Korean architect Yong ho Shin shared with us his second prize design for the “Landsnet High-Voltage Transmission Line Tower Design Competition” in Iceland. More images and architect’s description after the break. The design of the conventional high-voltage transmission line towers (aka Electric Pylons) has been with us since the dawn of the modern electric age. Whether it’s urban or rural area, ..
Winners have been announced for the suckerPUNCH-curatedWilliamsburg Waterfront Performance Venue competition. This openinternational ideas competition asked for an integrated design of aninnovative music venue in the East River State Park located inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn. The new park is the site of the ‘JELLY Pool Parties’summer concert series which brings 10,000 fans to the site on sundayafter..
This underground railway station with criss-crossing concrete beams is by Hungarian firm Spora Architects and currently under construction in Budapest. Fővám tér forms part of a new metro line, comprising 10 stations, that will connect south Buda with the city centre. Three levels of reinforced concrete beams rise up through a void above the platforms. At ground level a new square will be create..
Authors: United Visual Artists Location: Toronto, Canada Commissioners: Cadillac Fairview, Lanterra Developments, Maple Leaf Sports Public Art Consultants: Public Art Management – Karen Mills and Justin Ridgeway Dimensions: 90 metres x 3 metres Project Year: 2010 Photographs: James Medcraft, United Visual Artists, 2010 Inspired by the experience of walking through the dappled light of a forest, ..
Architects: Studio Daniel Libeskind Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Joint Venture Partner: Davis Partnership Contractor: M.A Mortensen Co. (Colorado) Structural Engineer: Arup (Los Angeles) Structural Connection Design: Structural Consultants, Inc. Civil Engineers: JF Sato and Associates Mechanical Air: Arup-Los Angeles Mechanical/Electrical: MKK Engineers and Arup (Los Angeles) Structural Engin..
This sofa by Copenhagen designers KiBiSi consists of stacked pillows with fiber concrete buttons. Called Brick, the design will be launched this month with new Danish upholstery company Versus. Here are some more details from KiBiSi: KiBiSi launches Brick – a couch series for the new Danish design brand, VERSUS KiBiSi has designed the Brick series for Versus. The series consists of a pouf, a cha..
To promote their Power Smart month of October, BC Hydro has launched an interesting public campaign for energy efficiency by converting two shipping containers into live experimental spaces in Vancouver. For fours day, actors will live in the 3×6 meter containers “to showcase how – and how not – to live and work in an energy-efficient manner.” The two containers are meant to depict the extreme o..
The Skyroom is a rooftop event space designed by David Kohn Architects above the Architecture Foundation’s London offices. Opened to coincide with the London Design Festival last month, the steel structure is enclosed by copper mesh walls and topped with transparent plastic. The mixture of enclosed and open-air spaces will be used for lectures, performances and parties. Photographs are by Will P..
Architects: Studio SKLIM Location: Jalan Besar, Singapore Client: Kido Technologies Design Team: Kevin Lim Project Area: 225 sqm Photographs: Jeremy San, courtesy of Studio SKLIM While tapping on a laptop in a cafe has become the ubiquitous platform to begin “work”, the need for a permanent work environment for any office is still necessary in the long run. Perhaps what has changed since the adv..
The inspiration for the ‘Twisted Lights’ comes from the material used, namely bend plywood. This type of plywood is perfect to bend, when it’s properly processed, so the forming capabilities are endless. The flexibility of the material invites to make organic forms. The lamp is built from an initial shape, which is the top of the lamp. Against this top bend plywood is wrapped, so that during the..
