Blue Rock House Austerlitz by Anmahian Winton Architects

Thursday, March 18th 2010
Blue Rock House Austerlitz by Anmahian Winton Architects

A new house, guesthouse, and garage form a community of buildings on a rural hilltop site, evoking a rural homestead. The buildings define a formal courtyard that opens to specific views of the Berkshire and Catskill Mountains. Copper, wood, and bluestone are the primary materials, deployed to affect a minimal and sculptural vocabulary. The buildings are embedded to varying degree within the rocky topography, and bluestone walls weave between architecture... 

Grand Canal Square Theatre and Commercial Development by Daniel Libeskind

Sunday, March 7th 2010
Grand Canal Square Theatre and Commercial Development by Daniel Libeskind

The 2000 seat Grand Canal Theatre is a landmark that creates a focus for its urban context, specifically Grand Canal Square, the new urban piazza at the waterfront of Grand Canal Harbour. The architectural concept of the Theatre is based on stages: the stage of the Theatre itself, the stage of the piazza, and the stage of the multiple level Theatre lobby above the piazza. The Theatre becomes the main façade of a large public piazza that has a five... 

La Llotja theatre Lleida by Mecanoo architecten

Friday, February 12th 2010
La Llotja theatre Lleida by Mecanoo architecten

On March 23rd 2010, La Llotja theatre and congress centre will celebrate its grand opening to an audience of citizens, press, the Mayor Ros of Lleida and other dignitaries. La Llotja de Lleida designed by Francine Houben of Mecanoo architecten & LABB arquitectura is one of the most prestigious project in Catalunya, transforming Lleida into a cultural destination and providing a venue for opera, plays and congresses. Situated between the Seu Vella... 

1850′s Capitol Hill Carbon Neutral Home Makeover

Monday, February 1st 2010
1850's Capitol Hill Carbon Neutral Home Makeover

The modest existing wood stick home dates back to the early 19th century. Although it has been vacant for several years in disrepair, the property is a wonderful opportunity to showcase “DC’s first Carbon Neutral Home.” With strict historical standards, well informed neighbors, tight building conditions, tough existing structural conditions and all the other challenges adaptive reuse projects have, it’s a serious challenge –that proven successful,... 

The North Slope Ski Hotel by Michael Jantzen

Saturday, January 30th 2010
The North Slope Ski Hotel by Michael Jantzen

The North Slope Ski Hotel is a conceptual design proposal (in search of a client) for an eco-friendly ninety five-room luxury hotel, which is powered primarily by the wind and by the sun. Eight large vertical axis wind turbines are mounted on the top of the hotel, and a very large array of flexible photovoltaic cells cover the lower south facing curved portion of the structure. These wind turbines and solar cells are used to supply most of the hotels...