London moments pt.2

Covent Garden @Christmas

Monument

Southwark/Tower Bridge

The Shard

Gummy Bears

Tate Modern

O2 Arena

Bus Colours

Royal Albert Hall

taken with Instagram

Recent iconic buildings, Ep.6

America's Cup Building "Veles e Vents"

by David Chiperfield

Vents’ (Sails and Winds) and accompanying park were the social focal point for the 2007 America’s Cup – the world’s premier offshore racing competition, staged in Europe for the first time in over 150 years. The Louis Vuitton Cup started in April 2007 and the climax, the 32nd America’s Cup match, commenced at the end of June 2007.

  

‘Veles e Vents’ connects directly to a new park, built above 15,000 m2 (160,000 sq ft) of car parking. A ‘tail’ of elevated public spectator decks stretches out from the building into the port, with bars, restaurants, and information points.

Cantilevered floor slabs – the largest reaching out 15meters (45 ft) – create the outdoor viewing decks that surround each floor. 60 percent of the building is taken up by outdoor space. 

‘Veles e Vents’ utilizes a reduced palette of materials – white painted steel trims the edges of the concrete structure, the ceiling is constructed of white metal panels incorporating linear recessed lighting, the external floors are solid Brazilian timber decking, and the internal floors are white resin. Simple, brightly colored furniture offsets the predominant whiteness of the structure, and distinguishes the different areas within the building.

Location: Valencia, Spain
Competition Date: 2005
Completion Date: 2006
Gross Floor Area: 10,000 m2 Foredeck building,  15,000 m2 Parking, 100,000 m2 America’s Cup Park

Client: Consorcio Valencia 2007
Design Architect: David Chipperfield Architects: David Chipperfield, Marco de Battista, Mirja Giebler, Jochen Glemser, Regina Gruber, David Gutman, Melissa Johnston, Andrew Phillips
Associate Architect: b720 Arquitectos

Frankie Morello F/W 2012

seen at The Blog by Andrea Ravieli

Party Animal

Praza de S. Paulo, Lisboa, Portugal

Aprovechando el uso del color como impulsador urbano, se crea un elemento rojo, triangulado y sinuoso. Si bien sus formas se asemejan a la histórica “Casa dos Bicos”, al mismo tiempo hacen alusión a los tipicos globos de las festividades de San Antonio, y a su color, fuerte y vibrante, que contrasta con los apagados tonos de la ciudad antigua.

La materializacion se lleva a cabo con textiles impermeables, cortado a laser y estructurado sobre piezas de “standard PON”, tradicionalmente utilizadas en espacios expositivos interiores. La retroiluminación, que permite cambios radicales en el efecto del escenario sobre el espacio publico durante el dia y la noche, se realiza con 20 focos de luz dispuestos en diagonal.

 by Like Architects, Diego Aguilar + Teresa Otto

Yayoi Kusama

at the Tate Modern

yayoi-kusama.jp/

The nine decades of Yayoi Kusama's life have taken her from rural Japan to the New York art scene to contemporary Tokyo, in a career in which she has continuously innovated and re-invented her style. Well-known for her repeating dot patterns, her art encompasses an astonishing variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film, performance and immersive installation. 

The next video is my favourite piece of the exhibition

Picture(s) of the week

LEGO patent

via melissaeastondesign.com

iPhone wireless patent

Which one is a better design?

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CTO lighting

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