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Daily Dose of Architecture 2013-01-22 21:00:00
Today at the Museum of the City of New York, Mayor Bloomberg announced the winner of the adAPT NYC competition for a micro-unit apartment building in Kips Bay. The winner is "My Micro NY" from a team made up of Monadnock Development, the Actors Fund Housing Development Corporation, and nARCHITECTS. Their winning project is a 10-story building with 55 micro-unit apartments ranging …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2013-01-22 20:00:00
Over at American-Architects I've been developing a Building of the Week feature that takes a state-by-state look at architecture in the United States in 2013. We are presenting one recent project from each state in alphabetical order, from Alabama to Wyoming. Projects are added every Monday, and this week's building is the South Mountain Community Library in Phoenix, Arizona. Have a project …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2013-01-22 03:00:00
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the Ma?opolska Garden of Arts in Krakow, Poland, by Ingarden & Ewý Architects: The featured past dose is the A, B, C Lecture Halls at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland by Zalewski Architecture Group: This week's book review is Ezra Stoller, Photographer by Nina Rappaport and Erica Stoller: (R): The featured past …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2013-01-19 14:00:00
A couple months ago I posted about Archipendium's 2012 Architecture Calendar. Recently I received the 2013 calendar, which has a similar "bevy of nice buildings." [image courtesy of archimap publishers] It's not too late to pick up your 2013 copy.* [images courtesy of archimap publishers | animation by archidose] *Looks like I wrote that too quickly...or should I say not soon enough? Per …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-03-07 18:30:00
For those interested in hearing me talk for an hour about the 50 tallest buildings featured in my Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture, here is a video from my book talk at The Skyscraper Museum a couple weeks ago. While I'd be the last to praise my public speaking abilities, I will say I put a good deal of …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 17:02:00
Here are some photos of the Zug Schleife Apartments (2012) in Zug, Switzerland, by Valerio Olgiati, photographed by van der Heckhuizen. To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or :: Tag your photos archidose


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 17:02:00
Cycle Space: Architectural and Urban Design in the Age of the Bicycle by Steven Fleming nai010 Publishers, 2012 Paperback, 176 pages On page 20 of Cycle Space Steven Fleming admits, "By reading this book, you're indulging my bike-centric worldview that says walking is tiresome and boring." It's funny to think that a book promoting bikes in cities would find an issue with walking, rather …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 17:02:00
February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "28 in 28" series features a different book every day of the month. Best Highrises 2012/13: The International Highrise Award 2012 edited by Michaela Busenkell and Peter Cachola Schmal Edition Detail, 2012 Paperback, 128 pages How should a tall building be judged? Is it a matter of height, how much closer it gets …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 17:02:00
February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "28 in 28" series features a different book every day of the month. Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture by David Phillips and Megumi Yamashita Laurence King Publishing, 2012 Hardcover, 224 pages Previously I've reviewed a couple of Laurence King's Detail in Contemporary ... series, both by Virginia McLeod: ... Residential Architecture and ... Glass …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 17:02:00
Not too long ago I was giving an architectural walking tour in the Madison Square Park area when somebody asked me "what's going on with the Commodore Criterion building?" If you've been by the park you've probably seen the building at the intersection of Fifth Avenue, 25th Street, and Broadway with its name scrawled atop the tall stone parapet. I had …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 17:02:00
February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "28 in 28" series features a different book every day of the month. Modern Views Assouline, 2010 Hardcover, 200 pages For the month of February I'm hosting a debate at Glass House Conversations on traditional versus modern architecture. My participation prompted me to flip through my copy of the companion book to Modern Views, …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 17:02:00
February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "28 in 28" series features a different book every day of the month. Japan Architectural Guide by Botond Bognar DOM Publishers, 2013 Paperback, 552 pages Taiwan Architectural Guide by Ulf Meyer DOM Publishers, 2012 Paperback, 268 pages In a recent review of a "construction and design manual" on townhouses, I mentioned that DOM Publishers has been releasing …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the Ma?opolska Garden of Arts in Krakow, Poland, by Ingarden & Ewý Architects: The featured past dose is the A, B, C Lecture Halls at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland by Zalewski Architecture Group: This week's book review is Ezra Stoller, Photographer by Nina Rappaport and Erica Stoller:     (R): The featured past book …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Over at American-Architects I've been developing a Building of the Week feature that takes a state-by-state look at architecture in the United States in 2013. We are presenting one recent project from each state in alphabetical order, from Alabama to Wyoming. Projects are added every Monday, and this week's building is the South Mountain Community Library in Phoenix, Arizona. Have a project …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Today at the Museum of the City of New York, Mayor Bloomberg announced the winner of the adAPT NYC competition for a micro-unit apartment building in Kips Bay. The winner is "My Micro NY" from a team made up of Monadnock Development, the Actors Fund Housing Development Corporation, and nARCHITECTS. Their winning project is a 10-story building with 55 micro-unit apartments ranging …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Here is a photo of the "Minibib" in Stadtgarten, Köln, Germany, by Sonja Zimmermann (2009). Photographs are by Matthijs Borghgraef. To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or :: Tag your photos archidose


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
My latest Ideabook at Houzz zooms over the United States, looking at the various patterns created by houses, particularly in the suburbs. Below is a sneak peek, but head over to Houzz to read about fairway housing, fly-in houses, tract mansions, and a few alternatives to traditional sprawl.


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Flipping through January's Architect Magazine on the train this morning, something on page 136 caught my eye. A photo of Tour Total, designed by Barkow and Leibinger, seems to be capped by a large ghostly gable. [Tour Total, Barkow and Leibinger, detail of photo by Christian Richters | Scanned from page 136 of Architect Magazine, January 2013] The mirage that perfectly rises …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
Here is a tour of Los Angeles architecture by trevor.patt. A few projects by Morphosis Architects: Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Science Center School, 2004: Salick Health Care Office Building, 1991: Venice III, 1986: 2-4-6-8 House, 1978: A few projects by Gehry Partners: Chiat/Day Office, 1991: Edgemar Center, 1989: Sketch Foundation Gallery - Air and Space Exhibits, 1984: Loyola Law Campus, 1984: A few projects by Michael Maltzan Architecture: New Carver Apartments, 2009: Inner City …


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Daily Dose of Architecture 2012-01-05 09:09:00
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse in Yangzhou, China, by HWCD: The featured past dose is Two Projects in China by TM Studio: This week's book review is Charles Ross: The Substance of Light by Charles Ross (L): (R): The featured past book review is Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings edited by Jack Flam. : : : …


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