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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 7th 2008
i quite like it, too. i'm always a bit unsure of those roofs, though. weight of water / snow etc. but it's in spain, so, errr, yeah, carry on
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CommentAuthormick
- CommentTimeJul 7th 2008
the treehouses remind me of the Baba Yaga stories.
the Norwegian Defense Ministry looks just brutal.
maybe that's the point. if so, well done.
that Svalbard Science Center is probably very attractive when surrounded by snow. I admire the thought in designing to protect from the elements.
that "M" house... the rubble wall has great colours; i like that part.
so.....this building, built in the Netherlands on an old wharf, at first glance i pointed a finger and rolled my eyes..."Bauhaus", i sneered. but, like many of my snap judgements about architecture, i should have looked before leaping to the conclusion.
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 9th 2008
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CommentAuthornicko
- CommentTimeJul 9th 2008
I saw a shipping container coffee shop on the internets somewhere. It was quite a neat idea
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 9th 2008
Wood House design by Jonas Retamal in Chiloe, South Chile - seriously, check out the other images of this place. -
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
Karin Widnäs's studio designed by Finnish architect Tuomo Siitonen. The house is on a hill in Fiskars, overlooking the Degersjö lake. The massive beams are made from spruce that fell in storms... -
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 19th 2008
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 19th 2008
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 19th 2008
The Leaf chapel sits within the grounds of the Risonare hotel resort in Kobuchizawa, a refreshingly green setting with beautiful views to the southern Japanese Alps, Yatsugatuke peaks and Mt.Fuji.
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 21st 2008
Transforming Tate Modern, aimed at establishing the full potential of the entire Tate Modern site and surrounding areas, has been developed by a design team led by architects Herzog & de Meuron. -
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CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
- CommentTimeJul 21st 2008
this is less than 100m from my office -
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CommentAuthorjamm
- CommentTimeJul 21st 2008
that's quite a big "extension" -
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CommentAuthormick
- CommentTimeJul 21st 2008
another diagonal disaster. ugh. -
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CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
- CommentTimeJul 24th 2008
heh -
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CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
- CommentTimeJul 27th 2008
i can't take this seriously at all
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CommentAuthorbe-jot
- CommentTimeJul 27th 2008
the saying "life is a rollerocoaster" gets a new meaning.
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obligatory motion sicknes pills as a part of daily diet
plus all the quarrles "i only get the shade! i'm never in the sun!" -
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CommentAuthorjamm
- CommentTimeJul 27th 2008
"if your life travels through time, you need a home which travels accordingly"
umm...yeah, deep.
imo it's bloody ugly, the only upside is the wind turbine. There isn't a new button in microstation "make building dynamic" is there?
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CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
- CommentTimeJul 27th 2008
there is in rhino or digital prject
and those wind turbines so wont work -
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CommentAuthormick
- CommentTimeJul 27th 2008
it won't?
the building.. total whee factor 9/10. voice command had better have a "speed up!" mode.
total belief factor 0.5/10
can you imagine how much they got for drawing up the concepts? 10/10
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CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
- CommentTimeJul 27th 2008
i figure they wont as they are in effectively recesses. the main flow of wind will buffet and eddy across the face of the building and work like one of those air curtains you get just inside shops - there aint no wind getting through to feed the turbines -
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CommentAuthornicko
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
i like the light 'seeping' out stuff
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CommentAuthornicko
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
oozing
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CommentAuthornicko
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
ZANY!
that's a major bit of wiring outside there, eh?
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CommentAuthornicko
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
Yeah, I bet the photographer thought he'd have an awesome job. Arrive on site: pwnt -
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
actually, the shadows cast by the pole, and the cables themselves solidify an already very geometrical and finite space. *cough*
there we go, no need to spend hours airbrushing it out of the photo now
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CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008 edited
looks like catenary -
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CommentAuthormick
- CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
looks like Tyvek, actually. -
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeJul 31st 2008
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeAug 15th 2008 edited
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CommentAuthormick
- CommentTimeAug 15th 2008
somehow, that ^ goes with this bit of urbanism:
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CommentAuthormick
- CommentTimeAug 15th 2008
but not so much this one:
i think of this as an example of compromise between the design team and the implementation team. *nod*
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- CommentAuthorrbernato
- CommentTimeAug 16th 2008
^ this should really go into the fail topic – !
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeAug 18th 2008
light transmitting concrete. no, really.
light transmitting concrete in the form of a widely applicable new building material -
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CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
- CommentTimeAug 19th 2008
i used that image in a client pitch recently - fair use? ~nods -
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeAug 19th 2008
Nice shelter by architectural student Andres Miguel Lillo Coria. Located in the Region of Maule's Andes Mountains, it is in pine and is assembled in a way to allow the visitor to view the beautiful landscape.
looks like it would benefit from a higher standard of workmanship on the build, though -
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CommentAuthororsonrockwell
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008 edited
Not sure if this was posted or not...but its badass
Kind of cool too, as my girlfriends parents have a house there~ i would love to visit and to see this...
Dubai is building this crazy ass big skyscraper
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CommentAuthorurbansurgeon
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008
contextual just isn't the word darling -
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CommentAuthororsonrockwell
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008
not really sure if i know what the hell you are talking about but i think it is kind of cool looking(will be) -
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008
That CNN article...Rising 141 floors with a mass of surrounding cranes and girders, it has no ... steel yet.
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CommentAuthornicko
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008
@ urban: how does the light transmitting concrete perform? Will it meet Part E / BB93 etc etc? Is it load bearing or simply used as a finish? -
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008
Thousands of optical glass fibres form a matrix and run parallel to each other between the two main surfaces of each block. The proportion of the fibres is very small (4%) compared to the total volume of the blocks. Moreover, these fibres mingle in the concrete because of their insignificant size, and they become a structural component as a kind of modest aggregate. Therefore, the surface of the blocks remains homogeneous concrete. In theory, a wall structure built from light-transmitting concrete can be several meters thick, because the fibres work without almost any loss in light up until 20 meters. Load-bearing structures can be also built of these blocks, since glass fibres do not have a negative effect on the well-known high compressive strength value of concrete. The blocks can be produced in various sizes and with embedded heat-isolation.
i was wondering about building a matrix of glassfibres in a block mould, and positioning them so that the image is reversed on the other side of the wall. that would be cool.
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CommentAuthornicko
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008 edited
Yeah I read that too, thing is that it looks like aircrete not dense aggregate.
Pity they're not in the UK, they would be an ideal sales target for us. -
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CommentAuthororsonrockwell
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008 edited
chris said...
That CNN article...Rising 141 floors with a mass of surrounding cranes and girders, it has no ... steel yet.
I did add (will be) to my original comment, still not sure about this 'contextual' ...they have been working on it for 5 years...and regardless if it is done or not
i would still love to see it, as i have never seen any structure this high...darling!(?)
EDIT: the article i pulled was from 2007 i think they have progressed a bit...
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CommentAuthororsonrockwell
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008 edited
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CommentAuthornicko
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008
that is hott™ -
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CommentAuthorchris
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008
maxx hottness™ -
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CommentAuthorsquapple
- CommentTimeAug 20th 2008 edited
wow. You like that then, chris?
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