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ARCH DL IV

Tsdy Jan 29 2008

A crowd favorite, the Architect’s Duel pits two teams of structural-soldiers against one another in a live model-building competition. A quick hand & steady mind are required, nerves of steel are encouraged.

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More Star Wars Architectural Horseplay: Hotels & Sandcrawlers

Mndy May.12.2008 11:54am | by Viktor Dukedoms

Our friends at Life Without Buildings have brought to light yet ANOTHER striking similarity between the vehicle design of early Star Wars films and famous architects.

Egypt < Dubai: Abandoned 5-Star Hotels

Wdnsdy Apr.23.2008 11:24am | by Viktor Dukedoms

Before the gaze of Middle Eastern hyper-wealth affixed itself to Dubai, there was a push to bolster luxury tourism along the Sanai Peninsula.

As Dubai grew (financially and vertically) investors halted their projects, shifted their capital and resources, and left a considerable number of resorts unfinished.

If flanked by the sea, by trees, by anything lively, they would certainly be…

LVHRD’S ARCHDL IV

Frdy Apr.18.2008 2:23pm | by Viktor Dukedoms

The fourth in our Architect’s Duel series, ARCHDL IV was a timed model building competition between KONYK and FX FOWLE, held before a sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg.

If you’re familiar with our Architect’s Duel, you know how it goes. The night was broken into three rounds: 30 minutes for sketching plans, 90 for building models out of an unconventional…

New Guggenheim. The future is chrome.

Mndy Apr.14.2008 4:39pm | by Viktor Dukedoms

Zaha Hadid watched Flight of the Navigator non-stop for seven years before conceiving the newest member of the Guggenheim family.

Inspired by a Polaroid

Wdnsdy Mar.26.2008 12:59pm | by settlement heart

This Polaroid from ARCH DL IV inspired this quilt.

Thanks, Sarah. Pretty cool.

Sustainable Cardboard Kid Castle

Tsdy Mar.18.2008 5:45pm | by Viktor Dukedoms

Aussie architecture firm Super Colossal has created this cardboard tower-cluster in response to Sydney Design and Decoration’s call for a ‘Sustainable Room.’

Lots of sunlight, plenty of room, and check out the coup de grace from the minds behind it:
Perhaps we could embed the cardboard with seeds and as it slowly disintegrates in the rain and early morning dew,…

FXFowle to build World’s tallest arch-bridge in 2012

Tsdy Feb.12.2008 12:32pm | by Viktor Dukedoms

A proposal from our friends at FXFowle has been selected in one of Dubai’s major international design competitions. Their bridge - what will serve as the world’s largest and tallest arch-bridge at it’s completion in 2012 - will do much more than look good, stand tall, and allow people to drive across a handful of waterways.

Sudhir Jambhekar, Senior Partner, FXFOWLE…

KONYK wins the Architects Duel

Frdy Feb.8.2008 7:39pm | by settlement heart

By a final vote of 765 to 623 KONYK has triumphed over FXFOWLE in a contest of startling ligatures to become the champions of LVHRD’s fourth Architects Duel.

Aside from the obvious fortune, glory, and pinup girls, Sean Bailey and David Iseri will also receive a lumberjack breakfast at THE LODGE: pancakes, waffles, fatback bacon, slab ham and steel oats.

To Paul Kim…

Polaroids from ARCH DL IV

Frdy Feb.8.2008 12:22pm | by settlement heart

We just added a bunch of Polaroids from the Architects Duel to the LVHRD Photo Gallery.

Half of you look like you’re on the verge of mental collapse; the other half of you are in animal costumes.

Last day to vote in the Architects Duel

Thrsdy Feb.7.2008 4:30pm | by settlement heart

Voting ends today in the Architects Duel and it’s never been easier to cast your ballot–two clicks is about all it takes–way easier than those Industrial Revolution pull-lever booths.

We put up some renderings of the models to help you decide which Alaskan Wildlife Research Center best flows with and respects the surrounding landscape.

KONYK is currently in the lead, but…

ARCH DL models rendered on Youtube

Wdnsdy Feb.6.2008 7:07pm | by settlement heart

We carefully transported the two models from ARCH DL IV back to headquarters where they were painstakingly photographed and rendered into these breathtaking panoramic videos.

But seriously, it’s hard to imagine these were both built entirely from plastic drinking straws, which, by the way, we really, really wanted to be totally white. We looked everywhere. Come to find, today of course,…

ARCH DL Photo Booth portraits in the LVHRD Gallery

Tsdy Feb.5.2008 7:26pm | by settlement heart

High School Lovin Portraits from the Architects Duel are up in the LVHRD Photo Gallery.

All kinds of bears,bunnies and lumberjacks… You can thank Jeff Fried for making your rag-tag self look like 1.5 million dollars. If you took pictures in the Photo Booth that you want to see up in the gallery, hit up Chantal and we can make it happen.…