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HIVE CITY

It is a real pleasure to be working with UB Architecture’s Ecological Practices Research Group in organizing the HIVE CITY Habitat Design Competition. Many, many thanks to our sponsor and collaborator Rick Smith of Rigidized Metals and Silo City, as well as to our advisors: Structural engineer Mark Bajorek, Beekeeper Philip Barr, and Architecture student Alex Poklinkowski. Thanks and congratulations to all student participants on their proposals! Read about HIVE CITY on Animal Architecture (Thanks Ned!). Also see Megan Basnak’s post on the Archinect School Blog.

BAT CLOUD: COMING SOON

ART+SCAPE!

Bat Tower and Intensified Reflections are included in the book, Art+Scape!, recently published by Dopress Books.

POP-UP CITY’S TOP TEN TRENDS FOR 2012

Amsterdam-based blog on urbanism and design, The Pop Up City lists “Top Ten Trends for 2012.” They write: “Reflecting on what we’ve written in 2011 and looking into the new year, we’ve composed a new list of remarkable trends that we consider to be important for our cities in the coming time.” Ants of the Prairie is excited to be mentioned in “Trend 7: Design for Animals.”

BAT CLOUD: TESTING PROTOTYPES

HABITAT WALL: IN PROGRESS

ARCHITECTURE AS SPECTACLE

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/articles/architecture_as_spectacle.htm

FLUID CULTURE

Bat Cloud is part of Fluid Culture, the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute’s Lecture, Arts, and Media Series, 2011-12.

ANIMAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to the winners of the Animal Architecture Awards! It was a pleasure and an honor to jury such an array of exciting and thought-provoking projects. Thanks also to Michelle Aldredge for the shout-out in her blog Gwarlingo!

URBAN POROSITIES (AND OTHER MUSINGS)

Read “Urban Porosities,” Joyce Hwang’s most recent editorial on E-Architect. Other articles include: “Locating Public Space,” “Resisting Boredom,” “Beyond Effect, Toward Poignancy,” and “Some Thoughts on the 2010 Stirling Prize Winner.”

 

HABITAT WALL: PREVIEW

Work in-progress! Here are some images from the design development process (top: schematic model, middle: detailed model of one bay, bottom: MacDowell Colony studio).

gb&d

Bat Tower is featured in the April issue of gb&d (Green Building and Design). Titled “What’s Cooking?”, this issue “feeds the hunger for architecture and artwork with a purpose.”

 

INTERVIEW

Animal Architecture interviews Joyce Hwang. Thanks to Ned Dodington for a great conversation: http://www.animalarchitecture.org/interview-with-joyce-hwang/

ANIMAL ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Organized by Animal Architecture. Register by May 15; Submit by June 12, 2011. Joyce Hwang is on the jury, with Neeraj Bhatia, Ned Dodignton, Allison Hunter, Sanford Kwinter, Jon LaRocca, Geoff Manaugh, and Cary Wolfe. See more details here.