It is possible that the geotech survey missed that the bedrock was not solid or even the bed rock was present in anything more than a layer. It happens. I had a Geotech survey only find sand, when we excavated it was almost solid granite. They swear they didn't swap results with another job but it was easily $1000000…

I recall numerous examples of heavy buildings effecting the surrounding infrastructure. There was a medieval church that actually sank enough that the entrance when from being stairs up to having to be changed to stairs down. I wish I could remember its name and its context. It have been a long time since…

Yeah I'm not quite sure where you are going with that but this car gets huge gas mileage. However it also cost an arm and a leg. There are plenty of scientific article regarding the efficiency or relative inefficiency of the internal combustion motor. Getting 100mpg out of a vehicle that weighs multiple tons is…

So that is evolution eh? What trait did you have to give up to be able to post such compelling spam on Gawker? This is great stuff! Tell your aunt "great job!"

Thanks! I think you could easily build something like this into one of these boutique commuting bikes. I don't commute much anymore but when I did I used a ny chain thing so the mount comment was mostly academic because it is pretty much something that really bothered me before the chain.

Well obviously she doesn't need to ride her bike to work.

Thanks for pointing that out!

I like this bike! It is a nice idea combining utility and function. The retractable fenders are a great idea, preventing the fender from getting broken in crowded bike racks.

The only thing I wish all these bikes would incorporate is some way of holstering the U-lock where it didn't rattle against something else. I…

I just don't see how this won't open the company up to lawsuits? I mean products meant for saving peoples lives always suffer from this sort of thing. If it is meant to warn you that something bad is happening and for whatever reason it doesn't wouldn't you expect the parent to sue?

This might work for the older kids but younger kids just slip in and drown. By the time you got the signal that they were under water, got to the pool, located them, they would have already been drowning for a considerable time.

I had my children taught the ISR infant swimming rescue method. My daughter could rescue…

Ok. Sorry to force my opinion on you.

Well as an architect, and as I said I don't want to be the guy to point this out, but we should all care about this. If you want to keep living in a world where we live in buildings designed in the past be my guest but I challenge all architects to guide and educate their clients towards pushing forward. Developing…

I seriously in all honesty and after reading your comment twice laughed out loud. I mean we use LOL all the time and usually it means we think it is funny and probably mentally chuckled some but really how often do we really laugh out loud? Especially to a comment at gawker? Thanks for the Lol and good luck with…

they have similar rating, BREEAM of excellent according an other article.

I understand that that is an excellent thing, but again, that isn't innovative, just the hallmark of what good architecture and good architects should do.

I think this will be part of the random jumble of platonic shapes design phase. I have been seeing this for awhile. I think Las Vegas' Shard was a good example of the idea on a civic scale and I have seen a lot of keystone buildings embracing it as well, perhaps it is a reaction to the blobform style pioneered by…

Frank Gehry's work at Bilbao was very innovative, using technologies like Catia to develop the shell structure to using the formed titanium panels over the steel frame to its formal expression. However once something is innovative it stops being so after multiple iterations. Just like aluminum, once very innovative in…

Here is a good example of this: http://chicago.curbed.com/places/prentic…

Very innovative design. Not quite as practical in practice.

As well Louis Kahn's Richard's Medical Research Lab, while lauded as design innovation was very poorly performing. Information with which he implemented as design changes to this…

If caring about how the built environment effects humans and our environment is the price to pay to sit on a horse, I'll gladly accept it.

If you are short list to be awarded for innovation, it should be more innovative than good practice. I see a lot of good practice, I just see less innovation. Perhaps they were…

The internet, it has other information besides Gawker and a press release from an awarding body. If you look up the building you will see that it is well documented all over the internet. It isn't hard for me to find the info.

I could argue this all day, but I understand you see this as an innovative building and…

Because I practice I do know better. If the architect's had designed this as a high performing building that would have been in their submission as one of the first comments. Something like this:

I agree but LEED does force innovation and as it evolves it is moving towards being a force of change in architecture. In its old versions it certainly contributed to odd solutions to architecture but as it evolves it will, I hope, create a better architecture.