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On Friday, October 24, 2014 at 2pm, Columbia University GSAPP is hosting the symposium " Housing Beyond the Market: Learning from Berlin, New York, and Zurich ." Below is more information and a program for the afternoon symposium. [Image: Duplex Architekten, Zurich] About: Organized by Hilary Sample and Susanne Schindler “ Housing Beyond the Market “ brings the architects of recently completed non-profit housing developments in Berlin and Zurich together with local architects and policymakers to discuss the viability of similar models for New York City. New York City is in the midst of a housing crisis. The generation of sufficient housing for low- to middle-income households is made ever more difficult by increased and changing demand, limited financing and available land, as well as challenging public health issues ranging from an aging population to climate change. The limits of relying on a purely market-driven model to produce this housing are becomin...

Not since two daredevils scaled Renzo Piano's New York Times building in 2008 have I heard controversy about people climbing buildings designed by well known architects. The latest news is in regards to Shigeru Ban's Aspen Art Museum, which one must admit looks inviting to climb: [Photo by Jim Kehoe] The museum certainly knew that people might try to climb the basket-weave facade made of Prodema , so they installed a sign: [Photo by Jim Kehoe] But that sign has not stopped one person – Aspen resident William Johnson – from trying to climb the building after "he had three or four beers"; two college students – Cooper Means and Lauren Twohig – from posing for a photo by the sign and getting in trouble with security, even though they denied they were going to climb any higher; and one person – Aspen artist Lee Mulcahy – from "offering $500 to anyone who climbs at least three-quarters of the way up the building." Of the above incidents and offer,...

Here are some more photos from my week in and around Chicago, all via my Instagram feed . IN THE CITY Mansueto Library at University of Chicago by JAHN: Logan Center at University of Chicago by TWBTA: Morgan Street Station by Ross Barney Architects: 235 Van Buren by Perkins + Will: William Jones College Prep by Perkins + Will: Spertus Institute by Krueck + Sexton: Coyne College by Booth Hansen: Law Firm by 4240 Architecture: Langham Hotel by Rockwell Group: IN THE SUBURBS Serta International HQ by Epstein Metter: Dining Pavilion at Ravinia by Lohan Anderson: Artist Studio at Ragdale Foundation by IIT Design Build: Buru Buru pavilion at Ragdale Foundation by Bittertang:

I'm in Chicago for about a week, so in that time posts will be slow. Here's a few of the buildings I saw in the last couple of days, via my Instagram feed . WMS Boathouse at Clark Park by Studio Gang Architects: Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston by Ross Barney Architects: Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois in Skokie by Tigerman McCurry Architects: Northeastern Illinois University El Centro Campus by JGMA: Erie Elementary Charter School by John Ronan Architects:

The first time I saw this futuristic house in a commercial for New Jersey lottery's "Cash 4 Life," I thought it looked familiar: Turns out it's the highly photogenic Museum of the Moving Image expansion in Astoria, Queens, designed by Thomas Leeser : [Photo: Elizabeth Felicella | Image source ] Specifically it's the cafe at the back of the lobby, which doubles as an event space: [Photo:Wendy Moger-Bross/Museum of the Moving Image | Image source ] And in the land of commercials it doubles as a house in the not-too-distant future:

The following text and images are courtesy Mark Pearson, Associate Professor of Architecture at the College of DuPage, which had its first ever Design + Build Studio this summer resulting in a Gathering Pavilion for the community college campus outside Chicago. During the 2014 summer semester, the College of DuPage Architecture Department offered its first ever Design +Build summer studio. This course became a hands-on, experiential learning opportunity for our students to explore space and the built environment through the design and construction of a creative, spatially innovative, temporary structure. Designed and built by 16 students, this temporary gathering pavilion is located on the COD main campus adjacent to the west campus pond. This project allowed our students to have a firsthand experience designing, and then building a structure. The necessity of building a design forced students to consider both the poetic and the tectonic simultaneously, adding a richness to th...

Here are some photos of the Afrykarium - Oceanarium, ZOO Wrocław (2014, under construction) in Wrocław, Poland, by ArC2 Fabryka Projektowa , photographed by Maciek Lulko . To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just: :: Join and add photos to the  archidose pool To contribute your Instagram images for consideration, just: :: Tag your photos #archidose