For years we have been wondering what they are going to do with the space. They finally decided. Wednesday evening the board approved plans to build a 16 story $353 million University Center. It includes house lecture halls, an auditorium, academic spaces, student lounges, stores and a 600-bed dormitory on the top nine floors. For more: NYT: The New School to Build a Multipurpose, 16-Story Building
Also check out: NYT: Bold Brass and Glass, and the World Inside on Display
Proposal by BIG + Fugère Architectes
Check out the proposal by BIG + Fugère Architectes for the Musée National des Beaux Arts du Québec. They ended up loosing to the design of OMA but I’m still pretty impressed.
Musée National des Beaux Arts du Québec proposal / BIG + Fugère Architectes by way of ArchDaily
Winning Design by OMA
I’m really into the idea of low cost prefab “units” these days, basically contemporary versions of little cottages that you can add to your property if you need an extra room or guest cottage. Here is one from Olgga Architects called the Flak House. Not sure I would live in it myself but I like the initiative and the cost: 21,000 Euros. Not bad…
Beautiful house on stilts by NAF Architects in Japan. For more check out the post by way of dornob.
Love this little house. Its affordable, environmentally conscious and really chic!
For more: TreeHugger: Modern Modular Done Right from Challenger Living and Challenger Living
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
I’ve recently been coming across some great videos on Architecture. Here is another: the trailer for “How Much Does your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?”, a documentary on the career of Sir Norman Foster. For more have a look at the press release from the International Film Festival Berlin where it premiered in February.
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Architecture to me has always been a very hard language to speak in. As you know if you follow my site, I love anything architecture and design but if you aren’t speaking of function then architecture has always been very hard for me to discuss. My manner of discussing and conversing architecture is through photography and sometimes film.
There are number of films that showcase great architecture in an interesting way, one being My Architect on the works of Louis Khan. That said, rarely do you find someone who is able to speak so clearly through film and illustrate the beauty of architecture as well as Alex Roman and his film The Third and The Seventh.
Needless to say that I was floored by this short film. Very rarely do you come across something you see that makes you sit back and breath easier and just feel inspired. More after the jump.
Reading room at the Icon Brickell
Lincoln Center unveils new plans for a beautifully designed addition to the Vivian Beaumont Theater by Hugh Hardy. His addition is a new black box theater that is to be built on the roof of the Beaumont Theater with a terrace overlooking Lincoln Center. The new theater will feature the work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers, and will be aimed at new audiences, with every ticket priced at $20.
Another containter book is coming out soon. Container Atlas: A Practical Guide to Container Architecture will be released from Gestalten in March. Looking forward to picking one up! (via Curated Mag)
