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Pure Hardcore Icons: A Manifesto by WAI Architecture Think Tank

WAI Architecture Think Tank is an international studio practicing architecture, urbanism and architectural research founded by Puerto Rican architect, artist, author and theorist Cruz Garcia and French architect, artist, author and poet, Nathalie Frankowski. In their manifesto on “Pure Hardcorism,” the duo explores architecture’s recurrent obsession with pure geometric form and what it means that “redundant forms—either as poured concrete or as virtual bytes—pop-up with the speed it takes to wire-cut styrofoam or master 3D modeling software.” WAI is currently exhibiting “Room of Manifestoes,” an exploration of the visionary role of manifestos, at the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin and will be participating in the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial this fall. 

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(via 5 Penthouses From 5 Different Parts Of The Worls- Awesome Stair)

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QONTEMPORARY

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Pure Qlass #1 by a compilation of artists on Soundcloud.

First Installment, stay tuned

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Ogle NYC’s Most Exclusive Sites At Open House New York

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(via Soft Light by Simon Frambach)

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Rem D. Koolhaas Teaches Architects How To Reinvent Shoes At AAtelier In Paris

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Dark Wall Bookshelf

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casa malpartida ~ sv60 arquitectos

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Tumblr HQ Update: Week 329

Halloween, submarines, hostile takeover of Catan at game night, and a slightly disoriented drone army.

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Tadao Ando - House in Monterrey, 2008. That pool is no joke. Prev, 2. Via.

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Canyon de Chelly

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Curitiba has a 12-point plan for making the city more cycle-friendly, including a cycling micro-grid and investment in cycle parking. 

Is your city investing in cycling infrastructure?

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Architects: Benedetta Tagliabue, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT 

OPEN SPACE IN HAFENCITY, HAMBURG GERMANY  The open spaces of the western part of Hafencity are central components of the processes of transformation of the former harbor zone south of the historical Speicherstadt (waterhouse district) bordering on the inner city.  This area has changed continuously throughout its history, in keeping with various harbor and industrial uses. The alternating ebb and high tides characterize the typical appearance of the port basin.  As protection against storm surges, new mixed used construction surfaces for central inner city functions such as residence, work, commerce, culture , and leisure will be elevated by approx three meters in the course of the development.  “Our intervention is dynamic and flexible. A changing landscape on a human scale, moving partially with the floods, bringing people nearer to the water and its moods. 

Link: http://www.architonic.com

Let’s design our public spaces like this! 

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Kihoku Astronomical Museum by Takasaki Masaharu

It was built in this location simply because it is the best place in Japan for stargazing with the naked eye.

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Herzog & de Meuron - Senior Technical School Library, Eberswalde 1999. More on the panels, photos (C) Magherita Spiluttini. 

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