unknownskywalker:

Architectural Membrane for New York by Tingwei Xu and Xie Zhang

To confront with the sea level rising of New York, Tingwei Xu and Xie Zhang from the University of Pennsylvania designed an idea for protecting certain areas against water by wearing a “membrane”. The transforming surface can combine the multiple functions such as waterproof, lighting and agricultural planting.

buddhabrot:

commonchant:

Botanical apartment therapy in Phuket, Thailand

why don’t i live there

subtilitas:

Window detail at Olgiati’s school in Paspels, 1998. Via.

wolcott:

For a hodgepodge of transit map reviews and imaginative new designs, check out Cameron Booth’s web site.  I think that my favorite component of the site is — by far — his mapping of the U.S. Interstate highway system in the style of a subway map (shown above).  Though it’s a schematic design that would be difficult to use while driving, it certainly makes it easier to remember which Interstate you would need to take in order to get from City A to City B.  A friend of mine has the whole system memorized and can tell you exactly which routes you could take to get between any two cities in the U.S.  I’ve wanted to be able to do this for a long time, and Mr. Booth’s map may make it quite a bit easier.

Mr. Booth also has a tumblr called transitmaps.tumblr.com.  Check it out.  I think it’s the first tumblr I’ve decided to follow.

W Retreat and Spa - Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

Fire Pit

subtilitas:

Althammer Hochuli Architekten - Rooftop thermal bath, Zurich 2011. Via Hannes Henz.

real? nope. but still interesting

theblackworkshop:

bedroom with a view

architessica:

Persepolis: the Apadana

More Architecture HERE♖

fuckyeahbrutalism:

Catholic Church, Bettlach, Switzerland, 1964-68

(Walter M. Förderer)

decoarchitecture:

Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
from Library of Congress

Close-up of the entrance, which as you see is that unique blend of Gothic and Deco you see now and then — for example, in Atlanta City Hall. For more about the building, see the HABS listing.

architizer:

Wright’s Key project for Ellis Island in 1959, New York Harbor [reblogged via archimaps]

cabinporn:

Cabin in Suphellebrae, Sognefjord, Norway ca. 1890

cabinporn:

Stephen and Lucy Marr’s greenhouse, Auckland, New Zealand (via the selby)

grofjardanhazy:

(via Borgundi fatemplom, Norvégia | GRJ)

crazypaws:

     The beautiful mosaic tiled steps of 16th Avenue & Moraga Street.
 Artists Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher created the mosaic design, a colorful, flowing, sea-to-sky theme, with fish near the foot of the steps and birds, leaves and stars near the top. The mosaic consists of 163 separate mosaic panels, one for each step riser. Community members were able to participate directly in creating the panels via a series of workshops that the artists held during summer 2004.

                                         San Francisco ~  California