Ninja Stars…legalised for office use

Up until now i have been making paper stars to let fly at my unsuspecting colleagues- today i have up-ed the stakes by purchasing Ninja Tacks. Swift and silent cork board devastation can now be yours for $12 US. [Chromly via bbGadgets]

Inner City Snail…Slow Moving Street Art

Street artist known only as Slinkachu investigates the concept of miniature exploration. His most recent work is ‘The inner city Snail’ – sister project to ‘little people’. The unique project utilises the humble snail shell as a user intractable and versatile medium for ‘art’. The artful snail is deployed to various inner city locations with [...]

Sliding House by dRMM

I recently came across the ‘sliding house’ designed by dRMM which recognises a sleek and minimalist approach to adaptable living. Located in Suffolk, England the house features a unique enclosure which slides to reveal and dynamicly change the environment of the main house, guest house and greenhouse.

15 Bizarre Buildings from around the world

Not all Architects seek to design buildings that perform only to their functional duties. From the incredibly cool to totally weird, comes a collection of unusual and bizarre buildings from around the World.

The World’s First Energy-Generating Revolving Door

It is not uncommon to see renewable energy considered in modern design & architecture; here is one innovation that caught my attention: the world’s first revolving door that harnesses power from kinetic energy.

Source: InHabitat
A cafe in the Netherlands has installed an energy generator in their revolving door and so whenever someone walks through it, the energy [...]

5 (+1) top Architecture blogs

I was browsing around some Architecture sites and came across some really wicked blogs that are definitely worth mentioning!
Here’s 5 must read Architecture blogs:
1. The Cool Hunter: Architecture: roaming the globe, so you’re in the know!
2. ArchDaily: great features on current works
3. Super Colossal: setup in 2007 by Aussie Architect Marcus Trimble to [...]

1 Bligh St Webcam

DEXUS have organised a live Web/Ninja Cam to view and record the demolition and construction process of their flagship building. 1 Bligh Street is located in Sydney and due for completion in mid 2011. 1 Bligh Street is set to define a benchmark for sustainable high rise and commercial building. Check out the Action!
To learn [...]

Rehasher – Lift

What does an Archi-Ninja need to get through the day? Rehasher of Cause; Rehasher is a punk band based in Gainesville, Florida. They are currently signed to No Idea Records and are in the process of recording a second album

1 Bligh St anticipated to set new benchmark

1 Bligh Street is anticipated to identify an Australian benchmark for its use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology. 1 Bligh Street located in Sydney represents a unique opportunity to extend the advantages of BIM.  The project is entirely modelled and coordinated by Architectus using Revit.
Architectus have recently won the International Revit BIM Experience Award. [...]

Antwerp’s narrowest house