Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has been named as one of three winning architectural practices in the competition to design the International Criminal Court’s new headquarters in The Hague. Location: The Hague, Netherlands Competition type: Restricted anonymous project competition Client: The International Criminal Court Subconsultants: Royal Haskoning, Bosch & Fjord Project Year: 2008 Construc..
This photo snapped by Aomori-based blogger Pochiko shows remnants of the JAL logo still visible in this year’s Inakadate rice paddy art, several days after organizers attempted to “erase” it. Has Japan Airlines’ crop-based advertising gone too far? For some residents of Inakadate — a small town with a big reputation for cultivating fantastic works of multi-colored rice paddy art — the answer is ..
Rice-growing season has only just begun, but this year’s first crop of rice paddy art, which is created by planting various colors of rice in the field, has already started to emerge. In the Yamagata prefecture town of Yonezawa, an image of 16th-17th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu has appeared in a field near the Onogawa hot spring. The samurai, whose image is based on a portrait housed at the n..
Dezeen podcasts: in this latest in our series of podcasts for the Design Museum, illustrator Alan Aldridge gives a talk recounting stories from his career, which spans nearly 50 years. A retrospective exhibition of his work is on show at the museum until 25 January. Involving characters from Princess Margaret to the The Beetles, the stories cover Aldridge’s early experiences of illustration, his..
290 Mulberry is defined by its context through a direct response to zoning and building code regulations. Located in Nolita, New York, this building is bound on the north by Houston Street and on the west by the historic Puck Building on Mulberry Street. A zoning district requirement specifying a masonry enclosure for the two street walls created an opportunity to respond directly to the Puck Bu..
Architects: Wingardh Arkitektkontor Location: Waren (Muritz), Germany Architects team: Gert Wingardh, Gunilla Murnieks, Therese Ahlstrom, Joakim Lyth, Ulrika Davidsson, Peter Ohman, Bjorn Nilsson, Liselott Jademyr, Maria Olausson, Anna Palm, Mats Bengtsson, Sara Helder Construction Year: 2005-2007 Partner in Germany: DGI Bauwerk, Berlin Germany Contractor: Landlord/owner - Landkreis Muritz Lands..
Contemporary Japanese visual artists tweaked the genes of Osamu Tezuka’s manga characters in dozens of works featured at the recent “Tezuka Gene - Light in the Darkness” exhibit at Parco Factory in Shibuya. Here is a small selection. Astro Boy (Enlightenment) The Three-Eyed One (Enlightenment) Phoenix (Hiroki Tsukuda) Ambassador Magma (Yutanpo Shirane) Buddha (Teppei Maki) Unico (Tsuyoshi Kusano..
Oppenheim Architecture + Design have unveiled plans to build an art storage facility in Miami, USA. The facade of the 11-story, 140,000 square foot building will display artwork by emerging and established artists. Designed for art services company Artemundi & Company and referred to as The Vault, the development will include a conservation laboratory, showrooms and exhibition spaces. Constructi..
Duality + Co. Reel 2008 from Christopher Holewski on Vimeo In the past, we have featured several architecture photographers, such as Cristobal Palma, Joao Morgado and Iwan Baan. But the web allows for much more than just images. This time, the guys over Duality Co -readers of our blog- shared with us their reel on architecture videos, a new service they are offering to architectural firms. They ..
In reaction to US President-elect Barack Obama’s Sunday’s declaration on CBS ‘60 minutes’ on 16.11.2008 (his first sit-down interview since winning the November 4 presidential election) where he has confirmed his intention to close Guantanamo’s Detention Center, zerOgroup made this proposal, called ‘I LOVE GITMO’ to upgrade the American enclave in Cuba into a mass tourism destination. The ‘I LOV..
