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archatlas:

Campbell Sports Center Steven Holl Architects

This building just kind of confuses me.

wacky-thoughts:

Busan Cinema Center

The ‘busan cinema center’ in south korea designed by coop himmelb(l)au has recently garnered an international property award award in leisure architecture for the structure that includes an impressive 85-meter cantilevered canopy and LED underside. The project was envisioned as a compilation of private and public program and their superimposition which creates a sequence of indoor and outdoor spaces.

I wish architects did stuff with LED more often.

glaad:

The Boy Scouts of America has just voted to end the ban on gay Scouts in a major victory for gay youth. We will keep the pressure on until they remove the ban on gay and lesbian parents and leaders as well. http://glaad.org/scouts

This is a big step in the right direction, but the ban on gay scout leaders should also be lifted.

worclip:

Shadowboxx (2010) by Olson Kundig Architects

Design Principal: Tom Kundig
Photographer: Jason Schmidt

Location: San Juan Islands, WA, USA

Shadowboxx responds to a desire to facilitate an intimate understanding of this special place and explores the tradition of gathering around a fire. Tucked between a thicket of trees and a rising bank, the house sits in a natural clearing created by the strong winds that force back the trees from the rocky bank. The building purposely confuses the traditional boundaries between a built structure and its surroundings. Its masses are modeled by winds off the water, exterior cladding is allowed to weather and rust, and shifting doors, shutters, walls and roofs constantly modulate the threshold between inside and outside.

Inside the home, a gallery runs the length of the house with rooms spilling off of it. Two 15’ by 10’ steel clad doors slide open to reveal the main living space, named the cloud room for its ever-changing atmospherics. A glass-walled bunkroom, it contains six custom-designed rolling platforms that serve both as sofas and beds and enable the room to morph and accommodate different functions. Exterior awning shutters facing the water can be closed for protection from the elements or for security when the owner is away.

A guest room sits at one end of the house, and the bathhouse at the other. The bathhouse is topped by a 16×20’ roof that opens the room like a cigar box at the push of a button. Materials with a strong tactility are used throughout the house, including rammed earth floors, reclaimed oak floorplanks, unpainted gypsum board and steel walls, corrugated steel siding and roofing, and reclaimed scaffolding planks for the ceiling.

The one thing I’ve always hated about ultra modern homes is that they are always so white. I love that this solves that problem, while maintaining the modern look.

wacky-thoughts:

Micro House Installed in Beijing Park

operating under the premise that function can be consolidated, studio liu lubin has designed ‘micro house’ and placed the suite in a beijing park. the fiber-reinforced structure uses modular measurements to created a minimal dwelling that combines resting, working, washing and kitchen programming into a single unit.

I don’t really understand how this quite works, but it looks awesome.

mentalflossr:

5 Other Big Sites Bought by Yahoo!, and How That All Worked Out

Hopefully Yahoo will do it right this time.

ustallies:

Minneapolis’ I-35W Bridge Lit With Rainbow Lights To Celebrate Minnesota’s Gay Marriage Legalization

So beautiful. Happy to live here!

jeffbradynpr:

Before and After Sandy

Photos of the New Jersey shoreline from the USGS.

Here are a few from New York too. 

(via whetheritmatters)