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Jet-Setting to a Time Past

In the 1960s, architect Paul Rudolph turned a 19th-century carriage house on East 63rd Street into a stark modernist space, a facade of exposed steel beams and dark glass with a white, multilevel interior. The unusual space, with a s [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

MIA a ‘key part’ of IM Pei’s later work

In his address, entitled Islamic Architecture, Modernism and I M Pei: The Challenge of the Museum of Islamic Art, Goldberger examined the museum as a key component of Pei’s later work, as a major museum completed during the recent w [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Redesigning offices for modern times

THE impact of technology and productivity principles has led to a transformation of office environments over the past few years. Traditional workplaces are increasingly adopting a more flexible approach, with companies redesigning their o [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Artist Liz Glynn digs through rubble of history, modern time...

Liz Glynn's studio, on the second floor of a mildly shabby Chinatown office complex, is modest in size and extremely cluttered. Shelves are crammed with boxes and bins; tables are loaded with books, piles of snapshots, and odds and en [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Now is the Time for a WeeHouse Prefab

Minnesota-based Alchemy Architects, the firm behind the weeHouse, tells us they have a unique opportunity for someone interested in owning a custom, modern prefab. They have two weeHouses that have been framed and unfinished on the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: ahead of his time

The profound influence of the Bauhaus School, which included training in crafts and fine arts, is inestimable. Over a 14-year period, its innovative methods, utilitarian philosophy and utopian social vision transformed art, architecture a [...]

Posted On : Jun, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Wartime Architects: Creating Amid Chaos

The history of architecture during World War II is barely talked about. We all know Albert Speer, the man who slavishly carried out Hitler’s megalomaniacal architectural fantasies; some know about Mies van der Rohe’s exile in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

MULTIMEDIA CAPITAL AND PARADISE FOR ARCHITECTURE ENTHUSIASTS

The town of Hilversum is located in the Gooi area in the Netherlands; it may not be grand in size, however, its reputation as the capital of media and broadcasting is well known. As a multimedia capital of the country, Hilversum is a very [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

In architecture, the sky is not the limit

Architecture circles are buzzing with news that Graham Phillips has started construction on a sequel to Skywood House, his award-winning modern glass house outside London.Mr Phillips is the former chief operating officer of Foster + Partn [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Casual simplicity is the glue

When Melissa Cobb set out to build a new kitchen, she wanted the Silver Lake house — built in 1939 and traditional in style — to feel updated in a subtly modern way. "It's always so interesting to blend modern an [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Architectural Design Software expands scope of BIM workflow.

ArchiCAD v15 provides ability to integrate renovation and refurbishment projects in BIM workflow. Shell structures support wide variety of architectural shapes and forms in classical and modern architecture, and 3D guidelines and editing [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Crazy Slim Buildings in Japan

Japan, the “Land of the Rising sun” has a unique history of architectural developments, with its roots buried deep in the Chinese architecture from where it draws its most of its inspiration and form. However, with time there [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Home of the Times: The new-old Craftsman

Lisa Little was working toward her master's at the Southern California Institute of Architecture when she and husband Phil Brennan bought a tiny lot in Venice with two tiny houses on it: an 850-square-foot bungalow built in 1905 and [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid – 2004

Had it ever been greenlighted, the Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid would have been 12 times larger than the Great Pyramid at Giza, and capable of housing over 750 thousand people. Proposed as the largest man-made structure on earth, the giant [...]