The UK pavilion , Shangai expo 2010

-From YATZER:
"Sponsored by the Bureau International des Expositions, the Shanghai Expo will be the largest the world has seen till this day. The Expo is staged on a 5.28 square kilometer city center site beside the Huangpu River, and features pavilions which represent the ideas and cultural and commercial ambitions of more than 200 countries and international organizations"
The UK Pavilion has been designed by Heatherwick Studio..WOW
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Wall to wall by Established and sons

-Wall to Wall by Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer is a parquet flooring installation.
They have investigated the connection between flooring and textiles with their design comparable to a tightly woven knitted garment .By developing the notion of a textile rug being an intrinsic partner with flooring materials ,the designers have combined two conventional surfaces , top create a visually dynamic finish reminiscent of traditional textile patterns used worldwide

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kinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan

-i am speechless/
It was shot at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan.

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

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Tadashi Kawamata fantastic wood huts and creations since 1977

-Looking for tree houses i stumble upon the work of Tadashi Kawamata , i was amazed by the visionary statement of his early work.
Since first exhibiting his work in 1977, Kawamata has produced a large amount of sculpture, tree houses, showpiece for exhibition and projects all over the world.
What strikes me is the type of work he was doing in between 1980 and 1990 which i think was too advanced for his time.
Nowadays, Arne Quinze is creating similar work in fluorescent shades of colors ,with a lot more media coverage , but if you look at it a little bit more, those guys work is not far apart, nowadays Kawamata is creating all sorts of Urban tree house from Art bezel in Miami to Versailles, constructing little houses attached to a building , an electric pole or some lonely urban tree, one word, genius.
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Tree houses are fun.

-A Tree house must be the closest thing to Joy as a "product-architecture-experience" Imagine being in one of those ones...is it that kids are just not kid anymore and parents are just never growing up ones, i guess the tree houses have always been built then forgotten but lately it seems like tree houses are the latest and great stuff to build.
>Click to enlarge pics ;credits as file title

awesome architecture:/ ratp-bus-center-in-thiais

-that is a sweet way to build something.

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a million recycled glass bottle = a temple

-Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple was built with more than a million glass bottles...insane.love it.
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Michael Wolf : architecture of density

-It's funny how beautifully ugly and inspiring those architectural repetitions can be, shooted by Michael Wolf , check his website for even more visual richness.
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Flare-animated building Facades

-A serious waste of energy right there, but an incredible visual result, check the video, amazing 3d pixel animation on a building facade.
Would be interesting to apply that to photovoltaic cells, so it can be visual but also wenergy efficient...
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Klein bottle house

-stop messing with my brain please...
"or us right-brain thinkers; in Mathematics, the “Klein Bottle” is a non-orientable surface, i.e., a surface (a two-dimensionaltopological space) with no distinction between the “inside” and “outside” surfaces.
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Philips Ambient window

I especially like this one, cause; back in 2004 , our graduation project was an inteliigent window that would create shades , graphic and colors through a simple transparent LCD technology , which was actually solar powered, we even won the chartered society of designer, oregon scientific award with this project , but Philips jump to another level at the end of 2007 by adding gesture to it, and by making it Really sexy looking with flower patterns and stuff.. and by actually doing a moving presentation of it( even if this might be done through big Screens instead of being a working prototype .check it out it's pretty cool and impressive. Oregon Scientific... you missed an opportunity.
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Louis Vuitton new facade

-Louis Vuitton Architecture Department created this gorgeous facade inspired by French GArdens extending a little bi more the Luxurious quality of Louis Vuitton Brand
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Bluestone Floor

-Through spray glue , here is the bluestone floor by demakersvan. lovely cuted pieces of stone put back together...
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Radiator of the futur

- The Designboom competition " radical radiators of the futur" in partnership with bisque radiator contest winners are finally online.
this is a quick selection of some of my favorite..
check out the winner and other great ideas through the link.

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zaha hadid interview

-Through Designboom, a nice interview of Zaha Hadid and some really nice visual of her liquid organic futuristic design language..
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ballard library

photographs by nic lehoux

ok ok, so it's close to home. it's also worth recognizing. the ballard library was named, among other honors, in the AIA/COTE 2006 Top Ten Green Projects. it's a gorgeous space, feels wonderful at at home in its location, represents commitment to sustainability and is a pleasure to have in our community. check out that green roof!

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the cartoon room

-for those who don't know yet w3sh.comis a great french blog where i found this cool info.
This is the cartoon room , in Germany in the kunst hotel you can find this room handpainted with pastel colors and a thin black line on every edge, this definitely look like you are sleeping in a simpson episode..
check the article through the more info link.
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