.... Abu Dhabi......

"Capital Gate is not about being the biggest or the tallest, it is about advanced technical ingenuity and aesthetic splendor. This is one of the most challenging buildings under construction in the world at the moment but due to the partnership between ADNEC, RMJM and all contractors on the project, ground breaking solutions are being designed on a daily basis.RMJM's Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi will lean more than the Tower of Pisa.

.... Bali .....

The Khayangan Luxury Resort Villas in Bali are like heaven on Earth, a series of private resort cabanas overlooking the ocean as far as the eye can sea.  The landscape is both carefully cultivated and wildly natural, dotted with tropical wildflowers, swaying palm trees and lush green grasses. Each villa is laced from corner to corner in fine, modern furnishings with its own private pool and personal service.  Sound like something you could dip your toes in for a long week?  Make some space for us in your suitcase, we’ll gladly keep you company

.... materialecology .....

materialecology was formed in 2006 by Neri Oxman [Neri Oxman is an architect and researcher currently based at MIT where she is a Presidential Fellow working towards her PhD in Design and Computation ] as an interdisciplinary research initiative that undertakes design research in the intersection between architecture, engineering, computation, and ecology. As such, this initiative is concerned with material organization and performance across all scales of design thought and practice. As such, it seeks to promote and define a design research agenda which is ecological in nature, in ideology and in material practice; it aims at embracing the evolving elements of change in both (and indeed related) social constructs and environmental descriptions of the ever changing built environment. materialecologyundertakes research in advanced digital applications for architectural practice and pursuits their contribution to a design paradigm promoting generative design processes.

..... shock moment ....

.... Tivoli Victoria SPA ...

Hotel Tivoli Victoria Resort & SPA,  by Promontório architects

... and after  6 years [ 2003 - 2009 ], here it is .... I have a special connection with this project ... it was a very good project team...

.... less does more ....

Last year’s theme was Height featuring tall buildings from around the world. This year, Less Does More will examine how creative design, imagination and innovative thinking can reduce the amount of energy, material, time and finance is needed to create buildings and cities. Architecture equals thought-informed building: a series of case studies, from small products to urban districts, will explore how cutting-edge thinking can be implemented to achieve maximum value with minimum cost. The exhibition will be complemented by a trade exhibition featuring products and technologies related to the theme; and it will be the basis for a series of linked seminars during the three-day WAF event which all visitors have access to throughout.

.... coming soon ....

Initially previewed in October 2008 at the Frieze Art Fair in London, the final design prototype will soon go into production.

‘The design expression behind the collaboration with Lacoste footwear allows the evolution of dynamic fluid grids,’ said Hadid. ‘When wrapped around the shape of a foot, these expand and contract to negotiate and adapt to the body ergonomically. In doing so a landscape emerges, undulating and radiating as it merges seamlessly with the body.’

A limited edition of just 850 pairs will be made .... and i hope one is for me!!!!!!!!!!

...brilliant 3D modeling ....

Seasoned runners know the beauty and peace of a solitary night run.  

The production company Shilo has turned the ritual of the night run into a trip through heaven and hell in BrotherSister’s Still Run music video.  With the slow, dreamy soundtrack of BrotherSister’s musings, Shilo creates a world both beautiful and violent– with the video’s protagonist “still running” through it all.  

Shilo’s brilliant 3D modeling and visual effects mastery shines through from the start. 

.... brand new ....

... With a list price starting around $375,000, only 50 examples will be produced, and the first one has finally arrived. After initially spotting a prototype at the Nürburgring, followed by details a year ago and more details last summer, theblitzschnell supercar is finally ready for its close-up and it's set to take place in London this July... 

_ name:  Veritas RS III

... photo shock....

With a high-action, liquid heavy perspective, photographer Ruud Baan has painted a series of watery portraits with his camera.  Exhibiting a kinetic emotion with a watery sense of time’s slowness, Baan has photographed the self awareness of humanity in a watery medium.  

High fashion, swimwear, streetwear and culture are all represented in full effect. 

... let´s play ....

The builders, designers and architects of today grew up with Legos yesterday.  To celebrate this connection, Lego has released their Lego Architecture series, including kits of some of the world’s most famous works of architectural design.  

