There are only a couple of small imperfections, IMHO, in the design presented in photo below. What do you think?
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Check out this blog site: ExquisiteDwellings
Check out the great interior design photos on this blog site. Quite fun!
There are only a couple of small imperfections, IMHO, in the design presented in photo below. What do you think?
http://exquisitedwellings.blogspot.com
There are only a couple of small imperfections, IMHO, in the design presented in photo below. What do you think?
http://exquisitedwellings.blogspot.com
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Proposed EGG shaped houses
A series of houseboats, floating lodges and beach houses are to be crafted from reclaimed materials from a previous project by designers BMT Asia Pacific (visit their press release on their website at: http://www.bmtasiapacific.com/news/article/home/75093/one-is-never-un-oeuf).
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2394882/Worth-shelling-The-eco-houses-shaped-like-giant-EGGS.html#ixzz2c4WqX0EU
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Sunday, August 11, 2013
New ZAHA HADID Pininterest Pinboard by Dezeen Magazine
See my previous blog posting: http://markgsmusings.blogspot.com/2013/02/best-new-architecture-in-last-century.html
Saturday, August 10, 2013
New TALLEST building in China
Gorgeous, isn't it. Very elegant and shapely. Shanghai Tower, eponymously named, just topped out a few days ago in China and now is the tallest building in Asia.
At 2,073ft (632 metre) structure, Shanghai Tower stands in the city’s Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, beside the Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center. It is the tallest building in Asia and the second-tallest building in the world, after 2,716.5ft-tall Burj Khalifa.
Perhaps even more impressive than the structure’s height will be its form. The semi-transparent building twists as it rises – its spiralling form is meant to reduce wind load by 24 per cent during typhoons. Designers claim the curve is also meant to “symbolise the dynamic emergence of modern China.”
An undulating, curving tower, this will become the tallest of many planned curved or spiraling skyscrapers in the works around the world (see previous blog entries: http://markgsmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-want-to-live-in-this-cool-building.html and http://markgsmusings.blogspot.com/2009/08/those-dubai-dudes-are-really-amazing.html).
Shanghai Tower is the creation of US-based architectural firm Gensler, whose other developments include Houston’s Hess Tower and Farmers Field in Los Angeles. The 121-story building will include offices, numerous entertainment venues, retail units, a conference centre, cultural attractions and a luxury hotel.
The building will be joined by a number of other Chinese record breakers in time. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat last year found that nine of the 20 tallest buildings currently under construction worldwide were being built in China. Last month it was announced that construction of what would be the world’s tallest building (see earlier blog: http://markgsmusings.blogspot.com/2013/07/chinas-proposed-new-tallest-building-in.html) had begun in Changsha in China’s Hunan province.
Construction on the building was begun in 2008. That means that the construction of the future tallest building in the world that I discussed a couple of days ago (click here: http://markgsmusings.blogspot.com/2013/07/chinas-proposed-new-tallest-building-in.html) is all the more remarkable, because, assuming it is built, as proposed, would be completed in just months. This really interesting photo study of the construction process is fascinating. Particularly the photo which shows the framework built to create the exterior shape.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ultratravel/the-next-big-thing/10231608/Shanghais-new-landmark-Chinas-tallest-building.html
At 2,073ft (632 metre) structure, Shanghai Tower stands in the city’s Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, beside the Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center. It is the tallest building in Asia and the second-tallest building in the world, after 2,716.5ft-tall Burj Khalifa.
Perhaps even more impressive than the structure’s height will be its form. The semi-transparent building twists as it rises – its spiralling form is meant to reduce wind load by 24 per cent during typhoons. Designers claim the curve is also meant to “symbolise the dynamic emergence of modern China.”
Shanghai Tower is the creation of US-based architectural firm Gensler, whose other developments include Houston’s Hess Tower and Farmers Field in Los Angeles. The 121-story building will include offices, numerous entertainment venues, retail units, a conference centre, cultural attractions and a luxury hotel.
The building will be joined by a number of other Chinese record breakers in time. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat last year found that nine of the 20 tallest buildings currently under construction worldwide were being built in China. Last month it was announced that construction of what would be the world’s tallest building (see earlier blog: http://markgsmusings.blogspot.com/2013/07/chinas-proposed-new-tallest-building-in.html) had begun in Changsha in China’s Hunan province.
Construction on the building was begun in 2008. That means that the construction of the future tallest building in the world that I discussed a couple of days ago (click here: http://markgsmusings.blogspot.com/2013/07/chinas-proposed-new-tallest-building-in.html) is all the more remarkable, because, assuming it is built, as proposed, would be completed in just months. This really interesting photo study of the construction process is fascinating. Particularly the photo which shows the framework built to create the exterior shape.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ultratravel/the-next-big-thing/10231608/Shanghais-new-landmark-Chinas-tallest-building.html
Friday, August 9, 2013
Architecturally famous house from FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF for sale
Highland Park, Illinois is home to a very special house. Architecture buffs will recognize 370 Beech Street as a steel and glass building designed by notable architects A. James Speyer and David Haid. 370 Beech was also an unforgettable movie where a Ferrari met its dramatic end in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
If you haven't seen the movie, this is a classic. As is the house.
The house was originally listed with for $2.3 million. Today, the price has been lowered and the "Ferris Bueller house" is now $1.65 million.