Wooden Architecture Contest Winners

A while back we told you about the Wood Design Awards, a competition for architects and engineers who use wood in their buildings, but not in homes.

Two of the winners in the Midwest region are from Chicagoland, and one of them is local rising star Studio Gang, so here's the press release and I'll paste in pictures of the various projects so you can see what was done:

Is Your Architecture a Parasite?

I got an e-mail from Page One in Singapore about a book it intends to publish showcasing the world's innovative architecture.  PARA-SITE is described thusly:

[The book will] focus on the generation of symbiotic relationships between host buildings and its parasite attachments, overlapping resources and space with both parties feeding off each other's attributes. Specifically, we are showcasing the most mind-blowingly innovative, even bewildering, built and conceptual parasite architecture. 

 Unfortunately, the deadline for entries is August 31, 2010, so I've put a copy of the PDF entry form here (the link should work for the next couple of weeks).