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Scaffolding City

In an expanding and increasingly volatile world an anachronistic model of architecture and urbanism based on planning, authority, history and permanence has less and less ability to solve today’s economic and ecological problems.

Bear 71

“It’s hard to say where the wired world ends and the wired world begins.” As part of the…

On-Site Artist Projects at Russ Pitman Park

Utilizing a variety of source materials- earth/organic, signage, and environmentally friendly technology- artists will make scientific investigations, explorations, and historical references through installations and time-based events...

Interview: Farmland World

..This type of erosion between a “nature” that is undisturbed and human intervention confronts us everyday and exploring this erosion is the basis for much of our speculative work. What started as an unconscious observation has turned into a passion for how these issues can be made architectural...

2011 An. Arch. Awards Exhibition Opening

...the opening of the first Animal Architecture Awards Show this past week with a reception at Caroline Collective. The show will be on display at Caroline Collective through Nov. 28th. Party snap-shots and installation views of the show are below
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My Client the Brown Bear

But what if humankind builds for other creatures on earth? How would animals like to live? What wall color does a capybara prefer, how much space does a brown bear need? From what height do chamois need a balustrade? Do penguins like concrete?

[On Farming] Release Event

Bracket is a new book series that highlights emerging critical issues at the juncture of architecture,environment, and digital culture. Conceived as an almanac, the series looks at emerging themesthat are shaping the built environment in radically signifi cant, yet often unexpected ways.

Engineered Biotopes

An interesting project came to our attention via Bustler recently and is certainly worth checking out. The project is titled Engineered Biotopes and was developed by London-based teammates Anthi Grapsa and Konstantinos Chalaris.

Vertical Farming Debated

This is something of an old debate (we posted on this same article in July), and also something of an old post. But the link is still getting comments so we thought we'd post it here in case anyone wants to jump back into duking it out over vertical gardens.
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On Farming

This March Bracket Magazine (Brkt) will launch their first inaugural publication titled "On Farming." The Magazine will be launched on line and in print format. The exact details of the publication are not currently available but there is a pretty cool list of contributing authors and essays. It, honestly, looks super cool.

Permaculture

Today on Treehugger we found a great story on Permaculture. Now, permaculture is something we here at Animal…