The Architecture Thread

StephenHero · Oct 2, 2010

Everyone's favorite mosque at Ground Zero that isn't really a mosque and isn't really at Ground Zero, which has now been designed, but not by an architect, who the developers may or may not be trying to hire for the mosque-like building they are releasing renderings of, which has not been financed, by people that may or may not be part of shady political circles.

zjpj83 · Oct 2, 2010

I can see that chick's knees, elbows and hair. What kind of mosque is this?

Pezzaturra · Oct 3, 2010

Looks like a giant sponge .
BTW, the mosque scam is really a RE extortion scam and nothing more.

gomestar · Oct 3, 2010

teh GF was talking about the renderings she saw today. Comments were along the lines of "how are they planning on doing this? You can't have the glass end like that. An architecture firm would never do this, I am not sure what their intentions are."

countdemoney · Oct 3, 2010

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Six competition proposals for the Victoria & Albert Museum in Dundee, Scotland.

#2 REX Architects from the U.S.

#3 Snohetta from Denmark

#4 Kengo Kuma of Japan

2, 3 and 4 are the best.

StephenHero · Oct 3, 2010

Originally Posted by gomestar

teh GF was talking about the renderings she saw today. Comments were along the lines of "how are they planning on doing this? You can't have the glass end like that. An architecture firm would never do this, I am not sure what their intentions are."
I was skeptical as well. All I could think of was concrete lattice structure with bonded glass on both sides of the concrete, which is then veneered with steel panels that are welded together for a seamless finish on the outside, and then plywood and plaster render on the inside. But that is neither easy or cheap and it's only been done a couple times.

StephenHero · Oct 19, 2010

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GlenCoe · Oct 26, 2010

Visited Adolf Loos exhibition yesterday. Absolutely stunning

Bhowie · Oct 26, 2010

Originally Posted by StephenHero

That is pretty cool, I looked up the blog post which has some other nice shots. Thanks for posting.

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/18/mon...-aires-mateus/

StephenHero · Oct 27, 2010

horndog · Oct 27, 2010

^^^ Wow. Infoz? Link?

StephenHero · Oct 27, 2010

a boat.

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CouttsClient · Oct 28, 2010

I like those Brenta yachts...Would be nice to take a B60 to the Caribbean for a month

In an entirely different direction...the 65 Sedan picnic boat from Palm Beach Motor Yachts makes for a fantastic cruiser...gorgeous boat and fantastically built. http://pbmy.com.au/

GlenCoe · Oct 28, 2010

this is so weird it's cool

Presented by Transsolar and Tetsuo Kondo Architects at the recent Venice Biennial of Architecture, indoor clouds were formed by stacking a warm humid layer (25C, 100% RH) between a lower cool dry layer (18C, 40% RH) and a higher hot dry layer (37C, 60% RH). Although technologically different, it invokes images of Diller and Scofidio’s 2002 Blur building and Cai Guo-Qiang’s pyrotechnics.

via Whatwedoissecret

Tokyo Slim · Oct 28, 2010

Bought a hardcover small spaces book.

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