It’s almost the beginning of September, which for a select few means lights, camera, action in the form of Fashion Week. (Hitting New York September 9-16, then onto London and Paris.)
And no longer are the trappings of fashion’s biggest spectacle irrelevant to those of us in the design/build field. Architects are designing high-end boutiques and delving [...]
As reported on Architizer on Wednesday, Jürgen Mayer H. took first place in the Audi Urban Future Award, winning the 100,000-Euro prize. His proposal, Pokeville, imagined a city where the urban fabric and the car constantly “poke” each other with digitalized signals.
Working with Stylepark as program curators, Audi launched the award earlier this year, aiming [...]
The Audi Urban Future Award was presented tonight in Venice during the 2010 Biennale, and the winner is none other than our pal Jürgen Mayer H. Glückwünsche!
Considering the present dire straits of the global economy — overpopulated cities, jeopardized food supply, diminishing oil reserves, and social disturbances, to name a few — cities of the future will [...]
It’s no secret that the area surrounding the St. Louis Gateway Arch grounds is a disaster. Trying to cross Memorial Drive is a dangerous task for pedestrians (and it might make your life flash before your eyes), though the site itself — designed by Dan Kiley — is an isolated masterpiece. But the surrounding landscape [...]
So we’ve been a bit secretive about a competition announced earlier this summer, a glossy hybrid where architecture meets fashion under the High Line. Now, moving into the second half of competition round — where you can submit your designs for three more fashion partners including Siki Im, running now — we’ve got the scoop [...]
The High Line was a dilapidated and forgotten piece of elevated railroad track before it was redesigned as a park, becoming an inspiration to other cities. The lesson? Architects can use their diverse talents and building knowledge to tackle any ignored program. Now comes a new question: what do we do about the ‘burbs, the most forgotten architecture of [...]
As this year’s Pritzker Prize made clear, architecture awards can be tense, dramatic spectacles. Many thought that Steven Holl would get his long deserved recognition, but he was, in the end, overtaken by the certainly worthy “crafty duo” Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA. But it was still a surprise. So, with Zaha Hadid as the [...]
Experimental architecture is in the air; first SO-IL’s “Pole Dance” hits the P.S.1 in Queens, New York and now architecture firm Konyk will be installing a glowing cotton-field under the High Line (also in New York), near the shifty HL23 (the first freestanding Neil Denari building). The first of a series of six winners of the [...]
We are suckers for awards, especially when they are presented in New York, and even more especially when they are doled out by the nation’s only collecting museum devoted exclusively to design.
Well! Cooper Hewitt just announced its 2010 Design Award Winners and we are not disappointed. In addition to bigshots like Jane Thompson (founding editor [...]
Sometimes, it all just comes together: remember when we were talking about the AIA’s best photographs? And, you know how we are launching Architizer in London come June 30? Well, we are now co-sponsoring (with Tablet Talk) a photo contest. All you have to do is upload your best architectural snapshot to our Flickr page. The [...]
