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Tons of Art: Christo Unveils World’s Largest Indoor Sculpture

28 Mar

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Well known for grand gestures and huge installations, Christo (images by Wolfgang Volz) has outdone himself once again in this latest work – and the first since his wife and partner Jeanne-Claude passed away four years ago.

christo inflatable sculpture interior

Its stats are hard to fathom: an inflatable interior you can occupy, it spans nearly 300 feet vertically with a radius of over 150 feet. Tens of thousands of square feet of fabric stretched between over ten thousand feet of rope. The total? 5 tons of material 6,000,000 square feet of space.

christo light sculpture installation

Its blunt title, Big Air Package, matches the simplicity of the setup: essentially, the viewer occupies a giant translucent inflatable balloon bathed in light that passes through the translucent material stretching out and up on all sides.

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It occupies an old decommissioned gasometer in Germany, and its effects were unpredictable even to its creator, who was himself surprised by the effects of lighting in the resulting space. Now if only Christo would team up with James Turrell – the sky would certainly not be the limit.

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Twin Tree-Covered Towers: The World’s First Vertical Forests

26 Mar

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vertical towers construction progress

Concept designs from far-fetched futurists have toyed with the idea for years, but one firm has finally made the vision a reality: towers extensively populated with intensive (meaning: large and heavy) plant life. In short: trees!

vertical forest sky trees

Situated in Milan, Italy, many skeptics were sure these two towers were just another pie-in-the-sky plan for an impossible building. After all, the load-bearing requirements alone for over 10,000 trees and 5,000 shrubs are extreme. Stefano Boeri Architetti (photos by Marco Garofalo) is showing them otherwise.

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The added weight is not wasted, nor ornamental – the vegetation layers will reduce the need for temperature regulation within the building. They will also filter the congested air of the city and serve to help reduce the temperature (always higher in urban areas).

vertical forest tree diagrams

vertical forest buildings

The pre-grown plant life was carefully selected for the structure based on the regional climate, light and wind exposure, and is even now being hoisted into final positions. When complete, this will be, on some metrics, quite literally the greenest pair of buildings in the world.

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A+ Architecture: The World’s Most Dazzling Designs

21 Mar

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Can modern architecture be accessible – and even alluring – to everyone in the world? Architizer believes that it already is, and the 87 winners of its first annual A+ Awards prove that assertion with a dazzling array of designs ranging from dramatic mountain overlooks to bright, graphic pop-up stores. Chosen by a jury and 150,000 public voters, the A+ Award winners accomplish the blog’s goal of “breaking architecture out of the echo chamber.”

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The point of the contest is not only to honor the world’s most incredible modern structures, but destroy the idea that architecture is only for a small group of elites. “The mission of the Architizer A+ Awards is to remind everyone in the world that they are fans of architecture, even if they don’t realize it,” says Architizer CEO Marc Kushner. “This year’s winners make our job easy. They are projects where noble ambitions match their formal sophistication – they represent the best architecture from across the globe – and more than one project I had never seen before!”

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Winners include the Isbjerget apartment complex by JDS Architects, a tapered set of white buildings designed to resemble icebergs in the harbor of Denmark, and the National Tourist Route Trollstigen by Reiulf Ramstad Architects, a plateau between deep fjords in Norway that holds the title of most awards won by a single project.

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Among other notable winners are Yayoi Kusama’s pop up store for Louis Vuitton, Dolomitenblick by Plasma Studio, and the Wuxi Grand Theatre by PES-Architects. See them all at Architizer.

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Canon unveils 100D/Rebel SL1 world’s smallest and lightest APS-C DSLR

21 Mar

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Canon has announced the EOS 100D/Rebel SL1, the world’s smallest, lightest DSLR to date. It shares the 18MP resolution, DIGIC 5 processor, 3″ touchscreen and 1080p30 video capability of the mirrorless EOS M. The camera does introduce much wider scene coverage of Canon’s Hybrid AF system and shoots at up to 4 fps. The 100D has a recommended price of $ 799.99/£799 with the co-announced EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM kit lens.

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320-gigapixel photo of London is the world’s largest panoramic photo

22 Feb

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A 320-gigapixel image taken from top of London’s British Telecom Tower has set the world record of the largest panoramic photo. It breaks the previous record set by a 281-gigapixel electron micrograph of a zebrafish embryo taken in 2012. The London image was shot by panorama specialists 360 Cities and is made up of 48,640 individual frames. To get an idea of just how large this photograph is, BT says if it was printed at ‘normal resolution’ the photo would measure measure 98 x 24 metres.Click through for pictures and more information on the hardware used to make the image. 

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Möbius Strip: Plans to Build World’s First 3D-Printed House

19 Feb

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3d printed house

An unlikely and unique collaboration is in the works between an architect, an inventor and a mathematician-plus-artist to produce a first-of-its-kind printed house in a single shot using cutting-edge 3D construction technologies.

