World Architects

"World-Architects.com—the premium network of outstanding architects, landscape architects, engineers, interior designers, lighting consultants, and architectural photographers—brings designers, clients, and contractors together in the goal of advancing quality in architecture.
In addition to the over 2,000 offices profiled from over 40 countries, job listings, a showroom of quality products, and an events calendar help support architects and others in this goal. Some countries also feature an eMagazine editorializing recent events in the world of architecture, with more on the way." to find out more...
Passage & Image via  http://www.world-architects.com/pages/about

Dawntown 2010 Winner - CA Landscape, Trevor Curtis + Sylvia Kim

"DawnTown is the annual public international architecture ideas competition for Downtown Miami.  DawnTown’s mission is to bring innovative architecture to Downtown Miami, and to tell the exciting urban story of Downtown Miami to the world." to find out more...

Passage and Image via http://dawntown.org/

Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture

"Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture is an award winning architecture firm based in Göteborg, Sweden, ranging from furniture to city planning, from theory to practice." to find out more...
Interested projects uploaded in flickr here:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjellgren_kaminsky_architecture/sets/
Passage and Image from
Fredrik Kjellgren and Joakim Kaminsky

100 brilliant blog posts for small space living

"Making the most out of limited living space paradoxically seems like an undertaking of positively Brobdingnagian proportions at first. But many greatly enjoy the challenge that such homes pose. Whether they want to flex their flair for decorating, keep their green thumb from withering, or any other traditionally large-scale project, these residents enjoy getting creative and finding viable solutions to miniaturizing their passions. And with so many downscaling for financial and/or environmental reasons, plenty need advice on living large within restricted confines." to find out more...
Passage via http://www.onlineengineeringdegree.org/100-brilliant-blog-posts-for-small-space-living

Guide to Art Schools

Thanks to 'Guide to Art Schools' featuring this blog as one of the Top 50 architecture and design blogs.
"Guide to Art Schools exists to connect artistically minded students with art and design colleges and universities. We work with hundreds of schools across the US and Canada, presenting information on thousands of degree and certificate programs. Our goal is to be the most comprehensive authority on art and design education." to find out more...

Passage via http://www.guidetoartschools.com/about-us#ixzz178KrB8Bm

Tool Box Office

"Caterina Tiazzoldi – Nuova Ordentra is a design firm based in Torino (Italy) and New York (USA).
The firm work is characterized by a strong interaction between research, that Caterina Tiazzoldi develops at Columbia University and at the Politecnico di Torino, and ten year experience in the professional practice.
The focus of the work is to develop innovative urban and architectural organisms to respond to the complexity of today’s city." to find out more...

Passage and Image from CaterinaTiazzoldi

TectonIQ(Beta)

"TectonIQ was created because there simply aren’t enough places that cater for Architects online. We aim to provide a place for Architects, Interior Designers and Students to showcase some of the excellent work which is hidden deep in their hard drives and is never seen again after completion. We believe Architecture projects and portfolios should be shared and displayed to inspire, intrigue and start new conversations." to find out more...
Passage via http://tectoniq.com/about/

We are Helsinki

"We Are Helsinki is a free city magazine about Helsinki, Finland. The magazine is published six times a year and distributed through nearly 200 distribution spots in Helsinki – shops, restaurants and bars, tourist informations, museums, and hotels. The A5-sized magazine is published in Finnish and in English." to find out more...
Passage via http://www.wearehelsinki.fi/category/magazine/
Image via http://www.wearehelsinki.fi/henry-fords-helsinki/

The Sail @ Marina Bay by Peter Pran NBBJ

"The design concept for this mixed use residential tower is a sculpture that is created by the hands of nature - Sun, Wind and Water. The design exemplifies and defines natural forces with the overall composition created as if it were formed by water passing through the site. The result includes two prominent towers and a sculpted base. A "canyon" is formed separating the base from the tower mass and becomes an important urban space that exposes a lush green environment to inhabit." to find out more...
Passage from http://www.peterpran.com/peterPRAN.swf
Image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/adforce1/4410722319/ by William Cho

