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POPSWalk through “Your Rainbow Panorama” in Denmark Now reaching the rainbow became possible with the new installation named “Your rainbow panorama” of the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The new project was opened on the 28th of May 2011 on the top of the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum in Århus, Denmark. Permanent circular vivid walkway of a 150 meters long, 3 meters wide by 3 meters high, gives a 360° colorful view of the city. Eliasson’s creation is 52 meters in diameter (approximate weight of 140 tons), mounted on the 12 columns which are resting on the steel construction on the roof level (around 100 tons). This artistic work stands over 50 meters above the street level and 3.5 meters above the renovated roof area, it is also available for recreational purposes with a spectacular city view, all interested can reach both roof terrace and panorama via stairs and elevators.
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POPSBizarre: House overlooking a cemetery Okay, not a lot of people out there would love to call this their home, but travel photographer Richard Elliott doesn’t mind being in this rather quiet neighborhood! This enigmatic house, located in North London, overlooks a graveyard that is home to many famous names (Karl Marx, Christina Rossetti, George Eliot.. to name a few). Eldridge-Smerin Architects, who designed the house made sure that it made best use of the views and environment around the house.
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POPSMinimalist House And Work Of Art In One Read more: http://www.digsdigs.com/minimalist-house-and-work-of-art-in-one/#ixzz1cOdVOZEr This Madrid suburban house was built by Spanish architect Joaquin Torres from design studio A-cero. The house is not only full of objects of art but also comprise an art object itself. The minimalist style chosen is the perfect thing for all those works of art and installations, it makes contrast and doesn’t attract attention from them. The pace is mostly done in black and white, with an addition of vintage furniture and carpets. Sleek tops, simple combinations and strict lines highlight beautiful art and sculptures. Giant museum or work of art…it’s up to you to decide.
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POPSDMJM H&N Awards: 2007 RAND Corporate Headquarters: Santa Monica, CA - Award for Excellence–The Americas: ULI 2007 Countrywide Home Loans Campus: Chandler, AZ - Architectural Excellence Award: City of Chandler 2006 Royal Bank of Scotland: Houston, TX - Institute Honor Award: AIA National 2006 Unified Communications Center: Washington, DC -CM Project Achievement Award: CMAA 2006 Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Int’l Airport—Consolidated Rental Car Facility: Florida - Merit Award of Excellence: AIA Florida Chapter 2005 Philip Morris USA Headquarters Renovation: Richmond, VA - Award for Excellence in Interior Design: AIA Miami Chapter
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POPSDesigner : Vincent Callebaut Architect Bionic Arch is a pioneering building design concept that has been specially created with a goal to symbolize the dynamics of economic, social, political and cultural achievements of new eco-friendly green city of Taiwan as a part of the new master plan “Taichung Gateway – Active Gateway City”. This groundbreaking design combines the nine major indicators that require a building to be called as Green by law, planting green, water conservation, daily energy efficiency, carbon dioxide reduction, waste reduction, water resources, wastewater and garbage improvements, protection and biodiversity, and refinement of the interior environment, making it exactly what future accommodations needed to be.
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POPSAmazing San Francisco sculpture made of toothpicks Rolling through the bay is an abstract toothpick sculpture of San Francisco. It has about 100,000 of toothpicks. The amazing part, is that it has four ping pong ball paths that roll through different landmarks of San Francisco. Scott Weaver has spent about 3000 hours on it over a period of 34 years. Here are the individual components of this toothpick sculpture.
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POPSTudor Fastrider The prestigious Swiss maker of timepieces for sport has established close ties with the Italian motorcycle firm – a stalwart of the MotoGP World
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POPSFinal twist in Calatrava design The City of Chicago has begun its final review of Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire design. Calatrava's twisting 2,000-foot-tall building was officially filed for final design. The initial design for the project was unveiled in May 2005. Refinements, to the new design include eliminating a broadcast antenna, eliminating the proposal for hotel and retail space and giving a more organic feel which is more in keeping with the tradition of Chicago's skyscrapers. Calatrava has proposed building two bridges on the site. One across the Chicago River-designed so it can pivot to accommodate water traffic-will connect the Chicago Spire's plaza with the lakefront bicycle trail to the south. A second, on the north side will connect the site to DuSable Park. The design also includes enhancements for DuSable Park, including a pavilion and boat landing, to bring light, colour and activity to a now-forbidding section of road below Lake Shore Drive.
