CAD Monkey
Design is a process, it changes, and evolves by time. At a certain point we need to stop making changes, and doing little adjustments in order to deliver the project. If you just come up with a great idea, use it in the next project…
Archive for May, 2007
Tsunagu – Connect
This installation, called Tsunagu – Japanese for “connect”- by architect Kengo Kuma, of a concept home based on traditional Japanese interiors was one of the talking points at the Salone del Mobile, Milan this year. It was commissioned by one of Japan’s largest developers of home real estate property company Mitsui Fudosan Residential, which plans [...]
The Architecture of Happiness
Couple months ago, I saw this book while browsing in the bookstore, and the name got my attention rightaway – “The Architecture of Happiness” by Alain De Botto. I had a chance to read it last week, once you start you keep flipping the pages! I think it is one of the finest books of [...]
May 17, 2007 | 2 comments | View Post
Custom glass
Do you want customized glass with your own design? Artwork in Architecture Glass (AAG) has the solution for you. They can customize glass to match the design in a piece of fabric, wallpaper, artwork, or even a rough sketch. This offers architects and designers an endless selection of possibilities.
May 15, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post
Ithaa Undersea Restaurant
Dining below sea level is not a dream any more. Dine 16 feet below sea level at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa’s unique undersea restaurant. Marvel at 360° views of reef and marine life, sip champagne cocktails and sample Maldivian – Western fusion cuisine at this spectacular Maldives restaurant – the world’s only all-glass [...]
May 11, 2007 | 3 comments | View Post
Architectural Humor
I found these quite entertaining. We all have been going thru these things over the years. For example; anyone with no back pain? I don’t think so! Don’t you hate having sprinklers in the middle of your wonderful ceiling design! Here is another one; I am sure you have seen mini figures come alive after [...]
May 9, 2007 | 7 comments | View Post
Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai
Currently under construction in Dubai, Hydropolis is the world’s first luxury underwater hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex. It is one of [...]
May 7, 2007 | 13 comments | View Post
High Definition Photography
“Everything began in 1955 in Tuscany. On a family trip in the hills of Tuscany a car with Swiss licence plates moves forward only slowly. Hermann Seitz, the driver of the car, shoots pictures here and there for the family album. Back home he is not quite happy with his images.
May 1, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post
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