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Universal Studios Singapore
Universal Studios Singapore is a theme park located within Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island, Singapore. It was a key component of Genting's bid for the right to build Singapore's second integrated resort. On 8 December 2006, the Singapore government announced that the consortium had won the bid, and the construction of the theme park and the rest of the resort started on 19 April 2007. It is the second Universal Studios Theme Parks to open in Asia, and the first in Southeast Read more [...]
Continue reading...BURST*008 at MOMA
Monday, October 6, 2008
Imagine if your house came delivered to you in over a 1,000 precisely-cut jigsaw-like pieces. This is the idea that New York-based, Jeremey Edmiston of System Architects and Douglas Gauthier of Gauthier Architect had for NYC Museum of Modern Art’s Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibition, when they created BURST*008. Combining architecture and technology, the home was computer-designed and its pieces milled to the exact dimensions to fit together like a 3-D puzzle. The pieces Read more [...]
Continue reading...Cellophane House by KieranTimberlake
Monday, September 22, 2008
Environmentally-savvy and forward-thinking architecture firm KieranTimberlake Associate has high hopes of bringing customized prefabricated homes to the masses starting with their new Cellophane House. As one of the five full-scale prefab productions at MoMA’s exhibit, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, the Cellophane House is the latest iteration of the firm’s research and investigation into new fabricating processes and sustainable customized homes. The firm’s goal is to make Read more [...]
Continue reading...Home Delivery Walkthrough: micro compact home
Monday, September 22, 2008
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey7EfAu_lq4] Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is both a survey of the past, present and future of the prefabricated home and a building project on the Museum's vacant west lot. Not since the mid-century House in the Garden series has MoMA built occupiable model buildings to demonstrate contemporary issues to the public. The fives homes erected on the vacant west lot are designed by Kieran Timberlake Associates (Philadelphia); Jeremy Read more [...]
Continue reading...Home Delivery Walkthrough: SYSTEM3
Monday, September 22, 2008
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTtLQu5yAJk] Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is both a survey of the past, present and future of the prefabricated home and a building project on the Museum's vacant west lot. Not since the mid-century House in the Garden series has MoMA built occupiable model buildings to demonstrate contemporary issues to the public. The fives homes erected on the vacant west lot are designed by Kieran Timberlake Associates (Philadelphia); Jeremy Read more [...]
Continue reading...Home Delivery Walkthrough: Cellophane House
Monday, September 22, 2008
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLUaz0QG3TI] Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is both a survey of the past, present and future of the prefabricated home and a building project on the Museum's vacant west lot. Not since the mid-century House in the Garden series has MoMA built occupiable model buildings to demonstrate contemporary issues to the public. The fives homes erected on the vacant west lot are designed by Kieran Timberlake Associates (Philadelphia); Jeremy Edmiston Read more [...]
Continue reading...NYLO Hotels Selects Studios Architecture To Design The Loft
Monday, September 15, 2008
STUDIOS Architecture has been selected to design The Loft - the heart and soul of each NYLO hotel - for its location in Interlocken Technology Park, Broomfield, Colorado. Known for their ability to thoughtfully choreograph the guest experience, while combining functionality with inspiration, STUDIOS will help make the NYLO Interlocken stay unique and memorable. "We're excited to have STUDIOS Architecture leading our design team in Broomfield," said Michael Mueller, president, NYLO Hotels. "This Read more [...]
Continue reading...Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
Monday, September 15, 2008
Designed to be one of the world’s most innovative theater facilities, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre will represent the ultimate union of architectural function and form in modern performing arts. The Wyly Theatre, set in the heart of Dallas' Arts District, will be the new home to the Dallas Theater Center. The 11-story and one-sublevel building will feature an unprecedented “stacked,” vertically organized design that completely rethinks the traditional form of theater. In a typical Read more [...]
Continue reading...Museum of the North, University of Alaska
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Inspired by the rugged landscape, Joan Soranno leads a team to expand the University of Alaska’s Museum of THE North in Fairbanks. Fairbanks sits on a vast plateau near the center of Alaska, about 125 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The century-old city is surrounded by mostly roadless wilderness where fox dodge wolves and bears, and caribou roam by the hundreds. In this land of extremes, temperatures can drop 50 degrees in a single day. The town lacks a strong architectural history, but Read more [...]
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