on the boards: Mexican Pavilion

The competition entry for the Mexican Pavilion by AS/D architects generates a dialogue with the Mesoamerican geometry. The lower façade records and projects the daily activities in the space acting as an ephemeral & active mural whilst the upper areas features a selection on Mexican endemic vegetation.

on the boards: University of Craft Trades

The competition entry for the University of Craft Trades in St Clare, Guadeloupe by architects Pile et Face (Marc Jalet & Émile Romney). The spirit of the school is based on casual exchanges; this became central in the design with different users, programme, gardens and corridors interwoven under a large photovoltaic canopy.

house of the week 90: Oxlade House

Designed by Arkhefield architects the house located in Brisbane, Australia. From a simple material palette of concrete, timber, and steel the architects have produced a bold and dramatic elevation on entry that contrasts with the sedated, uncluttered interior spaces.

blog wunderlust : 01 November 2010

The view and the garden are extensions of the house

Robert Royston

Restoring the Cathedral, and the Community | growing disconnect on a better-connected L.A. | Lo-Fi Architecture: A Pictorial Manifesto | Design’s odd man out gets moment in the sun | Le Royal Monceau by Philippe Starck | colour by Corb | Miami Beach gets a Nudist Museum | Q&A: Diller Scofidio + Renfro | cities of tomorrow | Koolhaas sets his sights on the East

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so you want to be an architect?

house of the week 89:Hill residence

 
The Hill residence is located on a wooded site adjacent to a natural lake in Texas. The house was created to work with nature and the architects - Japanese practice Studio Loop used a natural palette for the ceilings and floors to produce a home without losing that relationship with the outdoors.

photo credits Craig Kuhner

blog wunderlust : 25 October 2010

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

Buckminster Fuller

Norman Foster brings Bucky's car back to life | Frankfurter Lloyd Wright? | in praise of big cities | Award to artist who gives slums a human face | Prince Charles speaks about Chelsea Barracks controversy | architectural holograms? We have an app for that | Bjarke wins European Prize for Architecture | 1936 Moderne Triplex

call for papers: Fixed? Architecture, Incompleteness and Change

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Studio Banana Tv ::: Ceramic materials

Studio Banana TV features six Spanish buildings made with ceramic material as well as interviews with their authors. It includes the Benidorm West Beach Promenade by Carlos Ferrater and Xavier Martí, Villa Nurbs by Enric Ruíz Geli, and the Santa Caterina Market by Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue among others

on the boards: Library ++

 
VMX architects were awarded a controversial first prize in a competition commissioned by the municipality of Utrecht. The mixed programme that combines a central library, a cinema, arts centre and 120 apartments.

on the boards: Lille Office Building

French architects LAN architecture have won a competition to design an office building for Sogeprom/Projectim in Lille, France. The project is part of the Euralille urban developement designed by OMA in 1994.

house of the week 88: Mill house

 
Located in south Sweden near the city of Malmö, the Mill house is annexed to a old farm house. Designed by Scandinavian practice Wingårdhs architects, the vacation house was built to celebrate the ritual of sauna and bathing.

house of the week 87: Ijburg House

A 285m² villa on the island of IJburg, Amsterdam designed by Gabriëls Webb architects. The clients, a family of four required a house that provided opportunities for living together but also independently. The house is spread over three levels that are demarcated on the façade with horizontal white bands and red cedar boards on the volume.

photos by Marcel Van der Burg

Interiors : Bar Basque

 
 
Bar Basque is the new restaurant located at the boutique hotel Eventi in Chelsea New York designed by Syd Mead, the visionary designer behind such iconic sci-fi films as Blade Runner, Aliens, and Tron along with Philip Koether architects. Designed for 40 guests with a view of the open kitchen, it also has a larger glass-enclosed lounge that doubles as an outdoor terrace with a retractable roof.

blog wunderlust : 18 October 2010

Architecture is like grafting, we are constantly inserting new objects into existing organisms (context) in hopes that they adapt, take life and add to their environment.

Chris Lopez (plan architectural studio)

7 cities about to sink | Architects profession remains in difficult territory - RIBA | the urban picturesque | Autodesk ships AutoCAD 2011 for Mac | Real-Life Design: erecting solutions to social problems | Living with Mies | What Recession? World's most expensive house built | Zumthor to design Serpentine Pavilion | Should you build your own home?