The Interlace

"Designed by Ole Scheeren, partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), The Interlace breaks away from Singapore’s standard typology of isolated, vertical apartment towers and instead explores a dramatically different approach to tropical living: an expansive interconnected network of living and communal spaces integrated with the natural environment. Thirty-one apartment blocks, each six-stories tall and identical in length, are stacked in a hexagonal arrangement to form eight large-scale open and permeable courtyards. The interlocking blocks form a vertical village with cascading sky gardens and both private and public roof terraces." to find out more...
Image and Passage via http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/04/the-interlace-by-oma/

Archifest 10

Tarald Lundevall & Kjetil Thorsen present New Opera House, Oslo from The Architecture Foundation on Vimeo.

I attended an afternoon session talk of 'Happy Cities', archifest 2010.
Kjetil Thorsen presented New Opera House in Oslo today in the National Library in Singapore.
Daan Roosegaarde presented his amazing projects merging technology, art and designs. to find out more...
Erik G. L’Heureux and Florian Schaetz shared 1000 Singapore. to find out more...

Howler + Yoon Architecture

Some interest projects for your browsing pleasure by Howler + Yoon Architecture. to find out more...
Image via http://www.mystudio.us/djavascript:void(0)bm/files/1011.PS1_Prjt_Sht.pdf

Architectural portals & resources management

More and more architectural portals were established, flourishing the architectural blog sphere, with so much information gathered online, which portals should we go for, for the authorised and correct facts and numbers for various purposes behind each search?
We need management for them, for the information, projects, publications and portals within portals.
As if we were in the Stone Age, resources are so cheap and invaluable. Information now fluctuating the internet, online resources without control and management, is really like a stage of 'time at large'.
I think every country's registered architectural institution has the responsibilities for it, new responsibilities in the new era, new job scope for a good knowledge management, as a 'ligth house' over the intellectual properties and information in the infinite world wide web.
We all now pampered with the new armoury of internet connections that allows information to flow and reach one another easily, without hesitation, we ought to have an authority, for management, monitoring and sustainability required.

Anyway, for your browsing pleasure:-

Dexigner. with introduction of portals available.
E-architect. The site is maintained daily by Adrian and Isabelle who both trained as architects.
Top Design Box. A site that allows you to upload projects.
Nikiomahe. Similarly, archi portals for your browsing pleasure.
Architecturenewsplus.Some more projects for your browsing pleasure.

Sukkah City

" 'Sukkah City' is an international design competition to re-imagine this ancient phenomenon, develop new methods of material practice and parametric design, and propose radical possibilities for traditional design constraints in a contemporary urban site. Twelve finalists were selected by a panel of celebrated architects, designers, and critics to be constructed in a visionary village in Union Square Park from September 19-20, 2010.

One structure will be chosen by New Yorkers to stand and delight throughout the week-long festival of Sukkot as the People's Choice Sukkah of New York City. The process and results of the competition, along with construction documentation and critical essays, will be published in the forthcoming book "Sukkah City: Radically Temporary Architecture for the Next Three Thousand Years."

Selected entries will also be displayed in an exhibit at the Center for Architecture in New York City during September 2010." to find out more...

Image via http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/sukkah_city
_2010_winners_announced
Passage via http://www.sukkahcity.com/thecontest.html

Cite a Docks Student Housing by Cattani Architects

"The solution was found in a metal frame that acts as a structural support to the old container, while allowing to stagger the units, and create new space for walkways, patios and balconies. “The metal structure – Cattani says – it allows a better identification of the different rooms, and enhances them through the external extensions that become terraces and balconies. The sequences of the transverse corridors giving access to the apartments on the façade create a succession of full and empty spaces that gives the structure a more visual transparency.”" to find out more...
Passage from http://www.contemporist.com/2010/09/30/cite-a-docks-student-housing-by-cattani-architects/