You can solve all the world’s problems in a garden.” – Geoff Lawton

 

The largest non-polar desert in the world is the Sahara Desert, a subtropical desert in northern Africa; it covers a surface area of about 3.5 million square miles. Just to put that into perspective it is as big as the United States of America, only difference is that desertification and land degradation increases about 12 million hectares each year, the size of New York State!

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Best of Milan Design Week

 

A week after the end of MILAN DESIGN WEEK, we’re ready to share a selection of projects, products, artworks and exhibitions that caught Yatzer's eye between the 14 and 19 of April 2015, some of which will be still running during Expo Milano 2015, the International Exhibition which will be hosted in Italy’s design and commerce capital from May 1 to October 31, 2015.
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Exploring Arctic: Multifunctional Complex in Dikson Harbor

 

 

This project is based on a complete transformation of an Arctic hub port. It is necessary to create comfortable working and living environment of the Northern Sea Route transport infrastructure. The initial idea is to design a separate anthropogenic microcosm, detached from the harsh Arctic environment, but based on the dynamic equilibrium between people and nature. The structure of the proposed building is same to the structure of nature, the earth’s ...
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The only bicycle vertical station

The subway provides convenience to commuter during commute time as a transportation that is used by many people. However, because of high-rise buildings and city concentrated of population in the main cities even the convenient subway became uncomfortable in the time when many people use. We will rise the linear of the subway which connects essential area of city and the countryside into a upper part. It is because bicycle is the transportation which can be used during rush-hour rather than car or subway that has traffic jam and inconvenience

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We want world wonders...

"The Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Eiffel Tower – these are current world wonders . . .
They seem to play a role on the scale of the planet.
They are the dreams of all architects, children, politicians, leaders and clients.
They are surrounded by stories and myths.
They make us wonder.
They make us think.
They impress us and thus somehow guide us.
They put our daily lives and efforts into perspective.
They are marks of the times.
But how to make them?"...

Source: www.mvrdv.nl

as We dont Know, We go Vertical to meet the Sky

 

 

The People of the City have too long been subjected to the free plan: FAR, $PSF, the corridor, and, by extension, the vertical instrumentality of the service core—the tropes of modernism must be questioned, for they are rich with opportunity. We declare war on the open planes of Modernism.
We have bodies, we take up space. We do not need floor space; we need volume. We do not need free plans; we need free sections.
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Stone symposia scheduled for the months ahead in 2015

Stone Ideas, this wonderful blog for enhancing the beauty of natural stones, posted scheduled symposia for stone in 2015

———- May ———-
* Japan, Saijo, May 01 – 31, 2015: Uchinuki21 Project 2015
* Russia, Penza, May 05 – 27, 2015: 8th International Sculpture Symposium Autumn.Inspiration.Penza

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to our Russian readers

Fedor Tyutchev(1803-1873) Silentium* Молчи, скрывайся и таи И чувства и мечты свои - Пускай в душевной глубине Встают и заходят оне Безмолвно, как звезды в ночи, - Любуйся ими - и молчи. Как сердцу высказать себя? Другому как понять тебя? Поймет ли он, чем ты живешь? Мысль изреченная есть ложь. Взрывая, возмутишь ключи, - Питайся ими - и молчи. Лишь жить в себе самом умей - Есть целый мир в душе твоей Таинственно-волшебных дум; Их оглушит наружный шум, Дневные разгонят лучи, - Внимай их пенью и молчи!.. * Молчание (лат.)

a handmade group of planters

 

For me the starting point was the exploration of the material, as we tend to start most projects. We focused on spending time in the workshop, except this was not an ordinary workshop, but a fully equipped solid surface transformation facility. Caesarstone is an extremely versatile material that is easy to predict and work with, and it offers a variety of colors and finishes," said Malouin. "I experimented with a series of techniques and applications ranging from the mundane to the more experimental.
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Moscow’s famous Gorky Park

 

Set in Moscow’s famous Gorky Park, the complex was conceived as a typical cinema stripped of all superfluous detail. So when Wowhaus Architecture Bureau designed this summer screening complex, their aim was to capture, as simply as possible, the spirit of a balmy summer’s day, recalling perhaps a classical Greek Amphitheatre...
Source: http://www.detail-online.com/daily/contemporary-russian-architecture/
 

a blessing in traditional culture...

