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One thing is already sure - by the Viennese architect-designed Delugan Meissl Porsche Museum striking.
Although the building has not yet been fully completed, it is the fascinating aura of monolithically shaped, almost floating exhibition body on the viewer already guessed. In the bold and dynamic architecture reflects the philosophy of the company resisted and opened a first insight into the experience world of the future museum. It is a sign of arrival and the rapprochement and the visitors with a gentle gesture of “Basement” from escort into the building. read more
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Leaning from nano scale construction and how it deals w/ efficiency.
If the hydrogen economy is ever going to become reality, we will need a way to store the stuff without having to compress it to dangerously high pressures. The gas could then be fed to fuel cells to power the phones, laptops and automobiles of the future. read more
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Los Angeles, CA (September 30, 2008)– The Southern California Institute of Architecture is pleased to present Live Wire, a site-specific installation in the SCI-Arc Gallery by Los Angeles-based architects and SCI-Arc Studio Design Faculty Members, Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, in collaboration with the engineering firm Buro Happold. read more
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Advanced Beauty is a wondrous new DVD compilation comprised of 18 visuals by 20 artists, or rather sound sculptures, as curator Matt Pyke of UK-based Universal Everything would say. These transient pieces made by processing are for us to see how far you can really push the aesthetics of software generated visualisations and play around with an art genre that uses the screen as canvas. PingMag lets Matt expand the concept of moving still life imagery. via pingmag read more
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Francis Bitonti, principal of FADarchitecture and fellow Professor a the Pratt Institute School of Architecture has taken the time to share his entry for the City Racks Design Competition. It operates like a lurking vine-work of containment to the point where they seem to almost consume the bicycles in a luscious flesh. read more
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A special double issue featuring:
+ Community Wireless Networks as Situated Advocacy, by Laura Forlano and Dharma Dailey
+ Suspicious Images, Latent Interfaces, by Benjamin Bratton and Natalie Jeremijenko read more
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today unveiled its second experimental walking assist device that helps support bodyweight to reduce the load on an individual’s legs while walking, going up and down stairs, and in a semi-crouching position. The device is designed for people who are capable of walking and maneuvering on their own, but who can benefit from additional leg and body support while performing tasks. Honda will now begin testing the device in real-world conditions to evaluate its effectiveness. read more
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Zaha Hadid has designed a new flagship store for Neil Barrett in Tokyo. The duo teamed up with Patrik Schumacher to create a shop that shifts between architecture and sculpture, designed to parallel the same folding, pleating, cut-out and fixed-point design ethos utilized in the brand’s clothing. It seems to be a continuation of her fluid formal language w/ one of the most ambitious Corian projects to date.
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Shigeru BAN, Architect, Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo and Paris “Recent Projects” Thursday, November 6 2008
Pratt Institute Higgins Hall Auditorium 6pm read more
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