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POPSAn absent Zaha reigns supreme
ZHA wins Stirling Prize for second year running despite high hopes for Velodrome This time last year we celebrated with Zaha Hadid as she received a long-awaited Stirling Prize for the MAXXI Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome, seemingly the only architectural gong missing from her now overflowing awards cabinet. Few architecture firms are able to boast two Stirling Prizes (Foster + Partners, Wilkinson Eyre and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners) however Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) can now add their name to this elite class of design excellence after this Saturday receiving a second title for the exquisite Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton - the first school building ever to win the Stirling Prize. Despite her obvious elation at the awards twelve months ago Hadid was absent from Saturday’s official ceremony, instead sending her right hand man - and WAN judge - Patrik Schumacher to receive the award. After thanking the RIBA and judges, Schumacher gushed: “It’s a wonderful f
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POPSZaha's cloud in Cagliari Zaha Hadid wins international competition Zaha Hadid has won a presitgious international competition to design the new Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum in Cagliari, Italy. Envisioned as a project to be completed in three phases, the structure will cover some 12,000 square metres, comprised of Nuragic and Contemporary Art exhibition spaces, a library, a congress hall, offices and retail space. The aim of the project is to create a node of cultural exchanges that can simultaneously serve as a landmark announcing the arrival to Cagliari from the sea, and answer the five challenges proposed by the brief. Through the interconnection of the inner circulation with the public paths and the alternation of open spaces and cavities, the building shares its public dimension with the city. Moreover, it geometrically aligns along the axis of the sea, and extends its arms towards the quarter and the stadium of S.Elia, connecting and assimilating itself to the site.
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POPS111 First Street, Jersey City, United States The City of Jersey City, The Athena Group and BLDG Management Co., Inc. announced today that the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been commissioned to design a mix use development in Jersey City’s burgeoning waterfront development, at 111 First Street. The 1.2 million SF development’s mix of program of condominiums, public amenities and hotel, artist work & live studios, gallery, retail and parking will act as a beacon for the future development of the area into Jersey City’s arts district. Each component of the program is concentrated into individual blocks: a cube of artist work & live studios and galleries, a slab that combines hotel rooms and apartments, and a wider slab that accommodates deeper apartments. The resulting volumes are stacked perpendicularly in plan to create a 52 storey tower. This stacking maintains the independence of each block optimizes potential views from the site and creates a dynamic relationship between the building and its surroundings
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POPSAatrial House Site near the forest, where the building is designed has one drawback: south-western access. In order to avoid the functional collision of the driveway and the garden, the driveway was 'pushed' into the ground. This prompted the idea of a driveway leading inside to the the ground floor level, from underneath the building, which became possible thanks to the creation of an inner atrium with the driveway in it. This in turn has made it possible to obtain a new type of house, which is the reverse of an atrial building. The Aatrial House is closed to the inside and open to the surroundings.
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POPSSutyagin House, Arkhangelsk, Russia This imposing building is believed to be the world's tallest wooden house rising 13 floors to reach 144ft. The house is also crumbling, incomplete and under threat of demolition from city authorities who are eager to end Nikolai Sutyagin's 15 year project. Driven to inspiration by his formative years spent in a Soviet communal flat, Sutyagin felt lonely living by himself. Building began in 1992 and was only going to reach two stories high, however, convinced by a trip to see wooden houses in Japan and Norway, he decided he had not used enough roof space efficiently enough and decided to keep building. He firstly added three floors, but was not keen on the outcome, so he added more floors and just kept goind, he calls the finished project a "happy accident". For the one-time gangster, who has spent four years in jail on racketeering charges, Nikolai Sutyagin's home is certainly different. Not only would his house be a perfect love nest, but it could even accommodate the 18 executives o
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POPS BMW Headquarters in Munich The BMW Group is planning in close proximity to their headquarters and the Olympiapark in Munich a center for brand experience and vehicle delivery. The main element of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU design proposal is a large, permeable hall with a sculptural roof and the double cone which emerges in relation to the existing headquarters complex. The hall is a marketplace for differentiated and changing uses and an unmistakable sign for the BMW Group. The interior topography creates differentiated spatial densities and fluid subspaces. The heart of the building is the "Premiere" vehicle delivery area. Hanging above this space are the customer lounges which allow views through the event space and toward the BMW headquarters.
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