 

According to the complicated politic statues, the communication between people in Taiwan and main land may have some difficulties, however, which situation would also exists all over the world in fact. How to stitch such kind of politic cut in the way of culture? Our solution is to arouse the common cultural icon to cross the gap. We finds a new way – the aggregation and segregation of thousands of small units – to definite the composition of the skyscraper as out concrete expression.
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The exploration of horizontal skyscraper

 

 

City populations are growing faster than the city infrastructure can adapt. The world’s cities are growing because of population shift especially concerning rural to city areas in search of jobs and other opportunities in hopes for improvement of lives and creating better future for the younger generations. Along with the growth and expansion of cities, comes the rise in environmental issues and problems. It comes to the role of future architects, planners and developers to achieve green and sustainable strategies where modern buildings can rely on new forms of energy.
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an Atmosphere Database

 

Since the industrial revolution, with more fuel use, more biomass burning, more motor vehicle exhaust, the concentration and distribution of both regional and global atmosphere have changed observably. And that leads to problems like global warming, ozone depletion, acid deposition, air quality going down and so on, which have much effect on earth environment and ecosystems, and put huge threat to human development. Therefore, the observation and study of atmosphere components is quite important. Carrying on long-term steady observation of atmosphere components and its relevant qualities is essential for learning atmosphere components and ...
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as a Vantage Point for the Fishermen

 

India’s Slum population is expected to surge to 104 million (9% of the national population) by 2017*. As the nation’s disparity between the rich and poor deepens, the number of people living below poverty line (<1$ per day) has doubled over the last decade. Chennai city’s Nochikuppam slum is home to 5,000 fishermen families living in less than 1,500 shanties making it the third largest slum dwelling amongst the Indian metropolises.
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Cybertopia

 

For the last few years mankind has accumulated more knowledge than in all its previous history. This factor enables us to say that in the next few decades there will be fundamental breakthroughs in science and engineering which will result in changing society and the architectural design of cities. The degree of its influence could be compared to the age of Great Geographical discoveries. A complex space structure of the future megapolis combines the physical and digital worlds. Spaces of these digital areas have a large number of physical and mechanical laws alien to real space.
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and The Street

 

The last fifty years of theory have not managed to produce a consistent body of knowledge about the street and its architecture. On the contrary, human and urban geographers have discussed the street as arendtian space of public appearance, railing against the contemporary disregard for streets as citymaking elements.
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from Marble to Flesh

 

Michelangelo's David is the world s most famous statue, a universal symbol of Florence and of Italy. Hailed as the epitome of Renaissance art, the David has inspired contemporary artists from Warhol to Banksy and has been reproduced in life-size copies all over the globe. Why does a 500-year-old statue of a religious figure continue to resonate so deeply today? The answer lies in the captivating story of Michelangelo s David. It is a tale rich in conflict, tension, controversy and cultural meaning. Author Victor Coonin tells this story not as ancient history but as a centuries-long biography right up to the present day. What started simply as a monumental block of Carrara marble took on new vigour in Michelangelo s gifted hands. The statue is both life-like and larger than life: an embodiment of human accomplishment, of perfection, magnificence and beauty. The David has a life of his own, and this life succeeds in telling us something about ourselves.

‘iennial’...

 

For the viewer, her body is on display and if, as she says, it is the place where she dwells, her words then have the potential of an ever-evolving point of departure.   A wonderful outlook considering, as the joshing goes, what comes after an ‘iennial’... The New Museum departed from their typical ‘younger than Jesus’ age range, yet inclusion simply marks...
understand this is a huge statement, but I feel secure, perhaps biased, as I too would benefit from a shake-up of the status-quo.
Source: http://douglas-turner.com

AIA forwarding

 

The AIA Expo is a lively showcase of the products, materials, technologies, and services you need, introduced and demonstrated by the people you need to know. Speak directly with vendors and locate resources that will inform and enable your next project. As well as connecting with vendors, the AIA Expo will offer attendees the ability to connect with other attendees in ways that will have a positive impact on your business.
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Doboz Bar

Doboz Bar is situated in the heart of Budapest’s entertainment district at the World Heritage site of the Old Jewish Quarter.

Its protected building is a great example of early eclecticism of the 1880s with a classicist ground floor, and was transformed to a bar and entertainment center by 81font architects. The project came into the spotlight again recently after its designers were nominated for Highlights of Hungary and took the Forbes magazine special prize.

Source: www.world-architects.com

 

Summoning Stones

 

Artisan and manual labor play a key role in the work of Macías Peredo. The studio creates strategies that make it possible to incorporate a certain level of improvisation and imprecision into the implementation of their projects. Their intervention in the LIGA gallery pursues the same philosophy. Inspired by a moving quote from Adolf Loos about the human quality of worked granite, the architects direct our attention to the very material of the gallery floor: black volcanic recinto stone. The couple from Jalisco asked for 33 tons of this locally-sourced material in its rawest and easiest-to-obtain form, such as the irregular leftovers from commercial quarrying. Working together with a team of builders, an intuitive process of testing piles of stone began. Based on a general idea of the floor plan composition, Macías Peredo react to “what the stone demands of them” and create structural solutions on the fly.
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the Image of the Interior

 

Charles Rice will discuss his research on the domestic interior. He will focus on methodological issues, in particular the understanding of the interior as an historically emergent category, and the reading of photographic images as a particular kind of historical evidence.
Source: http://thecityasaproject.org