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The Decade in Architecture. 2000 - 2009.

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anArchitecture 2010-01-04 14:40:00
The last ten years of architecture. An approach. 2000, MVRDV, Expo Pavilion, Hannover, Germanyimage by harry_nlThe building after the nineties "Super Dutch" generation - aesthetic by pragmatism: Stacking landscapes as a multi-level "public" space. Probably still the best project of MVRDV so far.2001, Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank, Kanzleramt, Berlin, Germanyimage by aperture7.1Germany's search for a new …

I don?t believe in Global Warming.

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anArchitecture 2010-01-04 09:27:00
photo by RomanyWG (flickr)by Banksy [via today and tomorrow]content by anArchitecture

New / Old.

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anArchitecture 2010-01-02 14:20:00
Modernisation or how buildings lose. Half a house after (energy-efficient) renovation. (in Bischofshofen / Mitterbergh�tten, Salzburg, Austria)content by anArchitecture

Happy Holidays 2009.

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anArchitecture 2009-12-24 08:23:00
Happy Holidays 2009. See you in 2010!content by anArchitecture

Another Anarchitecture in the Wall.

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anArchitecture 2009-12-16 16:11:00
anarchitecture-typo by tercerunquinto at shenzhen hong kong biennale 09I doubt the installation to be an ad for an-architecture.com ? but who knows? But I have to admit that neither I have invented "anarchitecture"; it was chosen impulsively years ago at the blogger registration website. (originally, it was first introduced by Lebbeus Woods: Anarchitecture : Architecture Is a Political Act) Honestly, the …

Bailout Architecture.

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anArchitecture 2009-12-15 10:48:00
Hypo Group Alpe Adria Building - designed by MorphosisTaxpayers fund another bank bailout. Austria nationalizes the troubled financial institution Hypo Alpe Adria. Approximate cost: about 1.5 billion euro.Why mention this - after a year of financial crisis?I wonder about all the headquarter buildings which are now (involuntarily) symbols of mismanagement. What happened to all the (built) good intentions?Like the Hypo Alpe …

Rotating Kitchen.

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anArchitecture 2009-12-11 21:02:00
Sorry for the lack of posts, lately. Fall / Winter is always busy somehow. In the meantime - a piece of (architectural) destruction. Thanks to the marvelous ?today and tomorrow? blog for the link!rotating kitchen from Zeger Reyers on Vimeo.content by anArchitecture

Sinking Patio.

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anArchitecture 2009-11-23 17:22:00
patio - by Faulders StudioGreat - a built optical illusion. [via today and tomorrow]content by anArchitecture

Billable Hours.

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anArchitecture 2009-11-18 23:18:00
From Inside PR, a weekly Canadian podcast about public relations, by Terry Fallis and David Jones: 30 seconds about billable hours (a rough transcript from the podcast) "I actually hate billable hours. Don?t get me wrong ? I like working ? I really like bringing in the money.. but I just don?t like tracking every minute of my time ? especially …

Public Art.

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anArchitecture 2009-11-16 22:04:00
Pieter Bruegel?s Tower of Babel, image by Kunsthistorisches MuseumThe Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna presents its masterpieces in public. In Vienna, on about 29 busy locations ? subway stations, railway stations, house walls ? the museum is showing treasures from the collection: Pieter Bruegel?s Tower of Babel, Raffael, Lucas Cranach and much more. The campaign should bring the museum back to the …

Pie Plan.

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anArchitecture 2009-11-14 10:02:00
Divided by amount of utilization - by Abi Huynh, graphic designer. Let's build it! [via It's Nice That]content by anArchitecture

Metro-Net. Capturing Globalization.

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anArchitecture 2009-11-08 11:11:00
transportable subway entrance, 1997, Madulain, image from artpublicplaiv.chMetro-Net is about constructing a global metro network, composed of fake subway entrances, ventilation shafts, subway-sounds and generated air flow. The first station of Kippenberger?s Metro-Net was built at the Greek island Syros in 1993. Additional entrances were erected in Dawson City West (Canada), at the documenta X 1997 in Kassel and at the …

Brick-Wheel.

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anArchitecture 2009-11-02 16:17:00
Alternative uses - via today and tomorrow.content by anArchitecture

Change Paradigms in Building Culture - Blog Action Day 2009.

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anArchitecture 2009-10-15 21:28:00
Can technology bridge the gap between our lifestyle and its resource consumption? What when technology fails to deliver a simple solutions for the world?s population energy demands? We (collectively) would need 1.3 planets to sustain today's world average per capita consumption (for Europe about three planets and the US even five). What is when 1.3 billion Chinese achieve Europe?s consumption level …

Dirty Old Loos.

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anArchitecture 2009-10-11 18:53:00
Adolf Loos, 1905, source: wikipediaCan we separate the artist from his art? By implication we assume that outstanding personalities are supposed to have a high moral integrity. If the artist is outstanding we might take the personallity for granted.Surely not for Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933). In 1928, architect Loos was accused of sexual child abuse. The court acquitted Loos in …

Simple Minimalism.

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anArchitecture 2009-09-30 05:55:00
Umspannwerk / transformerstation Kenlderstra�e, Wien / ViennaWhat a fa�ade!content by anArchitecture

Lexikon der gesamten Technik.

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anArchitecture 2009-09-24 15:26:00
The encyclopedia of architectural, engineering and manufacturing technology ("Lexikon der gesamten Technik."), by Otto Lueger, first published in 1894, now public domain because its copyright has expired. See parts of the great collection on the wikipedia.content by anArchitecture

Remembering the Plattenbau.

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anArchitecture 2009-09-15 07:50:00
36 x 12 m sculpture of Plattenbau Housing, photo on flickr, by gynti_46Concrete sculpture of a 'Plattenbau' (building made with precast concrete slabs, mostly built in eastern Europe before 89) by Dagmar Schmidt, in Halle, Germany: Public privacy.content by anArchitecture

Color - Kuler.

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anArchitecture 2009-09-14 18:02:00
Without color? Adobe's online service 'Kuler' does make color picking easy. Intended for print and web it assists designers in creating color schemes. "No matter what you're creating, with Kuler you can experiment quickly with color variations and browse thousands of themes from the Kuler community." So, no reason to be afraid of colors.content by anArchitecture

The International (Style).

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anArchitecture 2009-09-14 06:59:00
From Wikipedia ("The International", by Tom Tykwer, best known for "Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt"):"Architecture is central to the meaning of The International. The villains inhabit impersonal buildings, built of glass and steel, which reflects Owen's discovery that anonymous forces operated by readily replaceable people run this world and there's nothing an ordinary citizen can do about it". (Philip French, in …

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