I used to work for a brilliant man who, while rational in every other way (almost to a fault), was completely obsessed with the catastrophic potential of an Avian Flu epidemic. His paranoia led him to purchase an outdoor generator,…
Continue Reading →Associated Fabrication in Brooklyn was founded by four Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture students-- William Mowat, Amy Stringer, Jeffrey Taras, and Kenneth Tracy. Working out of their 4,000 square foot workshop in Williamsburg, they specialize in specialty prototyping, fabrication…
Continue Reading →Steve Lidbury may hail from the U.K., but he has made quite a splash in Tokyo with his stellar interior architectural design work. Twenty-eight years young, he's already amassed quite the project portfolio: among his contributions, he's been hired to…
Continue Reading →Project to Surface is a 5-artist project that is very much a work in progress, with each artist collaborating with architectural designer (and guru) Ben Krone, who operates the high tech CNC (computer numerical control) router that brings the artists'…
Continue Reading →Las Vegas, the city of sin. A place generally known by the smell of exhaust fumes, sawdust and construction happening among dozens of casinos and complexes popping up every week. It's the fastest growing city in the country, and it…
Continue Reading →Mickey Zeppelin is no stranger to praise regarding his progressive and innovative Denver developments, but the expansion of his TAXI project in River North is leaving Colorado's creative types battling through fresh pools of drool, desperate to get their hands…
Continue Reading →The Open Architecture Network is an open source architecture community. It's a network that aims to improve standards of living around the world through collaboration. They pose an interesting answer to an obvious question: How do you improve the living…
Continue Reading →Amazing Architect Elizabeth Diller had a fantastic presentation this afternoon. She spoke about two projects, one of which readers will be quite familiar with: The High Line, something I've written about a few times. What I didn't know about was…
Continue Reading →As green building technologies push forward, we're seeing some great architectural minds push the envelope to create truly inspiring buildings that combine sound design and sustainable technologies. Chad Oppenheim's COR project is setting a great example in the way it…
Continue Reading →CommonGate has dozens of fabulous photographs of Shusaku Arakawa's awesomely innovative housing project in the Mitaka suburb of Tokyo. The project called Reversible Destiny Lofts is meant to be anything but comfortable and serene. The surroundings are meant to stimulate,…
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