Dutch architects Studio Klink, production company Illuminate, artist Matthias Oostrik and design and construction firm Cube have collaborated under the name Urban Alliance to create Moodwall, a subway installation in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The 24 metre long display is made from 2500 LEDs behind a ribbed, semi-transparent wall. “The resolution is stretched horizontally so images appear to be..
Evoking the space of a forest, or of a group of bamboos on a surface of water, has been the main aim of the project. On the one hand there is a desire to create a building mechanism able to generate incredible possibilities from the point of view of energy logic and environmental awareness, an essential and symbolic aspect for the Spanish Pavilion at the International Exposition of Zaragoza. But..
Twendy-One demonstrates its ability to hold delicate objects by manipulating a drinking straw between its fingers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering laboratory in Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. The sophisticated robot has been developed by the university's team, led by Dr. Shigeki Sugano, in hope of supporting people in aging societies. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kam..
Arquitecto: Anonimous-Led - Alfonso Jimenez Ubicacion: Queretaro, Mexico Diseno de interiores: Maru Enciso, Alfonso Jimenez Equipo: Jorge Plascencia, Noemi Diez Marina, Ainare Urien, Heliana Echavarria, Raul Cordoba, Jose Carlos Villarreal, Alicia Lopez Construccion: Anonimous (Jorge Plascencia), Raul Cordoba, Jose Carlos Villarreal, Alicia Lopez Fotografia: Maricarmen Chavez Galas Dos cajas de ..
Architects: Oyler Wu Collaborative Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project Team: Dwayne Oyler, Jenny Wu, Fayez Ahbad, Phillip Cameron, Jian Huang, Huy Le Consulting Structural Engineer: Buro Happold Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox This proposal for..
Secretary of State for Cultura Media and Sport Andy Burnham, will officially open Alison Brooks Architect’s Quarterhouse Performing Arts and Business Centre in Folkestone, located in the Kent district, England. The ceremony will take place in March 5. The building is the centrepiece of the city’s arts-led regeneration programme spearheaded by client The Creative Foundation. The 1550 sqm includes..
Designer: Michael Kenna Location: n/a Image Credits: Michael Kenna from spaceinvading
Architects: Lyn Rice Architects Location: New York, USA Architects in Charge: Lyn Rice & Astrid Lipka Project Manager: Kimberlae Saul Team Leaders: Karl-Erik Larson & Anne-Rachel Schiffmann Design Team: Leif Halverson (SD project architect), Kai Hotson, Julie Torres Moscovitz, Pamela Torres, Erik Carver, Jonathan Garnett, Joanna Gulik Structural, MEP, & Fire Protection Engineering: Buro Happold ..
The Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi (MAC) is a landmark of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oscar Niemeyer designed this museum perched on the cliff in the city of Niteroi. The disk stretches out over the massive reflecting pool underneath. Similarities to a UFO is entirely intentional. The visitor approaches the disk in a snaking, red-carpet path through the air. The museum opened in 1996 after a..
Formosa 1140 by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) is a new eleven-unit housing project in West Hollywood, California. The facade is clad in red, metal panels that provide shade for the windows and separate the circulation of residents from the public domain. The building is located on one side of the site in order to accommodate a park, open to the public, on the remainder. Each apartment has a..
