Posts filed under “Geolocated”
The Seashell House (Kotilo)
If you go to Helsinki this summer you can get a very good idea of the current state of Architecture and Design in Finland by going to three exhibitions. There is the the Asuntomessut (Housing Fair) in Espoo, the 0405 Architecture Exhibition at the Finnish Architecture Museum and at the Design museum there is the [...]
Floating Architecture
Helsinki is about to go through a massive urban change in the next few years. There are many parts to this, of which a good long article might come in the future, but one of the first ones, will be the introduction of houseboats and pontoon houses into Kaisainiemenlahti and Eläintarhanlahti right in the centre [...]
MareNostrum
The MareNostrum in Barcelona is Europes biggest Supercomputer to date. The Photographer Simon Norfolk has documented it with a series of amazing images (like the one shown). The MareNostrum is housed in an old Chapel and thus according to Simon it has become a Divine container for the omnipresent super brain or perhaps alternatively the [...]
Ideology, Football, and Architecture
The biggest sporting competition in the world is hosted by Germany this year the 2006 World Cup. The backdrop of this are the stadiums of Germany perhaps the highlight being the new Herzhog & De Meuron’s Allianz Arena. While this is the architectural highlight of the World Cup, the actual final will take place in [...]
Wood studio
In Helsinki Korkeasaari zoo there is a really beautiful viewing tower by Ville Hara. It was written up in the arcspace, and when I went there last I took a few photos. I love it because it creates a sense of place from a view and is a marker for the zoo although it is really [...]