April 2012 Blog Posts (12)

When you find a place of peace and tranquility, my initial instinct would be to leave it alone. Although this isn't an exciting prospect from an architectural point of view, I think architectural interventions can have a detrimental effect on some of these places. This…

Japanese practice Tezuka Architects aims to tear down the boundaries between internal and external – between built and natural environments – with their project…

In order to understand any project takes a bit of self introspection. Since architecture is a somewhat subjective art, you can't expect someone to understand it if that person can't also internalize it. One of the first thinks I look to when I observe a project is the title. A title…

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, designed by Dutch firm Neutelings Riedijk Architects, consists of five levels above…

In commemoration of 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic ocean liner, Titanic Belfast is designed to become the cultural lynch pin of the new Titanic Quarter, transforming Queen's Island into an…

Ooze Architects created the Villa Rotterdam II from an existing home that had been incrementally added to over previous decades.  The goal was to keep the “soul” of the existing home, while still transforming it…

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1 House in Łódź, Poland caught my attention for two reasons.  First, Polish architecture firm Moomoo Architects made it entirely of a plastic insulating material called…

freeoa"The Indian express" 4, say, this year on January 16 day night, India's central intelligence to government issued an emergency report, stationed at new Delhi north and southeast of two main force is abnormal army rally. Among them, the southeast of troops is the sarkozy and the army armored division 33, the direction of the north is stationed grasso, o the paratroopers 50 brigades. 33 are elite armored division mechanized infantry troops, equipped with of…

Palm’s House by AIA/LA firm of the year Daly Genik is a skilled renovation of a standard lot with a main house, courtyard, and detached garage in Venice, California.  The clients are a young couple who wanted accommodations built for parents to visit…