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- Reclaimed NYC water towers are upcycled into a NEST playscape in Brooklyn Sat, 29 Jun 19, 5:30amA giant NEST has landed on the roof of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (BCM) — and it’s not for the birds. Brooklyn-based design and fabrication practice TRI-LOX created NEST, the museum’s new interactive playscape...
- World’s largest green roof unveiled in the heart of Silicon Valley Tue, 1 Sep 15, 11:26pmArchitect Rafael Viñoly and Olin Landscape Architects have unveiled designs for the world’s largest green roof—a 30-acre community park in the sky sandwiched between Apple’s Infinite Loop headquarters and the spaceship-like...
- Lush sky garden opens in Rafael Viñoly’s ‘Walkie Talkie’ skyscraper in London Thu, 29 Jan 15, 1:30amRafael Viñoly teamed up with landscape studio Gillespies, who were responsible for the garden design, and created a green space that looks like a mountain slope...
- Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London gets a lush sky garden Thu, 29 Jan 15, 1:30amRafael Viñoly teamed up with landscape studio Gillespies, who were responsible for the garden design, and created a green space that looks like a mountain slope...
- Frank Gehry and Foster & Partners Unveil Designs for Battersea Power Station Tue, 8 Apr 14, 12:00amTo the east of The Electric Boulevard, Los Angeles-based Gehry Partners designed Prospect Place, a cluster of five mixed-use buildings with twisted and rippled facades matching Gehry's distinctive style...
- Gehry and Foster Selected to Add Architectural Icons to London’s Battersea Power Station Thu, 24 Oct 13, 3:00amLos Angeles-based firm Gehry Partners and British architects Foster & Partners have been chosen to design the third phase of the Battersea Power Station mixed-use development...
- Gehry and Foster to Add Architectural Icons to London’s Battersea Power Station Thu, 24 Oct 13, 12:00amLos Angeles-based firm Gehry Partners and British architects Foster & Partners have been chosen to design the third phase of the Battersea Power Station mixed-use development...
- Rafael Viñoly’s Innovative Fortabat Museum Boasts a Retractable Roof That Syncs Up with the Sun Tue, 15 Oct 13, 11:00pmLocated in an up-and-coming area of Buenos Aires called Puerto Madero, the Museo Fortabat opened its doors in 2008 after six years of construction. It was designed by prominent Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly who attempted...
- Rafael Viñoly Admits to Making “A Lot of Mistakes” with London’s “Walkie Scorchie” Skyscraper Tue, 10 Sep 13, 5:30am"We made a lot of mistakes with this building," admits Rafael Viñoly. It is not everyday that you will hear an architect admit to making a mistake with their work, but Vinoly hardly had a choice with this one. In a recent...
- Glare from ‘Walkie Talkie’ Skyscraper Melts Parked Cars in London Wed, 4 Sep 13, 1:44amDevelopers of the unusually-shaped 525-foot, £200 million skyscraper under construction at 20 Fenchurch Street, London, are scrambling to find a solution after it was determined that glare from the building is causing cars...
- Rafael Viñoly’s Green-Roofed Mathematical Institute at Oxford University Seeks BREEAM Excellent Mon, 15 Oct 12, 11:03pmRead the rest of Rafael Viñoly’s Green-Roofed Mathematical Institute at Oxford University Seeks BREEAM Excellent Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", BREEAM excellent, eco...
- Is Rafael Viñoly’s $44.3 Million Firstsite Arts Center Green? Wed, 12 Oct 11, 12:28amRead the rest of Is Rafael Viñoly’s $44.3 Million Firstsite Arts Center Green? Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", BREEAM, Colchester, Daylighting, eco design, Firstsite...
- The Golden Banana: Rafael Viñoly’s Firstsite Arts Center Finally Opens with Mixed Reviews Thu, 29 Sep 11, 12:02amRead the rest of The Golden Banana: Rafael Viñoly’s Firstsite Arts Center Finally Opens with Mixed Reviews Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: archaeological dig, Colchester, Daylighting, eco...
- Rafael Viñoly’s New Stanford Hospital Design Features Modular, Daylight Filled Cubes Fri, 6 May 11, 3:23amRead the rest of Rafael Viñoly’s New Stanford Hospital Design Features Modular, Daylight Filled Cubes Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: California, Daylighting, eco design, green architecture,...