Dec 06, 2008
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It’s been a long time coming and the Stuttgart car makers’ museum to themselves has been slightly delayed again. The Viennese architect-designer, Delugan Meissl, designed this masterpiece to showcase the history of one of Germany’s most iconic brands.
The whole building is intended to look as if it is floating above the ground when you are inside and houses some of the best examples of German sportscar design from the last 100 years of so. Everybody would love to give you more details about the museum, but it is a little hard to decipher the language used on the site. It’s probably best that you just look at the pictures and pop in to the actual museum next time you are in or near Stuttgart. As ever click the picture to see the site and the building works on it.
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Aug 21, 2008
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One of our favourite cities is Antwerp. Dunno why but the place rocks. The atmosphere there is a great one and there is a real sense of style it feels French but isn’t that far away.
Architecturally there is a great deal going on too, old and new mix with ease and shops pop up in old bank buildings and the such like. The shops exude a great deal of style too with upper class boutiques and (my favourite shop) the grungy, down-to-earth-skater-hang-out, ‘Fish ‘n’ Chips’, which is well worth a look if you are trying desperately to be down with the kids… I still am, I just like the place.
Anyway, this recently caught my eye and you are bound to see why. Nestled in between the standard buildings is a glass fronted piece which has multiple usages – shop, office, apartment and storage space. It’s designed by the Import/Export Architectural practice and we like it lots of plenty. The building is in the trendy part of town and deserves to be. It’s full of angles which are not quite 90º and seems to be very fragile (hence the name) but is just as strong and sturdy as any of the buildings around it.
It’s not hard to see why this building works in Antwerp, it has a great feeling which could only be bettered if it overlooked the river. I’d think about relocating the business to this building if I could live there too. As usual, click the picture above to get more images from the ‘OWI // Office for Word and Image’ website. Nice.
Images © Dujardin Filip
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Jul 03, 2008
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Pretty much one of the most revered designers in the UK at the moment is Thomas Heatherwick. His work takes normal and accepted ideas, screws them up and throws them away before designing something simply wonderful.
Many of his works are based on simple fluid shapes which create an organic and flowing feel, but this one is a simple idea which looks like a giant rolled up, orange Hedgehog. This particular piece is a 2.4 metre cube which is machined from 15mm aluminium. It features 5000 thin spikes which serve as windows capped with orange acrylic. The entire structure stands on these self same spikes, each of which radiates from the exact centre of the structure. This means one single light source can be used to emit light from each of the spikes. It simply looks stunning, lit up or not.
Everybody loves Heatherwick studio. Their works for the Harvey Nichols window, over 10 years ago, was award winning for a reason and most every project since is worthy of our awe. The best advice is not to take our word for it, but to go to the Heatherwick studio website, by clicking the picture above. Have a look at the “sitooterie” then browse around the rest of the work, making sure you have a look at the rolling bridge in the Paddington Basin. Simply stunning.
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Jun 03, 2008
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Suddenly every other office looks a bit stale. Here is a project the architects, James Law Cybertecture International, for a new office complex in Mumbai, India. The whole concept considers the world as an ecosystem and let it evolve. Hence its egg shape. The building takes care of its inhabitants, helping track blood pressure and weight automatically with data being sent to their doctor if needed. The roof garden dissipates heat from the building itself, while its egg shape makes the most of reaping the abundant solar energy of the area.
Great looking building and a good concept but what do you think about having your health monitored on a day to day basis every time you enter the building? I can see it causing a few human rights and intrusion issues in Europe.
image © James Law Cybertecture Intenational
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