Morphosis won the International Competition for the design of the “Phare” Tower (Lighthouse), the centerpiece of a redevelopment in the business district, La Défense, just outside of Paris. Mayne beat out the likes of Norman Foster and Rem Koolhaas to win the competition. Its expected completion date is 2012… …
Couple days ago Robin Pogrebin wrote an article in New York Times about “celebrity architects” selling their archives… They are not planning to donate to a library or an institution, they want to sell and make money! I wonder what they are planning to do with the money. If they will use it for a good cause, then it might be understandable. But for some reason, I don’t think so!… …
Everyone is talking about Burj Dubai (meaning Dubai Tower), from newspaper columns to architectural magazines to radio talks… As of 21 July 2007, the tower’s developers reported the Burj Dubai’s height as 512.1 meters (1,680.1 feet), with 141 completed floors, surpassing the Taipei 101 (509.2 m - 1,671 ft) as the tallest high-rise building in the world.
“Do what has never been done before.” “Always stay one step ahead.” These expressions have underscored our corporate philosophy since the very beginning, and have always represented the backbone of Sony’s design philosophy of “Building high-performance, easy-to-use, beautiful products with a distinctive Sony flair.” This is the philosophy-indeed the policy-behind a long line of Sony designs. …
It might sound ridiculous, but it is funny! One of my friends sent it to me, and I couldn’t help but share it with you. This is for all architecture and movie geeks out there. Get your popcorn and enjoy!
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has signed a long-term lease agreement with BAI Bauträger Austria Immobilien GmbH, the development and management arm of the Immobilien Holding Group, for the Shangri-La Hotel, Vienna, opening late 2009. …
Remedios Siembieda, where I have been working for almost 7 years, won the annual hospitality design (HD) award for the Shilla Hotel Seoul, Korea. …
The Energy Saving Adapters - EDF - by Gilles Belles not only look good but have some smarts behind them too. The standby mode of the electrical appliances can represent up to 10% of the electric consumption of housing (except heating).
After my Alcatraz post, I have seen this article called “Prisons of the world” in “deputydog“. The blogger did some research about prisons out of curiosity.
1. World’s most valuable prison - San Quentin State Prison, California …
I have seen this hilarious article in Digital Survivors by Scott Manning. Some of the observations are so funny, and most of them are true! Clients are always demanding doesn’t matter which industry you are working on. Relax, sit back and enjoy the article… …
This is how you were to be greeted by a correctional officer in Alcatraz… I had a lot of questions going thru my mind last weekend while I was pacing the corridors of the most famous prison in the world Alcatraz, also known as The Rock, in San Francisco Bay, California. How would I design the maximum-security prison in the world? What would you design? Where would you design such a prison? What are the esthetics criteria for a prison? Do the prisoners deserve elegance and stunning architecture that we all try to accomplish in every project? And so on… …
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