Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters
check out the new headquarters for the worlds wealthiest charitable entity….
Diane Von Furstenburg’s Glass Penthouse
Check out this article on Diane Von Furstenburg’s NYC penthouse that is above her flagship store in the meatpackign district…
http://www.thecoolist.com/green-roofed-penthouse-by-work-architecture/
Mies van der Rohe
Yesterday was Mies’s 126th Birthday. check out the link below for a post dedicated to him, the legend.
http://www.archdaily.com/220788/ad-round-up-classics-by-mies-van-der-rohe/
Public Art
The sculpture-like pieces are large in scale and take over whole public spaces while also reinventing them, changing the way in which they can be occupied and changing the experience of the interactions between participants.
http://www.archdaily.com/218341/public-art-installations-from-numen-for-use-design-collective/
The New Bauhaus Museum
Check out the winning proposal for the New Bauhaus Museum. The building is conceived as an open square at the crossing point of the three main city forces, old and new city and the park, a flexible “object” that allows different activities inside and around it.
http://www.archdaily.com/219383/new-bauhaus-museum-menomenopiu-architects/
Audubon Hollow Featured in the Houston Business Journal
Our newest community masterplan Audubon Hollow was discussed in length in the latest Houston Business Journal article “Luxury behind locked doors” Check out the article in the link below.
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2012/02/10/houstonians-snap-up-high-end-gated.html
Plantscraper in Sweeden
Check out this new development in Sweden. Its a plantscraper! This skyscraper greenhouse is the first of its kind and will be used to study its benefits to urban communities. Check out more details here…
http://inhabitat.com/plantagon-breaks-ground-on-its-first-plantscraper-vertical-farm-in-sweden/
The Anchorage Museum Common
Check out this photo gallery of the Anchorage Museum Common in Alaska. This is a 2 acre park adjacent to the new museum expansion and the project had a 3.5 million dollar landscape architecture budget.
http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2012/01/anchorage-alaska-landscape-architectur/
