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For The 5th Time: Jay-Z & Beyonce's Cuba Trip Wasn't Approved By Obama
Jay-Z and Beyonce's infamous trip to Cuba wasn't approved by Barack Obama, newly released documents confirm. That the government was asked to release documents definitively proving that the president wasn't involved in granting the famous couple (who are also friends of Obama and donated to his re-election campaign)...
huffingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)
Diogene micro home pushes the boudaries for off-the-grid tiny living
Italian architect Renzo Piano has gone from building Europe’s tallest building (the Shard in London) to one of its smallest. Finally completing his career-long dream of building a micro house that only measures 7.5 sq m (81 sq ft), Piano’s single-occupancy unit has been added to the gardens of the Vitra Campus in...
gizmag.com (4 hours ago)
Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in D.C.
WASHINGTON - Additional stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower’s accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative changes architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for a planned memorial park honoring Ike near the National Mall. read more
cjonline.com (7 hours ago)
Pottsgrove moves to add 2.4M turf field to high school project
LOWER POTTSGROVE - With little public notice, the cost of the $31 million Pottsgrove High School renovation may have jumped by $2.4 million Tuesday night. That's when, in a split 4-3 vote, the board voted to authorize KCBA Architects to begin preparing designs for an artificial turf field in order to be able to...
pottsmerc.com (7 hours ago)
Bee trapper - Economic downturn spurs architect to new endeavors
The result has been a plethora of designs using recycled materials that catch the bees before they bore holes
starnewsonline.com (7 hours ago)
Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC
Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in Washington.
miamiherald.com (7 hours ago)
Gehry Refines Design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC
Architect Frank Gehry refines his design for memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower in DC
abcnews.com (7 hours ago)
Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in Washington.
yahoo.com (8 hours ago)
Man of Steel marketing campaign seeks to align Superman with Jesus
Hollywood studio Warner Bros is targeting Christian audiences in the US with a campaign for its superhero blockbuster Man of Steel that explicitly compares Superman to Jesus. The studio has teamed up with a specialist marketing firm with the aim of encouraging pastors to utilise Zack Snyder's comic book reboot in...
guardian.co.uk (14 hours ago)
Expeditor for permits before collapse owed city back taxes
Philadelphia architect Plato Marinakos owes the city $17,301 in business privilege and net profits taxes.
philly.com (17 hours ago)
Charter board zeroes in on new school details
BEAR CREEK TWP. 8212 The new Bear Creek Community Charter School building is a little closer to reality, but still only a fraction of the way through the preliminary planning work and months away from the start of any construction, the project architect said Monday.
timesleader.com (17 hours ago)
There's Something Comforting About A Peanut-Shaped Nursery School
People say that peanuts are healthy. They're a super food or something. But the peanut is apparently good for other things too, like inspiring design. The Japanese architect Hiroshi Ueda overlapped two circles to create the peanut concept for this building, completed last year. And it seems only fitting that the...
gizmodo.com (21 hours ago)
Edward Goldman: Should LACMA's Imperfection Be Erased or Embraced?
Being away for two weeks, I missed the openings of two major exhibitions at LACMA, so I rushed to see them immediately upon my return. The first is a retrospective of work by celebrated American artist James Turrell, whose transcendental Light and Space installations are shown in two museum pavilions. I can't...
huffingtonpost.com (22 hours ago)
WOW: A Mansion That Might As Well Be A Resort
You may not believe in the power of Feng Shui, but you can't argue with the beauty of this Caesarea Residence located in the Haifa District of Israel, shared with us by our friends at The Pinnacle List. This 5,382-square-foot stunner was designed by architect Gal Marom and completed in 2012. The home's modern...
huffingtonpost.com (23 hours ago)
Commission puts kibosh on old Boynton Beach high school project
The latest plan to redevelop the 1927 high school building appears dead. Commissioners voted at Tuesday night’s meeting to reject the site plan for Lake Worth architect Juan Contin’s ambitious $4.
palmbeachpost.com (23 hours ago)
Crenshaw raves about North Shore
Golfer/course architect says Champions' site 'has balance and looks benign, but isn't'Ben Crenshaw knows golf course architecture. Along with partner Bill Coore, he has designed masterpieces such as Sand Hills (Neb.) and Friar's Head (N.Y.), both of which rate among Golf Digest's top 30 courses. So it means...
