Dumpster Diving

Brooklyn-based  company, Macro-Sea is a development and design company “that is working to re-think and develop a series of exploratory interim use projects in order to transform and energize our urban landscape, everyday objects and surroundings”.  Their recent installation, Dumpster Pools will be installed and opened to the  public along Park Avenue for [...]

Urban Agriculture: A New Trend in Planning

Food production, once banished to our rural countryside, has re-entered the urban landscape in the form of community gardens that have popped up in vacant lots, parks, and even rooftops.  This trend of growing your own food is part of a larger movement to localize food production – an alternative to [...]

PreFabulous

PreFab. The word conjures images of… well, anything boring and bland and cheap.  But in February, Ann introduced us to some of the great prefab options available from Lake Flato Architects, Devin Cannady, and Tumbleweed Houses.  Today we’re going to take you into the realm of modern prefab structures.

The first comes from Alchemy Architects, [...]

Architecture from Algae

How can public works projects be reimagined and redefined for the country’s future?

This was the question posed by WPA 2.0, a design competition sponsored by the UCLA Architecture and Urban Design think tank CityLAB.  The winning entry, designed by PORT Architecture + Urbanism, explores the possibility of turning CO2 into a [...]

Transmaterials

I have always been fascinated with materials… the texture and color of rusted metal,  the patterns in the grain of wood, the beauty of raw concrete.  It is easy to rely on these conventional building materials when designing a project…they are beautiful, they are comfortable…but as designers we have a responsibility to strive [...]

 
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