architecture

What Do Presidential Libraries Say About Their Namesakes' Legacies?

BY Alissa WalkerFri Nov 20, 2009 at 12:42 PM

Laura Bush revealed Robert A.M. Stern's design for the George Bush presidential library this week. Our approval rating (low), plus the architectural legacies of six of his presidential predecessors.READ»

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Dutch Break Ground on Fruit Cake–Looking Building, Just in Time for Holidays

BY Cliff KuangThu Nov 19, 2009 at 10:27 AM

The walls of arching market hall will double as apartment buildings.READ»

THOM FAULDERS | 5 comments

Apple Exec's Backyard Is Designed for Barfing

BY Cliff KuangThu Nov 19, 2009 at 9:17 AM

An Apple exec's avant-garde housing experiment.READ»

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Six Decades of Monumental Architecture: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

BY Sheryl SulistiawanWed Nov 18, 2009 at 12:27 PM

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the legendary architecture firm behind Chicago's Sears Tower and John Hancock Center, has been creating innovative and iconic achievements for six decades. "SOM: Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1997-2008," is one edition in a five-volume monograph showcasing the firm's most prominent works. Here are some highlights.READ»

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Art House: The Private Spaces of 8 Great Artists

BY Sheryl SulistiawanMon Nov 16, 2009 at 6:48 PM

25 internationally known artists, architects and designers--including Andres Serrano, Vivienne Tam, Ellsworth Kelly, and Catherine Malandrino--invited Barbel Miebach to photograph their unique private spaces.READ»

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David Rockwell Gets Academy Award Gig Second Year Running

BY Addy DugdaleFri Nov 13, 2009 at 5:14 AM

David Rockwell, one of Fast Company's 2009 Masters of Design, has been just been announced as the set designer for the 2009 Academy Awards--for the second year in a row. His design for this year's Oscars--the 81st--channeled the ...READ»

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Demi-God of Art Designs Bridge

BY Cliff KuangWed Nov 11, 2009 at 2:54 PM

Olafur Eliasson's design for a Copenhagen footbridge hides a subtle social agenda.READ»

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Quick, Hide the Solar Panels!

BY Cliff KuangMon Nov 9, 2009 at 12:50 PM

A new arts center shows how to make solar panels look good, without camouflaging them.READ»

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Winners Announced in the 2009 World Architecture Festival

BY Ivan GlickmanFri Nov 6, 2009 at 4:50 PM

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Winners Announced in the 2009 World Architecture Festival

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 6, 2009 at 4:50 PM

Today, winners were announced in the World Architecture Festival, a sprawling convocation that also serves as the most varied architectural competition around. Here's a collection of some of the most intriguing award winners.READ»

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Strip Tease: A Sneak Peek at the New Hard Rock Hotel, Vegas

BY Linda TischlerFri Nov 6, 2009 at 4:30 PM

The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas has a new addition, Paradise Tower. The ten pool suites in "The Dime" were designed to be decadent, party-like-a-rock-star spaces.READ»

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Vertical Farms, a Tower of B.S.

BY Cliff KuangThu Nov 5, 2009 at 12:05 PM

Urban farming might be ridiculous--but ridiculousness has its uses.READ»

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The Hills Are Alive, in Google's Swiss HQ

BY Cliff KuangWed Nov 4, 2009 at 9:34 AM

There's lots of perks at Google HQ out in California, but the design itself is a snooze. Things are a lot more interesting at their just-completed engineering offices in Zurich, Switzerland. The common spaces are particularly ...READ»

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Gensler Wins Award for Greenhouse/Hydrogen Generating Bridge

BY Cliff KuangFri Oct 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM

The architecture firm proposes a solar-powered greenhouse that would rest on abandoned train tracks in Chicago.READ»

AXEL ENTHOVEN | 1 comment

A Camper for Even the Fussiest Design Dweeb

BY Cliff KuangThu Oct 29, 2009 at 10:48 AM

Why leave the comforts of home, if you can camp in your very own Sydney Opera House?READ»

SERGIO FAJARDO | Comment

Design Away Crime: Medellín's Doing It With Public Works

BY Cliff KuangMon Oct 26, 2009 at 10:20 AM

The former mayor of Medellín, Sergio Fajardo, talks about how public-works projects can fight crime and bring safety to blighted neighborhoods.READ»

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Q-Bert Will Love Rem Koolhaas' New City Hall in Rotterdam

BY Cliff KuangWed Oct 21, 2009 at 3:16 PM

The starchitect trumps the competition and wins a high-profile in his hometown.READ»

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Dutch Design Masters, in Their Own Words

BY Cliff KuangWed Oct 21, 2009 at 10:08 AM

A delicious video archive for anyone interested in Dutch design, featuring studio visits with Philips, MVRDV, and 15 others.READ»

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Richard Rogers Bags Britain's Highest Architectural Prize

BY Cliff KuangMon Oct 19, 2009 at 2:59 PM

Rogers's practice wins the 2009 Stirling Prize, for a cancer center designed to put patients at ease.READ»

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The 11th Commandment: Sustainability, for a House of God

BY Cliff KuangMon Oct 19, 2009 at 11:39 AM

Students from the Illinois Institute of Technology complete a deceptively simple chapel, using cutting edge sustainable techniques.READ»

WIEKI SOMERS | 2 comments

All Coat-Checks Should be This Cool

BY Cliff KuangMon Oct 19, 2009 at 10:31 AM

Wieki Somers has just won the 2009 Dutch Design Golden Lion, for turning a museum coat check into a full-fledged art installation.READ»

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Calatrava's New Train Station and 8 More High-Speed Rail Hubs on the Horizon

BY Alissa WalkerFri Oct 16, 2009 at 11:20 AM

Santiago Calatrava's stunning Liège-Guillemins TGV station opened last month in Belgium. As energy and oil uncertainty and high carbon emissions make train travel more appealing, high-speed railways are being planned from Southern California to Saudi Arabia. Here are eight more high-speed rail stations coming soon.READ»

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If You Like NYC's Guggenheim, You'll Love the "Cocoon" Office

BY Cliff KuangThu Oct 15, 2009 at 12:47 PM

Swiss Life's brand-new headquarters is one huge spiral ramp, which can be reconfigured into offices or meeting spaces as the business changes over time.READ»

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A Hospital Design That Helps Heal

BY Cliff KuangWed Oct 14, 2009 at 1:35 PM

Architecture obviously can't cure patients--but it's naive to think that good design can't at least aid in well-being. And well-being, surely, is the start point in restoring anyone's health. That simple insight helped NORD ...READ»