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Miriam Makeba -- South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at 76. -- The Canadian government scraps plans for a national portrait gallery. -- United States Artists awards 50 $50,000 grants to artists in architecture and design, crafts and traditional arts, dance, literature, media, music, theater arts and visual arts. Five [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 18:08:50

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Studio Peizhu and The Cai Guoqlang Courtyard House

... even crumbling buildings into modern livable spaces. Although of course they have many previous ... succinctly what the plan at the start of the project was: “This residence for an artist calls [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:00:33

Free Redwork Patterns

Remember yesterday when I suggested finding redwork patterns in books? ... . I not only use it for its original intention of tracing and refining floor plans, but also ... . If you can't find it at a crafts store, try an art supply house, or architectural printing service [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:08:00

ASU Salvages Old Building for New School of Sustainability

Check out this bright, contemporary renovation of an old, 1960s nursing building ... Architectural Wind turbines are all the rage these days, but in addition to sourcing energy from small wind, ASU plans to add a 24 kW solar array to the roof to provide additional, on-site green energy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 23:22:43

ProgeCAD 2009 Professional 9.0.14.7

ProgeCAD Professional is general-purpose 2D and 3D design software useful for CAD field & concept sketch, electrical schematics, building construction, AEC architectural, civil, structural, mechanical and industrial engineering, carpentry RFI & "as con" drawings, MCAD mechanical layout, home kitchen & bath floor plan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:31:59

Paper Roses (a la Marie Osmond)

It Ain't John Steinbeck's Crepes Of WrathPhotographs copyright: ... by us when we built this home.I planned the garden before the house was built. I sketched each garden bed and each prospective plant on the architectural scale drawings. I sketched where the garden gate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 19:00:00

Ningbo | urban snapshots

Tianyi City Plaza by MADA s.p.a.m ... ) published back in 2004 a short overview of the plans ahead to develop Ningbo in the coming years ... over-excited by stating that “in the tradition of architectural greats like Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 06:15:00

The Dubai Ziggurat: 1 million living souls in a pyramid, entirely self-contained

Pyramids and ziggurats represent an oddly survivable form of architecture ... to ancient ingenuity are still standing after thousands of years. Timelinks, a design firm based in Dubai, has unveiled plans to make a pyramid of its own — one that could house a million people [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 20:46:21

The Courtyards at Belmar by Harvard Communities

Designed by Alvarez/Morris as one of Denver's most Innovative Architecture Firms , this Courtyards at Belmar is a unique enclave of ten contemporary patio homes. The Courtyards feature two distinct floor plans each with an open and airy main floor, a private side-yard patio [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 04:38:00

The Trick Garage & Wacky Windows

The Pugh + Scarpa Vail Grant Residence is old school in terms of architecture, but I’m not so sure I’ve ever talked about it here ... from renderings or models? Well, with this house I like the plans as much as the finished product ... ) but I had a little family emergency (nothing big). Tags: cool house plans, cool renderings, lake views [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:00:12

SNIA cloud storage summit

Cloud storage seems to have legs, so after the usual hesitation about leaving home (see picture above) ... afternoon and plans to depart for the nether reaches of NoAz on Friday. Please say hi ... it is, the current recession is encouraging the serious architectural rethinking required for major savings [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:41:31

Book Review - The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock, by Steven Jacobs (available on Amazon USA and UK.) ... with the help of a number of reconstructed floor plans especially made for this publication [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 13:19:09

What I did on my (Last) Winter Vacation

Standing on the threshold of my final semester of Undergraduate Architecture, I'm wondering where the last five years have gone ... glass company in Manhattan, An expansion of the Museum of Modern Art in Jersey City, whatever Don ... I have these grandiose plans, like "I'm going to update my resume, re-draw some projects and make a kickass [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:53:35

What New York Will Look Like When Construction Grinds to a Halt

Now that we have entered what could be a very dry season compared to the building boom we've suddenly just found ourselves ... won't really change much at all, considering it still has a few big buildings and architectural marvels ... . And what to do with all of the countless pits that developers quickly dug, only to see their pla [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 16:01:05

