Fast Track – A 170 Foot Long Trampoline
Fast track is a integral part of park infrastructure–developed by estonian architecture Studio Salto for the Archstoyanie festival–it is a road and an installation at the same time. It's a 170 foot long trampoline in Russia and challenges the concept of infrastructure that only focuses on technical and functional aspects and tends to be ignorant …
Soviet Modernism 1955-1991: Unknown History
While Constructivism and Stalinist architecture are familiar to a specialist audience, knowledge of postwar Soviet Modernism in architecture is very limited. Much of the former Eastern Bloc’s architecture is regarded as monotonous and uninteresting. Yet a closer look reveals that hardly any linear development of a formal architectural vocabulary can be ascertained. In a ground-breaking …
Patterns And Layering – Japanese Spatial Culture, Nature And Architecture
In Japanese art and textile printing, the use of patterns has a long tradition. In Japanese architecture, layering is an established technique that has already inspired the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Now, the laboratory of renowned architect Kengo Kuma has developed a technically sophisticated methodology that unites patterns and …
The Next Generation Of Big Buildings
Evolo Skyscrapers (ISBN: 978-0-9816658-4-9, $120, 1.200-page publication, 300+ innovative skyscrapers) which was sold out in only two months after its initial release and praised by the Wall Street Journal, will be available as reprint for a limited time! Evolo will take orders for the second printing until May 31, 2012. Books ordered will be delivered in …
Beyond Geoffrey Bawa: Tropical Modernism
The Sri Lankan Architect Geoffrey Bawa is now regarded as having been one of the most important and influential Asian architects of the twentieth century. Bawa's early works were houses that artfully married vernacular styles and responses to climate and site with a modern architectural vocabulary. The Geoffrey Bawa Trust writes about his body of …
DeskShell – Personal Desk Space Within An Open Environment
The proliferation of open working environments has brought about a reduction in our levels of privacy. DeskShell by architecture and design studio Kawamura-Ganjavian is an individual enclosure that guarantees a comfortable and personal desk space within an open environment. It is light, stackable and upholstered in sound absorbing fabric. I would not mind having one …
Empty And Abandoned Music Boxes
Music Boxes is a photographic project by Luis Diaz Diaz that has been selected for for Brussels photography and architecture Biennial back in 2010. Diaz revisits the open air stages used for orchestras and concerts during the yearly local festivals in rural Galica, in northern Spain. "These simple constructions, put in place by the people …
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster
“How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?” is a beautifully-shot, thoughtful look at the life and work of premier architect Norman Foster. The film shows Norman Foster’s journey from Manchester to a global practice, discussing architecture, why it matters, and how difficult it is to do it well. Norman Foster has rewritten the rules …
Sinatra House in Los Angeles – Limited Edition
B-Side by Charlie Grosso is a collection of original, limited edition photographic works that are not part of a larger series, offered at an affordable price for the emerging art collector. Grosso says, "I have yet to kiss a pirate or climb Mt Killimanjaro. But I have traveled to many far away places and logged …
You’ll be Surprised!
A trip to Amsterdam is not complete without a visit to a world-renowned museum, a boat cruise along the charming canals or a sampling of the local delicacies. I recently shortlisted on my Amsterdam-to-visit-list the Inntel Hotel in Zaandam town centre, designed by WAM Architects. Zaandam town centre is being radically revamped on the basis …
Apple-Based Digital Hotel Entertainment
Sofitel So Bangkok, opening early 2012, is an urban haven of designer accommodation inspired by 5 elements of nature and debuting a new generation of urban hotels. It features 238 exquisite rooms with Apple Mac Mini solutions and luxurious facilities such as So SPA, So FIT, outdoor pool, restaurants, bars, meeting rooms … If you …
Polaroid Poetry – Is There Anybody Out There?
Andrea Tonellotto's Polaroid series remind me of paintings by Edward Hopper … brilliant, beautiful, full of poetry and of a distinctive feeling. Although it seems that the series hasn't been taken with a "real" Polaroid camera I tend to like the retouched Paint-Polaroid look, as Tonellotto told me that his polaroid photographs are authentic shots …
LED IS MORE by Davide Groppi
"Davide Groppi began working in 1985 as a mechanical draughtsman and illustrator. His passion for light led him to concentrate his design activities in the lighting sector. In 1988 he began to produce and distribute the first Davide Groppi brand lamps. Over the years Groppi has put together a work group which designs his own …
