A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

DSC08689 , originally uploaded by hellothomas . Hawaii Gateway Energy Center in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii by Ferraro Choi and Associates , 2004. To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the archidose pool , and/or :: Tag your photos archidose

New York's Pulltab Design recently sent me some images of a rooftop project that features a little bit of " urban rust ." Situated atop a 1900's walkup in Manhattan's East Village, the design is "a space for both reading and entertaining," consisting of a penthouse and garden. [photo by Elizabeth Felicella | courtesy Pulltab Design ] The penthouse and garden are two projects for the previous and current owners. The former encompasses a single room and adjacent outdoor space, and the latter creates more outdoor space in an area to the left of the below diagram. [exploded aerial view | image source ] Materials were selected for their changing qualities over time. They are primarily teak, bronze, zinc and Cor-ten steel. The first is used for the single-room penthouses's columns, windows and doors; custom bronze brackets were created for the space; zinc lines the steel used to collect rainwater from the roof; and Cor-ten steel guardrails follow the old...

Here are some photos of 4143 Buena Vista in Dallas, Texas by Ron Wommack Architect , 2009. Photographs are by fake_plastic_earth . To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the archidose pool , and/or :: Tag your photos archidose

As indicated in my announcement about A Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture , a book I'm writing, to be published by W. W. Norton , I'd like to solicit opinions as to what projects should be included in the book. If you'd like to help, read on for some selection criteria before sending me your suggestions. Projects in the book will fall into two broad categories: Those completed between 2000-2010  Those planned for completion after 2010 I'm interested in both, but primarily the first, as they will make up the bulk of the book. Those in the second category, which I will include in an "On the Horizon" appendix, should be actual projects that have a good chance of realization, not hypothetical or speculative ones never to go beyond renderings. Given that my research to date has yielded a lot more buildings than can fit in the book, it is not necessary to send me obvious choices, like 40 Bond by Herzog & de Meuron, IAC HQ by Frank Gehry, th...

Monday was the official beta launch* of Architizer , "a new way for architects to interact, show their work, and find clients...an open community created by architects for architects." Developed by Marc Kushner, Matthias Hollwich (both of HWKN ), Ben Prosky (Columbia University) and Alex Diehl ( KREATIVEKONZEPTION *), the site is being referred to as "Facebook for architects" by many, what with its social networking framework, but it's actually closer to LinkedIn 's focus on professional relationships. Comparisons aside, at first glance Architizer is a sharp-looking page that is almost guaranteed to be popular with its intended audience. The three main categories on the page are Projects , People and Firms . Just about every architectural publication, blog, etc. is focused on projects, and architecture offices are listed on sites like world-architects.com , where I work, and others. But the inclusion of "people" between these two is where the nov...

Some ongoing and upcoming events of note in NYC worth highlighting. And don't forget tomorrow is the Design Trust for Public Space's annual benefit and Saturday is the Institute for Urban Design's Arrested Development symposium at Cooper Union. 'Tis a busy month. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : PERFORMA 09 The third edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performance, will be held in New York City from November 1–22, 2009 , showcasing new work by more than 150 of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists. Here are some architecture-related programs with snippets; click the links for more information. Performa Hub Biennial Headquarters 41 Cooper Square Sunday, November 1 - Sunday, November 22, Open 10am-8pm Located in the latest architectural gem on the Bowery, the brand new Cooper Union building, the Performa Hub will function as our headquarters during the biennial. The Public School (for Architecture) Van Alen...

A few weeks ago I discovered Issuu -- "the leading digital publishing platform delivering exceptional reading experiences of magazines, books, catalogs, reports, and more" -- when I was separately sent a preview of a magazine and a new book . Issuu's interface allows one to flip pages, zoom and pan, and download as a PDF file, among other features. At the time I did not explore the rest of the site, though revisiting Issuu recently I clicked on the "Related" sidebar and searched around, finding some decent architecture selections, presented below. In general, though, the architecture-related titles tend to be individual and firm portfolios, with some catalogs, and magazine and book excerpts too. The titles below are full-length books and magazines, a mix of student and professional publications. [ Architectural Design Research, Vol 3, No. 1 ] [ b>magazine n°13 ] [ Canadian Architect October 2009 ] [ Geometry of Design ] [ Urban Planning ]