A home gym is considered a luxury. But when your home is a gym, powered through exercise, what was once a luxury is transformed into necessity. The JF-Kit House by the Spanish design firm Elii is an experiment in “domestic … Continued
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The top 10 elements of a hot office
There comes a time in every employee’s life when they see the light. The light of the soft-bulb, diamond shaped desk lamp that illuminates the sudden realization. It may have happened on the first day of your new job at … Continued
New tech aims to transform homes, shopping in Spain
With a flick of the wrist, residents of a futuristic home developed in Spain can browse Internet pages displayed on the living room walls, switch off a giant projected alarm clock in the bedroom or transform the entire interior into … Continued
3,500-room resort and casino planned for Vegas strip
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A Malaysian company plans to spend $7 billion to build a 3,500 room Asian-themed resort and casino on the Las Vegas strip over the former Stardust casino site. … Continued
Using public space as a canvas for imagination: Lesley Perkes at TED2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson
Lesley Perkes walks onto the TED stage to tell us about her birth in 1961 in inner city Johannesburg. Her mother said she looked like a toilet brush, her hair standing on end. “I think I saw the future,” she says.
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3D Printing Pen Turns Sketches Into Reality In Seconds
The 3Doodler isn’t just a small pen-like device that’s “the most affordable way to 3D print” – it’s also a Kickstarter smash. The pen reached its $30,000 goal in just a few hours, and, at the time of publication, has earned $555,301.
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The Countries Where Demand for Architects Outstrips Supply
While The WA100, Building Design’s annual ranking of the world’s largest architecture firms, isn’t perfect (see our controversial article here), it does reveal a lot about the state of architecture today. And for 2013, the research shows that there are finally brighter days ahead … Continued
The 5 Best Architectural Partners of 2012
While Building Design’s WA 100 is far better known for its ranking of the 100 largest architecture firms, the publication (which you can find here) also includes a lot of other rankings/information - like this gem. Architects’ favorite pr…
The Psychology of Urban Planning
Walkability, density, and mixed-use have become key terms in the conversation about designing our cities to promote healthy lifestyles. In an interview with behavioral psychologist, Dr. James Sallis of the University of California San Diego in The Globe and Mail, Sallis discusses how … Continued
5 Pearls of Wisdom for Architecture Grads
Phil Bernstein is a Vice President at Autodesk and teaches at Yale (see our interview with him here). This post, originally published in 2011 on his blog as “Winter Commencement,” offers timeless advice for architecture students about to enter the job market. As December now rolls … Continued
What The Home Of The Future Will Look Like
Our homes today are smarter than they’ve ever been before, and they’re only going to get smarter. With the rise of products from companies like Nest and SmartThings — which make intuitive, web-enabled gadgets that adjust themselves — we’re getting … Continued
Our Ideal City? Seen through the eyes of the Pacific West Coast.
As most New Yorkers know, people are willing to shell out a hefty sum to live in a place where work and play are right around the corner from each other. But as the article by Ken Layne in The Awl points out, the west coast is a somewhat differen…
Designs of the Year 2013 shortlist announced
News: the Design Museum in London has announced the projects nominated for the Designs of the Year 2013, including the Olympic Cauldron by Thomas Heatherwick, The Shard by Renzo Piano (above) and the Little Printer by BERG. (more…)
Answers for an Age of Extremes: Experts call for a hazards-reduction program for floods.
For those of us involved in the 2010 exhibition Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront, at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the question we’ve been asked most frequently since Superstorm Sandy is “Could things have been different?” … Continued
FabCafe: Please Don’t Spill Coffee On The Laser Cutters
Last year the world’s first FabCafe opened doors in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. The place is an exciting environment furnished with a variety of digital fabrication tools, including a laser cutter. In fact it’s a coffee bar and a fab lab it the same … Continued