antiquities—has been one of the city's crown cultural jewels for the past century, so taking on a contemporary expansion that would double it in size was no easy feat. Lucky for the Gardner, Italian architect Renzo Piano was up for the tas... weiterlesen...
Not all animals are there for meat or milk. Some "rescue farms" let animals live for their own sakes. This is what it looks like.
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Grimshaw Architects recently announced that construction is set to resume on Manhattan’s dazzling daylit Fulton Street Transit Center after a lengthy delay due to budget cuts. The shining four-story structure is topped with a gigantic oculus that floods the interior with daylight, reducing the amount of energy consumed by artificial lighting. The center, which is set to be... weiterlesen...
Read the rest of Portugal’s Off Grid Garducho Biological Center Promotes Habitat Protection
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Denver’s vaunted Union Station – once the transportation gateway to the west – recently received the nod to be renewed as a contemporary vision of urbanity and clean transportation. The Union Station Alliance’s wining proposal is a LEED Gold restoration that will be anchored by a 130 room hotel, a retail center, public plaza, and a train hub connecting Amtrak wi... weiterlesen...
Read the rest of Sparano + Mooney’s Beautiful Kimball Art Center Proposal Takes Inspiration From Aspens
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Thanks to the Army Corps of Engineers, the new Washington Headquarters Office Complex at the Mark Center has just earned LEED Gold certification. The $1.03 billion Pentagon headquarters is one of the federal government’s largest buildings to achieve Gold. The complex houses Department of Defense and commercial offices in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Read the rest of BIG Proposes Twisting Timber Eco Tower for the Kimball Art Center in Park City
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Read the rest of Old Shoe Factory Converted Into the Bright & Colorful Architecture Research Center in Cypress
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As part of a competition to design the future Bike City in China, this extraordinary spiraling Chongming Bicycle Park has been unveiled as a possible urban oasis. One of the invited entrants for the design competition, JDS Architects, designed a museum, multi-purpose hall, and visitor center with an exterior helix for cyclists to ride down. The incredible Bike City is expected ... weiterlesen...