by Alysha Brown – September 27, 2007 via MetropolisMag.Com
Alain de Botton has written about everything from Proust (How Proust Can Change Your Life, 1997) to love (Essays in Love,1993) to travel (The Art of Travel, 2002). In his most recent book, The Architecture of Happiness, the writer, who also moonlights as a philosopher, producer, and [...]
September 27th, 2007
The Philosophy of Building
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September 10th, 2007
LEGO Towers by Bjarke Ingels Group
September 10, 2007 via dezeen.com
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) will show a LEGO model of their LEGO Towers project for an upcoming exhibition at Storefront for Architecture and Design in New York.
September 9th, 2007
Sanctuary: Feng Shui
by Laura Milligan – September 9, 2007 via BehindTheCurtains
Life is stressful — once you enter adulthood the lazy days of endless relaxation float away, and most of us find ourselves with perpetual To-Do lists, constant errands, and full schedules.
Typically we want nothing more than to go home, curl up on the sofa, and go comatose [...]
September 7th, 2007
Rocking Wheel Chair
by Sarah – September 07, 2007 via Modern-Roost.Blogspot.Com
I think this concept chair from Mathias Koehler is awesome. You can rock almost 360 degrees. But it reminds me a little of Alien.
September 5th, 2007
BIG LEGO Towers
by BIGSOLUTIONS – September 05, 2007
Bjarke Ingels Group’s LEGO Towers project built over five weeks using 250,000 pieces of LEGO bricks.
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September 5th, 2007
Foster + Partners to design the world’s first private spaceport
September 5, 2007 via dezeen.com
The Foster + Partners and URS team has won an international competition to build the first private spaceport in the world – The New Mexico Spaceport Authority Building – it was announced yesterday. The sinuous shape of the building in the landscape and its interior spaces seek to capture the drama [...]
September 5th, 2007
New Mexico spaceport by Foster
September 5, 2007 via dezeen.com
Architects Foster + Partners have won a competition to build the world’s first private spaceport in New Mexico.
September 4th, 2007
Spaceport America Design Unveiled
September 4, 2007 via dezeen.com
LAS CRUCES, NM – A team of U.S. and British architects and designers, accompanied by officials from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) and Virgin Galactic, will unveil the design renderings of Spaceport America at a press conference Tuesday, September 4, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Construction on the 100,000 square-foot [...]
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