Marco Polo Tower / Behnisch Architekten
Marco Polo Tower in Hamberg, Germany by Behnisch Architekten: Directly on the Elbe, commanding a prominent position in the HafenCity, stands the Marco Polo Tower right beside the new Unilever headquarters, also by Behnisch Architekten. The 55m high tower punctuates the end of the route from the inner city out to the new attractions, the […]
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Pure White Paper (Stretching Accordion Paper Sculptures) / Li Hongbo
A book editor and designer, the artist became fascinated by traditional Chinese toys and festive decorations known as paper gourds made from glued layers of thin paper which can be stored flat but then opened to reveal a flower or other shape. He applied the same honeycomb-like paper structure to much larger human forms resulting […]
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Edgeland House / Bercy Chen Studio
Edgeland House in Austin, Texas by Bercy Chen Studio: In an increasingly generic and de-natured world, we are interested in producing architecture tuned to the specificity of a place. The Edgeland residence is commissioned by a science fiction writer enthralled with 21st century human habitation in the urban frontiers of abandoned industrial zones. Not unlike […]
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Happy Planet / Zim and Zou
After months of hard work and secrecy, we are proud to finally release Zim & Zou‘s wonderful commission for IBM with Ogilvy. “Happy Planet” was conceived to be poster campaign and animated greeting card for IBM, which quickly developed into the most ambitious project Zim & Zou had ever taken on. From the meticulous range […]
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Alcácer do Sal Residences / Aires Mateus
Alcácer do Sal Residences in Portugal by Aires Mateus: The project is based on a attentive reading of the life of a very specific kind of community, a sort of a micro-society with its own rules. It is a program, somewhere in between a hotel and a hospital, that seeks to comprehend and reinterpret the combination […]
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Messe Basel New Hall / Herzog & de Meuron
Messe Basel New Hall in Basel, Switzerland by Herzog & de Meuron: The key architectural and urban-planning feature of the new hall complex developed by Basel architects Herzog & de Meuron is the City Lounge. This is a covered-over public space that can be likened to a railway station concourse or market hall and is […]
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Oscar Niemeyer Mural Tribute (Brazil) / Eduardo Kobra
Brazilian street artist, Eduardo Kobra created this mural in honor of the famed architect Oscar Niemeyer, in São Paulo, Brazil. Niemayer, recently passed away in December at the age of 104. The large scale mural which pays homage to the architectural style of Niemayer, measures at 170 feet high and 52 feet wide. The mural took two week to complete. -@ybaynes images […]
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Songwon Art Center / Mass Studies
Songwon Art Center in Seoul, Korea by Mass Studies: The site is an irregularly shaped piece of land, roughly 297? in size, sitting in an entrance location to the Buk-Chon area when approached from the city center. The two adjacent roads meet in a sharp angle, with the main street sloping up towards the site. These situations […]
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Processing (Glitch Graphics) / Adam Ferriss
For this particular collection of greyscale patterns, Ferriss used code written in the popular programming language Processing that employed two techniques: pixel sorting and cellular automata. Starting with a photograph of a wave crashing against a craggy shore, Ferriss first used code to sort the pixels from brightest to darkest (his program was a tweaked […]
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Urban Geode / A Common Name
A parallel aspect of these “geodes” in nature and in the city is they are always unexpected treasures. You might go hunting for treasures but you generally happen upon them during your adventures or casual interaction with the environment. I enjoy the fact that many people will not notice these, but some astute people will; […]
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The Non Program Pavilion / Jesús Torres García Architects
The Non Program Pavilion in Spain by Jesús Torres García Architects: Located in the South of Spain, close to the Mediterranean Sea, this small pavilion is surrounded by a remarkable landscape. The construction is defined by the relation between the form in the landscape and the contact of the structure on the field. The structure […]
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iPhone Photos / Brock Davis
A series of Instagram photos from Minneapolis based photographer, artist and illustrator Brock Davis. These are some of his favorites from 2012. These photos are unlike most forgettable and self-indulgent Instagram photos which stream around the interweb. These pics express wit and cleverness and uses the popular social media titan in an innovative approach. Here […]
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