Le photographe Peter Wegner a réalisé la série « Buildings Made Of Sky » pour montrer une nouvelle dimension de New-York : une ville imbriquée dans une ville. Il suffit de mettre la tête à l’envers pour découvrir une nouvelle architecture en suspension, celle des grattes-ciels faits de nuages et des couleurs du soleil.
Les deux russes, Vadim Mahora et Raskalov voyagent au travers de l’Europe et proposent un point de vue non conventionnel des villes qu’ils visitent. Du hauts des bâtiments, comme la Sagrada Familia ou la Tour Eiffel, ils prennent des clichés présentant l’environnement urbain qui les entourent de façon inédite.
Le photographe finlandais Miemo Penttinen parcourt Hong-Kong et prend en photo les façades colorées de la ville. Il s’en dégage des motifs abstraits et une multiplicité d’immeubles à la taille vertigineuse où se superposent des milliers d’appartements. Une très belle série de photos à découvrir en images.
Le photographe allemand Carsten Witte nous propose de découvrir cette série de clichés appelée « NYC Fractal ». Passionné par les buildings de New York, l’artiste nous propose des images de surfaces et de façades de bâtiments où formes se marient aux reflets. Plus dans la suite.
Nikita Nomerz offre des visages aux batiments avec tout son talent pour la peinture. Très bien réalisées et un brin inquiétantes, ces créations changent totalement l’environnement dans lequel elles se dévoilent. Un travail réussi à découvrir dans une série d’images ainsi qu’une vidéo.
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Yoram Wolberger debuts his first public installation in a San Francsico high-rise
Decorating the foyer of San Francisco’s new ultra-luxe high rise Millennium Tower, Yoram Wolberger‘s “CA Mission” depicts California’s iconic Spanish missions in an 18′ x 14′ model. The nod to the state’s former architects plays off of notions of mass production and cookie-cutter repetition with a body made from translucent fiberglass, laid out with artifacts and imperfections to resemble a ready-to-assemble child’s toy.
CA Mission continues his interest in toys and domestic objects, although the scale of this piece is notably more ambitious. His past work has included trophy figures and “Cowboys and Indians”, a series of life-size figurines representing Wild West characters. Wolberger shows an interest in addressing the uncomfortable racial and ethnic past of California, especially as it relates to childhood education. The reproduction is accurate even in its imperfections, which collectively break the mythical romance that colors the state’s history.
The Millennium Tower’s location on Mission Street obviously informs Wolberger’s choice for the installation, which marks his first public commission. The city’s largest residential development will build the rest of their collection with work from other artists with ties to Bay Area art schools and institutions.
The Millenium Tower
301 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Chinese architects Biad UFO build Beijing’s latest architectural feat
Hand in hand with China’s overall rapid growth and explosive urbanization, recent years have seen a wave of high-design architecture. The
Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s spectacular CCTV tower, opened in 2008 to house the nation’s central television headquarters, is a fantastic example of forward-thinking architecture exploring contemporary concepts of shape and form. Now another Chinese media mogul is taking a swing at making their mark on Beijing’s urban landscape, picking up where projects like the CCTV building left off after the boom spurred by the 2008 Olympics. The Phoenix International Media Center, scheduled to be completed in 2012, currently stands half complete adjacent to Chaoyang Park, signaling the ongoing development of radical architecture in the country as well as Chinese architects themselves, not to mention the strength of Chinese TV networks.
Phoenix, a large satellite TV provider, will eventually move their programming operations there, in addition to housing other businesses, offices and restaurants. The shape of the building recalls yet another famously stunning example of what’s been happening to Beijing’s cityscape of late, the Herzog and De Meuron “Bird’s Nest” Olympic Stadium. Here, the architects have managed to give the basket-like shape a sense of movement, reminiscent of a sea sponge or jellyfish. Digital renderings have the feel of the command bridge on a futuristic space station. The ambitious project has already drummed up a lot of interest, putting it on the shortlist for the 2009 World Architecture Festival and in the Verso Est Chinese Cultural Landscape exhibit at MAXXI in Rome.
Unlike the CCTV tower, the Media Center was designed by BIAD UFo, a firm based in China. An impressive example of the nation’s homegrown architectural talents in the country, it hints at the potential future of Chinese design as more and more buildings spring up.
