http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:20:36 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.24/content/springwidget/architecture.xml http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19053815 Located less than 500' from the Iowa River on the University's Arts Campus, the building's most notable feature is a second-floor wing that juts toward a pond in which a couple of its supports actually sit. [Photograph by Andy Ryan | image source] [Aerial view with Holl building under construction, A Daily Dose of Architecture Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:30:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19053815 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19046934 Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962 in Austria) is a New York based ( graphic) designer. After the completion of OMA's Casa da Musica in the city of Porto, Portugal, Sagmeister was asked to created a visual identity of this institution – the classic corporate anarchitecture Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:20:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19046934 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19048487 There comes a time in family life when the kids need their own rooms. One solution is to add on. Rarely, though, does your average middle-income household hire one of the world’s leading architects to do the job. Archinect Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:39:54 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19048487 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19048108 The Atlantic Magazine looks at the tallest Frank Lloyd Wright building ever constructed, the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Article. Slideshow Super Colossal Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:30:43 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19048108 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19035333 The presentation was followed by a panel discussion on branding in China, led by Hong Kong retail scion Dee Poon. Design Republic’s Lyndon Neri, and Shanghai Tang creative director Joanne Ooi on what it takes to create a successful brand in China—and why so mocoloco: Architecture Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:05:38 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19035333 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19024220 Over on his Tumblr blog MadRegale , Wired correspondent Alexis Madrigal suggests that we should open up "Chinese air bars" so that people around the world can temporarily experience what it's like to breathe the polluted city air of China. Athletes, training for this summer's Olympics, could order BLDGBLOG Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:42:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19024220 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19043398 Two "teardrop" windows like this one are on a Victorian house in northern Pennsylvania. Have you ever seen anything like it? Lower CholesterolHow to lower yours and eat healthy. Dog CareGet tips on training and caring for dogs of all ages. 48 Hours in VegasPlan a hot weekend in Sin City. Just for About.com: Architecture Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19043398 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18998549 Byrne Park in the Slope, the first bit of funding required for what's expected to be a $6 million project. Listening sessions were held last year about how the space should change, and the result of that community input is rendered above by landscape Brownstoner Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:31:23 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18998549 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18996016 The van—eventual home of the world’s first media hookah—has moved to the scenic surroundings of the Marin Headlands. The historic Headlands building shown above is being used as both garage and design studio — more more beautiful and accommodating than the Brisbane parking lot where we were Life Without Building Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:34:40 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18996016 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19032932 The abundance of R. Buckminster Fuller in New York City this summer -- the "Starting with the Universe" exhibition (and catalog) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, an exhibition and series of events at the Center for Architecture's "Dymaxion Study Center", reprints of three of Fuller's books, A Daily Dose of Architecture Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:30:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19032932 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19022621 After an apparently raucous evening spent in a bomb shelter-turned-karaoke-bar (these are the kinds of things you miss when you succumb to jet lag), Tobi and Aric popped up on stage for a quick presentation with WOKmedia and Yao Lu, an architect affiliated mocoloco: Architecture Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:57:36 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19022621 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19000298 These are the priciest residential sales in Brooklyn so far this year, per public records. The Heights dominated the first six months of the year, but the record-breaking One Main condo sale and the Connelly mansion closing will mean the Slope and Dumbo are Brownstoner Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:59 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19000298 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18998062 Geoff Shearcroft , of The Agents of Change , will be coming round tomorrow at 11:30am to speak at the Storefront for Art and Architecture's Pop Up branch here in London. There, the image of a mouse with a suburban house growing out of its back, as if grafted there or even cloned, was a glimpse of BLDGBLOG Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:36:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18998062 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19036859 The bunker, built between 1978-1983 to save elite East German leaders from a nuclear attack, will briefly drop its veil of secrecy this August. It will be open for three months to give the general public their first and final chance to see this bastion of a Archinect Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:01:59 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19036859 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19022578 On July 4, folks in the United States celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, picnics, and parades. No matter where you live, the holiday is a good time to celebrate America's favorite architectural and engineering wonders. Photo: Towering over Liberty Island in New York, the Statue of Liberty About.com: Architecture Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:14 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19022578 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19025737 The Australian contribution to the Venice Biennale of architecture — Abundant — will feature a room full of hundreds of models contributed by local architecture practices. We made a plywood version of the cubby house re-imagined as an apartment building — albeit one with few windows Super Colossal Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:37:29 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19025737 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19041004 Finally getting a chance to really walk the show. One of the first companies I checked out was Dasso, which makes bamboo flooring, veneers, panels—and this intriguing prototype chair, “cushioned” with bamboo fibers. The booth design itself was also a great mocoloco: Architecture Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:33:32 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19041004 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18998550 July 3, 2008 Ikea is Everyday People The Times' "Critical Shopper" columnist has concluded that it's time to "make lemonade" when it comes to how Ikea's presence in Red Hook is viewed: Sure, it furthers Red Hook’s transformation into the Paramus Park shopping mall in New Jersey. A middle-aged woman Brownstoner Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:36 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18998550 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18996667 Another interviewee at tomorrow's event is Simon Bradley, editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides and author of St Pancras , one of the titles in Mary Beard's ongoing Wonders of the World series. The book is fantastically interesting, even for an American reader, like myself, who doesn't have BLDGBLOG Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:57:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/18996667 http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19039161 Here's a few shots of The North Wall Arts Centre for St Edwards School, Oxford, England by Haworth Tompkins . Photographs are by Flickr user toxophilite . To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: Join and add photos to the archidose pool , and/or :: Tag your photos archidose A Daily Dose of Architecture Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/architecture/item/19039161