New & Cool Architecture
New & Cool Architecture / The Cube by Park Associati
January 17, 2012 | New & Cool Architecture | by Zuliandi Azli |
‘I designed these projects as if they had been proposed by someone else, someone far removed from the trajectory of thought concerned with the city.’ As if pointing an artsy middle finger to the city planners of beautiful Milano, The Cube beams like a glorious rebellion in the heart of the city. Contrasted with the Milano’s backdrop of historical motifs, The Cube redefines form and societal compliance is definitely non-existent here. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / El Batel Conference Center and Auditorium
January 9, 2012 | New & Cool Architecture | by Elena Grandal |
The architects’ José Selgas and Lucía Cano’s work, El Batel, was made to look like a container. An excellent idea, as the building is located in the port of the Spanish coastal city of Cartagena, where loads of containers are brought to the city by boat. What Selgas and Cano couldn’t predict is that when the citizens of Cartagena saw this rectangular, plastic, multicolored frame, they would name it ‘the tupperware’. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / Garden and House by Ryue Nishizawa
January 3, 2012 | New & Cool Architecture | by Gerry Mak |
Architect Ryue Nishizawa created this amazing ‘inside-out’ building in Tokyo that is chock-full of planters and outdoor space to accommodate a veritable urban forest. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / Atlas-F Silo Luxury Home
December 21, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Gerry Mak |
I have a feeling the 1% are building underground bunkers to escape to when all this global warming, economic collapse, and widespread civil unrest reaches critical mass. This luxury home is built on top of an old missile silo in the Adirondacks, and comes with its own runway for small aircraft. It’s perfect for hiding from the 99% of us who will be turned into zombies!
New & Cool Architecture / Klapsons Hotel Singapore: sci-fi geek chic
December 13, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Low Lai Chow |
In 2010, I decided to seek refuge at a boutique hotel located in a nondescript office building. Good move: I was slapped by a scene straight out of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal film 2001: A Space Odyssey. There it was, a gigantic metallic dome structure in the hotel lobby. In it was the reception desk. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / Fifteen Hobbit Houses from around the world
December 9, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Merzipan |
Want to live in a hole in the ground? Not a nasty wet hole, nor a dry sandy hole? Obviously, you’re not alone. There’s even a hobbit motel. Now that means comfort. Check out this selection of 15 green-roofed dwellings that take a page right out of Tolkien’s books and come in all sizes for all kinds of functions, from hotels in New Zealand to backyard playhouses and vintage underground hill-dug duplexes.
New & Cool Architecture / Trollwall Restaurant, Norway
December 7, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Agnes Samour |
Starving after a hike near the Trollwall, the tallest vertical rock face in Europe? It’s now possible to have something to eat while admiring the view of the towering cliffs in this impressive restaurant, designed by Reiulf Ramstad Norway. The M-shaped glass roof really looks fantastic from the inside and the outside. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / Rollercoaster in Beijing by Interval Architects
November 30, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Florence Li |
Interval Architects designed this building called Rollercoaster, which is located in a school in Beijing, China. The peaceful area provides an ideal place for students to study, relax or have a function; while this public space also presents an iconic image at the center of the campus. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / World’s most expensive house sits abandoned
November 3, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Gerry Mak |
Over the past few years, I’ve been growing increasingly ambivalent towards huge, expensive architectural projects with big name design firms attached to them. Who are these buildings actually for? The Antilla, a 27-storey building in Mumbai that is apparently the world’s most expensive house, now sits empty most of the time because according to vastu (the Hindu version of feng shui), there aren’t enough east-facing windows, making it unlucky to inhabit. Maybe the owners of the building could move some of the city’s poor into it and hold banquets and film screenings for them, instead of letting it sit unused.
New & Cool Architecture / Wee House: customise your new home online
October 22, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Kathleen Edwards |
Imagine if every obnoxious nouveau riche person decided to build homes from this designer instead of Dog the Bounty Hunter inspired homes you know are going to crumble into hell in twelve years? Read more
New & Cool Architecture / Vertical Forest by Stefano Boeri Architetti
October 21, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Gerry Mak 
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The idea of high-rise farms and gardens is nothing new at this point, but I still find the concept compelling. This Vertical Forest designed by Milan-based studio Stefano Boeri Architetti is another interesting version of the idea of urban reforestation.
New & Cool Architecture / New extension on San Telmo Museum
October 13, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Agnes Samour |
Nieto Sobejano has brilliantly completed the extension of the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastian, contrasting natural and artificial landscape. An unusual and living green wall is planted behind the laser-cut facade, allowing moss, lichen and plants to go through perforations, and adding splashes of color to the metal panels. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / Living bridges
September 22, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Emma Gardiner |
Bridges that look like the handiwork of fairies? These beautiful 500 year old structures exist for reals in Meghalaya, India. Because of the torrential floods that plague the region, clever locals decided to come up with a better solution and the ficus elastica root bridge was born. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / The High Line
September 14, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Scott Ogden |
Section 2 of this new-ish New York park will be opening to the public this month. If the first expanse of this park, which is housed on reclaimed elevated train tracks that were originally constructed in the 1930′s, is any indication, this will continue to be one of the City’s most interesting and unique settings. Read more
New & Cool Architecture / Futuristic architecture of Alain Demarquette
September 2, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Anthony le Bourlier |
Alain Demarquette is just amazing. His ideas about lines and shapes are totally what I love and he’s addicted to Berlin and Japanese contemporary architecture. His view is a long-term point of view: how people will interact with our XX and XXI century creations?
Photographer Brandon Stanton has collected nearly 1,700 street portraits on the streets of New York City for his website Humans of New York in an effort to create a photographic census of the city. He eventually plans to collect 10,000 images. Read more
Our friends at College Humor have done it again with a Caldwell Tanner penned homage to the Internet, if it were left in the hands of, err, how should we put it, the agedly challenged. Don’t worry. We’ll all be there soon. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
We’ve invited some of our favorite creative peeps — including Ben Lee and artist Sam Weber — to write posts for Lost At E Minor over the past few months about their favorite cultural things and people right now. Read more
A culmination of nearly four years of writing and recording, Omaha quintet, The Faint are preparing to release their fifth album, Fasciinatiion, on August 5 on the band’s own newly-formed label, blank.wav. Working without any time constraints, the songs went through many recorded incarnations before finding their final forms. The result is the best album in the band’s career, a record that is the purest culmination of The Faint’s brilliant musical instincts, ideas and aesthetic, with each member contributing equally to its creation.
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