Recently, Lego revealed a series of kits dedicated to the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, including his New York Guggenheim Museum and the Falling Water masterwork in Pennsylvania.  As Legos have been the building blocks of creativity for many, Lego hopes to exhibit the building blocks of some of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural greats. 

... MUDE....

The MUDE, the Museum of Fashion and Design opens its doors on 22 May 2009. 

The inaugural exhibition "Antestreia" presents a set of parts of the Corbusier a Azzedine Alaïa allowing visiting histories and events of the century XX and XXI, from the objects that lived or were used by many people in the past were also stories of these players. Here the body of fashion has a place of prominence because it is the first time it is presented to the public. 

May is the month of the new book of changes, with a concept, format and form of distribution methods. 

The first exhibition of the changes and planned for the former seat of BNU [ R. Augusta, 24- Arch. Cristino da Silva], allowing the visit to this building, before the start of the permanent works. The proposal explores the relationship between the design, the arts, politics and socio-economic context. With the interior still scrawny and destroyed, it is for only the objects and they show up, the histories have more to tell.

... japonese contemporary architecture ....

The headquarters of the Portuguese Order of Architects receives an exhibition of contemporary Japanese architecture from 1 to June 30 (Monday to Friday, 10h-18h) 

" (In) visible porcess  "was an idea initially proposed by the Portuguese architect Francisco Borges and James Spratley and the Japanese Yoshihide Kobanawa (curator of the exhibition) and Kaoru Fujii, working in Barcelona, and later elaborated by the Regional Chamber of Architects' South with the support of Japan Foundation, which finances through the Japanese Embassy in Portugal, exchange programs cultural international since 1972. 

The exhibition selects 13 architects from different generations, "with the aim of explaining the evolution and change in Japanese architecture and its impact on society and a number of projects of his own.  The architects are represented Keng Kuma (born in 1954), Jun Aoki (1956), Kazuhiro Kojima (1958) + Kazuko AKAMATSU (1968), Tetsuo Furuichi, Masahiro Harada (1973) + Mao Harada (1976), Kazuyasu Kochi (1973) , Sou Fujimoto, Jun Igarashi (1970), Kimiko Inui (1969) and Hiroshi Sambuichi (1968). 

The exhibition is supplemented with conferences:

June 01 _ 20.00h conference, Tetsuo Furuichi, 21.15h inauguration 

June 02 _ 19.30h conference, I Fujimoto 

June 04 _ 19.30h Conference of CAT (Kazuhiro Kojima + kazulo AKAMATSU) 

            20.45h Conference of Mount Fuji Architects Studio (Masahiro Harada + Mao Harada) 

June 29_ 19.30h conference, Hiroshi Sambuichi

..... in love .......

catch the moment .... 

... house of card ....

... architectureW ..... house of card .... 

... portuguese architects ....

.... world architects catalog ....

... DL 73/73 out.....

"A revogação do Decreto 73/73 foi  votada na generalidade ao final da manhã de 15 de Maio [ 2009 ] e aprovada com os votos a favor de todos os partidos com assento parlamentar, à excepção do PCP que se absteve...  Abre-se agora um novo capítulo na vida dos arquitectos portugueses, mais exigente e de maior responsabilidade, que progressivamente garantirá melhor ambiente construído e mais qualidade de vida para os cidadãos, com mais e melhor arquitectura para todos."

... Guangzhou Opera House Burns .....

"The project, designed by Zaha Hadid with a web-like exoskelton, includes an 1800 seat theater as well as a multipurpose hall and support facilities. The building was set to open this fall. A Chinese media outletreports that blaze has been extinguished but that the extent of the damage has not been determined. A project architect is currently on site and a statement from Hadid’s office is expected shortly."

... fuseProject .... by Yves Behar

y Water

" Objectos que contam histórias... " , ... Yves Behar deu aos objectos um lado divertido em FuseProject

.... manolo blahnik .... best shopping ever

Manolo Blahnik  .... sublime

...SANAA ....

 

dior store, tokyo , japan [ 2001-2003 ] by SANAA

 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa = SANAA,

considerados os supra suma da arquitectura em 2008 pela Time Magazine