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Earth Houses

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:09:46 GMT

clipped by: vandamonium
clipper's remarks: Livining underneath and with the earth as one.

Earth Houses

The earth house is a flexible construction which can be built according to the wishes of its owners, fulfilling the need for individuality, environmentally friendly construction and energy saving.

The earth house concept uses its surroundings as an advantage – the surroundings are not adapted to the building, the house is shaped in order to preserve the natural environment.

Modern earth-house architecture incorporates the latest interior finishing, such as contemporary kitchens, bathrooms and house-control systems.

Tags: earth, houses, underground

Art on the Edge-Architects of Air - Amazing !

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:52:00 GMT

clipped by: einbar
clipper's remarks: Levity II, is the last luminarium designed by Architect of Air. It is inspired by the beauty of natural geometry and by Islamic architecture. It is a inflatable sculpture of 800 square meters made up of labyrinthine tunnels accessible for all people. It's a sensual world of liquid, light, color and music.

All the lighting is natural light filtered through its different layers. In fact, this sculpture is only open when there is natural light from the sun in order to enjoy walking through is labyrinths and tunnels
Luminarium Installation, Sziget Festival, Budapest Hungary, 2008-08-17.

Clip Source: www.trekearth.com

Luminarium is a monumental installation that people enter to be immersed in the beauty of colour and light. Architects of Air build and tour the luminaria designed by Alan Parkinson. Since 1992 their strange and wondrous creations have attracted over 1.5 million visitors in more than 32 countries.

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On the BUCHAREST DAY, i was visited one labyrinth. Is not one simple labyrinth ! U see that

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It looks like each colour here wants to embrace another or next colour!Like theselves are in love

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The power of red is so strong .This color is magic. It can instantaneously change the mood of it’s persons which look at it,electrifying or agitating them.

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Luminarium Installation, Sziget Festival, Budapest Hungary, 2008-08-17.

Dubai's most fantastic buildings

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:49:40 GMT

clipped by: Lifestar
clipper's remarks: Even on picture, they are stunning!

Clip Source: www.linternaute.com

The Edges,

James Law

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Signature Towers

Zaha Hadid

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Princess Tower

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Pixel Tower

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"Michael Schumacher Business Avenue"

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Wave Tower

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Vision Tower

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Shuffle Tower

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Synergy

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The Pearl

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iPad

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Summit

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Elite Residences

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Boris Becker Business Tower

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Tiara United Towers

Tags: architecture, voyage, dubai, pictures, innovation

7 unconventional and creative ways to recycle

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:04:50 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth

Clip Source: www.environmentalgraffiti.com

here are seven ways to make recycling a visible impact

7. The Walking Bike

This invention from Max Knight is a creative way to use old shoes.

Of course, you have to be willing to give up your hand brakes, but it’s a small price to pay to ride in such amazing style. The bike even has socks!

6. Pop Art Duck

5. The Washing Machine Spaceship

This alien-looking craft is, believe it or not, made entirely out of refrigerators and washing machines, dishwashers and garbage compactors.

4. A 2-liter Paradise: Build Your Own Island

looks like a fairly normal island, doesn’t it?

Why, you’d never suspect that it’s covering a floating heap of trash, thousands of plastic bottles in bags, held together with a bamboo frame, the island is 66 by 54 feet and can support a two-story house!

3. The Beer Bottle Buildings

a way to create odd works of pop art while building a brutally tough structure

2. Garbage Architecture

1. The Trashosaurus

this is a dinosaur made entirely out of garbage

weighs one ton

Tags: environment, green, design, cool

The New Acropolis Museum

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:27:00 GMT

clipped by: Charolastra
clipper's remarks: http://www.newacropolismuseum.gr/eng/
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=537580
http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/marbles/museum.htm

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

] “No sane architect,” Nicolai Ouroussoff writes, “would want to invite comparisons between his building and the Parthenon. So it comes as little surprise that the New Acropolis Museum, which stands at the foot of one of the great achievements of human history, is a quiet work, especially by the standards of its flamboyant Swiss-born architect, Bernard Tschumi. But in mastering his ego, Mr. Tschumi pulled off an impressive accomplishment: a building that is both an enlightening meditation on the Parthenon and a mesmerizing work in its own right. I can’t remember seeing a design that is so eloquent about another work of architecture.”

Tags: athens, acropolis, parthenon, museum, art

Photography Masters Cup - Architecture

Sun, 04 May 2008 14:54:35 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: International Color Award, professionals

Clip Source: www.worldphotographicarts.com

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Tags: photography, architecture, award

Earth-Friendly Architecture

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:39:02 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska

Clip Source: www.divinecaroline.com

Ten Innovative Green Homes

In an attempt to create a more sustainable domicile, some homeowners use energy-efficient light bulbs, swap out normal showerheads for low-flow ones, or put on a sweater so they can turn down the thermostat. However, others are taking sustainability—and their homes—to the next level. These ten innovative designs move the owner off the grid, into the trees, and toward a more environmentally-sound future.

