Springer's Blog – April 2011 Archive (15)

Jewish Community Center in Mainz

The Jewish Community Center in Mainz, Germany was designed by Manuel Hertz Architects. Hertz notes that Judaism has never developed a strong architectural tradition, so the building’s form is an…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 29, 2011 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Miami Dade College

Expected for completion in 2012, the Miami Dade College campus center will be a 2.5 million square foot, mixed-use architectural icon. The giant extruded…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 26, 2011 at 11:18am — No Comments

NOAH

Dream big. Really big. The New Orleans Arcology Habitat, or NOAH, totals 30 million square feet and will stand 1,200 feet high. The…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 19, 2011 at 11:59am — 1 Comment

GT Tower East

Standing thirty-one stories tall, with a gross floor area of 54,000 square meters, the GT Tower East is a bold landmark in Seoul, South Korea. The…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 18, 2011 at 11:18am — No Comments

Domespace

This spaceship-shaped little dwelling is called Domespace and is a design by the company…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 15, 2011 at 10:27am — No Comments

Museo Soumaya

In Mexico City, Mexico, the Museo Soumaya houses art from the fourteenth century to today. …

Continue

Added by Springer on April 14, 2011 at 11:47am — 1 Comment

Tree House

Nope, I'm not blogging about another tree house, instead this is a grounded residential home named Tree House, by Mount Fuki Architects Studio. :)

On a hill in northern Tokyo,…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 13, 2011 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Sunset Chapel

The first religious commission given to Mexico-based BNKR Arquitectura was for a wedding chapel built to joyously celebrate the first day of a couples’ new life together. The…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 12, 2011 at 11:44am — No Comments

Beijing Poplar Picture Book Store

This beautiful, rainbow-ribboned interior design is Kid’s Republic, the picture book store of the Beijing POPLAR Culture Project (BPCPC). It was designed by…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 11, 2011 at 2:21pm — No Comments

Monte-Silo

Gotta love that name. :)

Utah-based Gigaplex Architects turned two corrugated metal grain silos into a private residence called…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 8, 2011 at 1:38pm — No Comments

House in Wakabadai

The eye-catching House in Wakabadai is located in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan and was designed by Satoshi Okada…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 7, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Stop Commuting to Work

Just get an Archipod in your backyard and telecommute! You’ll save yourself the time and the costs of commuting, and you’ll only have to pay to heat the small pod while you’re actually…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 5, 2011 at 12:04pm — 2 Comments

Halleluja Concert Hall

The architecture of the beautiful Halleluja…

Continue

Added by Springer on April 4, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Stargazing Without Mosquitoes

At least, growing up on a peninsula, that’s what I dreamed of being able to do. Luckily, designer Pierre Stephane Dumas has made that dream possible with his…