Tag Archives: Architecture

Toothpick Timber Model

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Fatima Travassos

It took Scott Weaver over 30 years to build this toothpick model of San Francico. He started building the toothpick structure at age 17  and 3000 hours later, he completed his toothpick city. It stands 9 feet tall and 7 … Continue reading →

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This could be anyone’s FAVORITA

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Michael Cadamia

Newly transformed by Nuno Sottomayor and  Sam Baron, we can see why this Portugalian escape has been re-named Hotel FAVORITA.

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YEKPARE – Building Projections in Istanbul

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Michael Cadamia

YEKPARE Yekpare is a story teller to narrate 8500 years’ story of Istanbul. The story has symbols by from Pagans to Roman Empire, from Byzantine Empire to Latin Empire, and finally from Ottoman Empire to today’s Istanbul. A building which … Continue reading →

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New Winspear Opera House puts Dallas' cultural scene on world stage.

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Dave Kozlowski

The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has had its share of world-class museums such as the Dallas Museum of Art, The Modern and The Kimball in Fort Worth.  But 2009 was a watershed year for putting the Dallas cultural scene on the … Continue reading →

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Bathing In Art

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

A sento is a type of Japanese communal bath house where customers pay for entrance. Traditionally these bath houses have been quite utilitarian, with one large room separating the sexes by a tall barrier, and on both sides, usually a … Continue reading →

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Beukenburg House

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

A 185 hectare plot of forest and agricultural land owned by the Utrecht Landscape Foundation is home to the Beukenburg House, designed by Sluijmer & Van Leeuwen Architects. This house is characterized by a metal-panel façade that curves up to … Continue reading →

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The Invisible City

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Melissa Mercier

Michael Najjar’s videowork “the invisible city” on view at the Eindhoven Glow Forum until November 15th. www.gloweindhoven.nl      

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Drassanes Metro Station Re-Design

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

Spanish architects On-a, had quite a job ahead of them when they were asked to re-design the existing metro station at Port Vell in Barcelona. They were asked to work with the existing station parameters built in 1968 which meant … Continue reading →

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Tetragram for Enlargement

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

APPARATI EFFIMERI Tetragram for Enlargment from Apparati Effimeri on Vimeo. Apparati Effimeri is a collection of artists from Bologna, Italy who’ve created an architectural video installation called “Tetragram for Enlargement”. The surface of a castle has been mapped out, then … Continue reading →

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Fat Architecture in the Netherlands

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

This may look like something you’d find in central Tokyo, but The Villa is a community building which sits at the heart of the Heerlijkheid park in the town of Hoogvliet in the Netherlands. It was designed by Fat and … Continue reading →

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