Tuesday, July 29, 2014

O5

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Samaranch Memorial Museum, Tianjin, China, 2011 designed by Archiland
The Samaranch Memorial Museum is in its design a result of the use of the 5 Olympic rings: 2 converted into an infinity shaped looping ramp illustrating the nature of one mans life and further 3 to become sunken courtyards. -- ArchDaily

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Yanqing Grape Expo, Yanqing, Beijing, China, 2011 designed by Archea Associati
....the international wine exhibition is part of a broader program of initiatives sponsored by the Chinese government for the 11th International Conference on Grapevine Breeding and Genetics....
This is a major recognition for Italian design and architecture. The Chinese government built the project with great skill and speed given the exceptional scope and importance of the works built. Pavilions have been deisgned as circles as a metaphor for grape bunches spread over the landscape. -- ArchDaily

Source: Roland Halbe archdaily.com
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ESO Headquarters Extension, Garching, Germany, 2013 designed by Auer Weber
The extension was designed to complement the original building (Architects: Fehling+Gogel). The office building, implementing a similar curved shape, boasting two inner courtyards, makes extensive use of natural light sources. The technical building is a cylinder construction with a diameter the size of the 39-metre primary mirror of the E-ELT. -- ArchDaily

Monday, July 21, 2014

Miniatures

Source: Matthew Simmonds archdaily.com
Miniature Spaces Carved From Stone
Matthew Simmonds, an art historian and architectural stone carver based in Italy, has created a collection of exceptionally beautiful miniature spaces carved from stone. -- ArchDaily

A Miniature Manhattan Wrought in Marble
Japenese-born, Los Angeles-based artist Yutaka Sone uses it to sculpt vast landscapes, natural as well as architectural. The third in a series of models made in marble Sone exhibited his two-and-a-half-ton sculpture entitled Little Manhattan.... -- Metropolis