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Intriguing Earth Architecture 86

2011-05-28T18:49:00.000-04:00

Aqua Tower, Chicago, Illinois, USA - Studio Gang Architects
via flickr: hellothomas

Intriguing Earth Architecture 85

2011-04-10T13:51:00.001-04:00

KUMU Museum, Tallinn, Estonia - Vapaavuori Architects
via flickr: mightymightymatze

Intriguing Earth Architecture 84

2011-02-13T22:04:00.003-05:00

MAXXI Museum, Rome, Italy - Zaha Hadid Architects
via flickr: 'O Tedesc

Intriguing Earth Architecture 83

2011-01-29T00:30:00.007-05:00

CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China - OMA
via flickr: rudenoon

Posta Aerea 09

2011-01-27T11:54:00.002-05:00

So where have we been? Frequent visitors may have noticed the lapse in posts as of late. Well a lot is going on in our lives right now including the downturn in the economy which has affected this author personally. Like so many in the climate we were hit by the inevitable layoffs that have circled the globe but particularly in the United States. We are keeping a keen eye on the recovery and are optimistic that things will turn around in the next 6-18 months. We might write an article on this at another time but for now we will concentrate on more upbeat news, competitions, videos and projects.

We have several exciting things planned for the upcoming year including a more concerted effort to provide more content for you to actually peruse. One thing that has become clear is that there are several quality blogs regarding our profession that have come online since this blog's inception in 2006. We do not have the staff, nor the time, to compete with them so our focus will be to stick with what or who we know and provide content based on that criteria. We would recommend the following blogs as part of your daily inspiration as well as ecAr: Arch Daily, A Daily Dose of Architecture, Architizer, Atelier A+D, Build Blog, brute force collaborative just to name a few.

Visitors to this blog who enjoy our Intriguing Earth Architecture series we implore you to contribute projects to our Flickr pool for inclusion on our site. We just do not have the time to scour the entire internet or possibly know of every great project that might fit the taglines of architecture, modern design, urbanism and sustainability. So please add to the collaborative effort to share unique and amazing projects with the rest of our profession and its followers. Besides it is free advertisement for those who are featured!

Here is to a more successful and prosperous new year to everyone and thank you in advance to anyone that wants to contribute. We look forward to giving you more diversions in architecture in 2011.

Bradley Swarts, editor

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Intriguing Earth Architecture 82

2010-12-17T01:35:00.000-05:00

Flushing Meadows Corona Park & Pool, NYC, NY, USA - Handel Architects
via flickr: Ciorra Photography

Intriguing Earth Architecture 81

2010-09-28T02:34:00.000-04:00

het Kasteel, Amsterdam, Netherlands - hvdn architecten
via flickr: jpmm

Intriguing Earth Architecture 80

2010-09-09T01:54:00.001-04:00

Openbare Bibliotheek, Almelo, Netherlands - Mecanoo Architects
via flickr: jpmm

Intriguing Earth Architecture 79

2010-03-29T11:35:00.007-04:00

Caplutta Sogn Benedetg, Graubunden, Switzerland - Peter Zumthor
via flickr: roryrory

VotW 09: Rob Carter's Metropolis

2010-03-02T00:10:00.006-05:00

A special thanks to Brand Avenue for turning us on to this unique video of the chronological transformation of the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. And here is a description of the work by the artist Rob Carter from his website:

Full Length Video

Rob Carter Bio

VotW 08: Joshua Prince-Ramus Speaks At TED

2010-02-20T23:45:00.003-05:00

Here is a description of the lecture given by Prince-Ramus from the TED website:

Joshua Prince-Ramus Wiki
REX Architecture, PC

Intriguing Earth Architecture 78

2010-01-24T02:52:00.004-05:00

Seattle Central Library, Seattle, Washington, USA - OMA
via flickr: FHKE

Intriguing Earth Architecture 77

2010-01-18T20:23:00.001-05:00

New Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany - Delugan Meissl
via flickr: Stefan Baudy

Intriguing Earth Architecture 76

2010-01-05T02:22:00.006-05:00

The Cooper Union, New York City, NY - Morphosis Architects
via flickr: lightwerk

Happy New Year's 2010

2009-12-31T17:03:00.002-05:00

Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan - Taipei 101
via flickr: VinceHuang

VotW 08: Shigeru Ban On L/Studio

2009-12-28T00:17:00.005-05:00

Today we feature a video of Shigeru Ban talking about his work in his own words. Ban is the architect of such works as the Nomadic Museum, Artek Pavilion, Centre Pompidou Metz and the Aspen Art Museum among others. As Ban describes in the video, he has long been a proponent of using materials or more specifically, recycled mass produced items in unconventional ways in his works. The wikipedia entry for Ban describes his polemics in this way:

Shigeru Ban Website

Happy Holidays '09

2009-12-25T00:01:00.002-05:00

Regent Street, London, UK - Regent Street
via flickr: leoniewise

Intriguing Earth Architecture 75

2009-12-22T09:18:00.005-05:00

CGAC, Santiago De Compostela, Spain - Alvaro Siza Vieira
via flickr: David G. Neguillo

VotW 07: Canal Theater By Baldeweg

2009-12-15T14:27:00.009-05:00

In case you were not aware a fairly new website has emerged on the web featuring video reporting of many architectural and design projects throughout Europe. In their own words:

In this weeks video Studio Banana TV features the Canal Theater Building by Juan Navarro Baldeweg in Madrid, Spain. Here is an excerpt from their website describing the video itself:

Juan Navarro Baldeweg at Alessi

Intriguing Earth Architecture 74

2009-12-12T01:07:00.005-05:00

Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Gehry Partners, LLP
via web: Hello Beautiful!

If you have not visited already, we highly recommend Hello Beautiful! by Edward Lifson which provided the article and inspiration for the photo shared here.

Intriguing Earth Architecture 73

2009-11-21T00:35:00.004-05:00

Alumni Hall Parking Structure (Lehigh University), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA - Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
via flickr: alish863psu

VotW 06: Carolyn Steel Speaks At TED

2009-11-19T02:53:00.008-05:00

Here is a description of the lecture given by Steel from the TED website:

Cullum and Nightingale Architects
Review of "Hungry City" by Steel

Intriguing Earth Architecture 72

2009-11-05T20:47:00.007-05:00

Cite' de la Musique, Paris, France - Atelier Christian de Portzamparc

via flickr: laurenatclemson

Intriguing Earth Architecture 71

2009-10-06T16:36:00.007-04:00

Community Boathouse, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Anmahian Winton Architects
via flickr: Chris Devers

VotW 05: Daniel Libeskind Speaks At TED

2009-10-03T02:20:00.005-04:00

Here is a description of the lecture given by Libeskind from the TED website:

Studio Daniel Libeskind
TED bio