London-based Foster + Partners released their design for the 2015 Milan Expo United Arab Emirates pavilion.
“The design reflects our investigations into the form of ancient cities and our appreciation for the desert landscape,” said Norman Foster, the firm’s chairman and founder, in a press release. “It also maximizes the opportunities presented by the elongated site – the dramatic canyon-like entrance will welcome people inside, and the channels between the high walls provide intuitive circulation, naturally leading visitors to the auditorium, exhibition and restaurant spaces.”
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The Contemporary Austin, a community art museum, announced the three finalists in the competition to design the master plan for Laguna Gloria: Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture, and Snøhetta.
New York architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien gave a speech at a Next City 10th anniversary event about living for over 30 years in “one of the last bastions of bohemianism” in New York City: the artist studios above Carnegie Hall. In 2007, the Carnegie Hall Corporation announced its plans to evict the remaining studio residents. [Next City]
Check out this camouflaged log cabin made of wood that is covering plastic and a steel frame to look like a pile of firewood. [Viral Nova]
An artist from New York hung 20 miles of silk ribbon in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. [Co.Design]
The United States, Turkey, and Hong Kong top the latest World Design Rankings. [Designboom]
Architect Thomas Heatherwick was inspired by a scene from Titanic for a design feature for his Garden Bridge. [Wired]
Historic preservationists are now using 3D scanners to record the minute details of historic properties, because they can take measurements without harming fragile materials. The Boston Public Library is using a 3D scanner in its $16 million renovation project on Boylston Street. The technology has been crucial in visualizing how modern additions and renovations will suit historic buildings. [The Boston Globe]
Jurors from Applied Architecture, Bing Thom Architects, and Lake|Flato Architects gave Bohlin Cywinski Jackson the Ron Thom Special Award for the firm’s Tsing Tao Pearl Hill Visitor Center in the 2013 Wood Design Awards. [Canadian Wood Council]
UC Berkeley moved a building designed by Julia Morgan uphill to the UC Botanical Garden. [SF Gate]
Guess the San Francisco landmark, as seen from above. [SF Gate]
Architect Madeline Arakawa Gins died at 72. [The New York Times]
British architect Kathryn Findlay died at 60. [Dezeen]
Chicago designer Audra Hubbell explored large-scale typography in her MFA thesis by projecting enormous single letters onto Chicago buildings, sidewalks, windows, and streets. [Huffington Post]
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