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Siza at MoMA
I'm a bit too tired to put some thoughts together on this now, but here are plenty of photos of Alvaro Siza's lecture last night at the Museum of Modern Art, organized with the Architectural League of New York. His talk focused on one building, the Foundation Iberê Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Show More Summary
A Gorgeous Screen That’s Also An Elaborate Cityscape
Installed at the Centraal Museum, Rietveld Landscape’s screen is a wire-cut mirror image of the city they designed in 2010. When Utrecht’s Centraal Museum commissioned a new installation from Amsterdam-based design and research office Rietveld Landscape, they gave the studio two directives. Show More Summary
A Tape Dispenser Designed For One-Handed Use
Now you can make shipping packages and moving day way less of a pain. Clenched teeth and curse words usually accompany the act of holding an overstuffed cardboard box together with one hand while futzing around with a roll of packing tape with the other. Show More Summary
From Philippe Starck, The Ultimate Couch For Working At Home
The Frenchman’s new modular collection lets you relax while staying plugged in. Say you work as a freelancer, or you’re taking a sick day and staying home. It’s raining outside, and your favorite coffee shop or workspace seems just too far away. Show More Summary
Monday, Monday - Tuesday Edition
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates:
This week's dose features the Ama'r Children's Culture House in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Dorte Mandrup Architects:
The featured past dose is the Kastrup Søbad in Copenhagen, Denmark by White arkitekter:
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Watch 6 Wondrous Clouds Float Inside Museum Walls
Like a magician, Berndnaut Smilde conjures up miniature indoor clouds. Anyone who has tried drawing or painting clouds knows that they’re incredibly difficult to reproduce in pictorial form. Well, that can’t actually be tougher than making them, right? In the last few years, artist Berndnaut Smilde has made a name for himself as a sculptor of clouds. Show More Summary
The Landscapes of Le Corbusier
Head over to World-Architects to read my write-up of the MoMA exhibition Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes in the current eMagazine.
Two Summer Exhibitions in NYC
In addition to the Le Corbusier retrospective at MoMA, the upcoming Renzo Piano show at Gagosian Gallery, and a must-see James Turrell show at the Guggenheim, here are a couple smaller exhibitions in New York City worth checking out this summer.
The Vienna Model
Austrian Cultural Forum New York
April 17 - September 2
FitNation
Center for Architecture
June 13 - September 7
With $15 Million In Funding, What’s Next For The Team Behind Paper?
FiftyThree, the studio that created one of the iPad’s best apps, just landed $15 million in funding. We talked to the team about what they’re planning next. It was never destined to be just another iPad app. Paper, by FiftyThree, was built from the psychological remnants of Microsoft’s beloved, canceled Courier project. Show More Summary
NYC To Install Free Cellphone-Charging Stations
A clever solar-powered concept we encountered just a few months back will be installed across NYC starting this week. Not so long ago, we featured a Pensa concept that we called a rest stop for the urban age--a system called Street Charge...Show More Summary
How Cadillac Designed A Comeback
Smaller cars. Smoother lines. Here’s how GM architected the comeback. Sixteen years ago, Cadillac was the top-selling U.S. luxury car brand. It seems impossible in retrospect, as its line of cars featured the soulless geometries of a geriatric suppository. Show More Summary
A Striking Sculpture Of Used Clothing Questions Our Consuming Ways
Finnish artist Kaarina Kaikkonen makes a ship out of clothing worn by workers in a Max Mara textile factory. Kaarina Kaikkonen says her most recent installation, Are We Still Going On?, is “about all of us as human beings.” Which is an ambitious place to begin. Show More Summary
Ikea’s Lillön Grill Adds Midcentury Flare To Summer BBQs
If you’re a dude living in either 1965 or 2013, purchasing this grill is a forgone conclusion. “How would you classify this grill,” I ask Belinda Lanks, Co.D’s intrepid deputy editor. “I’d say it’s retro midcentury,” she responds. And with that, my suspicions were confirmed. Show More Summary
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Builder confidence surges to highest level since April 2006
More good news from the NAHB about the rebounding housing market: Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes hit a significant milestone in June, surging eight points to a reading of 52 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. Show More Summary
BuilderBytes' MetroIntelligence Economic Update for 6/17/13
Please click here to see the edition of BuilderBytes for 6 /17/13 on the Web. In this issue of the MetroIntelligence Economic Update, I covered the following indicators: Consumer confidence dips in June from six-year high Producer Price...Show More Summary
Ai Weiwei Creates A Cloudburst Of Wooden Stools
Bang is the most clamorous of Ai Weiwei’s three installations at the 2013 Venice Biennale. It seems like Ai Weiwei is everywhere. Recently, the artist dropped his first single (and video) from his upcoming heavy metal album, opened the...Show More Summary
Will Starbucks Lose Its Coffee Smell To Fresh Croissants?
Starbucks is about to bake croissants fresh inside 3,500 of their stores. The pastry selection will improve immeasurably, but will a Starbucks still smell like a Starbucks? Aside from one stunning location in the Netherlands, Starbucks stores have never baked their own pastries. Show More Summary
A $34 Cap That Turns Any Water Bottle Into A Humidifier
The Amazing Humidifier lives up to its name. “College dorm room” is a design category in its own right. On the typological spectrum, it’s probably slotted somewhere between “micro-apartment” and “pet home.” Given the spatial constraints of college living, dorm decor requires a considered approach to modularity, function, and adaptability. Show More Summary
Intimate Post-Op Portraits Of Plastic Surgery Patients (NSFW)
Photographer Ji Yeo captures a behind-the-scenes look at K-Pop culture’s influence on standards of beauty. The South Korean plastic surgery industry is flourishing. One in five Korean women have gone under the knife (compare that to one in 20 American women). Show More Summary
