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ELEVATION.

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“before it became covered in glowing billboards”!!!

saila:

One Times Square, circa 1905, before it became covered in glowing billboards and while it was still the second tallest building in the world. (ht Now I Know)

enochliew: Komazawa Olympic Tower by Kenzo Tange Designed along with a large stadium for the Tokyo Olympics in 1964.

Lebbeus Woods, Architect— - In trying to understand Lebbeus Woods, Architect, a thorough and moving show currently on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), it’s well worth pausing over the title before entering the exhibition halls. ……
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The Elevated QueensWay Park Looks Like It Might Actually Happen?! - The QueensWay might be driving Woodhaven resident Neil Giannelli nuts, but it looks like the proposed elevated park really will happen: yesterday, the group behind the park submitted a request for development proposals, and they’re looking for someone to evaluate the project. In May, Gov. ……
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This is what futurists in 1988 thought Los Angeles would look like today - In 1988 the Los Angeles Times Magazine published “L.A. 2013: A Special Report.” Written by Nicole Yorkin, the article takes a look at what daily life might look like for a typical Angeleno in the year 2013 — then 25 years away. ……
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Tezuka Architects (via Deck House by Tezuka Architects » CONTEMPORIST)

Graphic designer and curator Kenya Hara has put together a three week-long exhibition in Tokyo focusing on the future of the Japanese house. Hara argues that the housing industry can no longer be isolated but must be combined with other industries, technologies and ideas, including energy, transportation, communication, household appliances, the “vision of happiness” pursued by adults, the representation of Japanese traditions and aesthetics as well as a future vision of health.

(via House Vision 2013 Exhibition Hits Tokyo | ArchDaily)

Local entrepreneur-turned-millionaire Simon Rigby has devised a plan offering to buy the bus station from the council for a nominal one-pound, in doing to he would take on the estimated £10m of liabilities and the responsibility for rejuvenating the bus station himself. “It is iconic,” he said, “It’s listed in a book of buildings that you must see – along with the Taj Mahal. Whatever replaces it won’t be. And Preston people have fond memories here.” (via Businessman Offers to Save Brutalist Landmark From Demolition | ArchDaily)

They seem like shouting, “Screw you, architecture history class. I don’t give a shit.” 

(via Sheraton Hotel by Mad Architects – Fubiz™)

It was the retail destination in Victorian London for jewellery and high fashion, before also becoming the destination for gentlemen seeking the services of ladies who had started to operate in the upper floors of the shops. In the 20th Century, the northern end of the arcade was completely destroyed during the Blitz, leading to a restoration both of building and reputation. The arcade’s history runs parallel to the development of artificial lighting. Initially gas lit, the arcade was subsequently illuminated by incandescent lighting and latterly discharge lighting. (via Speirs Major | Burlington Arcade in Piccadilly | arthitectural.com)

The 38-story steel-frame building rose straight up from the street lot-line without any setbacks, thus making it the largest office building in the world with 1,200,000 square feet of rentable office space and the capacity to hold a daytime population of 16,000 office workers ….. Ultimately, these proposals were incorporated into the landmark 1916 Building Zone Resolution, which enforced the construction of “stepped façade” towers in the city’s business districts as well as the three- to six-story residential buildings found throughout New York City. 

(via The Equitable Building and the Birth of NYC Zoning Law - Curbed Classics - Curbed NY)

The jury described the 37-year-old architect as a “complete” architect, who embraces all aspects of context, environment, nature, parameters and materials with each commission.