Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
From Kanye: A-cero’s Dominican Sto. Domingo house is pretty beautiful
November 21st, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »Kanye West posted about the Sto. Domingo house in the Dominican Republic, designed by Spain-based architecture studio A-cero's Joaquin Torres and Rafael Llamazares. Strangely, the thing I think I like the most about this house is the sunken sitting area in the back. [gallery orderby="title"] Related posts:Tangga House by Guz Architects House with a view From ... Read more »
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Tangga House by Guz Architects
House with a view
From my brother via Kanye: MC Hammer 1, Hipsters 0
The Perfect House?
From Kanye: Highways of the future
From Kanye: Highways of the future
November 9th, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »From a post on Kanye West's blog: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6pUMlPBMQA[/youtube] Related posts:From Kanye: A-cero’s Dominican Sto. Domingo house is pretty beautiful From my brother via Kanye: MC Hammer 1, Hipsters 0 Hope for the future Read more »
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From Kanye: A-cero’s Dominican Sto. Domingo house is pretty beautiful
From my brother via Kanye: MC Hammer 1, Hipsters 0
Hope for the future
Kanye West’s new song, Power (featuring Dwele), is all kinds of orgasmic
Incredibly creative
Argh. I want this house.
November 4th, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »From an article in the New York Times: When they saw an advertisement for the old water-pumping station in a Berlin suburb, a working-class area called Neukölln, the pair’s creative antennae began to twitch. The former pumping station, surrounded by fully grown chestnut trees and flanked by apartment buildings on a ... Read more »
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Redesigning New York
A fourth Apple Store in New York
Interesting angle.
So much nicer than your house.
New waterfront development on Salter Street
From my brother: The Shard
August 29th, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »It's an awful, awful name, but it's an amazing design. And what sets it apart from other amazing designs is that they're actually building this. It's not just a pretty idea. Pretty crazy. The building, designed by ol' Renzo Piano, is going to be the tallest building in Western Europe (1016 ... Read more »
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My own horn: tooted.
From my brother: Lin-Manuel Miranda at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word
Say it ain’t so: a third bridge
“epic structural fail”
Interesting angle.
The Perfect House?
August 23rd, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »The Gama Issa House by Marcio Kogan, built in 2001 and located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At least seven kinds of beautiful. Related posts:Tangga House by Guz Architects House with a view The perfect home? Otter Cove Residence by Sagan Piechota Architecture Read more »
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Tangga House by Guz Architects
House with a view
The perfect home? Otter Cove Residence by Sagan Piechota Architecture
From Kanye: A-cero’s Dominican Sto. Domingo house is pretty beautiful
So much nicer than your house.
“epic structural fail”
July 1st, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »From a post over at Arch Daily: Typical cases of structure damage show portions of or whole buildings collapsing, but this is the first time that I see a building perfectly toppled. The 13-story building is part of the Lotus Riverside complex in suburban Shanghai. The cause of this epic structural fail ... Read more »
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Matt Devlin. Fail.
Interesting angle.
Redesigning New York
From my brother: The Shard
Pretty incredible: Nintendo optical illusion
Cakegasm
June 19th, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »Photos of cakes, from D&G Photography: Related posts:Iain Crawford, professional photographer Read more »
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Iain Crawford, professional photographer
Design for new Halifax Convention Centre revealed
May 4th, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »Pretty swanky. Instead of continuing as the Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre, it'll now be known as Nova Centre, Global Trade and Finance. From the article in today's Chronicle Herald: The 2,500-seat convention centre complex is expected to include two towers of 18 and 14 storeys, along with retail space and possibly a hotel. ... Read more »
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Brian MacKay-Lyons waxes critical about the Halifax Central Library design selection process
Halifax as I remember it
New development in Halifax’s Historic Properties
Great design.
Finally – a Metro Transit express bus to Tantallon
A good example of something that’s not going to be built
March 28th, 2009 | Arts, Design | Comment »Fancy 3D renders for the so-called Bayview Condos, a proposal for a 19 story condo project that, honestly, just isn't going to get built. Pretty, though. Related posts:Hollis and Morris Halifax as I remember it New development in Halifax’s Historic Properties Read more »
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Hollis and Morris
Halifax as I remember it
New development in Halifax’s Historic Properties
Oh, snap, the gloves are off!
Oh, cruel tease.