Futuristic looking hotel
2009-10-22 16:00:00 Take a trip down to Atlanta and book into the Marquis Marriot; I think that you would be impressed with the internal decoration. It is curved and very sci-fi, in fact it could be the inside of an alien spacecraft or just a hotel, but why is all of the ornate design on the inside! Source [Random ...
DIY Lightfade LED Floor might be GREAT for NightClubs!
2009-10-15 00:25:00 As a former nightclub-addict who has been practically to every nightclub in San Francisco and Las Vegas, I have to say this Lightfade LED floor might be perfect for nightclubs where clubbers can enjoy dancing and matching footprint fades. Boy, would I love to install these in my future home someday, I can have a ...
Brand Partners? Meet at Amritsar
2009-10-02 14:30:00 Occasion: Alpha G:Corp successfully concluded its first Brand Partners? Meet, along with its Anchors and Vanilla Brand Retailers Ambience: Cerebral, Celebratory and Enthusiastic Venue: AlphaOne, Amritsar Attendee Profile: Corporates, Retail Industry and Amritsar, Delhi and Chandigarh Media Event Profile read more
World?s tallest church in Ulm, Germany
2009-09-22 09:05:00 I’m easily drawn to tourist attractions that are the biggest, longest, narrowest or best for some reason or another – so when a friend in Germany raved to me about Ulm’s cathedral (known locally as the Ulmer Münster), I had to see it. It’s recognised (at least by my friend, and by Wikipedia) as the ...
IPTV Architecture and Services
2009-09-16 20:11:00 This blog is to discuss IPTV Architecture and Services that are coming up as the next big thing.
Interesting Architecture 198 York St
2009-09-16 09:00:00 Seen on Lamespotting Fredericton BlogNow this building hasnt been built yet so it may very well change from this proposal Its style is certainly unique especially for FrederictonIf you look beyond the the style youll notice that the apartments are each on 2 levels They put the living rooms on top of each other and there will be oRead More...
Solar Power From Space by 2030 Possible?
2009-09-12 05:23:00 What would it take to harness solar power from space then beam it down to earth? Money? Years? Super long cables? Solar panel maker Mitsubishi Electric Corp and IHI Corp would like to find out.
Recycled Roof Tile Birdhouses Not Just For Clay Pigeons
2009-09-08 02:00:00 Japanese designer Tomoko Azumi has found a use for previously non-recyclable ceramic roof tiles: each tile becomes the roof of a birdhouse.
Progressive .NET Wrap-up
2009-09-07 08:06:00 So, I’ve gotten back from a most enjoyable couple of days in Sweden where I gave two half-day tutorials, the first being the SOA and UI composition talk I gave at the European Virtual ALT.NET meeting (which you can find online here) and the other on DDD in enterprise apps (the first time I’ve done ...
Architecture & Design Film Festival Sept 24 - 27
2009-09-06 02:47:00 As if architects, designers, builders and anyone interested in their work needed a reason to travel to Vermont during fall foliage, the Big Picture Theater in Waitsfield VT, will be showing more than 30 feature-length films, documentaries and shorts about how architects and designers create. "The films profile visionary architects, the creative design process, environmental issues and the brilliant designs that we see and use every day." Filmmakers, architects and designers will also be leading discussion sessions. The Architecture & Design Film Festival will benefit the Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Warren VT, which has over 150 hands-on courses per year in design, construction, woodworking, and architectural craft and offers a variety of courses concentrating in sustainable design. The festival runs four days from September 24th through the 27th. Information about advance ticket sales is available on the website. (c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
America's Best Restrooms...The Top Five Winners Of 2009
2009-09-02 23:25:00 You're not alone if you never knew there was an America's Best Restroom contest, but some must of known about it because these winners were voted for by an online public. It may be that you also never heard of the 2009 winner, the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre restroom, or the location of the winner, Branson, Missouri. But now that the theatre has won the America's Best Restroom (ABR) Award, a lot more folks will know about it and may visit it just to use the restroom!
Chew On This: Aircraft That Biomimic The Architecture Of A Tooth
2009-08-24 04:14:00 Looking for an inspiration to build more crash resistant aircraft, mechanical engineers are looking at the architecture of the tooth.
Wear Nature Smack In The Face, Especially If You?re an Ugly Bastard
2009-08-22 06:08:00 In the city tall buildings, busy streets, unpleasant sounds and unpleasant smells can make living or working in urban life unbearable. What if you could carry a piece of nature with you all day? Would wearing a living accessory make a difference?
Convention over Configuration ? The Next Generation?