Photos via Designboom
Story via 120Walker
Additional reporting by Meghan Killeen and Greg Stefano
Le photographe belge Filip Dujardin parvient à montrer son attirance pour l’architecture à travers ses superbes clichés. Avec des compositions étranges, ses photographies architecturales impressionnent en imaginant des structures et formes nouvelles. Plus d’images dans la suite.
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A hotel chain tailors their new spot to the world’s “live music capital”
Even Austin’s airport food—local famed BBQ and Tex-Mex rather than soggy tuna sandwiches—touts the city’s pro-small business attitude. So when the chain known for hipping up the mid-range hotel experience came to town, they had to step up their game to make it in a place known as much for its nocturnal winged residents (there’s even a bat hotline) as for its indie music scene.
The new W Hotel Austin’s design features cater to the cultural phenomenon that put the city on the map with a collection of over 8,000 vinyl records and an extensive four-room bar. Eschewing an ordinary hotel lobby, guests enter in the Living Room, which doles out the hits over a vintage McIntosh sound system. Separate spaces (the Tequila Bar, Records Room, Secret Bar and Screen Porch) reflect the vibrant surrounding streets.
Beyond the mark it makes for urban nightlife, the W Austin has also become a new landmark in city’s skyline. Rising above the generally even horizon line, the primarily glass tower stands just above the heavy, low-lying City Hall building in contrast to nearby architecture.
“The last thing Austin needs is another beige building,” says Heather Plimmer, half of the local team behind the hotel’s design. Plimmer, along with architect Arthur Andersson, are responsible for the design of five components of the block—on the aptly named Willie Nelson Boulevard—a development which in addition to the hotel includes office and retail space, condos and some of the best acoustics the city has to offer at Austin City Limits.
The color doesn’t just define the W visually but elegantly takes the effects of harsh Texas weather into consideration, particularly evident in the way the designers dealt with the intensity of the sun. Anything bright or white can be blinding and the average brown building blends in with the surrounding landscape. “I think that came from a tradition of the Spanish adobe, and all that kind of stuff,” says Andersson. “It’s really bizarre to try and translate that into 500-ft tall structures.” Opting instead for a dark gray palette that takes on the color of the sky, the LEED-certified structure also reflects the clouds at night.
Andersson also used a Swiss Pearl material to serve as a ventilated façade over the exterior of the building. An air space runs through the entire outer exterior, creating shadows to help cool the building while large windows catch the breezes coming over from Lady Bird Lake.
Unlike some other conspicuous glass buildings downtown, the W appears both graceful and understated. “I think it has its own kind of presence,” says Andersson. “It’s like this sort of little, calm poem.” The Zen balance shows up in the hotel’s wabi-sabi style interiors too, with exposed concrete support beams.
Overall the feeling of staying at the hotel is not unlike a sense of being at home, as the designers took cues from typical residential decor. But the cozy feeling most clearly comes through in the breaking up of space in the hotel’s rooms, which creates an entry moment. Creating the illusion of a larger space, a burlap-covered tower separates the sleeping chamber from the rest of the hotel room. “What happens when you walk into a typical hotel room,” says Andersson, “you look at some crappy piece of furniture, and a side of a TV. We flipped it.” The burlap-covered tower is reminiscent of a Barnett Newman canvas; the minimalist painter’s work was a major source of inspiration for the designers.
Austin’s strong musical story plays a role too, making a literal nod with original signed Scott Newton photos in each room, as well as vanity mirrors encircled with guitar strap patterns. “We grabbed onto kind of the Bohemian lifestyle, of the laid back rock and roll feel,” says Plimmer. “We really wanted it to be an oasis. The colors in there are really calm, with the exception of the red pop of the chaise.”
This summer one more obvious addition to the lyrical architecture—a statue of the man himself, Willie Nelson, at the entrance to the neighboring Austin City Limits, will make its debut, keeping Austin weird in more ways than one. Make reservations online with prices varying depending on rooms and availability but rack rates starting around $300 per night.
Découverte du travail de cet habitant de Chicago, Craig Shimala, qui a eu l’idée de proposer cette vidéo “Floating Chicago”. Une technique time-lapse ainsi qu’un système de miroir, pour une création intéressante et géométrique. A découvrir en vidéo dans la suite de l’article.
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