Architect Zaha Hadid, First Woman to Win the Pritzker Prize, Dies at 65
Architect Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, the field’s highest honor, died Thursday in Miami. She was 65.
Can These Micro-Units Fix New York City's Housing Problems?
Micro-unit developments—new apartments that are 400 square feet or smaller—are sprouting up all over the country as cities try to cram more housing into their neighborhoods. New York City’s first micro-unit development opened this month and it’s controversial—even in a city where people already pay top dollar to live…
69-Year-Old Retired Teacher Discovers That Her Home Was Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Here’s your charming, feel-good story for the night. Linda McQuillen, a 69-year-old retired teacher in Madison, Wisconsin discovered that her house was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Vanity Fair Says Architecture, Like Women, Can Never Be Too Thin
New Yorkers have said plenty of negative things about the super-expensive supertalls going up in Manhattan. They tower over their neighbors. They cast shadows over Central Park. But no one has yet equated them with anorexic women—until the May 2014 issue of Vanity Fair.
Floor Plans of the Girls Apartments Seem Almost Believable
This may not be as illuminating a dip into architecture as some of you may have hoped for, but it is interesting in a Sims kind of way. Haven't you always wanted to know exactly how much space your favorite (or least favorite) sitcom characters occupied? Didn't you always want to have a better idea of just how far…
The AIA Finally Gave A Medal To A Female Architect. She Died In 1957.
How is this possible? The American Institute of Architects, the largest and most influential architecture organization in the country, had never, ever awarded a Gold Medal—its highest honor, which it has been bestowing upon architects since 1907—to a woman. Until now.
Architect of Giant Vagina Stadium Says It Doesn't Look like a Vagina
Ok, I'm sorry, but I don't understand how you could look at this stadium and think anything but "giant vagina." I am trying. But I cannot see anything else! However, the building's architect, Zaha Hadid, disagrees. "It's really embarrassing that they come up with nonsense like this," she told TIME. "What are they…
Qatar's New World Cup Stadium Will Look Like a Giant Vagina
In preparation for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the architectural firm responsible for the stadium's design has released a short animation revealing their future plans. Any discerning human will be quick to recognize that the building looks exactly like an enormous vagina.
Communal Living May Make for Sexier Times
Could the aimless, atomized souls living in discrete domiciles in the United States be missing out of really sexy sex by not living more communally? Probably, but at the very least, if you’re living in a “house” that’s separated from your immediate “neighbors” by “windows” and “walls” that simultaneously envelope you…
Ask a New York City Movie Location Scout Anything You Want
Did you know there's an abandoned swimming pool in the basement of the Woolworth Building? Did you know there's an abandoned Cold War-era missile silo buried under a log cabin in the Adirondacks? Do you have any idea what happened with the filming location of Ghostbusters or Annie Hall? Nope! But Nick Carr, the…
Female Architects Hella Snubbed By $100,000 Pritzker Prize Committee
A 11,000-signature strong Change.org petition is circulating on behalf of the architect Denise Scott Brown, who worked with her fellow designer husband Robert Venturi for 40 years but was curiously denied the Pritzker Prize he received 20 years ago. In the history of the $100,000 prize, it's been awarded to two…
Jane Fonda's Fitness-Powered Houses Will Make You Feel Like a Hamster
Jane Fonda, the fitness-forward VHS guru and Hollywood demigoddess who recently got her fingerprints all over the Walk of Fame, is taking the idea of physical fitness as a lifestyle choice to new hamster-wheel extremes. According to Architizer, Fonda has slapped her name on a new micro home design from Spanish design…
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Going Gaga For Architecture
Maybe it's not about fashion, or music, or Andy Warhol. Maybe it's not about disability devotees, fame, or the hatred of pants. Maybe Lady Gaga does whatever it is she does because of architecture? An argument in pictures. [Flavorwire]
Zack The LEGO Maniac Rejoices As Plans To Build A LEGO House Move Forward
If you've ever wanted to live in an extremely uncomfortable but easily renovated home, now's your chance: a house made completely of LEGOs is being built by James May in Surrey, England, using over 3.5 million blocks.
For the bookworms among us, Livio de Marchi's amazing creation is a bit of a dream come true. de Marchi, who is known for his impressive wood sculptures, has created an entire house made of "books," or rather pieces carved to resemble books, including book-shaped tables, beds, desks, and chairs. Though the messy…
