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PS1 Public Farm Grows
It’s been a well covered and wonderful example of some ephemeral architecture installation with an urban ag twist – the Public Farm at PS1 is now up and running – and it’s an interesting transformation from idea to reality. Seen on Treehugger, the project now has it’s own website at Public Farm 1, showing construction…
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Battersea Power Station
A good amount of buzz about Rafael Viñoly and his new Battersea Power Station development master plan. A comprehensive look from WAN shows a range of images and some descriptions of the features of the development. “The masterplan, unveiled today by Treasury Holdings UK on behalf of REO, will regenerate an area of London that…
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Blanc on a Budget
Some living wall pre-fab via Apartment Therapy , which showcased a new Patrick Blanc project/product, in collaboration with Alexis Tricoire, designer of the Folies Végétales 2007 exhibition for the Espace Electra in Paris. A modular system, scale for the home, offers everything one needs for interior landscape, including tray/reservoir, green screen, lighting, and plants. ::…
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Parking sans Car
Somedays it seems parking will take over the world – either in reality or in project programs. While a necessary evil the slow deterioration and need for automobiles (can we say $4.29 / gallon gas anyone?) will inevitably lead to chaos and anarchy (or, creative solutions). Imagine the group Rebar on steroids – with free…
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BIM and Landscape Architecture
As Building Information Modeling (BIM) gains in market share in architecture and related disciplines, there will be a need for landscape architects to adopt this technology in order to maintain the level of service for their clients. This shift is not just a new technology to adopt but a paradigm shift in thinking, designing, and…
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Urbanarbolismo
It’s a mouthful, and en espanol – so it’s taken a bit of time to parse the goals and specifics – but was pleasantly surprised by what was found. Apologies for the bad translations via Google – with a bit of editing on my part for clarity (oh how I wish my spanish were better)…
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Veg.itecture #29
There are a lot of new examples of Veg.itecture, spanning a variety of concepts that are really expanding the idea and breadth of Vegetated Architecture. I’ve also been reading a number of books from stellar Vegitect Ken Yeang, specifically Ecodesign, which is a must-read for anyone interested in holistic ecological design. Look for a review…
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prss release
Much talk lately of the changing nature of architecture blogging (sort of) and a recent reference reminded me of prss release, and inventive aggregator of sources in a PDF format… sort of quasi blog + magazine in one… Some words below from the editors: :: image via prss release “We are proud to announce prss…
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A Trio of Bikes = A Tricycle?
A couple of landscape-related bicycle designs encompassing the crossover potential for design into transportation and even ecology. One of the winners of the competition for the competition results for the Design 21: Power to the Pedal contest is entitled Bloom : peddling green by Society Creative llc. Designers Matthew Boyko, Christina Ng envision a bike-mounted…
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Landscape House sans Landscape
Ok, maybe this is a conceptual gap or just landscape architectural griping (similar to the use of the term ‘architectural plantings’, or ‘value engineering’ perhaps) but there’s nothing remotely ‘landscape’ about the Landscape House for an Ecologist, seen via Inhabitat. Designed by Raphaelle and Alfredo Maul, of Maul Dwellings in San Sebastian, Spain, the project…