Archive for November, 2007 Page 4 of 13
Nov 25
South Beach, Singapore / Foster + Partners
Occupying an entire city block between the Marina Centre and the Civic District, the scheme will create a 150,000 square meter eco-quarter in downtown Singapore that continues the Singaporean ideal of the ‘city in a garden’ with its lush planting and sky gardens. A generous canopy protects the public realm at ground level, buffering the spaces beneath from the extremes of the tropical climate. Above the canopy rises a vertical city of clustered towers.
The canopy is articulated by ribbon-forms that flex above the primary circulation routes and public spaces and dip near the edges - reflecting the changes of use beneath it. The ribbons rise up the exposed east and west elevations of the towers where they form a series of vertical louvres. These filter the sun and provide a framework for the planting which will transform the towers into a series of vertically linked green spaces. The buildings’ forms and slanted facades are oriented to catch the prevailing winds and direct air flow down to cool the ground level spaces.
Nov 23
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Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
US3 featuring Rahsaan & Gerard Presencer
Wieden + Kennedy London have designed this year’s Christmas lights in Regent Street in collaboration with lighting specialists UVA. Called ‘Unity’, the installation is interactive and responds to the volume of shoppers on the street, the weather and the time of the day. It visualises all these inputs in realtime, using the entire length of the street.
Sitooterie II / Heatherwick Studio
The Bearfire Resort will offer year-round ski slopes spread over a total ski-able area of 650,000 square feet in the seemingly improbable locale of Fort Worth, Texas. The resort will use a polymer-based snow substitute called Snowflex that allows for skiing and snowboarding anywhere, at any time.
Stacking Tray Seats / Aguiniga Design
The Fall of Karak Eight Peaks / Alex Boyd
The Assault on Lothern / Paul Dainton
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Art & Illustrations
Concept Art
Wallpapers
Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the WAR-inspired paintings
The Decimation of Praag
The Fall of Karak Eight Peaks
The Assault on Lothern
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Nov 22
Some of the biggest ideas in the world started as a little sketch on a cocktail napkin. With the Napkin Notebook, there’s room for twenty paradigm-shattering ideas, held together by a handsome metal binding. Have a sketch on the virtual notebook at their website and email your creation to a friend. Available soon on the MoMA Store.
