New & Cool Architecture
New & Cool Architecture / Stars Wars architecture
November 20, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Zolton |
I don’t know about you, but when I make my first billion dollars, I’m going to have George Lucas design me a spaceship and take my closest eight friends for a joy flight to Dantooine. Errr, any takers? C’mon!
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New & Cool Architecture / Marques De Riscal, Spain
November 13, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Katrina Whitehead |
I didn’t think there were many cooler buildings in the world than the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain -until I stumbled on another of Frank Gehry’s architectural masterpieces in the unassuming village of Elciego. Deep in the heart of the Rioja wine region, the Marques de Riscal is a luxury hotel, and its contemporary style is certainly at odds with the historic, green surrounds. However, if you’re not prepared to fork out for a meal at the restaurant, or upwards of 600 euro a night to stay there, you can forget getting any closer. Unpaying guests aren’t allowed through the gates, and you’ll feel like a nosey neighbour trying to peer over the towering fence for a glimpse. Even still, it’s definitely worth a try. Read more
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New & Cool Architecture / Dubai’s Vertical Village by Graft
November 11, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Casper Johansson |
This new construction in Dubai has been designed to ‘harness solar energy for heat, power and illumination’. The residential, hotel and entertainment complex is expected to be certified by a LEED Gold rating. Read more
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New & Cool Architecture / Car from made ice
November 4, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Zolton 
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Forget battery powered vehicles. Cars made from ice are the future of transportation: no pollution, no honking horns, no painful rap music blasting out of souped up stereos. And if they melt, they melt. You just swim the rest of the way down the slipstream.
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New & Cool Architecture / Matchstick buildings
October 31, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Zolton |
I remember as a kid frantically trying to please my craft teacher by constructing a toy car out of matchsticks. The fact that it looked more like a science experiment was irrelevant. It was the journey, the process that mattered. Or at least I thought until I saw what other people were capable of. These startling creations were made entirely from matchsticks and I bow down to their grandiose splendor. Read more
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New & Cool Architecture / Comic books greatest urban spaces
October 29, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | 
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The Architects Journal has compiled a cleverly-made video tribute to ‘the greatest illustrated urban spaces’.
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New & Cool Architecture / Playground design by Norwegian architects
October 22, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Zolton |
When I was a kid, our swingset was embedded in the rather uncompromising textures of rock hard cement. What can I say, Greek relatives! They love their concrete. This creative and functional playground design by Norwegian architects 70°N Arkitektur features mobile walls which hide toys for kids to discover. Read more
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New & Cool Architecture / Make Archtects reshape the London skyline
October 15, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Casper Johansson |
London-based Make Architects have designed this nine-storey building with its asymmetrical pattern, which, according to the Arch In Home website, ‘is determined by the constraints of the site, with the southern elevation curving gently to address the Monument and define an enlarged and newly activated public square at ground level. This elevation is clad in a faceted glazed facade which reflects the Monument to provide a spectacular backdrop to the new public square. The facade also lifts up at ground level to create entrances to the building and to the retail units on the ground floor’. Read more
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New & Cool Architecture / Taichung Convention Center, Taiwan
October 9, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Gerry Mak |
Beijing architecture firm MAD Ltd. recently completed a design for the new Taichung Convention Center in Taiwan. The impressive building strives to be a ‘continuous weave’ with the local landscape with its fluid lines and airy ‘outer-skin’ which doubles as a solar power generator that greatly reduces the building’s overall energy demands.
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New & Cool Architecture / South Korea’s Dalki Theme Park
October 7, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Casper Johansson |
Designed by Slade Architecture in collaboration with Ga.A Architects and Mass Studies, the Dalki Theme Park in South Korea’s Kyungki Province is a shrine to a popular cartoon character used to promote clothing and other goodies to young Korean children. Read more
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New & Cool Architecture / Melting ice figures in Berlin
September 30, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Casper Johansson |
The problem with building ice figures is that the damn things are always so determined to melt. These remarkable looking ice figures were created recently by the World Wildlife Fund to raise awareness about global warming. There were 1,000 figures all up, each of which melted throughout the day on the steps of the concert hall at Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin. Read more
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New & Cool Architecture / Church converted to modern bookstore
September 26, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Katriane Hill |
Deep in the heart of the Dominican Republic lies an unusual bookstore, aptly named Selexyz Dominicanen. It is housed in Maastricht, in the bowels of an ancient church which was constructed in 1294. Since it’s interruption as a church (Napoleon invaded Maastricht in 1794 and forced the loyal parishioners out of the country), this beautiful church has seen use as a parish, warehouse, and most notably (and creatively), a large parking lot for bicycles. Read more
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New & Cool Architecture / Will Cotton’s candy house
September 23, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Zolton |
Ok, so this is actually an artwork by Will Cotton, but it fits every criteria for my dream house, aged 6. Smartie wall coatings? Check. Biscuit entryway? Check. A smiling lollipop garden, sitting over luscious dollops of magnificent cream? You betcha. Ah, please, take me there. Now. And give me a decent sized spoon for my troubles.
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New & Cool Architecture / House made from pallets
September 19, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Zolton |
These days you can practically make a house from anything: matchsticks, cards, even bits of wood scrap. This Pallet House actually comes with a purpose. Designed by Azin Valy and Suzan Wines of I-Beam Design, the intention is for it to be used in disaster environments where there really is no other choice of resilient materials.
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New & Cool Architecture / Feline friendly doll house
September 17, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Zolton |
When I grow up, I want to have a house like this one: with creaking furniture, calming floral wallpaper, and a giant cat that visits whenever I crack open the milk. [photo by Sage Sohier]
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I had the pleasure of meeting painter Maria Calderon a few years back through some mutual friends. Even then her work was stunning. It seemed as though you could stand back and take in everything you thought you could, and if you moved up to a piece, you were pulled in to all the different stories, different landscapes, within a single painting. The vibrant colors and never ending spacial trickery really does it for me.
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Joe Coleman’s paintings are a feverish cross between Ivan Albright-inspired grotesqueness and R. Crumb-like pop-social critique. Read more
Fans of Australian buzzsaw rock trio, The Vines, might like to check out our sister site, My Secret Playlist, where drummer Hamish Rosser has written about eight songs he’s digging right now. There’s some interesting choices in there including The Strokes, James Brown, and, gulp, Joan Jett.
Sometimes we need an ad to remind us of what’s important. Normal is beautiful. Keep our oceans alive. Vote. Be more fearless. The Whitehouse Post is an international post-production company whose projects are damn fine. In fact, they are the scary mix of wit and aesthetics that makes any message convincing. Long live Coca-Cola.
Describing their sound as ‘nihilist suicide pop’, Rome-based quartet Spiritual Front draws immediate comparisons to Nick Cave, but their approach to dark themes have a hint of irreverence — they inject unexpected doo-wop flares and new wave bombast to their atmospheric neofolk. Their latest album, Armageddon Gigalo, is a beautiful and catchy masterpiece for fans of Death In June, Sol Invictus, and even latter-day Duran Duran.
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Forget battery powered vehicles. Cars made from ice are the future of transportation: no pollution, no honking horns, no painful rap music blasting out of souped up stereos. And if they melt, they melt. You just swim the rest of the way down the slipstream.
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