The Angry Architect
The house from Pixar’s classic animated movie Up may soon by listed in a property auction, giving yo u the chance to own a little Disney magic… but you may be a little taken aback by its current condition, which is rather worse for the wear compared to to the vibrantly colored, weatherboard-clad gem seen in…
“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famou s.” Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe’s quip perfectly epitomizes the challenges of product design, which share a range of contrasts and commonalities with those faced by architects shaping the built environment. Daniel Libeskind presented his latest foray into…
Architects — particularly those who advocated the omnipotent potential of modernism — are often accu sed of possessing some kind of God Complex, believing in their ability to shape whole landscapes in accordance with their unshakeable utopian beliefs. If that is the case, then the new Earth Primer App should have us all salivating: The self-described…
London might be home to the Gherkin, and soon, the Can of Ham and the Tortilla Wrap, but a city half way around the world is now home to an enormous brown lunch bag — meant, perhaps, to put them all in. Frank Gehry’s addition to the business school at the University of Technology in Sydney…
There has been no end of attempts by London’s army of urban planners to address the issues caused by the capital’s burgeoning population, and the traffic that comes with it. In 2003 we were treated to the congestion charge, aiming to deter car users from entering the city’s congested heart, and 2010 saw the launch…
Rejoice and be merry, for architects are on the rise again! Ok, that statement may be overselling it . Nonetheless, new statistics indicate that a key trio of design and construction sectors — architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering — is continuing a steady recovery following the global financial crisis of 2008. Figures released by the U.S.…
Would you be happy living in the shadow of a skyscraper? That is the question being asked by many lo cal residents on both sides of the Atlantic at present: As a row of glittering new towers begins to rise along the southern exposure of Central Park in Manhattan, a debate is raging over similar plans…
The prospect of owning a home designed by an iconic architect remains a fanciful dream for most of u s — but in New Jersey, that dream could be about to come true for one lucky buyer. Those Louis Kahn-worthy Nikes are long sold out by now, but now you can do one better: The ‘Clever…
Dutch studio MVRDV have triumphed in a three-stage international competition to design a mixed-use s kyscraper in the Austrian capital of Vienna with a new twist on the conventions of high-rise design yet again… In order to satisfy the city’s strict planning regulations, the lower ten stories of the tower are pivoted around the building’s core…