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THE DIGITAL HOUSE Bell Travers Willson, a London-based architecture and design studio, has launched a method that harnesses digital design technology and low-volume production methods to build a sustainable alternative to traditional housing. The Digital House is produced using a detailed 3D computer model that contains every construction component. This information is transferred to a computer-controlled router, which rapidly cuts components from sheets of plywood. Next week we'll track the process from model to house.
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TANGO: DANCING OUT OF A BOX It takes two to tango, and Moore Ruble Yudell partnered with the Swedish firm of SWECO FFNS Arkitekter AB to design the project "Tango" as their contribution to the 2001 housing exposition in Malmö. Eight vibrantly colored steel and glass towers dance around a landscaped courtyard (photo by Werner Huthmacher). The award-winning block is self-sufficient in energy, and everything from heating to door locks can be individually controlled from a computer keyboard. Next week writer Michael Webb will explain why the apartments are in high demand.
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Architecture Headlines This Week
Russia Plans World's Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska — Bloomberg, 2007.0418Spire, Olympics: What Do They Have in Common? — Chicago Tribune, 2007.0416
Allstate Must Pay $2.8M in Katrina Case — Dallas Morning News, 2007.0416
Tom Kundig Wins Academy Award in Architecture — Bustler.net, 2007.0413
Grande Bibliotheque Du Montreal Receives US Award — Archiseek, 2007.0412
Michaela MacLeod Wins the Prix de Rome in Architecture — Canadian Architect, 2007.0412
Concert Hall Resembles Flying Dutchman — Philadelphia Daily News, 2007.0411
Freedom Tower Questioned Amid Rising Costs — Architectural Record, 2007.0410
ASLA Announces 2007 Professional Awards — American Society of Landscape Architects press release, 2007.0409
Historic Landmark Named in Oklahoma — MSNBC, 2007.0409
Metro Tunnel Plans Rock Gaudi's Jewel to Its Foundations — The Times (London), 2007.0407
Kimbell Addition Is in Piano's Hands — Dallas Morning News, 2007.0407
Big Apple Firms Earn Kudos from AIA New York — AIArchitect, 2007.0406
Nine Libraries Called Out for Design Excellence — AIArchitect, 2007.0406
UC Berkeley Team Wins ULI Student Urban Design Competition — Urban Land Institute press release, 2007.0403
Eric Owen Moss Wins Arnold W. Brunner Prize in Architecture — SCI-Arc News, 2007.0403
National Landscape Architecture Month Kicks Off — PR Newswire, 2007.0402
America Celebrates the First National Architecture Week — PR Newswire, 2007.0402
Tsunami Smashes into Solomon Islands — Washington Post, 2007.0402
University of Virginia Wins $25,000 NCARB Grand Prize — AIArchitect, 2007.0330
GSA Design Excellence Awards Honor 18 Projects — PR Newswire, 2007.0329
Richard Rogers Wins Pritzker Prize — Washington Post, 2007.0328
British Architect Wins 2007 Pritzker Prize — New York Times, 2007.0328
Cribe to the Times-Picayune — Times-Picayune, 2007.0327
Wilson Combs, Architect on Many Bay Area Projects, Dies — San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0323
AIA Maryland Recognizes Design Excellence — AIArchitect, 2007.0323
Plans Revealed for a 'World Trade Center' in Oslo — Aftenposten, 2007.0323
Big Dig Costs Climb Another $110 Million — Boston Globe, 2007.0323
Work Begins on National Museum — Xinhua, 2007.0320
Denise Scott Brown Named Recipient of 2007 Vilcek Prize — e-flux, 2007.0314
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