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Accessibly tall and inspiring from the riverside earlier, the Gherkin hides shyly behind Liverpool Street’s offices now. And it’s true - this building recedes as you draw ever closer. Five minutes later, she lurks half-hidden down an alleyway off Bishopsgate, and by the time we each St Mary Axe, the hem of her crystal skirt is all [...]
Several of the best known names in architecture have created gas stations, around the world, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies Van der Rohe, Willem Dudok, Jean Prouve, Arne Jacobsen and Norman Foster, but nobody created a design package that was as enduring and comprehensive as Elliot Noyes for Mobil."
(TrendHunter.com) What do Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies Van der Rohe, Willem Dudok, Jean Prouve, Arne Jacobsen and Norman Foster all have in common? For starters, each is a world famous architects. Secondly, each “tried…
By Aloysius Bhui MAKASSAR, Indonesia, Sept 26 (Reuters) - A new airport in the capital of cocoa-and-coffee-producing South Sulawesi province officially opened on Friday, paving the way for an increase in tourism and trade in Indonesia’s eastern islands. Indonesia’s government has said it needs to spend billions of dollars modernising and building new infrastructure, including roads, ports, [...]
Since budget airlines have opened up new areas of Europe to holiday makers, people are daring to venture further from the usual tourist hotspots. So what would be the perfect unusual Spanish city for an autumn getaway? Madrid, Seville and Barcelona are the normal choices, but why not look to the Basque country for your [...]
The famous English architect Norman Foster is designing apartments in Buenos Aires in the expensive and ritzy barrio of Puerto Madero. According to the Clarín, he is designing Aleph Residencias, which will cost 6,000 dollars per square meter. Foster won the Henry Fellowship to study at the Yale School of Architecture and went on to [...]
TOKYO.- The artists are recognized and awarded for their achievements, for the impact they have had internationally on the arts, and for their role in enriching the global community. Each recipient receives 15 million yen (c. $140,000), and a diploma and medal presented by honorary patron of the Japan Art Association Prince Hitachi in an awards ceremony in Tokyo. The awards
The phalanx of mirrors on the wooden runway at the Marc Jacobs show perfectly reflected the new skyline emerging in New York City. There they were, slabs of mirrors standing upright like city towers.
Adam Crain of archipreneur.blogspot.com sent me some sweet shots from his travels 'round Europe. Enjoy. The Vatican Accademia di Architetturo, Mendrisio, Switzerland Accademia di Architetturo, Mendrisio, SwitzerlandCarlo Scarpa, VeronaCarlo Scarpa, Cemetery Castel Grande, Switzerland Villa Savoye "Forgot Where"...
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Those planning on attending next year's global Festival of Media won't have to worry about dropping a ton of money on water taxis to get around, now that organizers are moving the festival to Europe's new "City of Cool," Valencia, Spain. C Squared, producers of the festival, announced the move today, along with a new name, The Festival of Media: Valencia.
VolksWagon 74 mpg Golf BlueMotion Concept For those of you Volkswagon-lovers or Golf-lovers (the car I mean), you are in luck as VW is working on a 105 horsepower, 184 lbs.-ft. of torque at a low...
ONE of the more pleasing elements of the superyacht boom has been the explosion of innovative design work that has emerged from the sector over the last decade.
Modernism's usual commitment is to progress, competition, creativity, technological liberty and the romantic urge to overcome the traditions of previous generation. In design the technical and social progressivism of those practicing the International Style; in the arts the isms stem from Baudelaire and include Dada and Surrealism. This pace, change,...
