
Press Release Solar Skin will soon be published in a new book titled Design Ecologies, edited by Lisa Tilder and Beth Blostein to be published by Princeton Architectural Press. The book presents an overview of contemporary ecological practices in architecture, landscape architecture and community design. Through emphasis on social, material, technological, and biological strategies, the [...]
Press Release: Studio Formwork has just released the designs for a lightweight inflatable solar skin. This SOlar skIN is made of lightweight inflatable polymer and foam tubing that is 2 1/2 feet long and 1 1/2 feet wide. The panel has a solar mirror parabolic ellipse collector on the inner tube of the inflatable polymer [...]

Title: Solar Waterpod Water Filter and Heating Unit With Inflatable Tent For Evacuees and Refugee Camps Designers: Studio Formwork – Greg Taylor, Lauren Taylor White and Rachel Glabe Project Description: The solar waterpod is an affordable emergency relief filtering system, floating tent system that can provide an easy way for families to escape in a [...]

Title: Evolo Architecture Competition is coming up Feb 2008 Designers: Above: Marcin Pilsniak from Poland Designers: Below: Previous winner Mitchell Joachim and Nori Oxman Project Description: Get Your Computer Game On – Cause the Evolo Competition is coming up! eVolo Architecture competition is open to architects, engineers and designers who want to explore their wicked side [...]

Title: The Make It Right Project Founded By Brad Pitt Designers: Morphosis, Pugh + Scarpa, Adjaye, Construct, GRAFT, MVRDV, Shigeru Ban, BNIM, Kieran Timberlake, and 5 Local Architecture Firms Project Description: Newsflash: Brad Pitt sees destruction and wants to make change. In reaction to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the government’s inability to solve the [...]

Title: Auralab From France Splits Into 2 Rendering Houses In France Designers: Luxigon and Labtop Project Description: Newsflash: “Auralab renderers in France have split into Luxigon and Labtop. Auralab has produced work for OMA (Office For Metropolitain Architecture, HDM and REX,” states Christoph in his post on Anarchitect. “After seven years of fruitful collaboration, Thomas [...]

Project Title: Werner Sobek‘s House 129 Designers: Werner Sobek & The Lab For Lightweigth Structure University of Stuttgart Project Description: “R129 is a prototype in development at the Laboratory at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design at the University of Stuttgart. The skin will be coated with an electrochromic foil, which allows the [...]