Earthbag House

Build Local, Build Green

Modular Earthship

Project BioDome

Tree House

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Lightweight Concrete House

A Yurt to Call Home

Green Roof Strawbale Home

That Roundhouse

Tags: home, architecture, green, design, environment

Abandoned Wooden Miracles

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:21:27 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: englishrussia.com

Some other masterpieces of Russian medieval wooden architecture were found abandoned.

Some of them look like they are just left - even some furniture stays on its places. The reason they are so undisturbed - it stays deep inside the Russian forests.

Tags: interesting

Geometry of Bridge Construction

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:07:15 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth

Clip Source: www.faculty.fairfield.edu

Geometry of Bridge Construction

The four kinds of bridges and some combinations

Some Examples

A. The beam or truss bridge is, in effect, a pair of girders supporting a deck spanning the gap between two piers.

has to withstand both compression in its upper parts and tension in its lower parts

may be a hollow box girder or an open frame or truss

Simple Truss (or Beam) bridges

B. An arch bridge can be designed so that no part of it has to withstand tension.

Arch Bridges

C. A suspension bridge consists, basically, of a deck suspended from cables slung between high towers.

The towers are in compression and the deck, often consisting of a long slender truss (used as a hollow beam), is supported at frequent intervals along its length.

Suspension Bridges

D. A cantilever bridge is generally carried by two beams, each supported at one end.

must resist tension in its upper half and compression in its lower

Cantilever Bridges

fifth type

in 1952

the first modern cable-stayed bridges

Germany

Sweden

Various Bridges

Tags: architecture, mechanics

Mile-high skyscrapers and floating cities that never were

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:01:24 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth

Clip Source: www.wired.com

Mile-High Skyscrapers and Floating Cities That Never Were

Here's a collection of promised skylines we never got to see -- and a few that may yet come to be -- as seen from the imagined eyes of those who live there.

Left: Chicago, 2005

Few people like to work in Frank Lloyd Wright's 5,278-foot Chicago spire, The Illinois. Almost everything below the 50th floor is an elevator lobby, and almost everything above the 300th floor is perpetually covered in vomit due to the skyscraper's oscillations -- it moves in 40-foot circles at its tip.

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New Berlin, 1969

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Tokyo, 2027

"If the lights go out, that means the nuclear reactor just melted down."

It was a joke in the mountain city, a great way to greet newcomers. Except one night the lights actually did go out, and it just wasn't funny any more.

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The Arcologies, 2070

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Dubai, 2019

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Moscow, 2009

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Subversion City

if I were a pixel, I know where I would hang my boots

Reality Check: It's just a game. Or is it?

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Tsui Tower, Just Outside Ulaan Bataar, 2109

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Pyongyang, 2011

Tags: architecture

Blue Sky on Canal Street

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:18:13 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth

Clip Source: nymag.com

Blue Sky on Canal Street

We offer four architects a fantasy job: a full block downtown, with no client to worry about.

The odd-shaped block at Canal and Varick Streets is, in some ways, an architect’s dream.

The owner, Trinity Real Estate, cleared the site earlier this year, and says it’ll be used as a sculpture park until plans firm up.

New York asked four architects to come up with ideas for the plot

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The Locavore Fantasia
WORK AC

an apartment building topped with a working farm

“We thought we’d bring the farm back to the city and stretch it vertically,” says Work AC co-principal Dan Wood.

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The Site-Specific Sculpture
AT ARCHITECTS

Spanish architect and urban planner Ana Maria Torres and her team opted for a landmark meant to evoke the site’s temporary life

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The Realistic Proposal
KARL FISCHER ARCHITECTURE

plaza

to give

pedestrians a reprieve from the traffic of Canal

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The Subsidized Solution
FLANK

a concept that inventively addresses the acute shortage of apartments for middle-income Manhattanites

Tags: architecture

100 Most Endangered Sites

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:57:48 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska

Clip Source: wmf.org

World Monuments Watch

Every two years, WMF announces the World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites to call international attention to cultural heritage sites around the world threatened by neglect, vandalism, armed conflict, climate change, or natural disaster.

Complete lists by year (pdf): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006

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Cultural Heritage Sites of Iraq, Iraq

Long known as "the cradle of civilization," Iraq is home to more than 10,000 cultural heritage sites

Historic buildings in Baghdad and other urban areas have been damaged, not only as a consequence of military activity and terrorism, but also from vandalism and looting.

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Afghanistan

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Azerbaijan

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Australia

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Bosnia

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France

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Georgia

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China

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Cyprus

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Egypt

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Luxor

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Greece

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Ghana

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India

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Italy

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Transhumance Cultural Landscape, Italy

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Rock Art, Libya

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Malta

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Mexico

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Peru

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Slovakia

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Sri Lanka

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Turkey

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United States

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Uzbekistan

Tags: wmf, world, archeology, architecture, monuments

Moscow Metro

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:27:05 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: Take a short trip to Moscow! Another gallery: http://www.beeflowers.com/Metro/-Startfiles-/index.htm

Clip Source: www.beeflowers.com

MOSCOW METRO

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Tags: moscow, metro, subway, underground, architecture