A Forest Building in the Middle of a City is Strange/Awesome
Whenever your living environment has poor air quality, it’s obviously no good for the well being of anyone. Milan, Italy is guilty for having terrible air quality; it ranks as one of the worst in the...
View Article1 LEGO® Architecture Exhibit = 15,500,000 LEGO® Bricks; Plug that in a...
If you’re going to Washington D.C. (or will be in the area) before this Labor Day (September 3rd), you can’t miss the LEGO® Architecture exhibition at the National Building Museum, entitled “Towering...
View ArticleThese Ice Buildings are Really…Cool. I Apologize.
Again, sorry about that pun; I’ve been watching “Batman & Robin” because I felt a need to punish myself. Anyways, we typically think of buildings being made of materials like concrete, brick,...
View ArticleChicago’s 5 Great Buildings + Animation = YAY!!
The best part of interning in Chicago back in 2006 was getting a chance to visit and experience the many great buildings in the city and surrounding areas. As far as the United States is concerned,...
View ArticleStill Kicking: Five of the Oldest Man-Made Structures Still Being Used
When it comes to making a pointless argument about which of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the best, it’s really NO CONTEST; the Great Pyramids of Giza are the only ones left...
View ArticleNoisy Designs ClickDrives Gaming Ads of nWo! – WIRed #91
It’s time for Episode Ninety-One of WIRed, where Montez McCrary discusses noisy architecture, making cars smarter with ClickDrive, looking back at gaming commercials and nWo parodies! Welcome to WIRed,...
View ArticleMola Structural Kit; Go Learn Yourself About Structures
Let’s be honest: when it comes to buildings, architectural design alone won’t do; engineering IA A MUST. So, in order to successfully visually demonstrating the behavior of architectural structures,...
View ArticleAl Jazeera’s “Rebel Architecture” showcases “Working on Water”
The last time we discussed Al Jazeera’s new series ‘Rebel Architecture’, the topic was on Spain’s ‘Guerilla Architect’, and this time, as we take a look back at the series, we’re gonna discuss...
View ArticleFloating MP3Cassette Band Gems – WIRed #119
It’s time for Episode 119 of WIRed, where Montez McCrary discusses floating architecture in Nigeria, how to hack an MP3 player and an old cassette tape, a Behind The Music style look at a Nintendo Rock...
View Article10 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Nominated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites
To further feed to the frenzy of The PractitioNERD becoming a Frank Lloyd Wright fan site, I bring you the news that Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has nominated 10 Frank Lloyd Wright...
View Article1 LEGO® Architecture Exhibit = 15,500,000 LEGO® Bricks; Plug that in a...
If you’re going to Washington D.C. (or will be in the area) before this Labor Day (September 3rd), you can’t miss the LEGO® Architecture exhibition at the National Building Museum, entitled “Towering...
View ArticleThese Ice Buildings are Really…Cool. I Apologize.
Again, sorry about that pun; I’ve been watching “Batman & Robin” because I felt a need to punish myself. Anyways, we typically think of buildings being made of materials like concrete, brick,...
View ArticleStill Kicking: Five of the Oldest Man-Made Structures Still Being Used
When it comes to making a pointless argument about which of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the best, it’s really NO CONTEST; the Great Pyramids of Giza are the only ones left...
View ArticleNeed To Save Crumbling Buildings? Just Use LEGO!
Artist Jan Vormann has spent 10 years exploring the world, visiting roughly 40 cities across Europe, Central America, Asia, and the United States, while making and installing LEGO masonry interventions...
View ArticleThe More You Use This Memo Pad, More Architectural Sculptures Are Revealed…
Japanese company Triad created this unique set of memo pads, called Omoshiro Blocks (or “fun blocks”), which slowly reveals an architectural sculpture as you remove each page from the pad. It’s almost...
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