2009-08-15 20:13:00 Convention over configuration describes a style of development made popular by Ruby on Rails which has gained a great deal of traction in the .net ecosystem. After using frameworks designed in this way, I can say that the popularity is justified – it is much more pleasurable developing this way. The thing is, when looking ...
Hidden Doors.
2009-08-12 14:47:00 Hidden doors aren't something new; they have been in existence from the ancient times. As a matter of fact these can be traced back to AD 1000, the builders then in some cases hid the secret doors behind the statues. These have been used by the kings and lords of the gone by era, sometime for storing wealth and in other times for a quick getaway when the situation arose. Over a period of time, things have changed, and now hidden doors and fortified secret rooms exist in private residences. These also now called as 'safe rooms' are hidden (covered with panels that match the existing walls or door of the residence) and provide a secure location within the residence to the inhabitants in an unwanted situation. Jodie Foster's movie in 2002 really made these 'safe rooms' popular; though these are typically for the celebrities and the high profile executives. There are various reasons for you to have these hidden doors apart from the security reasons or to conceal a vault or to hide...
By: algebra of life
Heat up the Night with the Babylon Hanging Fireplace
2009-08-10 07:31:00 This 'hanging fireplace of Babylon' from designer Stephane Perruchon promises to heat up the coolest of interiors.
Heat up the Night with the Babylon Hanging Fireplace
2009-08-10 07:31:00 This 'hanging fireplace of Babylon' from designer Stephane Perruchon promises to heat up the coolest of interiors.
Realistic Architecture or Eco-Folly?
2009-08-06 14:29:00 Ask my commercial General Contractor dad what the future of building and design is and the last thing he will tell you is "the living building." Yet many architects and engineers feel that the true living building will be attainable in the near future. What's a living building, you ask? Ac
Ribbon Staircase Offers a Vertical Challenge
2009-08-04 07:23:00 if you're particularly nimble or enjoy a challenge crossing vertical lines, then this staircase by HSH Architects might be right up your alley.
MSDN Magazine Domain Model Article
2009-08-02 16:11:00 My article on ?employing the domain model pattern? has been published in the August edition of MSDN Magazine. Here?s a short excerpt: ?In this article, we?ll go through the reasons to (and not to) employ the domain model pattern, the benefits it brings, as well as provide some practical tips on keeping the overall solution as simple ...
Wet and Green Dumpster Diving
2009-07-25 06:30:00 Some people throw their trash into a dumpster, others dive right into dumpsters with a big splash. Are they crazy? No! It turns out a few dumpsters have been recycled into dumpster pools by an innovative company really interested, at least for the moment, in sustainable development.
Solar Powered Blimp Across The English Channel?
2009-07-11 07:00:00 If you have ever seen a blimp in the sky the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 may have crossed your mind. It's a terrible and scary story. The kind of story that makes a person never want to ride one of these things, but blimps have come a long way since then. In fact, recently a group of French engineers equipped a helium blimp with solar panels.
Computer Architecture and Interfacing to Mechatronic Systems
2009-07-01 14:16:00 by Dr. Dario Toncich TOC Chapt 1 An Overview of the Computer Interfacing Process 1.1 General Issues - Analog and Digital Computation 1.2 Interfacing Computers Via Hardware 1.3 Interfacing Computers Via Software Chapt 2 Computers and Control - Mechatronic Systems 2.1 A Review of Developments in Digital Computer Control 2.2 Programmable Logic Controllers 2.3 Intelligent Indexers and Servo-Drive Systems 2.4 CNC and Robotic Controllers 2.5 Development ...
Learning From Our Mistakes - A Cautionary Tale
2009-06-30 15:00:00 Today I’m giving you a peak at the sort of thing designers would rather not point out: sometimes we make mistakes. Gasp! Unfortunately it’s true, and with the permission of one of our fav clients, I thought I’d share one of our mistakes from a few weeks back…and what we did to fix it. More than ...
By: The Paragon Muse
Solar-powered Tent
2009-06-25 16:00:00 The Orange Concept Solar Tent uses photovoltaic fabric to capture the energy of the sun. A wireless hub with touchscreen LCD allows you to manage your energy consumption.
Domain Events - Salvation
2009-06-14 08:25:00 I’ve been hearing from people that have had a great deal of success using the Domain Event pattern and the infrastructure I previously provided for it in Domain Events - Take 2. I’m happy to say that I’ve got an improvement that I think you’ll like. The main change is that now we’ll be taking ...
Urban Amusement Park Entertainment Experience at 5-W!ts
2009-06-13 16:52:00 In the heart of Boston is an entertainment experience unlike any other; it's a thrilling ride that's interactive, entertaining, and at times rather terrifying. Read on to learn about the urban amusement park entertainment experience at 5-W!ts.