Light Architecture: Luminous Walls

The movie „Luminous walls: From clerestory windows to pixelated planes“, is a shortened version of the lecture that depicts different lighting approaches from backlit clerestory windows for spiritual enlightenment to changing pixelated planes based on LED technology.

blog wunderlust: 11th October 2010

Beauty is not caused. It is.

Emily Dickinson

Stoop & Balcony, Making It Right Pilot House | Park51 drawings prove how far 'Ground Zero mosque' claims are from truth | Small is Smart house | Sukkah City: a harvest of temporary shelters | Zaha Hadid wins Stirling Prize at fourth attempt | architecture so hot right now! | Swiss Army Knife Kiosk | How to study Jamaican architecture | Corb

Better Living Through Density

Better Living Through Density from Db+P, Architects on Vimeo.

on the boards: Oslo Central Station

Norwegian architects Space Group have been awarded the design for the new central train station in Oslo. Their proposal seeks to demolish sections of the existing structure to accommodate a 4 stories arcade.

blog wunderlust : 4 October 2010

Happy World Habitat Day

architecture is culture's way of interpreting and shaping life; and the interpretation has no other existence beyond the representation

Henrik Oxvig

Build edits Arcade | DAi wins a Prince (Claus) | does minimalism matter? | Steve Jobs' new house | starchitect fail | Guggenheim to create Architect-Designed ‘Labs’ | John Pawson @ Design Museum, London | AutoCAD for iPad | LEGO for architects | Chechen capital Grozny in pictures | architects build an ark | US roadside buildings

Also if anyone is interested to sign the petition to save the Santa Fe Indian School ampitheatre designed by Paolo Soleri, founder of Arcosanti follow the link.

City short: Rotterdam

Studio Banana Tv ::: Nieto Sobejano Architects

A short film/interview on Nieto Sobejano Architects, designers for the Madinat al Zahra archaeological medieval town museum and foundation offices located about 5km from Córdoba, Spain.

architecture + design film festival

on the boards: Rafelbunyol school

 
 
An infant & primary school in Rafelbunyol, Spain by BG Studio. The different uses of the school are maintained formally by the creation of independent blocks. The volumes are further broken up to produce a series of patios that provide light and ventilation to the interior spaces.

on the boards: Täby City Hall

    
The Täby City Hall designed by Denmark based practice Special Edition Architecture (SEA). The civic functions are spread over 5 storeys and punctured by an open air atrium with a mezzanine containing the more public functions. The entire ground floor opens continuing the public passage through the building and connecting the urban spaces of the city.

House of the Week 86: Sagaponac House

Designed by Tsao & McKown Architects the 4,500 ft² Sagaponac house was constructed for a hypothetical client in Wainscott, NY - a community planned by Richard Meier. The house is partially submerged with the main volume anchored to the site, the terrain in turn is carved to create spaces that are at both secluded, yet open to the forested surroundings.

Cineroleum: Petrol Station Cinema

A collective of young artists, designers and architects have transformed an abandoned petrol station in London into a temporary cinema. Fashioned and built primarily of donated and found materials, the cinema offers a potential life to the many derelict petrol stations around the UK.

via pop-up city

Swissnex shanghai

Swissnex shanghai a Swiss outpost for science, technology and culture in China approached EXH design for the fit-out of their new offices. A large space was defined by a curved screen that creates two distinct areas. A public one for reception, workshops and exhibitions and behind the screen a friendly flexible working space for 7 to 14 workers.

FCAA Conference: Prototyping New Logics

The Federation of Caribbean Architectural Associations will be hosting the 5th Congress and conference on the 27th - 30th October 2010 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The conference is entitled Prototyping New Logics for Architectural Production and Connectivity, and will be hosted by the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.

blog wunderlust : 27 September 2010

If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.

Fred Kent, Project for Public Spaces

Ove Arup key speech | food and its relation to architecture | hardware everywhere | alphabet soup chairs | Zaha Hadid Tapped for Baghdad Bank Building | Pardon us, but our museum is falling apart | Israel: Settlers brace for end of building freeze | Planning a sustainable city in the desert | A brighter shade of green | 13 US Passiv

The blog wunderlust is a weekly round up summarizing the architectural highlights, news and web links, that don't otherwise fit the format of this blog. If you have any to share feel free to drop me an email