Work is more fun than fun.
— Noël Coward
August 23, 2010, 11:00am
Bashkimi bën fuqi! #alb
June 28, 2010, 10:25pm
The Vanishing Mosque
“What if a mosque was not a building? What if it vanished into the fabric of a city? Seamless with the streets, connected directly to the pulse of daily life, and open to anyone and everyone at anytime, The Vanishing Mosque becomes more visible, more iconic, and more integral to the spiritual and cultural workings of a community than any building with doors and walls ever could.” (read more at RUX)
June 26, 2010, 11:00am
Shanghai Transformation. A difference of 20 years (1990-2010) between both pictures.
Looks like two different worlds.
June 21, 2010, 1:14pm
A short animation by Vandkunsten for designing sustainable cities. (via archdaily)
June 17, 2010, 4:54pm
Moon Capital Competition
On April 15, 2010, President Barack Obama announced an ambitious strategy for expanding human presence out into the solar system. On the way to Mars, the nations of the world will demonstrate solution for living in deep space indefinitely, and for building on planets. The discovery of water on the moon fundamentally changes the practical value of our nearest neighbor. After learning about where it is and how it is concentrated, we can learn to collect and purify it. And then we can use it to support human life and for rocket propellant. Now is the time to re-think the moon as a destination for human enterprise.
Therefore SHIFTboston calls on all architects, artists, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, and anyone else who would like to tackle the question: what if – what, when – these things happen on the moon? (seen at volume)
June 15, 2010, 6:37pm
FIFA 2010 World Cup kicked off yesterday with South Africa vs Mexico match in Soccer City Stadium, and Uruguay vs France in Green Point Stadium (my favorite one). See featured all the 10 stadiums and their corresponding designing studios.
Green Point Stadium by German studio GMP Architekten.
Durban Stadium by Ibhola Lethu Consortium.
Ellis Park Stadium by DBN Architects.
Soccer City Stadium by Boogertman Urban Edge + Partners.
Free State Stadium by ACG Architects.
Nelson Mandela Stadium by German studio GMP Architekten.
Mbombela Stadium by RL Architects.
Peter Mokaba Stadium by Prism Architects.
Royal Bafokeng Stadium by BSP Architects.
Loftus Versfeld Stadium by INGPlan Africa.
June 12, 2010, 12:25pm
