Oslo Cooking

Short documentary on the architectural and urban development of Oslo featuring Julien De Smedt, Kjetil Thorsen and Gary Bates. Directed by Martin Hogsnes Solvang. Commissioned by DAMn° and Designers Saturday.

Oslo Cooking from JDS Architects on Vimeo.

British Homes Awards 2011

Winner of Future Homes category at the British Homes Awards (BHA) 2011 Alex King (Designalexable).

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Continuous

Continuity and acceleration are two mathematical concepts that relate the dancing body to space. This film unpacks the sensation of acceleration embedded in limits taken in the act of determining the continuous nature of movement.

Continuous from adriene hughes on Vimeo.

IMA - Institut du Monde Arabe

The Institut du Monde Arabe designed by Jean Nouvel. The Institute houses a museum, temporary exhibitions, a library and halls dedicated to current events.


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Serphonic - Somewhere

Film By: Francesco Di Capua

Naturally Haiti

Naturally Haiti from Urban Zen on Vimeo.

sunken hull

Created from a converted cargo ship, the sunken hull of the transformed vessel now offers a pristine 8×32 meter pool that sits near level with the surface of the river offering the sensation of swimming open waters. Conceived as a multidisciplinary art project organized by the Stadtkustprojekte (City Art Project Society) of Berlin and designed architect Gil Wilk.

Airstream Living

Airstream Living from WEREHAUS on Vimeo.

This is a stationary Airstream located in a suburban backyard in Berkeley, California featuring an efficient use of space whilst still recalling the adventure and call for the open road.

930 Poydras

A tour of 930 Poydras, a progressive new apartment building in downtown New Orleans, LA, winner of the 2011 RADA award.

930 Poydras from Alternative Cut Productions on Vimeo.

In College Park, Water as Formgiver

Water is power. That’s the belief of a team of architects, artisans, faculty and students from the University of Maryland, whose WaterShed entry into next week’s Solar Decathlon seeks to prove the point.

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Designing the Future

Designing the Future from Ron Bourke on Vimeo.

This documentary explores the ways the process of architecture is changing.

House Folded

Ard Zuar Jarrett College Lifestyle Interview

College Lifestyle interviews edgy, young Jamaican architectural designer & director of KLE group Ard Zuar Jarrett

Mid-Century Modern Architecture In Arkansas

Reviving Earth Architecture in the Jordan Valley

UNESCO is supporting the use of existing and yet untapped opportunities in Jordan Valley, Palestine by providing the local population with up-to-date know-how and alternative building techniques, notably the "mud-brick." In the past was extensively used in the area as the most suitable construction material for all typologies of buildings as well as the most environment friendly.

First Drafts: Architect Ricardo Porro

In 1961 he was commissioned to by Castro to built a national academy of the arts, then exiled before he could complete the project, and finally invited back, 40 years later, to oversee the renovation of his unfinished school.

Unfinished Spaces - official trailer from Alysa Nahmias on Vimeo.
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Great Spaces - Season Premiere

This is the first official trailer for the upcoming season premiere of Great Spaces. The season focuses on and illustrates the architecture and art across a photographic point of view where the main subjects are already-built spaces in the mean streets of New York. More here

between architecture and art

rem koolhaas: between architecture and art from designboom on Vimeo.

Softshelter

Canadian design firm molo has created a system of uniform, lightweight kraft paper walls that can be unpacked, expanded and magnetically joined end-to-end to create temporary living spaces within minutes and aims to market itself for the flexibility for post-disaster shelters.

softshelter · door handle accessory prototype from molo on Vimeo.

Yoyogi House

A small house in Tokyo by frontoffice architects.

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Letting The Light In

Most shanty towns consist of corrugated iron shacks with no easy source of direct sunlight. Liter of Light, a sustainable lighting project, aims to fix the problem using old soda bottles