May 18, 2013

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February 22, 2013

The Planned City according to Peter Ellis. More.

February 22, 2013

Revitalizing Rotermann’s Old and New Flour Storage

Rotermann's Old and New Flour Storage

Architects: HGA (Hayashi – Grossschmidt Arhitektuur)

The 1,5 century-old Rotermann Quarter, a former industrial area for food production, is located between the Tallinn’s old town and the port, where stands still historically-valuable limestone buildings under heritage protection. The approved detail planning calls for adoptive re-use of existing buildings as well as insertion of new volumes amongst in order to create “live-work” and pedestrian-friendly environment right at the city center, supported by 400 parking lots underground.

On-going redevelopment takes place between the existing historical limestone buildings, including the Old Flour Storage from 1904. The New Flour Storage was aimed to form a plaza as a new focal point of the quarter. The project consists of three volumes; the Old Flour Storage with 2 additional stories, the New Flour Storage and the Atrium connecting the two. Ground floor is for retail and all upstairs are for offices.

Rotermann's Old and New Flour Storage

Our approach was to relate and strengthen the character of historical quarter through finding and adopting the character of the surroundings. For facade articulation we have abstracted proportion of wall versus window openings as a character of old industrial buildings. For main facade material cor-ten steel was chosen for its property fitting to the existing surroundings of rough surfaces; limestone walls, brick lintels and rusted steel details. It pays homage to the area’s industrial past.

Rotermann's Old and New Flour Storage

The New Flour Storage is to be a ‘ Communication Wall’ between offices and the plaza. The windows consists of three sizes; 75cm x 75cm, 2m x 2m, larger ones over floor height. The small ones are to frame the views as well as to bring fresh air, the middle ones are to relate to the human scale, and the biggest is to provide the panorama view of the plaza and the Old Town. The cantilevered bigger windows breaks the homogeneous rectangular outline of the building and offers special place among office space for meeting room or communal area with panorama views.

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References:

“Rotermann’s Old and New Flour Storage / HGA (Hayashi-Grossschmidt Arhitektuur)” 11 Feb 2013.ArchDaily. Accessed 23 Feb 2013. <http://www.archdaily.com/330863>

February 6, 2013

Viva Vena's Fashion Film for Vena Cava

Vena Cava's Fashion Film via style.com: Viva Vena, the new, lower-priced line from Vena Cava designers Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai, launches in stores later this month. To celebrate the debut, Mayock and Buhai collaborated with director Matthew Frost on Fashion Film, a send-up of a certain familiar kind of fashion video, featuring Bachelorette and Party Down star Lizzy Caplan.

November 19, 2012 • 5,553 notes • obviouswinner.com

archiemcphee:

This awesome piece of taxidermy, depicting an Antelope Ground Squirrel bareback riding a 4ft. Arizona Black Timber Rattlesnake as though it were a bucking bronco, was created by WildThings Taxidermy in Arizona. This feels like some sort of rodent superhero legend come to life…and then carefully stuffed. We’ve been rendered speechless.

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It’s Extraordinary Taxidermy Day on Geyser of Awesome!

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November 19, 2012 • 11,796 notes • behance.net

cosascool:

HANDMADE TYPE a typography experiment by Tien-Min Liao

November 7, 2012

Good Grief, I see this building design and wonder how many bird deaths this building has caused. So much glass…sooo shiny…

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November 5, 2012

Zaha Hadid: The Architect-In-Chief

Zaha Hadid is a Woman of the Year because… “She’s an extraordinary force of nature that came out of the blue and whacked us all on the back of the head and said, ‘Wake up, kids, there’s more stuff to do.’ ” —architect Frank Gehry

by Aaron Betsky

Zaha Hadid is Glamour 2012 Woman of the Year

She’s called “The Z” and “The Lady Gaga of Architecture.” But more accurately she’s Dame Zaha Hadid, 62, the very first female winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (the Nobel of her field) and one of the most accomplished architects on earth.

“I always wanted to be an architect,” says Hadid. She grew up in Baghdad, a city filled back then with modern buildings. “My house was like Auntie Mame’s, with my mother redecorating every season,” Hadid recalls. After studying math in Beirut, she enrolled in London’s Architectural Association school. Her final portfolio, with paintings of geometric forms careening out of the Thames River, got her noticed by critics worldwide. But for years her work remained more copied than constructed.

Why you should give Walmart a second chance.

Walmart plays more than the game of monopoly, it is working to promote healthier lifestyles.

Walmart grocery store

By Mariela Bayer

CHICAGO, IL., September 27, 2012 - For years, Walmart has had the bad reputation of monopolizing the food retail economy in the United States, pushing out many “Mom and Pop” local grocery stores, unable to keep up with the superstore giant. While the concerns remains with Americans that Walmart relies on China too much for manufactured goods (According to Business Pundit, 80% of all Walmart suppliers are in China), Walmart is making improvements on a different topic, that is worth commending.