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..
Morris Architects, a Houston-based architecture and design firm, recently took top honors for two of their submissions in the Radical Innovation in Hospitality design competition. The grand prize winner, the Oil Rig Platform Resort and Spa makes use of one of 4,000 oil rigs out in the Gulf of Mexico and transforms it into a luxurious eco-resort and spa. We love how the inspired renovation takes ..
Location: Lora, Split, Croatia Architects: 3LHD Architects Team: Sasa Begovic, Marko Dabrovic, Silvije Novak, Tatjana Grozdanic Beg Matija Crnoovic, Irena Mazer, Drajen Pejkovic - IGH, Matija Crnogorac, Ivana Krneta, Zarko Perisin, Maja Ivanovski, Martina Ruzic, Gorana Barbabic, Darina Matosic Maticevic, Janja Novakovic, Filip Dubrovski Program: public, business, leisure, sport, transportation, ..
JDS architects have designed 'M6B1' - student housing in paris france. the site is located in a context that is in development. after fulfilling the required programming, the left over square meters were unfolded creating a spiral for social activities linking the ground floor to the roof terrace. considering the exterior of the building as generic as possible to respond to its unknown context, ..
Materials are an essential part of eco fashion. And with materials such as silk blessed by the Dalai Lama, recycled PET plastic bottles, and organic cotton, Brooklyn-based Bodkin is shining example of eco-chic in the fashion world. Bodkin’s designer, Eviana Hartman, started the label just a year ago, and already Bodkin is making a splash as the first eco-conscious recipient of the Ecco Domani aw..
세계 보도 사진 / 1955 - 2006 세계보도사진전은 네덜란드에 본부를 두고 있는 세계보도사진재단 (World Press Photo Foundation)이 주관한다. 보도사진은 사진기자의 순간의 선택으로 많은 사람들에게 동감과 현실감각을 깨우쳐 주는 대단한 동기부여라 생각한다. 보도사진을 사건에 대한 소식으로 단순히 받아들이기 보다 인간의 존엄성을 느끼고 지키는 것이 무엇인가를 생각하는 노력이 필요한지 모르겠다.. Mogens von Haven, Danemark, 1955 "나 찾아 봐라!" 덴마크의 모터사이클 경기중 한 선수가 그만 땅에 떨어져 버렸다 Helmuth Pirath, Deutschland 1956, Keystone Press " 어느 귀향 " 1956년 소련에 전쟁 포로로 있다가 풀려난..
david altmejd burst onto the contemporary art scene seemingly out of nowhere. the young sculptor began exhibiting at small galleries in his hometown of montréal and then made the move to new york. since graduating with an mfa from columbia university in 2001, he has participated in a number of high profile shows in new york and abroad, including the 2003 istanbul biennial and the 2004 whitney bi..