3d house form detail

Janjaap Ruijssenaars of Universe Architecture has teamed up with, Enrico Dini, the developer of D-Shape, with help from Rinus Roelofs to design and implement a looping wonder home made of a kind of concrete. It will use sand as the primary aggregate, and be based on huge panels (nearly 20 by 30 feet) with infill.

3d mobius strip home

This connected-panel system will be three-dimensionally complex – incredibly difficult for normal manufacturing processes, and consequently an amazing illustration of the potential of 3D printing for architectural applications. The Möbius strip shape, suggesting infinite possibility, seems an apt one for the project.

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CES 2013 | Samsung: 110-inch 4K TV, World’s First Curved OLED TV, Galaxy Camera, & more!

15 Feb

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Möbius Strip: Plans to Build World’s First 3D-Printed House

14 Feb

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3d printed house

An unlikely and unique collaboration is in the works between an architect, an inventor and a mathematician-plus-artist to produce a first-of-its-kind printed house in a single shot using cutting-edge 3D construction technologies.

3d house form detail

Janjaap Ruijssenaars of Universe Architecture has teamed up with, Enrico Dini, the developer of D-Shape, with help from Rinus Roelofs to design and implement a looping wonder home made of a kind of concrete. It will use sand as the primary aggregate, and be based on huge panels (nearly 20 by 30 feet) with infill.

3d mobius strip home

This connected-panel system will be three-dimensionally complex – incredibly difficult for normal manufacturing processes, and consequently an amazing illustration of the potential of 3D printing for architectural applications. The Möbius strip shape, suggesting infinite possibility, seems an apt one for the project.

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5M SF of Sleek: World’s Largest Subterranean Rail Station

24 Jan

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The largest underground high-speed rail station in the world will connect Hong Kong to Beijing, and measure an incredible 4,628,481 square feet. Designed by Andrew Bromberg of architecture firm Aedas, the Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus is scheduled for completion in 2015 and will have 15 tracks for high-speed trains that are capable of reaching speeds of 124 miles per hour.

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Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus is designed to make a smooth transition between the station and the city of Hong Kong, expression the character of the urban setting. Aedas designed the station with an undulating shape that focuses views to the Kong Kong Central skyline and Victoria Peak. The West Kowloon Cultural District is ‘invited into’ the site with a flowing green park and civic plaza with its own outdoor performance amphitheater.

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On the green roof is a vegetated sculpture garden and an observation deck with a view of the journey into Hong Kong. Say the architects, “The station may be visible below as a reminder of where one came from, but the future paths of discovery present themselves invitingly beyond.”

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The terminus will function more like an international airport than a rail station, meaning it will need to have both custom and immigration controls for departing and arriving passengers. It will connect Hong Kong to mainland China with both regional shuttle trains and long-haul high speed trains.

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? Dead Rising 2: Off The Record – Walkthrough Part 37 – Worlds Most Dangerous Trick

01 Jan

See The Full Dead Rising 2: Off The Record Show Here!!! ? goo.gl ? Dead Rising 2: Off The Record – Walkthrough Part 37 In this episode of Dead rising 2, Chris Jay takes out those crazy magicians. =-=-=-=-= Director =-=-=-=-= By Chris Jay: http: goo.gl/IBKzm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ?Dead Rising 2: Off The Record ? At Captivate 2011, Capcom’s annual press show, the company announced that it was releasing Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, as a reinterpretation of the game with Frank West from the original Dead Rising as the main character. The game was released for the same consoles on October 11 in North America, October 13 in Japan, and October 14 in Europe for a discount retail price. Off the Record is intended as a complete reimagining of Dead Rising 2, with new missions, cutscenes, environments, enemies, and weapons. The photography mechanic from the first Dead Rising is also included. There are technical and system upgrades, such as optimization of loading times and improved network performance. Off the Record also features a new sandbox mode. This allows players to explore Fortune City without the obstacle of time. Off The Record has received mostly positive reviews, with the changes and additions both praised and panned. Developer ? Capcom, Blue Castle Games Publisher ? Capcom Genre ? action-adventure horror-comedy Release Date ? October 11th, 2011 Platforms ? Xbox 360, PS3, Microsoft Windows ————————————————————- Use …

Filmed on saturday the 9th of October at the Brisbane Powerhouse. The security guards were onto it with not allowing photography (bless them), so hopefully ‘videography’ is allowed……and i had to just hit record when i had the all clear and whatever song Gotye had next on the setlist was what would be filmed. Lo and behold it was the one everyone’s mad for….. Big thanks to Alex for being my security guard keen eye eagle and watching my flanks for security guards allowing me to concentrate on my filming. Shot on Canon 600D 50mm 1.8 A little shakey Audio and video straight from camera
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