SeaO2 : Ecological Housing Project

Today with lot of environmental developments happening world over like global warming, energy crisis, lifestyle changes, ... . More and more architectural designs are using digital technologies with respect to modeling, simulation, evaluation ... is an experimental ecological housing project. The project poses an alternative to current plans for Tel Aviv [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 08:02:54

Role of Real Estate Players in Dream Home Planning and Execution

by katie George A home is where you spend your life, your own place to calm down and revitalize yourself. A sweet home is dream of every people ... be when playing with siblings and dolls during childhood or making a sand house on beach. Sometimes people ... a dream house. You don’t have to worry about the architecture, designs, construction, furnishing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:06:13

Role of Real Estate Players in Dream Home Planning and Execution

by katie George A home is where you spend your life, your own place to calm down and revitalize yourself. A sweet home is dream of every people ... be when playing with siblings and dolls during childhood or making a sand house on beach. Sometimes people ... a dream house. You don’t have to worry about the architecture, designs, construction, furnishing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:07:01

Charlotte Journal #3

Charlotte Journal #3 January 18th, 2009 Last night was great.  The restaurant was very elegant and cozy.  The ambiance was welcoming and unique ... we had plans to meet with Melissa’s father’s best friend from growing up who he hasn’t seen in 30 years ... in high school.  Joe is now an Architectural Photographer in Charlotte.  His studio is this [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:20:52

Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards Project Stalls, Frank Gehry Forced to Lay Off Entire Design Staff

1222gehryshut.jpg Back in April, you might remember that a bevy of Brooklynites took to the streets to protest Bruce Ratner's plans to redevelop ... didn't really have much effect on the construction plans, who could have guessed that the economy would ... Ran Out" is a great read about finding you're at the end of an architectural era and stepping [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 11:01:12

Prarie School in Session: John Van Bergen Book Review

It is essential that I preface this review by flatly stating that my architectural education has been sorely lacking ... no mistake; this is an extensive, well-done documentation of the work of an architect of the Prairie ... floor plans, advertisements and engaging narrative set Hackl's work apart. There's also a ton [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:15:00

No New Valleywood Golf Course Clubhouse, Yet?

On Thursday night I attended the first Apple Valley City Council meeting of 2009 and I was extremely interested in hearing the “Valleywood Facility Update” agenda item. My interest was based solely on the amount of time allotted for discussion during the informal session and my guess that there would be the possibility that the Parks and Rec [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:09:27

ARTechnic's Stunning Shell House: Exterior And Interior

Japanese architecture firm ARTechnic has designed and completed this unusual- but beautiful and minimalist- concrete ovoid home in Karuizawa, Japan. Built in two sections, around a fir tree, it is nestled in a forest and is as amazing inside ... about the home on Dezeen, including floorplans, how the initial plans changed over time and building [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 08:00:00

WINNER! Design Challenge: Space Plan for your Living Room

Congratulations to Christine - she is the lucky winner of our first Design Challenge which was announced last month ... Hacienda located near Los Angeles. Christine wrote that they had been on a ten month house hunt and after seeing about sixty to seventy homes, they finally found their dream house! It's a three bedroom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:20:00

Refreshments

Of the three Mormon-raised artists I'll be talking about at the Sunstone Symposium on January 31st, painter Wayne Thiebaud is probably the most recognizable and accessible. Thiebaud's brightly lit paintings of cakes, pies, candy, and other American diner delights were shown along side Pop Art from the earliest days of the movement, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:04:54

Architectural drawings found in the basement - Bill’s entry

Lawrence Bill sends in today’s entry in our Found Objects… Found Art contest. Keep the entries coming, everyone! ... I was doing some work in our basement when I came upon a small box that contained the architectural ... useful for renovation projects but are, in a self-referential way, inspirational art objects unto [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:59:11

