A new global monument is being planned in Dessau Germany its a giant pyramid that could be 150m high, but it wil be built with human remains, it has a capacity of millions of people, and will take people of all faiths. Obviously there is a website where you can already sign up and reserve [...]
ALA architects have produced a new masterplan for the South Harbour. This area really should be the centrepiece of Helsinki for the visitor as well as contributing to the urban centre for the average resident. The connection to the sea established by the original plan and somewhat undermined since will be improved greatly by the [...]
Julien De Smedt’s competition win for Oslo’s new ski jump (previous article) needs a little push to help it get off the ground. The Architectural Record reported that the project is in jeopardy. JDS have set up a petition website and are due to make final presentations to the city to try and save [...]
On Friday 29.02.2008 Anttinen Oiva Architects won the competition to build a city centre campus library for the University of Helsinki completion is slated as 2011-12. It looks pretty good to me. I Really like the dynamic facades using brick and glass, to match the materials of the street but also conform to the location [...]
Babies see colour differently than adults researchers have found, babies brains process colour information in pre-linguistic parts of the brain, but adults process colour in linguiostic parts of the brain, which means adults see colour filtered through language. It also means at some point there is a change over in our perceptions of colour. (via)
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John Hill of A Daily Dose of Architecture Tagged me with this meme;
1. Pick up the nearset book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book on page 123.
3. Find the Fifth Sentance.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
Due to my daughters age and strong hands, all books which I used [...]
