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“Epicentre of Tallinn” Seeks Ideas for Intersections of the Future

Tallinn Architecture Biennale has announced the vision competition “Epicentre of Tallinn” to find a design solution for intersections in the future, when only self-driving 
cars will drive on the city streets. The international one-stage architecture competition invites entries by the end of May. Read on to learn more. 

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Places Journal Launches New Tool for Sharing Articles on Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism

Places Journal has long targeted an interdisciplinary readership — practitioners, scholars, and students in architecture, landscape, and urban design.This week the journal has launched a new tool — Reading Lists — that promi... Sigue leyendo

There are too many architects in Italy

a huge sum representing 27 percent of all the architects on the Continent...more architects than there are in the United StatesStephen Hayman talked with Luciano Lazzari, an architect in Trieste who is also the president of the Architects’ C... Sigue leyendo

KTT architects envision tornado-shaped tower for downtown Tulsa

An old two-story warehouse on 202 S. Guthrie may appear as just another underdeveloped property for people driving through the streets of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. But for locally based Kinslow, Keith & Todd architects, the current 28,000 sq.ft par... Sigue leyendo

Architonic Live in Frankfurt: ISH 2015, Part 1

Architonic Live in Frankfurt for ISH

Architonic is in Frankfurt, Germany this week for ISH, the world’s leading trade fair for innovative bathroom design, energy efficient heating and air-conditioning technology and renewable energies. Here’s our first Facebook photo gallery with the best from the show floor.   > to Architonic’s tour of ISH Frankfurt 2015, Part 1 Manufacturers shown include: Hansgrohe, Villeroy […] Sigue leyendo

Controversy Shrouds Chicago’s Plan for the Barack Obama Presidential Library

The competition to host the new Barack Obama Presidential Library has generated quite a stir, attracting proposals from cities across the United States with Chicago emerging as the current front runner. Amid the debate, that is expected to end with a decision later this month, a new controversy has surfaced on the coattails of the University of Chicago's speculative plan. The proposed concept involves a land transfer for the library to occupy one of two historic parks designed by iconic landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the 1870s. Read more about the heated debate over using public parkland to house the library, here.

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Research Through Making Presentation and Exhibition Opening

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San Francisco’s new pilot project to house the homeless

The Navigation Center is one of the most innovative homeless-help experiments being undertaken in the U.S. — meaning that when it opens the week of March 16 at an old high school at 16th and Mission streets, it will be watched not just by every h... Sigue leyendo