John Hill, who Matt Chaban calls “the city’s most prolific architecture critic,” has chronicled 31 buildings in New York, one for every day of August. The choices range from Renzo Piano’s Morgan Library and the Yohji Yamamoto store to more unexpected locations like the Pier 62 carousel. [via A Daily Dose of Architecture]
Google is countering [...]
A $27 million visitor’s center for Old Faithful opened in Yellowstone Park last week; the center — designed by CTA Architects Engineers of Billings, Montana — boasts a “36.5-foot-high pentagonal window space looking out on Old Faithful,” making nature, not architecture, the cathedral. [via New York Times]
Analyzing newly-built architecture located next to Los Angeles public [...]
An ambitious architecture student from California College of the Arts created a sound map of New York City, plotted on a circular 24-hour clock and color-coded by typology. You know what? Just watch the video above. [via Data Visualization]
It’s official! Autodesk announces today that the company is bringing its flagship AutoCAD design and engineering software [...]
The press preview for the Venice Biennale ended yesterday; Saturday brought news of two big awards, including Rem Koolhaas’s Golden Lion and a prize for the best pavilion to The Kingdom of Bahrain. [via Architecture Lab, Architizer]
Zaha Hadid is set to design her first building in her native country of Iraq. Hadid’s building for the [...]
‘Member the heady days of 2008 when Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki’s renderings for Astor Place were all the rage? Flash forward to 2011, when developer Edward J. Minskoff swears they will break ground on the new 13-story office building. [via Curbed]
Architizer is partnering with Open House New York to present their all-you-can-eat buffet of architecture [...]
By now we’ve all heard that the Pelli Clarke Pelli 1,200-foot tower at 15 Penn Plaza has been approved by New York City Council. After all the public protest from the owner of the Empire State Building, who fussed that the new skyscraper would interfere with sightlines to the Manhattan icon, the council barely discussed [...]
News coming out of Buenos Aires: Foster + Partners has just won a competition to design the Banco Ciudad headquarters. The new design renderings show off a curvy roof, floating high above, a classic case of a large span creating flexible spaces below. Bonus: the building’s natural ventilation, shaded facades and chilled beams save much energy. [via Foster [...]
As of yesterday, it’s official! Diller Scofidio + Renfro will design the new Broad Collection, showcasing the collected works of financier Eli Broad, in downtown Los Angeles. The executive architect is LA-based Gensler. [via Culture Monster]
It’s a mad rush to finish the national pavilions in the Venice Biennale, curated this year by Kazuyo Sejima under [...]
As mentioned on Friday, Foster + Partners just unveiled its concept for a masterplan of the cultural district on Hong Kong’s waterfront. The £4 million commission for Victoria Harbour has another worthy competitor vying for the honor, however: OMA and Rem Koolhaas. [via Building Design Online]
And speaking of grand plans, BIG Architects is plotting a [...]
Winners of the Sukkah City competition have been announced! We cannot wait to see the sukkah designs from Brooklynites Matter Practice, SO-IL, THEVERYMANY and others. (Wonder if anyone incorporated a camel into the design?) And stay tuned for more news on Sukkah City, plus an Architizer-sponsored building party. [via Core77]
Diller Scofidio + Renfro was awarded [...]
