... runoff technologies, wind and shear protection, wind harnessing and grass on rooftops (already in existence in NYC). Small and large hydropower is slated to represent approximately half the alternative energy sources with ... to save the earth, as well as monetary resources over the long term. Green Architecture: Advanced Technologies and Materials  (McGraw Hill Publishers/ Nov 2009) By Osman ...

What: YACHT (DFA / NYC) with Architecture in Helsinki DJs and Danimals Where: Revolvers Upstairs, 229 Chapel St, Prahran When: NEXT WEEK! Sat Dec 12, doors 9pm How much: $36 + BF from here Win: Thanks to Handsome Tours we have a dbl pass to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject ‘young americans challenging high technology' ...

One of our favorite types of architecture in NYC are these castle themed single story storefront buildings. We’ve seen them scattered about in Brooklyn and Queens and they all look as though they were all designed by the same person and built with the same materials.  While these buildings are beautiful by themselves, they have an added twist ...

NYC: St. Patrick's Cathedral behind Atlas, originally uploaded by wallyg. One week ago I took some of my own pictures of Atlas at Rockefeller Center in New York City.   Here is a link to ... . St. Patrick's Cathedral was designated as such in 1966. In 2007, St. Patrick's Cathedral was ranked #11 on the AIA 150 America's Favorite Architecture list. Rockefeller Center was ranked #56.

... curtain call before the nativity scene. Seeing it in the 5,600+ seat theater in NYC though is spectacular in itself. The theater is fashioned after a sunset as seen on the ocean. The stage being the ... . Getting a "backstage" tour gives you a greater appreciation for the architecture and history of the place as well as an opportunity to meet and have a picture taken with a Rockette. ...

... we succeeded. The river is wider than I thought it would be. Liz said no one who knew NYC would believe that NEITHER of our cab drivers were Middle Eastern. Both were very nice and drove like they didn' ... want to kill us. The Chrysler Bldg! Check out those gargoyles. Interesting architecture on the bldg in front of it, too. Liz and I at the Manhattan Temple. The weight of those doors ...

... 30 Seconds off an Inch, come experience the synthetic sounds of Shared Frequencies (2009) performed by artist Kabir Carter. The work moves between sound, performance and installation by converting architecture to sound and vice-versa. Using radio scanners and synthesizers to process an array of street reverberations and noises, Carter creates an electro-acoustic chorus of urbane life and an urban ...

... ? I mean one without flesh-eating zombies or people killing each other for a bag of rotten Cheetos. One like this: Click to see the full resolution image gawkerGallery(5414103,7,'Post-Apocalypse NYC and Tokyo'); Created by Studio Lindfors, these images show scenes of New York and Tokyo after massive floods caused by climate change. Never did the end of the world as we know it look so ...

Designer  Holly Fulton has taken Art Deco architecture and the New York City Skyline and has translated it into a robotic line of minidresses and accessories. I really like this collection. Anything plastic and futuristic I dig - makes me feel like Barbarella! This collection reminds of Courrèges from the late 1960s. I have a lilac miniskirt suit ( yes, that’s me in Monaco …. fancy ...

... juxtaposed by angular high gloss white Poly chairs. Custom printed wallpaper wraps around the restaurant so that the walls become a large mural of changing color and form, blurring borders of graphic design, art, and architecture. The graphic continues through to the glass walls of the sidewalk veranda with its large curved glass corners, offering an open view to the city. Designer: Karim Rashid

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Took these last Tuesday at the TRU in NYC. They are of the two sets from Lego's Architecture line (Lego for adults!) and one pic of the to- scale Lego Empire State Building and another pic of my buddy, Stew, pointing to where his office is. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from thepete's posterous

... towering, non-sequitur palm trees that make it such a strange NYC site... and sight.     But what is Canstruction 2009, you ... a terrific "design/build" competition for which architecture, construction, design and/or engineering firms conceive of and ... Architects excellent Peace Out Hunger nailed the sentiment in style. Canstruction 2009 NYC details: Canstruction 2009 NYC will ...

... with the old stock exchange building right next to it. I think that the old one which is no long in use looks much more grand than the current one; it is not only the Roman style architecture design and exquisite sculpture on the faced, but also a enormous USA National flag was hanging all over the front of the building that covered up the huge pillars that support the building. It seems to speak ...

... and media, combining traditional and innovative forms from mask-making and skin sewing to photography and installation. Dry Ice is curated by Julie Decker, Ph.D., of Anchorage, Alaska. Decker is the director of the International Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage, a frequent guest curator of the Anchorage Museum and the author of numerous publications on art and architecture of Alaska.