News
PPC Cement Young Concrete Sculptor Awards 2010
Pretoria Portland Cement, in conjunction with the Association of the Arts Pretoria, invites all interested participants to submit entries to the PPC Young Concrete Sculptor Awards Competition before 29 September 2010. Read more…
Architecture Prizes to the Old and the New
A historic fort in Al Ain and the world’s tallest building in Dubai have been named two of the year’s top architectural works. Read more…
Foreign Office Architects Reveal Designs for Contemporary Art Museum…
London based Foreign Office Architects reveal their designs for the $26m Cleveland Museum for contemporary art. Read more…
Features
Queensland Tennis Centre in Queensland, Australia
Located in Queensland, Australia, Queensland Tennis Centre was designed by Populous. This purpose built Queensland Tennis Centre, on Brisbane's Southside, will showcase both top class tennis tournaments and community tennis throughout the year.
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Review> Vladimir Tatlin Chases Utopia's Ghost
The Constructivist failed to build his ode to Communism, but T.A. Horton finds this makes him all the more human, Tatlin's Tower: Monument to Revolution by Norbert Lynton.
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Residential Architecture
Spell Of Africa For Modern House Design
Kate Otten Architects designed The Lulu Kati Kati House in Melville, Johannesburg. In Swahili language, 'lulu kati kati', means 'pearl in the middle'.
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Commercial Architecture
Henning Larsen Unveils Winning Design for Daylight Campus Roskilde
Henning Larsen is racking up some major points in the architecture world, and now they can add another project to their list of accomplishments. The Dutch firm recently won a competition to design the new Campus Roskilde at the University College Sealand Roskilde, Denmark.
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We Architecture: Noten
'Noten' is a proposal by Danish firm We Architecture for a cultural centre in Notodden, Norway.
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MerSea'N Maria / Oncuoglu+ACP Architecture
Turkish practice Oncuoglu+ACP Architecture shared with us this new marina project in Mersin, a coastal city on Mediterranean Sea of Turkey designed not just as a marina project but an transitional space between the city and sea.
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Interior Design & décor
Best Luxury Residential Interior Design by RLDesign
This best luxury Norman Reach Penthouse designed by RLDesign. Generosity of space as the ultimate luxury along with the seamless interconnection of spaces was the inspiration for this Brisbane riverfront penthouse design.
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Multipurpose Wooden Chair Design
This Multipurpose Wooden chair design idea taken from the imagination the chair designer Sung-Hyeop Seo, non-regularly angled chair design has been translating into oblique method in chair creation. "OBC 01″ that was the name this Multipurpose Wooden chair design, try combining of square chair shapes with circle chair shapes.
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Bamboo Buyers Lounge Interior Design by James Jeffert Ong
Looking for a cozy natural lounge? How about a lounge with bamboo that will give you a cozy and cool chill out where we're sure you don't even want to get off from there? This is the 2010 Manila Fame International April 2010 Buyers Lounge designed by designer James Jeffert Ong.
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Tools and Technology
Could the web giants heat the cities of the future?
An old World War II bomb shelter under a cathedral in Helsinki, combined with some brilliant thinking, will soon lead to the greenest databank on the planet and an innovative way to keep a city warm. Or at least that's what Juha Sipila, the project manager for Helsingin Energia, based in the Finnish capital seems to think.
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Going Green
Growing awareness supports green building in SA
Global research consultancy Frost & Sullivan (F&S) noted that while green building practices continued to gain momentum in South Africa, the sector still faced challenges, including a misconception of the costs involved in green design and construction, and a lack of appropriate policy and legislation.
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Best-in-class design used to prove green houses can also be affordable
South Africa's built environment is earmarked as a sector having a significant role to play in becoming more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable. But with a low-income housing backlog of more that two-million units, the affordable-housing sector potentially also has an important role to play in employment creation and in creating manufacturing opportunities.