Formula for GOP recovery

Formula for GOP recoveryAlthough 71 percent of "conservatives" said they oppose gay marriage, only slightly more than half, 52 percent, said that abortion should be illegal Africa Nigeria: Ethnic and religious differences flare up Fighting in the city of Jos has left over 400 dead as Nigerian security forces seek to impose order [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 07:01:24

Middle aged eggs

Prateek left me a few books and magazines about Cambodia and Phnom Penh. I had barely time to look at them but this morning the magazine fell open on a page that invited me to dry a PP delicacy: balut, which is a fertilized duck egg with fetus. It has a picture that looks exactly as you would imagine such an egg to look like [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:42:08

Lincoln Didn't Sleep Here

Spearheaded by First Lady Caroline Harrison, this 1889 proposal called for transforming the White House into a vast quadrangle with two multilevel ... gardens, and conservatories. Images from "The White House: The History of An American Idea" by William Seale (The White House Historical Association/The American Institute of Architects Press, 1992 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:00:00

Building and Growing

I've been skimming through the 366 writing meditations of Fred White's The Daily Writer, a how-to tour he guides through one year of writing ideas, ... it to life, laying out and drawing up the plans, designing for purpose as well as beauty, and having ... and plans and building codes and tell me to write off the top of my head. Except maybe someone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:00:00

Year in Review, 2008 Architecture Awards: Jean Nouvel, Ennis House, and Building of the Year

As 2008 comes to a close, here's a look (and in some cases, an update) to the more compelling and fantastic stories that stood out this year ... , is slowly being restored.) UPDATE: Well, not the best news. "There are no plans to open the house ... Never Move Past the Rendering Stage: It was French architect Jean Nouvel’s leafy green giant [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:30:12

Refinancing Best Deals

Whether you need cash to renovate your house, money for college, or simply want to liquidate some of the equity you’ve built up in your home, ... for a second mortgage or refinancing, make sure you know exactly how much your house is worth. Get a full ... . Once you know how much your house is worth, you can confidently present that information to the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:36:13

Barcelona moments

I had great plans to do in Barcelona the kind of predominantly architectural sketches that many of you, my fellow sketchers, do, but... I ended up doing MY kind of sketches, after all. I guess that makes sense. I'm me. I'm not you. But still, I'm greatly inspired by all the beautifully done panoramas and architectural sketches [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 21:45:00

AutoCad 2009 - Software For Designers in a Totally Different League

One of the things I particularly love about building, is not just the actual build itself and putting the structure up etc, but rather, ... that it actually is. This all of course starts from the planning stage and the actual plans or drawings themselves. There are many ways to create these plans which may in fact, be drawing the plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 09:40:10

Weekly Roundup - January 9 Edition

Here's this Friday's edition of the "Weekly Roundup"...Congress asks judge to keep Bush records at White HouseAssociated Press - Jan 8, 2009The new Congress on Thursday asked a federal judge to force the Bush White House to keep documents on the controversial firings of nine federal prosecutors instead of turning them over to the National Archives [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:00:00

Mumbai and Citibank: The world has not changed

Mumbai and Citibank: The world has not changedFor America, the scale and coordination of the Mumbai attack are a grim warning that our Homeland Security preparations are almost certainly inadequate.Commentary by James ShottPoorly informed electorate is anti-democraticThe pitiful lack of knowledge on the part of American voters about US government [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 23:16:32

Refinancing Mortgage Deals - How To Discover The Best Available

Whether you need cash to renovate your house, money for college, or simply want to liquidate some of the equity you’ve built up in your home, ... for a second mortgage or refinancing, make sure you know exactly how much your house is worth. Get a full ... . Once you know how much your house is worth, you can confidently present that information [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:58:45

Sen. T.W. Palmer Residence

In reply to DOJ: 1915: This attractive building saw many uses over its short 41 year lifetime ... in January 1926 to make way for the construction of a "modern office building" to house the real estate ... was purchased by George Washington University to house their Law School. After 5 years, the law school moved [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 05:09:57

The Solution for All Problems Facing the Right...

