from Lamborghini Press Release POLIZIA by LAMBORGHINI A private ceremony was held at the Viminale Palace where Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. donated a police version of the company's newest super sports car, Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia, to the head of the Italian State Police, Prefect Antonio Manganelli. The new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia, which replaces the previous Lamborghi..
Client: Building: BIG, Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H. Interior: KUG, University for music and applied art, Graz Program: University faculty building Gross floor surface: 6.200 m² Volume: 31.600 m³ Site: 2.745 m² Design year 1998-2003 Construction year 2006-2008 UNStudio: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos and Hannes Pfau with Miklos Deri, Kirstin Hollmann, Markus Berger, Florian Pischetsrieder, U..
Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Client: Sjakket Youth Club, Realdania Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels Collaborator: Julien De Smedt Project Leader: Sophus Søbye Project Architect: Sophus Søbye Contributors: Bo Benzon, Christian Dam, David Zahle, Julie Schmidt-Nielsen, Kathrin Gimmel, Louise Steffensen, Mia Frederiksen, Nanna Gyldholm Møller, Nina Ter-Borch, Ole Elkjær..
An interesting concept for a camouflaged hotel on a tree by Swedish architects Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter: The concept is to create a shelter up in the trees, a lightweight aluminum structure hung around a tree trunk, boxes clad in mirrored glass, 4×4x4 meters. The exterior reflects the surroundings and the sky, creating a camouflaged refuge. The interior is all made of plywood and the w..
The Audi Shark is a futuristic flying concept vehicle with a streamlined design inspired by motorcycles and airplanes. It was designed by Kazim Doku and won the Desire Competition by Domus Academy. The Shark Concept by Kazim Doku reinterprets the Audi's design language in a futuristic way. It placed first in the Desire Design Competition launched in 2008 by Italian Domus Academy. The two-seater ..
It is Carnival Season in many countries around the world with a Roman Catholic heritage. Celebrations and parades put on just prior to the observance of Lent. Tomorrow will be the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but the past couple of weeks have seen parades and celebrations throughout Europe, the Caribbean and South America - notably Venice, Italy and Brazil. Collected here are just a glimpse of som..
French architects Beckmann-N’Thépé and landscape designers TN+ have won a competition to remodel Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland. The proposal involves creating a large glass-domed entrance and animal viewing building on the island zoo, and bringing back polar bears after a 30-year absence. Here’s some info from the architects: – BECKMANN-N’THEPE sarl d’Architecture KORKEASAARI ZOO (Helsink..
Whenthe economy makes big news, many photographs of people at work comeacross the wires, usually to help illustrate a particular story orevent. By collecting these disparate photos over the past few months, Ifound that a global portrait emerged of we humans producing things.People assembling, generating, and building items small and large,mundane and expensive, trivial and important. I hope you ..
Architects: Pushak Location: Lillefjord, Finnmark, Norway Project Year: 2006 Client: Norwegian Road Administration, The National Tourist Road Project Photographs: Pushak The program for the road stop is benches, toilet, waste bin and a wind shed. It is also the start of a trail to a waterfall in the end of the wally. The path was originally on the parking side, with a run down bridge crossing th..
SPARC is a team of international architects at the MIT based in Boston, MA, with a multidisciplinary background at the MIT´s Media Lab.This has resulted on a continuous research on smart/responsiveenvironments applied to the world of architecture, design, urbanism andlandscape architecture. This new relation between technologies and built spaces has opened awide array of possibilities, that we a..
