The Europe of Strangers. Krzysztof Wodiczko at the 53rd Venice Biennale

Only in New York: Palladio Meets Bauhaus, Bipolar Building Born

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Street Flamenco in Spain

Louis Vuitton's quite sappy "Art, Fashion and Architecture"

About Maintenance

"Inspired by the CCA [Canadian Center for Architecture] exhibition ‘Actions – What You Can do with the City’, and challenged by the high cost of conventional labour-intensive landscape maintenance, an alternative was proposed that would introduce a flock of sheep to keep the museum’s grounds trimmed and fertilised. The herd would be moved to the city during the summer months, with an urban shepherd on hand to tend their needs. As part of the museum’s mandate, this intervention advances the debate on a possible future for urban agriculture."

(http://www.claudecormier.com/)

Istanbul

Apartments in Beirut, by Bernard Khoury

This apartment building is a fine example of how constraints force design into sophistication. The approximately 9 meter (30 ft ) depth of the building imposed a plan of single- loaded rooms along the street façade, which measures is about 18 meter wide. In order to fit 250 m² apartments on the 18m span, the architect split them on two levels and stacked them alternating living rooms and two floors of bedrooms. The liniar terraces on the main façade allow for alternative outdoor access to the rooms. The central part of the terraces benefit from a 4.4 m ceiling height, which creates the possibility for a minuscule garden on each floor. The sixth and seventh floor house a 250m² duplex penthouse, including an ample private terrace on the main street side.
Source: http://www.bernardkhoury.com/

Roofscapes

San José, Costa Rica
























Lisbon, Portugal

Netherlands. At Your Feet

Paper Bucharest