Archive for May, 2007
castaway in den haag
Considering an alternative way of spending the night in a city in your next trip to Nederland? Capsule-hotel is the reply. Listed as one of “The best addresses in Zuid-Holland” in the Dutch weekendhotel website this location is an example of recycle architecture. The Dutch architect Denis Oudendijk based his project on the re-use of […]
Posted: May 16th, 2007 under architecture and the city, trends, vision and scenario, lifestyle, hospitality.
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Form on line
German design magazine Form celebrates its 50 years by putting the entire archive of back issues online. The archive contains every issue published since 1957, including the first issue, which featured a cover drawn by Le Corbusier. English abstracts are available together with a valuable search engine.
Posted: May 14th, 2007 under general, product design, media and communication, announcements, sources.
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a LEED building in New York
WTC7 designed by SOM is the first tower to be completed in Ground Zero and it is the first LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) certified building in New York.
Slightly different from the destroyed building, WTC7 hides behind its classical skyline, innovative features that convert it into a machine able to grant the […]
Posted: May 9th, 2007 under architecture and the city, materials and technology, trends, vision and scenario, art, media and communication, lifestyle.
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