Eco-hotel in a quarry
11/11/08 Archived in : architectuur
The Songjiang district, near the Chinese city Shangai, is a popular zone for recreation. Firm Atkins, famous for their grandiose projects, proposed a set of hotels called Songjiang. The key factor of the design is the water, that is all around the building. The hotel is created in the deep quarry and this point reflexes on a simple look. The building has also underwater parts. The roof is grassy and whole complex will use geothermal energy for an electrical supply and heating, so the interference with the nature will be smaller.
The endearment from Sao Paolo
11/11/08 Archived in : architectuur
French-Brazilian architecture company Triptyque designed building for Loducca, a São Paulo advertising agency. It´s quite simple 3 floors office and is situated in suburb area. The most interesting think on whole project is front facade. It´s made from horizontal wood plank, which flows around the building. This organic mass is broken only in one spot. It is cut by concrete cube, which is used as entry.
CCTV tower
11/11/08 Archived in : architectuur
The new CCTV headquarters, at a height of 230 meter and a floor area of about 400,000 square meters, combines administration with news, broadcasting, studios and program production - the entire process of TV making - in a sequence of interconnected activities. Although the building is 230 meter tall it is not a traditional tower, but a continuous loop of horizontal and vertical sections that establish an urban site rather than point to the sky. The irregular grid on the building's facades is an expression of the forces traveling throughout its structure.
Designer dreams big with uber-green Twirling Tower
19/10/08 Archived in : architectuur
While the architectural playground that is Dubai isn't running low on innovative buildings, David Fisher is hoping to add yet another skyscraper to the mix with his self-sufficient and energy generating Twirling Tower.
The 68-story "combination hotel, apartment, and office" would sport floors that each rotate 360-degrees in the span of about 90 minutes, creating a "constantly changing architectural form."
His claims begin to elicit suspicion, however, when a promotional video (seen after the break) for the building claims that it can snag enough wind to not only power the building itself, but to energize ten other similar buildings just like it. Of course, we aren't taking that too seriously considering that he actually mentions that supplying electricity to the floors would be "similar to how a moving train captures power by staying in constant contact with a power source, like an overheard wire or third rail."
Nevertheless, Mr. Fisher sure seems determined to get this thing up in the sky, but as with most big dreams in Dubai, moving beyond the drawing board is where things get tough.
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1,000-foot glass funnel could save London's Battersea Power Station
19/10/08 Archived in : architectuur
The Battersea Power Station in London has been defunct since 1983, and urban developers have been scratching their heads to come up with a way to preserve the largest brick structure in all of Europe. Some wily Irish developers have come up with a way to turn the empty building into what they're calling a "solar driven natural ventilation system" attached to shopping malls, 3,000 homes, and a boutique hotel. The 1,000-foot glass tower would use a funnel structure to force heat out of the complex using convection all the while providing a striking addition to the London skyline. All in all, developers say this would make the complex carbon neutral. If the plan goes through, the structure could be completed as soon as 2019.
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10-seeeeeriously-cool-workplaces
19/10/08 Archived in : design
http://positivesharing.com/2006/10/10-seeeeeriously-cool-workplaces/
Interieur 08 Kortrijk
19/10/08 Archived in : design
INTERIEUR 08
21e internationale Biënnale voor wooncreativiteit
Wanneer? van 17 tot en met 26 oktober 2008
Waar?
Kortrijk Xpo
Doorniksesteenweg 216
B - 8500 Kortrijk
www.kortrijkxpo.be
Dag voor de professionelen: 17 oktober van 10 tot 21 uur
Publieksdagen: van 18 tot en met 26 oktober van 10 tot 18 uur
Toegangsprijs: 10 euro
Catalogus: 20 euro
Combi-ticket: toegang + catalogus: 25 euro
Groepen (vanaf 20 personen): 5 euro per persoon
Genesis of the Seas wordt grootste cruiseschip ooit
12/05/08 Archived in : design
Lenght 370 meter, 6.400 passengers , ready in 2009
Wie dacht dat we het twee jaar geleden wel gehad hadden, toen in Southampton de 340 meter lange Freedom of the Seas werd voorgesteld, kan zich volgend jaar vergapen aan een nog groter schip. Eind 2009 brengt rederij Royal Caribbean de Genesis in omloop. Dat schip is met zijn 370 meter nóg groter.
http://www.royalcaribbean-genesis.com
Richard Meier & Partners, Complete Works 1963-2008
12/05/08 Archived in : architectuur
Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
12/05/08 Archived in : design-architectuur
110 jaar na de Belgica-expeditie biedt het Internationaal Pooljaar 2007-2008 een unieke gelegenheid aan aan de mensheid. Opnieuw heeft België zichzelf hoge streefdoelen vooropgesteld. De Belgische federale overheid gaf de International Polar Foundation (IPF), opgericht door Alain Hubert en de professoren André Berger (UCL) en Hugo Decleir (VUB), opdracht de bouw van een nieuw wetenschappelijke basis, het "Princess Elisabeth" station, dat zal plaatsvinden tijdens de zuidelijke zomer van 2007-2008, te realiseren.
http://www.antarcticstation.org