Based on an observation by Greene and Greene’s David Mathias that the Beatles were the Frank Lloyd Wright of music, Architect magazine (@architectmag) roped Architizer (@architizer), Co.Design (@fastcodesign), and a bunch of other Twitter hounds into a game this morning that made us lose track of all other work for at least 45 minutes.
Here’s the deal: [...]
Who would you say is responsible for the stippled copper of San Francisco’s de Young Museum? The gouged-out hulk of 41 Cooper Square? The swooping metal shell of Seattle’s Experience Music Project? If you said Herzog & de Meuron, Thom Mayne, and Frank Gehry, you wouldn’t be wrong. But you wouldn’t be entirely correct.
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Some of us claim to know a little something about South Carolina, and let that person say, this news is mind-blowing. A car-free city modeled on Zermatt, Switzerland has broken ground 15 miles south of state capital Columbia. Follow the city’s updates on — where else? — Twitter. [via Cooltown Studios]
Debate is a-raging in Beantown [...]
In an effort to persuade the fair British population outdoors this summer, the National Trust has installed a dozen “open-air sitting rooms” on estates around the countryside that include enormous 26-foot couches covered in sod. Did you know: the average English family spends up to 43 hours a week on its sofa in the summer months? [via [...]
A steel-frame has risen! Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning is in desperate need of updated facilities, and here comes the Office of Metropolitan Architecture to the rescue. When finished, Milstein Hall will certainly be jaw-dropping architecture: in addition to massive steel trusses and cantilevers, a concrete dome creates an intriguing lobby space. [...]
Roger Ebert, film critic, is taking a stand against all that modern architecture on his blog.* Agree or disagree? The LA Times online is running a poll. [via Culture Monster]
London’s historic Victoria & Albert Museum is planning an extension six years after a failed attempt to expand its galleries in the form of a “crashed [...]
In the fashion-obsessed neighborhood of West Chelsea, one building stands out by going industrial. Still stylish, it’s more Hansel than Zoolander, though “derelicte” in spirit.
The block where Shigeru Ban’s Metal Shutter Houses recently opened is currently the most architecture-friendly neighborhood in Manhattan. Ban’s oversized, folding, and perforated metal shutters open to views of the warehouses [...]
A surprise list of 10 ugly New York City buildings has us wondering: why is the attractive, bright metal New York Times headquarters across from Port Authority at the top of the list? Who actually made this list, the AIA or the NY Daily News?
In this case, one could argue that “ugly” is an insult meant [...]
“Andreweland” is the big winner of the Tablet Talk/Architizer photo contest with a wide margin. His photo of Santiago Calatrava’s L’hemisferic in Valencia, Spain took the top prize (two nights in London and two nights in Berlin). 5000 votes were cast, while “andreweland” won by about 600 votes. Congrats to the winner and to all [...]
Haiti’s government has initiated a design/build architectural competition for a residential area outside Port-au-Prince whose land was unaffected by February’s earthquake. The first leg of the competition will feature built prototypes; the second will involve constructing homes in varying styles for 1,000 residents on a 12-acre sugar plantation. [via Architectural Record]
Issuing a “license to fail and [...]