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EnergyFlex House: Green Building Eco-Laboratory Rises in Denmark
Two eco-houses in Taastrup, Denmark have been built by the Danish Technological Institute in cooperation with Henning Larsen Architects to serve as a high-tech laboratory intended to guide the future of green building. EnergyFlex House features two 2,100 square foot structures packed with the latest in green design technology and materials.
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Landscaping an integral part of going green
More than encouraging students and professionals to raise the bar of green design, one of the objectives of the second Annual Visionary Design (AViD) competition is increase awareness and appreciation of landscape architecture in the Philippines.
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Best of Blogs
Some Basic Styles of Architecture
Among the basic survival needs, a shelter is of great importance. Not only does it provide a comfortable place to live, but it also offers protection from many things. In ancient times, humans used caves as their shelter. A cave was primarily intended to provide protection from the weather and wild animals.
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Architecture - Contemplating Its Future
Architecture… What does its future hold? Is it still going to be relevant or de facto deemed obsolete, replaced by other professions or disciplines? Are we watching the hour glass with architecture's time almost run out?
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Events
The 2010 Eskom Energy Efficient Lighting Design Competition
The goal of the energy efficient lighting design competition is to demonstrate that efficient lighting technologies, such as discharge, fluorescent and LED technologies, can be used in very contemporary and attractive luminaires and lighting design systems intended for residential lighting.… Read more…
Plascon Prism Awards 2010 A member of Freeworld Coatings Limited
"People design homes, build homes and live in homes. And it is people who drive change. People design homes that reflect their changing environment and the mood of the time. Architecture has and will continue to be an important embodiment of our changing times." Baron Schreuder, Managing Director, Plascon South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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The Silent Borders Workshop
RIEA.ch is an international institution based in Bern, whose purpose is advancing experimentation and research in the field of Experimental Architecture, in response to changing political, economic, technological and cultural conditions in the contemporary world.
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Don't miss South Africa's Premier Green Building Event!
2 full days of Green Building presentations & panel discussions, leading local and international experts, Green Star Rating Tool updates, government policy updates.
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Interbuild Africa 2010
Show dates: 8 -11 September 2010
Times: 10:00 to 18:00
Venue: MTN Expo Centre, NASREC, Gauteng
The Star Interbuild Africa, together with co-locating shows Plumbdrain Africa, Sani'ter, Frigair, Glass Expo Africa and Woodpro Africa, is the largest building services, construction, plumbing, drainage, water and sewerage, HVAC/R, glass and aluminium, and woodworking exhibition in Africa hosting the full spectrum of related industries in residential, commercial and industrial development.
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World Green Building Congress (WorldGBC) International Congress
13.09.2010 - 14.09.2010 - Where: Marina Bay Sands - Category: Events
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DesignHub
The 2010 DesignHub Architecture Competition - sponsored by Saint-Gobain
The 2010 DesignHub Respond/Renew/Revitalise student architecture competition, sponsored by Saint-Gobain Construction Products, addresses the issues around reclaiming and revitalising an existing landmark site, taking national, regional and local imperatives into account.
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Algorethmic Structures Workshop
Digital Design & Fabrication in Architecture
Johannesburg, South Africa,
02 - 12 August 2010
Tutors: Kristof Crolla [Zaha Hadid Architects, London]
Jeroen van Ameijde [Architectural Association, London]
In collaboration with: Dimitri Venetsanakis
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Decorex SA 10
5 – 9 Aug 2010-06-09 Gallagher Convention Centre
The largest décor & design show in Southern Africa brings you the latest on the local and international front and a fresh perspective on spaces in which you live, work and play.
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It's all in the detail
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Decorex Joburg marks its 17th anniversary with the themem 'Breath of Fresh Air' and a captivating collection of 650 high-end exhibitors. Southern Africa's largest decor and interior design event is the ultimate round up of what's new and now; with five halls filled with new reveals, fresh initiatives, themed pavillions and pure inspiration. Meet up with industry professionals, seek out new business opportunities and feast your eyes on the latest local and international trends. Attend design-minded one day conferences and see the latest in energy efficient products and LE lighting at the new Lightin in Design Pavillion. Read More.
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