Cool Architecture of the Week Jan 9, 2012:
Have you ever wondered what the oldest house in Chicago is? Well, wonder no more. It’s the Henry B. Clarke House which dates from 1836. Now located in the Chicago Women’s Park in the Prairie Avenue Historic District, the Clarke House has been converted to a museum showcasing the life of a middle-class Chicago family in the years leading up to the Civil War.
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Cool Architecture of the Week Jan 2, 2012:
The Lippo towers are a pair of office towers in Hong Kong.  Is it just me, or do they look like a Rubik’s Cube blended with a totem pole?
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Cool Architecture of the Week Dec 26, 2011:
This week brings us to the Canary Islands of Spain.   Bridging land and sea, the Tenerife Concert Hall by architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava is an important part of the urban landscape in Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife.
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Cool Architecture of the Week, Dec 19, 2011:
Are you escaping to somewhere warm this winter? Royal Carribbean’s Oasis of the Seas offers amazing architecture to enjoy.  It measures a staggering 16 decks high, or 65 meters (213 feet) above the waterline, 1,180ft long and 154 ft wide and has the capacity to accommodate 6,360 passengers and 2,160 crew members. Oasis of the Seas will be a luxurious traveling city, complete with shopping streets, bars, restaurants, an amphitheater the size of a football field.
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Cool Architecture of the Week, Dec 12, 2011:
This week’s architecture is not just cool – it’s frigid!  This is an ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden.  Yes, it’s actually made of ice!  Construction begins in the late fall every year, and by December, part of the hotel is ready for guests.  By January, the entire hotel is complete with guest rooms, and a bar!  Every spring, the hotel melts, and plans are formulated for the following year’s ice hotel.  It’s truly amazing!
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Cool Architecture of the Week, Dec 5, 2011:
The design for the office building is the result of a limited competion by the investor  in 2006. the building site is situated at the intersection between the hamburg’s lively downtown and its urban landscape rich in water and mature trees. it is at the transition from city to nature, and the gateway building to the bustling metropolitan center of Hamburg, Germany.
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Cool Architecture of the Week, Nov 28, 2011:
This week marks the first official full week of holiday shopping.  For decades here in Chicago, the quintessential holiday architectural landmark was the Marshall Field & Company  building on State Street in the loop.  When Macy’s took over Marshall Fields a few years back, there was much upset because of the iconic nature of Marshall Field’s and the sentimentality of it, but I did a little holiday shopping myself this weekend, and Macy’s on State Street did a great job putting me in the holiday spirit, despite the rain!
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Cool Architecture of the Week, Nov 21, 2011:
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, so in the spirit of giving back, today I bring you a home designed by architecture students at Drury University.  With the help of their professors, the students designed and built the first Habitat for Humanity house to earn a platinum rating in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. The house, located in Springfield, Missouri has various green features, like solar panels that will heat water and the radiant floor, native landscaping, rain gardens, and pervious paved surfaces.  Even better: it looks kinda cool, especially for a Habitat house. Habitat for Humanity isn’t exactly known for putting up radical architecture.
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Cool Architecture of the Week, Nov 14, 2011:

As modernization forces small farms to shut down, leaving their outbuildings to the elements, converting a barn is one way to save a disappearing vernacular form. And by turning these “agricultural cathedrals” into houses, Americans are also preserving their cultural heritage.
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Cool Architecture of the Week, Nov 7, 2011:

The ancient Chinese architecture plays an important role in world architectural system. With unique characteristics, elegance style and delicacy structure, the ancient Chinese architecture is the most valuable art treasure. Like a mirror, the ancient Chinese architecture reflects the long-standing history and culture of China.

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Cool Architecture of the week: Oct 31, 2011:
In honor (or should I say in horror?) of Halloween, today I bring you what was once the James Monaghan home in Spokane, Washington.   This stone building, built in1902, is now the Gonzaga Music Department and is said to be haunted by people who used to work there or frequent its premises.
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Cool architecture of the week: Oct 22, 2011:
Balconies, terraces, and rows of windows are the defining features of this Glencoe, Illinois home, built in 2001. The landscape architect on the project created a grass-and-stone staircase to connect the backyard’s two levels.
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Cool architecture of the week: Oct 15, 2011:

 

 Key elements of Pueblo style homes include Earthy materials, massive wood components, enclosed courtyards, rounded exteriors with square windows, flat or sloping roofs with parapets.  All of these architectural elements are a result of the climate and the lifestyle that the Pueblo Indians lived with in the American Southwest around the turn of the 20th century.

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Cool architecture of the week: Oct 7, 2011:

The Letterbox House in Blairgowrie, Australia

The Letterbox House is located in Blairgowrie in Australia. Its unique angular design and fantastic use of wood isn’t too similar to anything I’ve seen lately.
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Cool architecture of the week: October 1, 2011:
“The Wave In Vejle”, Denmark:
The wave shape couldn’t be more suited for a town that it is defined by its hills, the fjord, the bridge and the sea. Day or night, the building creates an appealing reflection on the surface of the sea, interesting to observe while taking a walk in the area. The imposing structure houses 140 apartments, with great views of the bay.
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Cool Architeture of the Week: Sept 24, 2011:
Melbourne, Australia
Cool Architecture of the week Sept 24, 2011

Melbourne, Asutralia

In this Melbourne, Australia home, The peppercorn tree is given the free rein. By the channeling of the ground water into the tree’s roots, its survival has been enhanced. A stacked stone wall along the entry path is conceals the rain water tanks for the gardens.
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