Matt Shaw
Investigating ice as a building material, a team of Eindhoven University of Technology students has built a 1:5 scale ice replica of Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia in Juuka, Finland. The structure is made of “pykrete,” a mix of regular frozen water and wood fiber reinforcement that makes the material three times stronger than, say, the…
Computer-generated graphics have gotten sophisticated beyond our wildest dreams and video games are almost completely realistic at this point. However, a new crop of games takes a different approach, opting instead for an overtly graphic approach. It might have something to do with the fact that we have now all but mastered the technology to…
No darts allowed: The The Hogshead Inflatable Pub can pop-up on any flat surface and houses, within its flame-retardent polyester walls, a full bar. The traveling publican is available to rent for just the small sum of £300 ($450) a night, as long as you are in Ireland. Standing 18-ft high, this 528-square-foot pub will…
Sometimes a company comes along that does something so well that it can only be categorized as ̶ 0;next level” — there is no other way to put it. Case in point: Rotor Deconstruction takes architectural salvage as far as it can possibly go, and they do it exquisitely. Reclamation is important for several reasons. First,…
Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation has been named the winner of the 2015 MoMA/PS1 Young Ar chitects Program (YAP) in New York. Selected from five finalists, Jaque and his team designed a “movable artifact” called COSMO. The temporary, outdoor installation will occupy the courtyard at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, during the summer music…
While drones are changing the way we document architecture and cities, both from the perspective of architectural photography and grassroots activism, the technology remains a complex and sometimes controversial topic. Just last week, the FAA posted a friendly reminder that the University of Phoenix Stadium would be a “No Drone Zone” during the Super Bowl.…
Flying will never be the same again: SkyMall, the off-the-wall in-flight shopping catalog of things you don’t need, has filed for bankruptcy. It was the staple of long flights where you could find the wackiest products, like the Solafeet Foot Tanner or Hovertrax, a pair of Segway roller blades that you didn’t need, but you…
An IKEA video game, huh? Initial reviews say its more frustrating than IKEA IRL, with the potential to make you break down or bring your relationships to ruin — just like assembling the real thing. I wanted a piece of it. My editor advised me to spend a significant amount of time with it for…
It’s a damn shame that the precipitation that punished NYC yesterday is of the slushy, truly m isery-inducing variety — because somehow last week’s underwhelming dusting somehow warrants a city-wide snow day but we find ourselves trudging through a city covered in slick, gray nastiness. Still, we can’t help but dream of a proper winter wonderland…