A House Not for Mere MortalsSource: The New York Times
THE house is off-limits to children, and adults are asked to sign a waiver when they enter. The main concern is the concrete floor, which rises and falls like the surface of a vast, bumpy chocolate chip cookie.
Astrohome Source: The New York Times
Few architects today have the finesse of Ben van Berkel. Working with his partner, Caroline Bos, the 50-year-old Amsterdam native has become one of a handful of designers whose approach, driven by a fascination with new computer-age technologies, has a touch of the prophetic.
Galactic Suite space hotel open by 2012 Source: Australian News Network
"Galactic Suite", the first hotel planned in space, expects to open for business in 2012 and would allow guests to travel around the world in 80 minutes.
Pecha Kucha: Design VirusSource: Wired News
From the article: Pecha kucha -- pronounced pet-shah coot-shah -- is an onomatopoeic Japanese phrase meaning "the sound of casual chatter."
New housing ''failing future generations''Source: The Age
POOR planning, indifferent design and cost-cutting in Melbourne''s newest suburbs are condemning residents to a a life of misery, Melbourne''s top planners and architects say.
Wrap House wins the RIBA Stephen Lawrence PrizeSource: Blacknet UK
Wrap House, an origami-roofed extension to an Edwardian house in London by Alison Brooks Architects, has won the Stephen Lawrence Prize sponsored by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation.
South Africa finds it own sophisticated architectural styleSource: news.monstersandcritics.com
Descriptions such as thoughtful, sensible, simple, modest but dignified are being applied to new building structures as a distinctly sophisticated South African architectural style is being seen to take root.
Miami Is All About Its Celebrity Architects - New York TimesSource: The New York Times
MIAMI — Just when it seemed that the traditional Miami aesthetic had made a national comeback — with Art Deco, Art Moderne and space-age-style motifs re-entering the vocabulary of so many developers — a new chapter has opened for this city's architecture.