Portland is getting another storage facility, and you're probably thinking, "just what America needs...more mini storage," but in this case, hell yes! The proposed Portland City Storage facility will likely be the most energy efficient storage facility in the world,…
Continue Reading →I love working from home for all the obvious reasons, but I still wax nostalgic about the time I used to work in the historical Bradbury Building in L.A., a beautiful brick structure that was the location for many films,…
Continue Reading →At a height of 297 meters, Melbourne's Eureka tower is the tallest residential building in the world. Its Skydeck, which opened on May 15 and sits on the 88th floor, is the highest public vantage point in the southern hemisphere*.…
Continue Reading →After two years of planning, Steven Holl's vision for the Herning Center of the Arts is finally in motion. Breaking ground last month, the finished project will eventually house the Herning Art Museum, the MidWest ensemble and the Socle du…
Continue Reading →While Josh gets nomadic on our asses (read: jet-sets) to Taiwan to see that part of the world in person, the rest of us are doing the best we can to see the sights the old-fashioned 'internet way.' Today I'd…
Continue Reading →August 17th through 26th will see the installation of Mark Reigelman's "Stair Squares" on the cascading staircases of Brooklyn's Borough Hall. A study in human interactions with public furniture made possible by a grant through the Center for Craft, Creativity…
Continue Reading →Although the construction controversy at 123 W. 15th St. in Manhattan touches on so many property rights issues, I'm going to narrow the scope for this week's Talk Shop Friday post. Valhalla, as the owners the Rath Family has dubbed…
Continue Reading →Sustainable design is the focus of the 1st Annual Brasil Eco Show that runs from today until June 5 in Sao Paulo, which is bringing together architects, civil engineers, professors, members of Greenpeace and people usually involved in construction to…
Continue Reading →This summer will see the launch of the Neptune Foundation's Floating Pool, an erstwhile Lousiana river barge taking its cues from turn-of-the-century public bathing pools which once skirted the waters of New York City. The longtime dream of Ann Buttenweiser,…
Continue Reading →I think my heart skipped a beat when I set eyes on this latest skyscraper set to join the skyline in Tianjin, China. Composed of three towers made up of stacked and slightly rotated eight-story blocks, Atkin's TEDA Landmark towers…
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