Railway Station Under the Cloud
This is a unique project that joins the landscape with that of architecture “amidst the clouds.” The project of the railway station in Sevastopol, Ukraine, created by Arthur Kupreychuk, consists of a passenger terminal building underneath a hanging air cloud-canopy above it. Certainly a creative concept. The supporting structure of the canopy is similar to...
Winery Architecture & Landscape
The four wineries shown here are in no specific order and are from Artesa Winery, Robert Sinskey Winery, Andretti Winery, and Quixote Winery all in and around Napa, California. Winery Architecture & Landscape, a set on Flickr.
SMUD East Campus Operations Center
You might not know the acronym SMUD and thats fine. What you should know is SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utilities District) is the 6th largest public utility in the country and currently has under-construction their East Campus Operations Center. The building is being developed to become the “nation’s largest, most sustainable fleet operations campus.” SMUD campus is making an effort...
Rio 2016 Will Be An Unrivaled Experience
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post at Land8 about unsustainable methods in master planning Olympic venues and the hopefully success of the Rio 2016 Olympics. As a follow up to that post, here is a video of Rio 2016 Olympics from James Shaw on Vimeo. Joga bonita!
Lands End Lookout and Trail
Recently completed Land’s End Lookout provides a proper setting to match the views of the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco-based firms EHDD and Surface Design, teamed up to bring the project to fruition. The new structure ties into other improvements along the Land’s End Trail which stretches north along the coast...
Monterey Peninsula College Student Services Center
Monterey Peninsula College Student Services Center HGA Architects & Engineers, Employing forward-thinking design solutions to meet today’s higher education facility budgets. Flexibility and sustainability are more vital now than ever in architecture, particularly in higher education where every dollar counts. The HGA Architects and Engineers-designed Student Services Center at Monterey Peninsula College, which opened in Fall...
Brite-Lite Design Project
Take Christmas lights, awesome neon cups from Daiso in Japantown San Francisco, some glue, black foam core board, and you got yourself some cool art.
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Project Architect Job Opportunity
I have information regarding a job opportunity for a Project Architect in Berkeley, CA for someone with 6-10 years of experience. For further information please contact me. Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Sun Boxes
UPDATE The next phase of Sun Boxes is in motion, and they are launching Sun Boxes the app at the end of the month. At The Brooklyn Kitchen, the launch will allow people to recreate the audio with mobile devices. You can listen to it yourself or recruit 19 friends and make your own version of Sun Boxes. See the link below for...
ASLA San Diego 2011
Planned on attending, bought the ticket, but things decided to go my way for a change. While I was in San Diego earlier this year, I took it upon myself to visit as many places. If you are currently attending the Expo, here are a list of a few things to see and do related...
Scottish Parliament Building and Landscape
An atypical structure and landscape juxtaposed in an environment steeped in years of history, but it works so well. The Scottish Parliament Building and Landscape by EMBT molds and folds itself into the landscape so efficiently and beautifully. Most government buildings in Scotland have a standard style. Of the many structures and buildings in Edinburgh,...
Ira Keller Fountain
Ira Keller Fountain is beautiful. It has long been an indelible image burned into the back of my mind. From seeing it in photos and from textbooks, I wondered if i would ever see it. Read about the fountain during my early years of studying and since then, I have been a lover of all...
