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Saw this article while reading the papers. A quick search on Wikipedia reveals that the initial proposal for the Kingdom Tower was a 1.6KM tower, scaled down to 1KM, it… Keep Reading

Confessions of an architect is a blog by the creator of fivefootway.com, a very amusing blog. Almost like the F*** My Life website. Drinking helps me design. Architects are whores… Keep Reading

Out with SketchUp 6 and in with Google SketchUp 7, it was released in November 2008, and I have absolutely no idea about it until today, I’m so out of… Keep Reading

1 week prior to my departure to Malaysia, my thesis supervisor invited all of his students and the ‘support group’ from the studio for an amazing Australian outback experience, we… Keep Reading

Web screenshot: Jim Jennings Architect Who is Jim Jennings Architect? He is a California architect, according to his profile, he has a deeply embedded connection to the geometries of landscape… Keep Reading

Jason Chow and my thesis supervisor Mike Richardson, he is a friendly guy and possibly the friendliest lecturer I’ve ever encounter, unlike all the other architects and lecturers in town,… Keep Reading

Dr.John Stephen – photoshooting Students from the Department of Architecture & Interior Architecture took part in a simple project entitled Kinetic Aesthetic on Monday 4th of August, 2008. The first… Keep Reading

Image Source: LFA On occasion of the London Festival of Architecture 2008 (www.lfa2008.org), Storefront will be opening its first temporary outpost in Europe on Exhibition Road, London. The opening party… Keep Reading

Image Source: Time Magazine, Photographer: Anne Ryan / Polaris I came across an interesting article on the latest Time Magazine, it is about greening rooftops. According to the magazine, in… Keep Reading

image source: Wikipedia The Eiffel Tower for Sale – $100,000 In 1925, Victor Lustig, a Czech con artist read in the newspaper that the Eiffel Tower needed a major repair,… Keep Reading

Compiled by Jon Schroeder from Portland State University with a degree in Environmental Communication, here are some of the very best greenest skyscraper in the world. According to Jon, the… Keep Reading

Abandoned by mankind, the oil fields in Belridge, California. Dozens of square miles of churned up soil, dominated by mechanic mosquitoes, that seem to make the earth dry. Here is… Keep Reading

If you’re into architecture and photography, here is the good news – Microsoft is having this architecture photography competition for all residents of Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, India, and… Keep Reading

Manchester’s CIS Tower could possibly be the world’s tower fully covered with solar panels, which is something impressive bearing in mind that the idea of buildings covered with solar panels… Keep Reading