September 2011
67 posts
WatchBike lanes: Canada’s Pulse
Tue, Sep 27: Global asked Metro Vancouver residents for their opinion on bike lanes. Read it on Global News: Bike lanes: Canada’s Pulse - News Hour - Videos | Global BC
WatchOMA’s competition entry for the new National Art Museum of China – NAMOC – a “museum as city,” in Beijing.
WatchIn this video from Cities of Opportunity 2011, architectural superstar and OMA founder Rem Koolhaas shares his views on the contemporary evolution of the city and his vision for the future of urban centers. Produced by accounting giant PwC (a.k.a PricewaterhouseCoopers before their 2010 re-branding) and the Partnership for New York City, Cities of Opportunity 2011 “analyzes the trajectory of 26...
WatchHeadquarters of the new Film Theatre of Catalonia in the Raval district of Barcelona.
http://t.co/Ne49djWJ
WatchBrazilian mayor-architect’s groundbreaking ideas in urban planning.
WatchStudio Banana TV interviews Dutch architect Winy Maas, who founded in 1993 the office MVRDV and in 2008 The Why Factory, the thinktank on future cities at Delft University of Technology.
WatchOne of the most interesting new projects in New York’s architectural renaissance, W57 by BIG, is residential rental. Challenging the notion that residential buildings are inherently more conservative than other building types.
WatchNancy Bendtsen, design observer and commentator, interviewed architect Michael Green about his work, “green architecture”, and his personal sources of inspiration and motivation. The interview was conducted in the storefront in front of a live audience on Wednesday September 14, 2011. Michael cut his teeth working in the office of Cesear Pelli, is now a principal of award-winning MGB...
WatchThe Olympic Line: Should Vancouver lose it or keep it?
Tyee Video (produced during 2010 Olympics) -
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Owners Of “This Space” At 243 Union Street Canvassing The Neighbourhood For Ideas
http://bit.ly/oTl8fX
WatchLight show as part of new BC Place. Fancy.
WatchHere’s where your $500million went. You’re welcome.
WatchAmanda Burden, Chair of the New York City Planning Commission, a major force behind New York’s architecture and planning renaissance.
Burden received the 2011 American Architectural Foundation Keystone Award.
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Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner
Since Sadik-Kahn took the job mid-way through 2007, she’s added more than 250 miles of bicycle lanes, cut parking spots across the city and transformed parts of busy Manhattan streets into pedestrian plazas. For years, Khan tried to convince city officials that a bike-sharing program would improve New York’s streets...
WatchA hundred designers, 10 urban challenges, very little money, and no sleep. That’s the recipe for 72 Hour Urban Action, a three-day marathon for designers to improve their city.
WatchThe gorgeous Chrysler Building in the ever-changing metropolis provides an eye-catching backdrop for this YSL fashion video.
WatchArchitecture graduate Catrina Stewart’s project, The London Farmhouse, examines how urban sprawl and waste can be used for good. Her drawings accompany an explanation of her idea to integrate agriculture – including electric eels and feces – into inner city housing, eventually leading to self-sufficient urban communities.
WatchToronto 60s architecture
WatchFrank Gehry’s first residential project in Asia will likely set a record for the highest rents in Hong Kong, said the developer behind the property.
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Morning Deliveries – NYC Bike Messenger
WatchBank of America Tower at One Bryant Park by Cook+Fox Architects
WatchVancouver gets featured by Swedish filmmaker Gustav Johansson in his Live the Language series.
WatchChanel Mobile Art Pavilion by Zaha Hadid Architects. The form of the 700 sqm Chanel Pavilion is a celebration of the iconic work of Chanel, unmistakeable for its smooth layering of exquisite details that together create an elegant, cohesive whole. For more on this project click here.
