Here are some images from ©MURAKAMI, a retrospective exhibition of work by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, which opened two weeks ago at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures and animation by the artist, including the unveiling of a new animation called Kaikai & Kiki. Watch Murakami give a tour of the exhibition, and a preview of the new a..
Architects: Hidalgo Hartmann - Jordi Hidalgo Tané & Daniela Hartmann Location: Vall de Bianya, La Garrotxa, Spain Project year: 2002 Construction year: 2002-2006 Client: Jordi Sala, Susanna Comamala Contractors: Estructures Olot S.L. , Libra-S.L., Plantalech S.L., Fusteria Serra S.L. Constructed Area: 362 sqm Photographs: Hisao Suzuki, Eugeni Pons Located in an agricultural valley surrounded by ..
Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos + Juan Pablo Maza Location: Colonia Polanco, Mexico DF, Mexico Project Leader: Juan Pablo Maza Project Team: Aisha Ballesteros, Aline Wallach, Arais Reyes, Sandra Ortiz, Verónica Alatorre Program: Apartment Building Project Year: 2003-2006 Photographs: Dante Busquets & Oscar Necoechea This building has 3 apartments looking onto the street as well as a 2-story ho..
Katsuya Fukushima and Hiroko Tominaga of FT Architects have completed a residence called Column and Slab in Tokyo, Japan. The three-storey building is situated on a narrow 5 x 14 metre site. Eight concrete columns pierce the interior and support two 100mm-thick floors, which cantilever out at the sides. The third storey is constructed from timber. “The grid frame is modernist, while the columns ..
As we already published the Aurland Look out project by Todd Saunders & Tommie Wilhelmsen, we are featuring now the public toilets included on that amazing wooden platform. From the Look out text: “The architecture of the public toilet is opposite of the lookout. While the lookout is light looking the pubic toilet is black painted concrete that is more heavy and solid in appearance. The building..
The winners of the RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards were announced at a ceremony in London yesterday. James Tait from the University of Strathclyde was awarded the Design Part 2 silver medal for his project Time and Tide for Seaweed (above and below), a seaweed farm complex for Arisaig in Scotland that comprises an offshore farm, bothy, steam baths, restaurant and spa. Waynne Leung and Fra..
Architect: Vector Architects Location: Beijing, China Project Year: 2008 Client: CR Land Design Partner in Charge: Gong Dong Managing Partner in Charge: Hongyu Zhang Project Architect: Shuo Li Site Area: 500 sqm Photographs: Vector Architecture Design Concept: The project is a “temporary” Green Technology Showroom of 3-year use for one of CR Land’s (华润置地) residential projects in Beijing. The ide..
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Ofthe countless trains running on Japan’s 20,000-kilometer (12,000-mile)rail network, a few are decorated with images of anime and mangacharacters, colorful ads, and designs by notable artists. Here is asmall sample. Pikachu on Seto line, Aichi prefecture * * * * * Galaxy Express 999 train, Furusato-Ginga line, Hokkaido [Photo] Characters from Leiji Matsumoto’s “Galaxy Express 999″ anime/mangaad..
Milan-based architects Iosa Ghini Associati have designed an extension to a hotel in Budapest, Hungary, called New York Residence. The project comprises an extension to the adjacent New York Palace Boscolo Hotel, including 60 new rooms and a floor of offices. A conference centre attached to the hotel will include an auditorium to seat 500 people, while a commercial gallery and business centre wi..