Paris' Own Bears Cave: a Project by Paul Coudamy
2009-06-12 05:48:00 Didn't think you would find a bear's cave smack dab in the urban landscape of the second arrondissement of Paris, France, did you? Well, Paul Coudamy, French architect, has re-envisioned the urban jungle to include the wild of the forest with the Bears Cave, a revamped office space for his client, an internet company called Bearstech.
Man Made Trees Invite Natural Species To Return Home
2009-06-08 18:13:00 Once an agricultural area, the commercial/industrial city of Leeds, England has displaced millions of birds, bats, and small animals and hundreds of individual species have disappeared completely from the urban landscape. But Leeds has decided to bring its wildlife back.
"Magical" Russian Steel Could Re-define Global Construction Standards
2009-05-24 16:48:00 Could the steel industry go the way of the Dodo? A new compound developed in Russia may just signal a new wave in structural support in large construction projects...
Solar Powered Stadium Complete and Ready To Power Itself In Time For World
2009-05-23 05:47:00 A stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan is the first in the world to completely power itself 100% via solar power. The stadium was built to coincide with the 2009 World Games, which will be held at the stadium in July. When not hosting the World Games the stadium will be used (like most other stadiums) for sporting events and athletics.
LEGO Architecture
2009-05-22 16:06:00 La LEGO© e la Brickstructures? hanno appena inaugurato una nuova linea di prodotti denominata LEGO Architettura. Il gruppo LEGO e Adam Reed Tucker della Brickstructures hanno ufficialmente prodotto una linea di LEGO nel 2008. La linea si compone attualmente di sei edifici, tra cui i due più famosi di Frank Lloyd Wright.. il Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum e La casa sulla cascata. Con i modelli sviluppati in collaborazione con gli architetti, la LEGO Architecture aspira a catturare l'interesse di ingegneri e progettisti, nonché appassionati di architettura di tutto il mondo. Costruttori di tutte le età possono ora raccogliere e costruire le maggiori opere architettoniche di tutto il mondo attraverso i famosissimi mattoncini LEGO. "Come appassionato di architettura, il mio desiderio è quello di catturare l'essenza di un particolare punto di riferimento nella pura forma scultorea dell'opera. Ho in primo luogo cercato di realizzare modelli, non come fedelissime repliche, bensì come una ...
LEGO Architecture
2009-05-22 16:06:00 La LEGO© e la Brickstructures? hanno appena inaugurato una nuova linea di prodotti denominata LEGO Architettura. Il gruppo LEGO e Adam Reed Tucker della Brickstructures hanno ufficialmente prodotto una linea di LEGO nel 2008. La linea si compone attualmente di sei edifici, tra cui i due più famosi di Frank Lloyd Wright.. il Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum e La casa sulla cascata. Con i modelli sviluppati in collaborazione con gli architetti, la LEGO Architecture aspira a catturare l'interesse di ingegneri e progettisti, nonché appassionati di architettura di tutto il mondo. Costruttori di tutte le età possono ora raccogliere e costruire le maggiori opere architettoniche di tutto il mondo attraverso i famosissimi mattoncini LEGO. "Come appassionato di architettura, il mio desiderio è quello di catturare l'essenza di un particolare punto di riferimento nella pura forma scultorea dell'opera. Ho in primo luogo cercato di realizzare modelli, non come fedelissime repliche, bensì come una ...
Get Plenty of DIY Projects From Easy2DIY
2009-05-20 05:00:00 Home improvement is easily one of the most fun and rewarding hobbies one can take up, and the internet has proven to be a good place to find information on lots of those particular projects on you "to-do" list. Easy2DIY is an all-in-one stop for your fixer-upper projects that includes tutorials, shopping, and advice.
Utterly Composed: The Composition Chair
2009-05-19 16:57:00 In a remarkable display of patience and attention to detail, Japanese designer Kouichi Okamoto of Kyouei Design handcrafted the Composition Chair, a seat composed entirely of bent aluminum.
Running Through Rome: Sight Jogging?s Unique, Fast-Paced Sight Seeing Tours
2009-05-16 12:00:00 Sometimes tourists complain that sight seeing tours are too slow paced; often due to the size of the group, people on group tours find they just can't take in all the historical sights and attractions they'd like to see during that vacation. A new company, Sight Jogging, took the slow-paced tourism complaints literally, and offered their own unique form of historical sight seeing action with jogging tours.
