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Joel Sanders, eco-friendly NYC penthouse
This Noho loft for real estate developer Matthew Blesso offers a fresh take on green architecture, demonstrating that you don’t have to forgo high style in the interest of saving the planet. Designed by New York architect Joel Sanders with associate architect Andrea Steele and landscape designer, Balmori Associates, the design of this 3200 sq [...]
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BMW Welt by Coop Himmelblau wins at WAFl 2008
BMW Welt, literally “the World of BMW”, is a hybrid exhibition and automobile delivery centre designed by Austrian practice Coop Himmelb(l)au.
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The Hotel Diagonal Barcelona by Capella Architecture
The Hotel Diagonal Barcelona, inaugurated in 2004, stands out for a modern architecture and its interior design. Barcelona architect Juli Capella, was responsible for the hotel’s design, including the imaginative play of black and white contrasts on its façade. Its exceptional location is another of the hotel’s main attractions, next to the impressive Agbar Tower. [...]
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Second Solar spaceship
Böblingen, Germany became the home of the largest space ship for children in the world, which was built there between March and June 2008. Second Solar – a ship on the way to the distant planet Gliese 581 in a solar system 20.5 light years far away from Earth. Explorers hope to find an inhabitable [...]
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Jumeira Gardens / Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
It seems no one told Dubai about the financial crisis, as new projects keep being unveiled. This time, our green friends over Inhabitat tipped us on a mega development, owned by Maraas Holding: The Jumeira Gardens.
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UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
An underwater voyage to the sunken cites of Alexandria. From the lagoon, 3 clelestial harps rise up. An underwater tunnel leads to a land stela where are exibited the famous and monumental statues saved from waters
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Leonardo glass cube by 3deluxe
the Leonardo glass cube is the german firm 3deluxe’s first permanent building. it was designed for glaskoch, a german glazing company.
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Dupli Casa by J. MAYER H. Architects
The geometry of the building is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site. Originally built in 1984 and with many extensions and modifications since then, the new building echoes the „family archaeology“ by duplication and rotation.
