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The Ruins Of Detroit Industry Five Former Factories
The Ruins Of Detroit Industry Five Former Factories: Fisher Body Plant 21, Ford Highland Park Plant, Ford Piquette Plant, Hudson Plant, and the Packard Plant....
Vertical Farms, a Tower of B.S.
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/vertical-farms-tower-bs?partner=rss -- Between 2008 to 2009, it seemed like every architecture...
The State of Architecture Education
http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=10757 A fairly interesting article on the state of architecture education. I don't think I consider this as...
Green Architecture | BTEK – Technology...
The BTEK is an interpretation centre for new technologies, aimed at student visitors. The goal is to create an exhibition space that can accommodate...
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A Few Nice Buildings
http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/winners_announced_at_world_architecture_festival_in_barcelona/ Winners Announced at... more-
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Wales Millennium Centre
http://archidose.blogspot.com/2009/11/todays-archidose-366.html Here are some photos of the Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan... more-
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Inhabitat » Bus Shelter Made From Salvaged School Buses
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/11/02/bus-stop-shelter/ Decommissioned school buses get sent to the scrapyard every day, so... more-
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resource preservation – design
http://threadcollaborative.com/threadpost/2009/11/resource-preservation-design/ Part five of five concludes a series on... more-
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greenbuild 2009 preview 4
http://threadcollaborative.com/threadpost/2009/11/greenbuild-2009-preview-4/ One week remains before the largest international... more-
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Has the Government Been Bailing Out Sprawl?
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/11/02/has-the-government-been-bailing-out-sprawl/ One of the themes of the financial and... more-
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Stunning Open Air Library Pops Up in East Germany
What began as an assemblage of 1,000 empty beer cartons pulled together by residents in East Germany has now evolved into an... more-
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$555 Billion Sahara Solar Energy Belt Takes Giant Step Forward
A giant step has been made in what will be the world’s largest renewable energy project. While previously just a grand... more-
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Forest Classrooms by Robert Gaukroger
Robert Gaukroger, Dan Kealty and Ryan Hartley from KITA Design has just completed this Forest Classroom pods for a prep school in... more-
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Where (in NYC) the Wild Things Are
Earlier this month at the opening the Safari 7 Reading Room at Columbia University’s Studio X, a cross section of the... more-
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Cities of the Future
"Imagine the cityscape of the future. Forget skyscrapers studded with undimmed lights. Instead, think of crystal whites and... more-
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Tetris Chair
A chair made by Mexican industrial designer Gabriel Cañas, as seen on Technabob. So awesome!-
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“Linked Hybrid” Named 2009 “Best Tall Building Overall”
In early July, Bustler reported that Steven Holl Architects’ “Linked Hybrid” towers in Beijing, China had been... more-
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World's Largest Retail Disctrict Achieves LEED Gold Certification
Crystals, the retail and entertainment district at CityCenter, has achieved LEED®+ Gold Core & Shell certification from... more-
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Staples Awarded Gold Certification LEED by US Green Building Council
Staples announced that its store in Roslindale, Mass., is its first location to be awarded Gold certification in Leadership Energy... more-
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GKK Dental Ambulatory by Xarchitecten
Xarchitecten of Linz and Vienna, Austria, have completed a dental clinic that is based on an illustration of a set of teeth.... more-
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Civic Leaders and Designers Collaborate on Good Design for SF
As part of last month’s Architecture and the City Festival GOOD magazine took it upon themselves to match San Francisco... more-
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Ridgeblade Wind Turbine Silences NIMBYs
Rooftop solar panels are unlikely to elicit complaints from neighbors–they’re silent and relatively unobtrusive. But... more-
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Taipei Pop Music Center Ever Changing Media Wall Powered By The Sun
Nabito Architects has proposed a fascinating new pop-art inspired design for the Taipei Pop Music Center that integrates a... more-
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