Swedish automotive design graduate Jon Rådbrink presented a concept for a catamaran-shaped car at the Royal College of Art graduation show in London last month. Called the Lexus Nuaero, it features motors in the wheels and a touch-screen dashboard where the information and controls can be moved around. The driving system is controlled solely by hand without the use of foot pedals; to break, the ..
Car brand Chrysler have re-designed the GEM Peapod, a battery-powered electric car. The Peapod has a top speed of 25 miles per hour and a range of up to 30 miles per charge. Battery charge is extended by regenerative braking and recharge time is approximately six to eight hours. “GEM vehicles are used in settings such as city centers, planned communities, military bases, college campuses, corp..
German architects Coordination Berlin and photographers diephotodesigner presented a “multi-faceted design object” called Crystal City Mind in London last weekend. The objects, designed to reflect the surrounding cityscape, are made from high-grade steel that is mirror-polished on one side and matt black on the other. Crystal City Mind was initially developed to highlight the rapidly changing sk..
German architects Coordination Berlin and photographers diephotodesigner presented a “multi-faceted design object” called Crystal City Mind in London last weekend. The objects, designed to reflect the surrounding cityscape, are made from high-grade steel that is mirror-polished on one side and matt black on the other. Crystal City Mind was initially developed to highlight the rapidly changing ..
FEATURED PROJECT BY BING THOM ARCHITECTS Located in a vibrant multicultural neighbourhood in South Vancouver, the Sunset Community Centre houses a pre-school, gymnasium, exercise rooms and a host of other community activities. The building has been integrated into the Vancouver Park Board's nursery which will take on an additional role as an educational and recreational resource for the communit..
Architects: ssm Architekten ag Location: Solothurn, Switzerland Project year: 2004 Construction year: 2005 Engineering: H. Katzenstein AG Constructed Area: 1,720 sqm Photographs: Hansruedi Riesen When the critic, in his early forties, already while leafing through the programme on the website, begins to feel like snow white in the forest - mesmerised, but also without a clue and any orientation ..
Architect: Erick Van Egeraat Program: Educational building for vocational education, including sports facilities Location: Doetinchem, Netherlands Client: Stichting CoVoa, Doetinchem Constructed Area: 16.400sqm Construction start: 2004 Completion: 2006 Structures: ABT-C, Delft Landscape: Poldergast, Polsbroek The new Metzo College, located in Doetinchem, a City in the East of the Netherlands, ho..
Architects: Ecosistema Urbano - blog - Belinda Tato, Jose Luis Vallejo, Diego García-Setién Location: Pau de Vallecas, Vial C-91, Madrid, Spain Collaborators: Ignacio Prieto, Maria Eugenia Lacarra, David Delgado, David Benito, Jaime Eizaguirre, Patricia Lucas, Ana López, Asier Barredo, Laura Casas, Fabricio Pepe, Michael Moradiellos Client: Land and Housing Municipal Company, Madrid Council, Dir..
Location: Lazaro Cardenas, Jalisco, Mexico Architects: AD 11 Grupo de Arquitectura y Diseno / Salvador Macias, Francisco Gutierrez Collaborators: Israel Melo (arq), Belen Aldapa (arq), Margarita Peredo (arq), Alejandra Fernandez (arq), Almendra Magana (arq), Manuel Rivera (ing), Javier Ruiz (arq), Lou Peresandi (dis), Alfredo Barb (dis). Client: KP Alazraki Built area: 2280 sqm Photos: Mito Cova..
