Architecture

Sun, Oct 4 2009

Daniel Libeskind’s 17 words of architectural inspiration

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Daniel Libeskind builds on very big ideas. Here, he shares 17 words that underlie his vision for architecture — raw, risky, emotional, radical — and that offer inspiration for any bold creative...

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Mon, Sep 28 2009

Brooklyn at the Guggenheim

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You might be tired of the whole “Brooklyn writer” thing, but it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Actually, it is. It’s going uptown. Friday night the Guggenheim museum hosted...

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Wed, Jul 8 2009

Book Launch for New Geographies #1

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Yesterday, the Storefront for Art and Architecture launched #1 (meaning, technically, #2) of the new urbanism/architecture/design journal, “New Geographies”. This issue explores the conditions...

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Thu, Apr 16 2009

The Architecture of Collaboration

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What is the role of the architect in contemporary society? As the gap between the very rich and the very poor cracks wider, so do the emerging poles of architectural practice. At one end is the cult of...

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Mon, Jan 26 2009

GreenPix: China’s Next Great Wall

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When you show an unusual project to a developer in New York, they ask: “Have you done this before?” The client in China asked me: “Are you sure it has never been done before?” — Simone Giostra With...

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Thu, Jul 31 2008

5 Houses for Home Delivery

SMAC visits the latest show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York called Home Delivery. The exhibit addresses one of the hot topics in architecture since 1833 – prefabricated housing. The idea...

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Fri, Jan 11 2008

Sustainable Architecture with Chad Oppenheim

In the past several years Miami has become a major cultural center and a booming real estate development area. As of 2008 it is undergoing a massive building boom that ranks second worldwide (and first...

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Sun, Nov 11 2007

Million Dollar Blocks

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Displacement. We’ve read about it in the context of refugee camps and en masse exoduses from war-torn regions, but few Americans consider it a domestic problem consistently growing in scale. But...

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Tue, Sep 25 2007

Shadow Cities: Robert Neuwirth on the World’s Informal Economies

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About this Video Robert Neuwirth spoke at Postopolis!, an event organised by BLDDBLOG, City of Sound, Inhabitat, Subtopia and the Storefront for Art and Architecture. A list of available videos from...

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Fri, Jul 13 2007

LOT-EK at Postopolis, New York

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About this Video Lo-Tek presented at Postopolis!, an event organised by BLDDBLOG, City of Sound, Inhabitat, Subtopia and the Storefront for Art and Architecture. A list of available videos from the event...

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