(Excerpt from Archdaily)Want to make a skyscraper look trendy and sustainable? Put a tree on it. Or better yet, dozens. Many high-concept skyscraper proposals are festooned with trees. On the rooftop, on terraces, in nooks and crannies, on absurdly large balconies. Basically anywhere horizontal and high off the ground. Now, I should be saying architects are drawing dozens, because I ...
click here for a video The construction of South Asia’s tallest multi-functional Tower ‘Lotus Tower’ will commence on January 20.The proposed tower with an entertainment centre will be constructed at the Beira Lake water front in Colombo and the total height of the tower is 350 meters, a statement issued by the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRCSL) said yesterday.TRCSL ...
The h2O scraper is a conceptual multi-dwelling building that would float with its top level on the surface of the sea, and the rest dangling down into the water below As cities become more densely-populated, the trend for multi-dwelling complexes has been to build up – hence the advent of the highrise as we know it today. Building down ...
image stolen from here2 AIA architects form Upstate New York have worked to develop an authentic architectural image for Barbie. She sports a roll of drawings in a shoulder tube, an architecturally inspired dress, hip architect glasses, and a hard hat. Her fashion boots would be a bit suspect on the job site however.more info from here
Archt. Thisara Thanapathy was the proud winner of the 2010/2011 Geoffrey Bawa Award for Excellence in Architecture at a glittering ceremony held at the Park Street Mews on Saturday, July 23. He won the award for his urban design ‘The Sarath Abeyrathne House’ having earlier been named in the honourable mention category for his other shortlisted creation ‘The ...
image stolen from here2 AIA architects form Upstate New York have worked to develop an authentic architectural image for Barbie. She sports a roll of drawings in a shoulder tube, an architectura
LOWER PAREL | Namaste Tower | 300 m | 62 fl | Site Prep The Namaste tower! Designed by the Atkins design studio, work IS currently underway on this 300m-62 storeyed mixed use tower that will encompass a hotel, office and retail space. The location is Ambika mills which is a couple hundred meters south of the The developer of ...
LOWER PAREL | Namaste Tower | 300 m | 62 fl | Site Prep The Namaste tower! Designed by the Atkins design studio, work IS currently underway on this 300m-62 storeyed mixed use tower that will encompass a hotel, office and retail space. The location is Ambika mills which is a couple hundred meters south of the The developer of ...
President inspecting a 3D model of a proposed housing complex to come up in Mihindupura, KirulaponeOn February 16th 2011, Sri Lanka commenced a program to construct 1 million houses to be distributed among the homeless families. The project known as “Jana Sevena” was launched by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.Accordingly th
I found this while browsing. This is totally cool but at the same time totally stupid as well.Winscape is a set of two plasma televisions set up behind window panes, and hooked up to a Mac Pro. The Pro is running the custom Winscape software, which controls the “view” out of the windows according to a sensor (they show it ...
