Chinese media is ablaze with rumors that the CCTV annex and headquarters were meant to look like a penis, next to a bent-over woman--and that exposes some truths about Chinese culture.READ»
Here's a roundup of interesting design stories around the web, for today, May 11th.
Rem Koolhaas recently finished up the Prada Transformer--a big, temporary building which can sit on any one of its four sides, creating ...READ»
Here's a roundup of interesting design stories around the web, for today, May 11th.
Rem Koolhaas recently finished up the Prada Transformer--a big, temporary building which can sit on any one of its four sides, creating ...READ»
In 2009, one of the most eagerly anticipated buildings in the last 20 years was to be completed: The headquarters of CCTV in Beijing, designed by Rem Koolhaas and OMA. A striking, integral piece of that complex was the nearby ...READ»
The most fitting symbols are often accidents. When flames engulfed the Mandarin Oriental Hotel inside the titanium CCTV tower design by Rem Koolhaas in Beijing last February, it felt like a comeuppance borrowed from a Tom Wolfe ...READ»
You don't have to try very hard to spot the architecture students on a college campus. They're the ones with the carefully considered shoes (and artful eyewear). It's easy to see why architects are so selective about their footwear: ...READ»
Apple's new Mac Mini now ships with server software, but Apple's suggested uses are vanilla. With 1TB of storage and plenty of power, let's put it to good use and stream some music and movies over the Intertubes.
Snow Leopard ...READ»
Rem Koolhaas, the brilliant, subversive force behind the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has had a great run with Prada, functioning basically as the fashion label's court architect. In 2001, there was a clever flagship store ...READ»
With the NFL season less than a week old, the new $1.15 billion stadium for the Dallas Cowboys may be the most talked about piece of architecture in the country.
Designed by HKS, the go-to architecture firm for splashy sports ...READ»
When urban planners and architects get together, you might imagine the pragmatic would get swallowed whole by the fantastical and the theoretical. Guess again!READ»
When regional planners and architects get together, you might think the pragmatic would take a back seat to the fanciful and the theoretical. Guess again!READ»
If you want a look at the many ways in which extraordinary design has now permeated our lives, be sure to put the Cooper Hewitt’s new exhibit, “Design Life Now,” on your list of ‘must-sees’ if you’re in New York.
The ...READ»
If you've recently been through downtown Dallas, you may have noticed a shimmering new theater, whose facade is just being completed this month. Opening in October, it was designed by REX--the firm helmed by Joshua Prince ...READ»
Three weeks ago I watched a movie, The International, with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. It's a boys' flick about bankers, terrorists and ex-Stassi agents. Besides the glorious violence at the Guggenheim, what caught my eye was the ...READ»
I'd love to write about your latest architectural masterpiece, I really would. If only your Web site wasn't such an information architecture disaster.READ»