chicagotribune.com (1 day ago)
London's Triangular "Cheesegrater" Tower Rises In This Gorgeous Video
British architect Richard Rogers is known for putting the guts of buildings on display. In fact, his work has even inspired the scatological style known as Bowellism. This summer, Rogers' exoskeletal style is being writ large in London, where he's building a wedge-shaped tower called the Leadenhall Building. And...
gizmodo.com (1 day ago)
How the Tech Industry Is Quietly Changing the Face of American Cities
When Steve Jobs presented the initial design for his donut-like headquarters to the Cupertino City Council, in 2011, he described the building as a reaction against suburban office parks. “We’ve come up with a design that puts 12,000 people in one building; which sounds a bit odd,” he said. “But we’ve seen these...
gizmodo.com (1 day ago)
Should views of the Gherkin be protected?
Poking the pointy peak of its swollen shaft above the City of London since 2003, the Gherkin has become as recognisable a part of the skyline as Big Ben and the dome of St Paul's. But with a recent flood of towers descending on the City – from the Heron Tower to the Walkie Talkie, the Cheesegrater to (one day) the...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Tenn. dad creates comic strip world for daughter, all on her lunch bags
Architect Mike W. Smith is building something special for his children. But it doesn’t involve a building.
timesfreepress.com (1 day ago)
Cine-files: Skandia Theatre, Stockholm
This week's Cine-files is by Martyn Conterio. If there's a cinema you'd like to tell us about for a future Cine-files, drop an email to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk. Skandia Theatre is located in the heart of Stockholm's city centre on the busy shopping thoroughfare, Drottninggatan. It's an odd place to find a picture...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Search to begin for DePaul arena architect
Some neighbors hope concerns about facade will be addressedMcCormick Place officials Tuesday will launch their search for an architect to design a multiuse arena for DePaul University basketball, concerts and business meetings, seeking proposals that will address community fears that the project will present a blank...
chicagotribune.com (1 day ago)
Cuyahoga County seeks architect to plan new convention center hotel
Architects interested in designing a $260 million convention center hotel must present qualifications to Cuyahoga County by July 9.
cleveland.com (2 days ago)
Mike Baron’s, The Architect, is a horror tale that grows on you (Photos)
You’ve seen those films (and read those books), where some great architect or other builds a dream house way out in the woods or high atop a hill and then, suddenly and mysteriously dies, leaving behind they spooky...
examiner.com (2 days ago)
A Self-Sustaining Hut For The Modern Hermit
If your world is feeling overwhelmingly and counter-productively materialistic it may be time to downsize your life and move into a hut. That's normal, right? And for all your sacrifice your minimalist hut can be built by celebrity architect Renzo Piano. Intrigued? Adding to the list of bombdiggity buildings on the...
gizmodo.com (3 days ago)
U.S. Open 2013: Cobb's Creek Golf Club, four miles from Merion, preparing for rebirth
Cobb's Creek was designed by same architect at Merion, but fell into disrepair as an underfunded public course in Philadelphia
nj.com (3 days ago)
Critics say Bass Pro owner builds stores with taxpayer help
The architect of Bass Pro Shops is John Johnny Morris, a media-shy Missourian who became a billionaire stitching together shopping outlets for multiple outdoor sports and adding a touch of entertainment to the mix, often using local taxpayer funds to expand his empire.
unionleader.com (3 days ago)
Business People | June 16
Landscape architect Robert Lingenfelter, of Weber Murphy Fox, presented at the American Society of Landscape Architects, Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter’s annual meeting in April.Click to Continue »
centredaily.com (3 days ago)
Sunday Routine | Vishaan Chakrabarti: Redesign for Living
Vishaan Chakrabarti, an architect and city planner, finds time on Sundays to work on refurbishing his loft.
nytimes.com (4 days ago)
After Profits, Defense Contractor Faces the Pitfalls of Cybersecurity
Mike McConnell, who once led the National Security Agency, is now the chief architect of Booz Allen’s cyberstrategy - and among the executives facing questions after a data leak.
nytimes.com (4 days ago)
