koenvlecken:

Casa Romany, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA
Arquitecto Alberto Kalach, 2004

Ticks all the right boxes. Also, please check out (and drool over) Kalach’s Casa La Atalaya, built between 2000 and 2008.

unknownskywalker:

Future Moonscape

Dr. Mark Garlick—an illustrator and astrophysicist—created this moonscape depicting a lunar elevator docking at a terminal on the Moon’s South Pole, a liquid mirror telescope, and a bulldozer mining for helium-3, some of the exciting technologies featured in the American Museum of Natural History’s new exhibition Beyond Earth: The Future of Space Exploration, which opens November 19.

archiphile:

KRON Tretornbakken by BIG

architizer:

Suprise! Big wins another competition! This time, it’s a research center in Paris.

“Use to activate a secret passageway (or turn on a lamp). When placed in a bookshelf, this electrical switch uses your favorite hard-bound book, without damaging it, to conceal its true function. Lamp not included.”

arcnroll:

Restaurant near Sanyou Cave above the Chang Jiang river, Hubei , China

anthropogenics:

CHRISTIAN KLUGE

theabsolution:

by Oscar Niemeyer - São Paulo, Brazil.

Classic.

daily-tumbles:

Following this blog will be the best thing you ever do

(via insideinside)

thisbigcity:

A low-tech solution, absorbing moisture in the air for irrigation in dry regions/cities, wins James Dyson Award this year.

這項低科技發明吸收空氣中的水分，灌溉乾旱區域／城市，贏得今年James Dyson大獎。

subtilitas:

Alberto Kalach - Casa La Atalayla, California 2008 (click images for big).

archiphile:

more stair porn

Daylighting the 3rd world: “Liters of light” in the Philippines

coke bottle+water+bleach+hole in roof+flashing = free natural lighting! 

Best ideas are usually the simplest.

designismymuse:

supersonicelectronic:SUPERSONIC REVIEWS: HIGH LINE-High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky offers a intriguing look into the development and design of the iconic, beautiful park by the project’s co-founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond. The book, perfectly designed by Pentagram, holds the story of how the High Line came to be, from the original elevated railway on Manhattan’s west side until it’s reclamation and urban renewal as an elevated park. With over 250 pages of photographs, High Line, is certainly attention worthy. But, perhaps, the book’s most wonderful attribute is the artistic and design sensitive ideals that David and Hammond held so dearly in the production of the park.

Absolutely my favorite place. Looks like I’ll have to get this book!

acidadebranca:

Black & White Plans

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Floor plan of the White House before the 1902 remodeling

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mightyflynn:

Houston Astrodome model & interior rendering, ca. 1965

Wilson - Griffin Architects

(Columbia University)

spankysquest:

I love this idea, and its much more basic and relevant than the lay-man might think. There is ALOT to say about ‘life in THEORY’ now adays and how we can design for situations that do not exist.