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Via Julien Vouilloux
Steven holl's submission for the competition to design the new danish natural history museum is a subterranean gallery emphasizing the notion of living and exploring 'under' our earth, sky and water.
Via Luis Pina Lopes
Schmoozing gets a bad rap, but it shouldn't. Use these nine guidelines to become a master networker.
Via todd russell, Brian S Titus
A rare 1979 [video] interview with Buckminster Fuller "...the way you and I are designed, the way you and I behave is completely the consequence of the environment we find ourselves in."
The coworking movement is growing, not just on a worldwide level, but also within each city. The Global Coworking Survey shows that the more spaces a city has, the more profitable all of them become.
Via Brian S Titus
"It arrived in London last week: The Cube - dining with a view, the temporary restaurant that has been travelling around Europe since last year. " "The structure has been wrapped in a shiny aluminium skin. The sinuous shape is emphasised by the white colour and a pierced surface, which, mixed with large glass facades, creates different transparency effects and frame evocative glimpses of the city."
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Here is another example of how green roofs are creating a whole new type of architecture that people can walk on and enjoy.
Massive disruption is coming, and the only question is whether your firm is going to cause it or fall victim to it.
Via Brian S Titus
"the residence has a highly intriguing appearance, ranking high in originality. The blue containers give the home a playful exterior and a dynamic one as well. The interiors are surprising to say the least. Subtle rustic decorative elements and wood accents are mixed with modern furniture units. The result?- an elegant home, filled with warmth and inspiring decors...."
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London-based architecture practice, Jump Studios, recently completed the interior of a submarine for the first ever Guinness deep-sea bar
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Shipping Container home plans and renderings from Big Boom Design.
In 2009, the community of Våler, Norway, sustained a severe blow: Their 17th-century church caught fire and burned to the ground.
This ribbon of pixels looks like an 8-bit waterfall or maybe a Game Boy for Godzilla. “The intended effect is to inspire visitors to the museum with a moment of wonder about what it is they are seeing. We hope that a moment of wonder leads to the desire to discover more about the science behind the patterns, and a discovery of the natural systems and forces at work in nature that leads to such beautiful patterns,”
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The School of Architecture at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, have lead a collaborative research project into bionic inspired wooden shell structures. They have designed and built a temporary pavilion, inspired by the material-efficient construction methods found in nature. Do you like it?
Via ARCILOOK
Coral is an open-source visual programming environment to help artists and coders with rapid prototyping of CGI algorithms and workflows. The project is meant to be a community effort to maintain a free core technology, the aim is to have a powerful foundation for many exciting consumer applications or in-house tools.
Via Julien Vouilloux
Urban A&O designed 3D rippling fluid walls for the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California. The Steinhart Aquarium exhibits the diversity of life on earth and the varied habitats it creates. No aquarium has ever provided an encompassing view of the link between water and life that makes this planet unique. The centerpiece of the Steinhart Aquarium is The Water Planet, a 10,000 square foot exhibition incorporating new modes of exhibition, design and technology. The space integrates living animals and powerful multimedia in order to bring complex natural phenomena within ready grasp of young visitors and families.
Via ARCILOOK
Researchers have examined the eating habits of residents in Singapore and found new evidence that a diet heavy in fast food increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.
Via Alice Ruxton Abler
Instead of building a basic module that conforms to the size of a shipping container (the usual route, which makes shipping cost-prohibitve to anyone who lives far from where the basic components are manufactured), ...
Via Jeremiah Russell
A drive-in movie theater in the wilderness and an urban rooftop are just a few of the innovative spots from which stylish trailer hotels are popping up.
Via Alice Ruxton Abler
Building houses underground once seemed like something that was only meant for our favorite superhero movies, but over the past few years many different dwellings like the Aloni Residence have proved this architectural feat can be done as a practical living space. Dubbed the “house of the future” this stunning Bolton Eco House now joins the list of underground homes, but this one also does so in an eco-friendly manner. . . .
Presented by Vision Media Productions. At a recent symposium (sponsored by Oxford International Biomedical Centre and Vision.org) titled "Access, Not Excess,"a doctor calls for balance—and describes the problems with low-fat diets, low-carb diets and high-protein diets. He also explains that fitness is not tied to skinniness, and urges people not to be too obsessed with weight.
Via Alice Ruxton Abler
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Under-the-radar but exciting new buildings.
An idea to rescue plastic waste from the ocean, mold it into balls filled with hydrogen, which would then float into the atmosphere, eventually coming back down to earth where they can be collected and recycled.
"In this intimate talk filmed at TED’s offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world’s dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening — like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks — but some require a bigger vision."
"The New York City Municipal Archives just released a database of over 870,000 photos from its collection of more than 2.2 million images of New York throughout the 20th century. Their subjects include daily life, construction, crime, city business, aerial photographs, and more."
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