Transportation Infrastructure The Archives
Thursday 22 November, 2012
Form of Public Control / Co-De:CounterDesign
Designed by Jae K. Kim of Co-De:CounterDesign, the Form of Public Control project is aimed at being the 20th century’s notion of a skyscraper in Manhattan. As a symbolic individual in the city, it should be redefined due to the reinterpretation of the grid to accommodate more public amenities and facilitate the cultural contexts of [...]
Tuesday 11 September, 2012
Al Hilal Bank Commercial Tower / Goettsch Partners
Challenged to define a distinctive image that would reflect Al Hilal Bank’s unique brand while also setting an international aesthetic, Goettsch Partners designed a bold, contemporary tower that shifts in massing as it rises. The flagship commercial development, located in the heart of Abu Dhabi’s Al Maryah Island, formerly known as Sowwah Island, conveys a [...]
Thursday 06 September, 2012
Venice Biennale 2012: Meeting Lines / Ateliers Jean Nouvel + Habiter Autrement (Mia Hägg)
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Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment
Ford Foundation HQ/ Courtesy Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment will be opening June 16th, 2012 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit, organized by Yale Institute, will celebrate Kevin Roche’s expansive portfolio, from his early days as Eero Saarinen’s “right-hand man” through the founding of his [...]
Sunday 10 June, 2012
“Flip/City” / PinkCloud.DK
Courtesy of PinkCloud.DK “Flip/City”, a proposal by PinkCloud.DK which was shortlisted in the 2012 Rethinking Shanghai competition, proposes a new urban identity for Shanghai as a model for the development of future cities. By flipping the horizontal cityscape to the vertical, footprints of Shanghai’s existing typologies, only visible by plane, embody the new face of [...]
Sunday 10 June, 2012
“Flip/City” / PinkCloud.DK
Courtesy of PinkCloud.DK “Flip/City”, a proposal by PinkCloud.DK which was shortlisted in the 2012 Rethinking Shanghai competition, proposes a new urban identity for Shanghai as a model for the development of future cities. By flipping the horizontal cityscape to the vertical, footprints of Shanghai’s existing typologies, only visible by plane, embody the new face of [...]
Friday 30 March, 2012
We Are Here Now / Spatial Information Design Lab / Columbia University
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Monday 05 March, 2012
Shortlist for the Moscow City Agglomeration Development Concept
Photo Credit: RIA Novosti The Architectural Department of Moscow City Government (MosComArhitectura) has announced the shortlisted teams competing to design the strategy that will be used to double the size of Moscow. With an uneven distribution of working places throughout the Russian Federation capital, millions of residents are forced to commute each day to the [...]
Thursday 03 November, 2011
Foster + Partners Launch Proposals for Thames Hub
Click here to view the embedded video. Norman Foster has launched proposals for the Thames Hub as “An Integrated Vision for Britain”. The self-funded collaboration between Foster + Partners, Halcrow and Volterra has produced a detailed, holistic vision for Britain’s future development of infrastructure.
Thursday 03 November, 2011
Foster + Partners Launch Proposals for Thames Hub
Click here to view the embedded video. Norman Foster has launched proposals for the Thames Hub as “An Integrated Vision for Britain”. The self-funded collaboration between Foster + Partners, Halcrow and Volterra has produced a detailed, holistic vision for Britain’s future development of infrastructure.