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Architects Chosen for Black History Museum Source: The New York Times
A dream almost a century old moved another step closer to reality on Tuesday as the Smithsonian Institution chose a team led by David Adjaye, the celebrated Tanzanian-born architect, to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture, scheduled to open on the N …
How Room Designs Affect Your Work and MoodSource: Sciam
Architects have long intuited that the places we inhabit can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Now behavioral scientists are giving their hunches an empirical basis.
Noted Denver architect dies - The Denver PostSource: The Denver Post
Dominick, 67, who was the son of the late U.S. Sen. Peter Dominick, designed a huge variety of structures, from the town center at Stapleton, to Disneyland and Disney World hotels and an unusual museum that spans Interstate 80 near Kearney, Neb.
Wooden Sci-Fi Sculptures Make Great Geek Art Source: Wired News
Sculptor Michael Rea has a knack for building. But unlike most architects, he draws on an encyclopedic knowledge of geek culture and an eccentric sense of humor for his unique sculptures.
Seven shortlisted for Olympic handball venueSource: www.building.co.uk
ODA is expected to announce the designer for the 2012 handball arena by the end of the year
Big-hitter architect Grimshaw as well as smaller practice dRMM are on a seven-strong shortlist to design the handball arena for London's 2012 Olympic games.
CodeByDesignSource: codebydesign.com
Open System Architect (OSA) is an application used for modelling a system. OSA currently supports data modelling (physical and logical) with UML in the works. The unique thing about OSA is that it is an Open Source product licensed under the General Public License (GPL).
Images of Kanye West ApartmentSource: www.dezeen.com
Here are some renderings of the Claudio Silvestrin-designed apartment for rap star Kanye West, which is currently under construction in New York.
Zaha Hadid On Being A Woman ArchitectSource: OpinionJournal.com
New York--Zaha Hadid''s painting "The World (89 Degrees)" looks like a distorted map of the Earth. It suggests a colorful world where angles don''t have to be right, or the horizon a straight line.