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FERAL CITY
...from Seth Barnard, an architecture student at the Cooper Union. Seth's project, as he states, asks the simple question "What if we introduced [or re-introduced] zoological/ entomological/ botanical specimens into our everyday lives?" And we totally agree with you Seth. What if? What if we had a greater awareness of the animals already around us...
Bat Tower
An interesting project came our way from a reader a few months ago and we’re working to provide…
Call for Web Designers!
Are you a freelance web designer? Are you familiar with Wordpress and currently living in the Houston Tx area? We need you! Animal Architecture has crossed yet another readership threshold and well, we feel like it's time for a little upgrade.
Buenos Aires Vertical Zoo Competition 2010
While we might disagree with their claim to "organic cliff" and suggest something more like cactus, or termite hill, the basic idea of a highly malleable structure with variable porosity we think is right on track.
[On Farming] Release Event
Bracket is a new book series that highlights emerging critical issues at the juncture of architecture,environment, and digital culture. Conceived as an almanac, the series looks at emerging themesthat are shaping the built environment in radically signifi cant, yet often unexpected ways.
Dr. Ken Yeang
The premise is that there is no one single best approach to achieving green design, but a number of ways to arrive at the same goal. The presentation presents five propositions.
Interactive Fish Display
This comes to us from Natalie Jeremijenko, one of the foremost Animal Architecture thinkers and developers. In fact…
Sukkah City FINALISTS announced
12 finalists for the Radically Temporal Sukkah in Union Square, NYC have been announced and it's an impressive line-up of talent and creative interpretation. Projects range from the poetic Sukkah of of Signs to the highly conceptual LOG.
Pecha Kucha Talk follow Up.
Houston Pecha Kucha Vol. 3 was a big success. Thanks to Tony Medrano and all the attending guests for making it a fun and inspiring night. We look forward to doing it again!
Animal Architecture: Pecha Kucha #3, Houston
Animal Architecture Founder and Editor Ned Dodington will be speaking at Houston's Pecha Kucha Vol. 3 event this Thursday (8/26/10) at Domy Books. If you're not familiar with Pecha Kucha it's a whirlwind of slides, ideas and creative talks and we're excited to be part of it.
Engineered Biotopes
An interesting project came to our attention via Bustler recently and is certainly worth checking out. The project is titled Engineered Biotopes and was developed by London-based teammates Anthi Grapsa and Konstantinos Chalaris.
Starn Brothers on the MET
The Starn Brother's, creators of the previously posted Big Bambu, have taken to the roof of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their newest iteration of Big Bambu, "You Can't, You Won't and You Don't Stop" takes over the roof garden of the MET...
Batumi Aquarium
Inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach, continually shaped by the wash of the waves through millennia, the building stands out as an iconic rock formation visible from both land and sea.
Winner! Adelaide Zoo
Earlier this month the Adelaide Zoo was garnered with an outstanding five awards to dominate this years Australian Institute of Architect's 2010 Australian Architecture Awards.
Bug Hotel Winner Announced
The "Beevarian Antsel and Gretel Chalet" designed and constructed by the organisation ‘German Women in Property’ was selected from the shortlisted group of five entries...
Oil Eating Animals
“The gulf is such a great fishery because it’s fed organic matter from oil,” said Roger Sassen, a specialist on the cold seeps who recently retired from Texas A&M University. “It’s preadapted to crude oil. The image of this spill being a complete disaster is not true.”
Philip Beesley’s Hilozoic Soil
...the glass-like fragility of this artificial forest, built of an intricate lattice of small transparent acrylic tiles, is visually breathtaking. Its frond extremities arch uncannily towards those who venture into its midst, reaching out to stroke and be stroked like the feather or fur or hair of some mysterious animal....
[Fundacion Telefonica Jury, 1st
prize, VIDA 11.0]
Ecological Urbanism
"Ecological Urbanism considers the city with multiple instruments and with a worldview that is fluid in scale and disciplinary focus...The book brings together practitioners, theorists, economists, engineers, artists, policymakers, scientists, and public health."
Man – Nature
After nearly two months of watching human animals (those working for BP) radically alter the gulf-coast ecosystem we…
The International Living Buildings Institute
Buildings, in many ways, represent the opposite of nature. From a modest suburban house to the most majestic skyscraper, a building signals the presence of people in a place, differentiating human spaces from their surroundings.
The Gulf Coast Oyster
Where do the Gulf Coast Oysters fit into the BP Oil tragedy? Are they victims or saviors? Could they possibly hold the key to a massive gulf-coast clean up?
xSpecies Adventure Club
Eyebeam hosts the Cross Species (xSpecies) Adventure Club, a supper club for humans and non-humans to explore a tasty bio-diverse future. Each event is an experience of the depth and complexity of our interconnections with nonhumans...