...will not be found here. Not on this site, not with Web 2.0, not on the Internet, not... .. ... to operate the tools, the tools themselves are relatively worthless. It takes architectural drawings ... . The Republican Party could build a socially conservative and fiscally liberal house. Alternately, the GOP [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:11:47

TWIPPHOTO.COM Photo Book Reviews #37 - Digital Masters: Travel Photography

Digital Masters: Travel Photography Author: Bob Krist Publisher: Lark Books (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc Review by Conrad J ... photographer does already covered by such genres as landscape, architectural and portrait ... of this book. If you know how to take landscape, architectural and portrait photos there is not a lot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:43:11

61 Fifth Ave, Former Schrafft's Building, Set For Demo

Back in the day, 61 Fifth Avenue served as home to Schrafft's restaurant. Built in 1938 it catered to the upscale lunching set ... at $15 Mil. (according to city records) and plans are underway to build a 10 story mixed use building ... in December and should commence any day.It is a shame to see a building with architectural [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:21:00

Pinch hitting: My Baseball Bias

January is traditionally a slow month for baseball news ... for fans to enjoy their beloved Yankees. As Old George put it: “This new ‘Home of Champions’ will preserve the architectural integrity of the original Yankee Stadium, while incorporating modern amenities.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:09:16

For the Frank-o-phile: Architecture Fantasy Camp

If you've got a closet Howard Roark on your gift list this holiday, ... and Studio, Robie House and Unity Temple. The end product: campers create frameable floor plans ... do not design prairie-style homes on the exterior," said Preservation Trust Director of Education Jan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 03:39:31

PRESIDENTIALLY YOURS: A NEW DESIGNER-IN-CHIEF FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

Today we gained a new President of the United States, First Lady, VP and Cabinet. We also gained a new White House interior designer, Michael S ... energy and style to the residence at the White House," Smith is quoted on his publisher's home page ... and the American public, but he’s no stranger to the design world. The 44-year old Californian has been [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:38:00

SEO Specialist Is Offering His Services For Free To Small/Medium Sized Businesses

By day George Ajazi is a SEO professional, and by night… he helps small and medium sized businesses become optimized. You could say that this is a talent that would turn into a profitable business venture but George enjoys helping those who need it, without the hefty price tag that most professionals come with [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:22:46

Trexperience/Muthanga

Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary Muthanga is a bigger Forest Range in Wyanad. Hence it is more popular than the other Range cum Sanctuary, Tholpetti ... . Already the un organised plans are disturbing the Animal movements in the Sanctuary. Since Jeep ... are a treat for Archeologists and Mountaineers. On the way Phantom Rock offers an excellent architectural [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:16:33

home plans

Hubby's ultimate goal is to be able to own a condo, a house and lot ;and a resort. Yes, he dreams big! ... Plans widely available in the internet. While I may find Contemporary house plans and French Country ... your new home highly functional for your lifestyle. They also offer pre-drawn house floor plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:43:10

The Pittsburgh - Happy Catholic Connection

Many's the time that I have thought the perfect vacations would be to go to various spots in the United States to meet people that I have become friends with through this blog.You wouldn't normally put Pittsburgh at the top of that list but let's take a closer look at what we can find there [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:22:00

Copyright Protection

Copyright issues on web has now-a-days become the important issue. Unauthorized use of your copyrighted materials not only decreases your potential benefit but can also be harmful for your site's ranking in search engines. The search engines do not favor the duplicate content and can also drop the value both the original site and the site that has [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:54:14

Nascar Hall Of Fame

NASCAR is set to have a NASCAR Hall of Fame which will honor NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs and owners who have achieved greatness, ... and with jobs. The Hall of Fame won’t be alone as NASCAR also plans to open a 19 story NASCAR Plaza ... Diversified Architectural Consulting. The exhibits themselves will be overseen by Ralph Applebaum Associates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:01:10

The Scam in the High Castle

Reportage from a country that never was.*Once upon a time in 1962, a writer named Phillip K. Dick published arguably his most influential novel: The Man in the High Castle. The compelling story of an alternate history of the United States that parts company from our own when:...President Franklin D [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 22:24:00

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