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Monthly Archives: September 2009
8th IAHH International Student Design Competition 2010
The International Association for Humane Habitat (IAHH) is a voluntary organization promoting the goals and objectives of evolving humane habitats, through sustainable development, appropriate technologies, innovative designs and multi-disciplinary approaches to restructure policies, programs, planning and designing for conservation, sustainable … Continue reading
Datadrum v2.0
What would it be like if buildings began to dream? In DataDrum v2.0, Australian artist Sohan Ariel Hayes collaborates with Laetitia Wilson in the culmination of an Asialink visual arts residency at Objectifs – Centre for Photography and Filmmaking. Video … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcast, Exhibitions
Tagged Datadrum v2.0, Laetitia Wilson, Objectifs, post museum, Singapore, Sohan Ariel Hayes
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Upcoming Archifest Forum:
Focusing on the theme Architecture for Humanity, this year’s forum will feature a lineup of renowned international and local speakers: 19 & 20 October 2009 (Monday & Tuesday) 9.30am – 5.30pm (Registration starts at 8.30am) Drama Centre, National Library Building … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcast, Events
Tagged Aamer Taher, Archifest, Archifest '09, Archifest 2009, Archifest Forum, Architecture, Ben van Berkel, Chevadurai Anjalendran, Forum, Jacques Ferrier, Li Xiaodong, Liu Thai-Ker, Massimiliano Fuksas, Patama Roonrakwit, Singapore, Tam Nguyen Chi, Thomas Kong
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Singapore Design Festival
2009 marks a special year for the Singapore Design Festival with Singapore hosting the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) World Design Congress 2009, and INDEX: Award Exhibition 2009 as the first INDEX: Partner City. The Festival will … Continue reading
ICSID World Design Congress, Singapore 2009
The Icsid World Design Congress is a high-profile international event of the industrial design industry. Held biennally in a member country, this prestigious event brings together an international audience to reflect, share and propose directions to advance the industry. 2009 … Continue reading
Financial troubles were ‘a hell of a lesson’
David Adjaye has spoken in detail for the first time about his financial troubles, claiming that grappling with the prospect of insolvency has proved to be a “hell of a lesson”. In an interview with New York’s The Architect’s Newspaper, … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcast, News
Tagged Architecture, BDOnline.co.uk, David Adjaye, Economic downturn, The Architect's Newspaper
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Major re-design for Guangzhou
Having recently completed the design of the Northern Axis of China’s third largest city, Heller Manus Architects has been awarded the contract to design Guangzhou’s Southern Axis as well. Selected from entrants by both a jury of 9 experts and … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcast, News
Tagged Guangzhou, Heller Manus Architects, WAN, WorldArchitectureNews.com
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Pavement to Parks
Two Fridays ago, cities and towns throughout the world celebrated Park(ing) Day, an event created to bring awareness to the importance of using and enjoying public space. Witnessing all those swaths of pavement transformed into plant-filled community gathering spaces (Streetfilms.org … Continue reading
A new urban vision for a long-stalled project in Kuala Lumpur
The original Vision City was intended for completion more than a decade ago but when financial problems halted the construction work it left the site with a massive piece of bare concrete structure. The current owner acquired the development rights … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcast, News
Tagged KL, Kuala lumpur, sparch, stephen pimbley, vision city
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The Living Planet City
“Welcome to the Living Planet. It’s clean, it’s efficient — and it’s doable. Today.” This blurb appears on the front page of WWF Canada’s new website, The Living Planet City, which launched on Tuesday. The Living Planet City’s bright animation … Continue reading
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Tagged Living Planet City, World Changing, WWF Canada
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WPA 2.0 Competition Announces Six Finalists
WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture, an open design competition organized and sponsored by cityLAB, recently presented six shortlisted entries. WPA 2.0 is an open competition that seeks innovative, implementable proposals to place infrastructure at the heart of rebuilding our cities … Continue reading
Paying tribute on the 90th anniversary of the Bauhaus movement.
This year marks the 90th anni-versary of the Bauhaus’ founding in 1919. The occasion is being celebrated worldwide, with major exhibitions in Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, and New York City. Even UNESCO has gotten in on the act, declaring the Bauhaus … Continue reading
Ando on Tokyo’s 2016 Olympic bid
Along with Chicago, the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, and Tokyo are competing to host the 2016 summer Olympics, whose venue will be announced next month. Pritzker Prize laureate Tadao Ando, who is in charge of masterplanning Tokyo’s bid, recently … Continue reading
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Tagged Tadao Ando, The Architect's Newspaper, Tokyo 2016 Olympics
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ASLA releases green infrastructure guide
ASLA created a new online resource guide on green infrastructure. The guide contains lists of organizations, research, concepts and projects related to green infrastructure, and includes sections on: park systems, wildlife habitat and corridors, urban forestry, and green roofs (and walls). Developed for students and … Continue reading
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Tagged ASLA, green infrastructure, Landscape architecture, The Dirt
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Tile it green
The American company SRS Energy has taken the idea of solar panels design for rooftop to a whole new level by integrating them right into roof tiles. Rather than using flat panels installed over traditional roofing materials, srs energy has … Continue reading
Stacking it up in Singapore
OMA just released images and some text in a couple of design blogs describing a residential project in Singapore: A year and a half ago, OMA unveiled the first images for a residential project in Singapore, on schematic design phase. … Continue reading
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Tagged ArchDaily, designboom, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, OMA, The Interface
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Architecture for Humanity Photography Competition
Closing Date : 5 October 2009, 12 pm Award Ceremony : 31 October 2009 (in conjunction with ArchiFest ’09 Closing Party) Eligibility: Open to all Submission Requirements : Online at www.archifest.sg (Images at A3 size, 150 dpi, min 1754 x … Continue reading
Archifest ’09: New Ideas for Recyclable Housing Design Competition
Closing Date : 1 October 2009, 12 pm Award Ceremony : 20 October 2009 (in conjunction with ArchiFest ’09 Networking Party) Eligibility: (1) International Competition (open to participation from all countries) (2) Open to Architects, designers, students, members of the … Continue reading