Poo To The Rescue Once More: EcoFaeBrick
2009-05-16 05:20:00 Before I tell you about this next innovation I want to inform you that I don't have a fascination with dung, despite how much I've written about it. I do however find it fascinating how many wonderful products can be made with this sort of waste. It is even more fascinating how beneficial using it can be. This next innovation, a brick made with cow manure, is a perfect example.
Inspired By Nature:The Pixel Carbon Neutral Prototype Office Building
2009-05-05 20:52:00 Grocon, a third generation Australian development and construction company, is about to build the world's first carbon neutral office building, complete with fresh air, native grass filtration of rain water, natural daylight, and windows that open! Sounds revolutionary, doesn't it?
Crafty Eco-Friendly Ideas To Check Out On Earth Day
2009-04-22 18:37:00 Happy Earth Day everyone! After planting your trees, taking a trip to an Earth Day event, and taking advantage of all the free green goodies today finish celebrating Earth Day digging something out of your trash and making it into something useful and or beautiful. Release the eco-friendly artist inside of you. Below are innovative eco-friendly crafty sites and stores to inspire you and or your family.
Walk Right In To This Gin & Tonic: Alchoholic Architecture
2009-04-18 17:38:00 You're advised to wear protective clothing in this bar... the one called Alchoholic Architecture in London. It's a bar with a twist, you might say. A big twist of lime in a gin and tonic, infused into the air.
24-7 Connection Wall Reunites Friends, Families, And Food
2009-04-16 18:52:00 Imagine going into an Internet cafe without your computer. In this cafe, you are going to have a cup of tea with your parents in London... It's tea time there.
Smithsonian Chooses Design For African American Museum On the National Mall
2009-04-15 20:20:00 The final museum on the land designated as the National Mall in Washington, DC will be the architectural creation of Freelon Adjaye Bond and SmithGroup teams. The Smithsonian announced its juried decision yesterday, after reviewing the designs of the six finalists in the international call for submissions. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to be finished in 2012.
Innovative Earth Friendly Ideas To Upcycle Lego Bricks
2009-04-15 06:01:00 Thanks to my Lego fanatic husband my kids are Lego fans too. I don't mind. Really! I appreciate it. Lego bricks are a wonderful imagination opening resource for building basic life long art skills that can be used in various careers (ex. architecture), but don't think I don't notice the material they're made with. This is why I've put together a list of earth friendly ways to recycle used Lego bricks.
Yellow Treehouse: Unique Restaurant Pops-Up In A Redwood Tree!
2009-04-14 21:48:00 The Yellow Treehouse near Auckland, New Zealand is among the most recent of pop-up businesses to find themselves in an unusual location. The Yellow Treehouse, which started in part as a sustainability project Pacific Environments Architects Ltd, is located up a redwood tree in a forest, and now that the restaurant project has drawn to an end, the business will hopefully be opened to the public!
Teaching Architecture Learning Architecture
2009-04-13 17:45:00 "Young people go to university with the aim of becoming architects, of finding out if they have got what it takes. What is the first thing we should teach them?First of all, we must explain that the person standing in front of them is not someone who asks questions whose answers he already knows. Practicing architecture is asking oneself questions, finding one's own answers with the help of the teacher, whittling down, finding solutions. Over and over again.The strength of a good design lies in ourselves and in our ability to perceive the world with both emotion and reason. A good architectural design is sensuous. A good architectural design is intelligent.We all experience architecture before we have even heard the word. The roots of architectural understanding lie in our architectural experience: our room, our house, our street, our village, our town, our landscape - we experience them all early on, unconsciously, and we subsequ...
By: architecture
Have You Walked Your Green Home Lately?
2009-04-04 06:00:00 What has 6 legs, solar panels, windmills, windows and a roof? Give up? It is The Walking House you see pictured above created by N55 and Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire.
Amazing Works of Infrared Photography
2009-04-03 02:16:00 Since the world first saw and fell in love with infrared photography in 1910, it has continued to grow in popularity and these images are now widely available.
By: Web Urbanist
Beyond Brutalism: Creative Concrete Architecture
2009-04-01 19:52:00 Concrete construction has been used at least as far back as the Roman Empire. In the modern age, the overuse of concrete (Brutalism) has tarnished its reputation but lately the versatile material has enjoyed a revival and reappraisal.
By: Web Urbanist
6 Breathtaking Designs For The New African-American Museum On The Mall
2009-03-29 01:36:00 Plans for the final museum on the National Mall in Washington D.C. are beginning to fall into place! Yesterday the Smithsonian Institution opened an exhibit of the six architectural designs being considered for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture... and they are all breathtaking! |
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