Ettore Sottsass

cabinets nr. 69,70,71,72, 2006
Galerie Friedman Benda NY. lien

Pavillon dans une retenue d'eau

Architectes : RCR, Olot

Lieu : Llagostera, Girona, Espagne

Publication : El Croquis

Métal 5

Tom Dixon, CU29 chair, expanded polystyrene clad electro-deposited layer of 99.9% pure copper, 2007
dezeen

Métal 4

Robert Gober, Untitled, bronze and paint, 2006-2007

Métal 3

Studio Job, Robber Baron serie, Standing Lamp, polished and patinated cast bronze; glass; electrical components, 2007.
dezeen

Métal 2

Elswoth Kelly, Untitled, bronze, 2004.

Métal 1

Inga Sempé, lampe à double orientation, 2007.
dezeen site

Gloria Friedmann

Karaoké, plexiglas, laque acrylique, animal naturalisé 150 x 200 x 50 cm, 2000

X-Architects (Dubai), SMAQ (Berlin)

Project diagram on actual site. Island layout facilitates the shading of pedestrian east-wes alleys.
"While projects within Dubai are typically theme-based, the project with the secret name takes sutainability as a non-theme, shifting from asking first "what does it look like?" to "what does this do?""
Al Manakh, Dubai Guide, P53

51N4E, Tyle, Antwerpen, 2003

Ambitiously taking on our new role as street decorators, we aimed for an unintentional master plan. Depending on TILE’s finish (rough/smooth), the light and the movement of people, zones would appear, similar to the shadow cast by trees or clouds, turning the Leien into a subtle three-dimensional spectacle, even at night.

The urban ambition of TILE is underscored by the development of a complete gamut:
- a small-scale, ceramic grooved version
- a large-scale, concrete grooved version
- a large-scale, glass-in-concrete version (also available washed)
- a large-scale, hyper-ecological version (concrete with a titanium dioxide coating, turning nitrogen oxides into active oxygen, a process similar to nature’s photosynthesis)
TILE is equally available in Belgian chocolate.

Remy Zaugg

ET SI / DES QUE JE RESPIRE/ LE BLEU DU CIEL / S?EFFACAIT / BLANCHISSAIT / PALISSAIT / SE RAREFIAIT / JAUNISSAIT / BLEMISSAIT / S'EVANOUISSAIT , Aluminium, peinture au pistolet, Sérigraphie, vernis transparent, 1994

Cherry blossom

"Jadis, tout le monde se rassemblait pour la floraison des cerisiers. On construisait un écran autour d'un endroit très confortable, très temporaire, très éphémère et lié à la nature. C'était le plus simple et le plus riche des espaces. Le plus important, dans ce cas, c'est d'abord l'absence d'architecture. Les gens se réunissaient, et puis seulement après l'architecture se formait. C'est l'esprit de la méthode japonaise traditionnelle. L'activité ou la représentation est plus importante que l'architecture, et pour la soutenir, il faut des éléments physiques élémentaires." Ryan Raymund, Toyo Ito, in Neuf, no.164

Arata Isozaki

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Thomas Ruff, David Zwirner gallery

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superlativation

"There's the tallest building in the world under construction, Burj Dubai (...). A billboard the size of Piccadilly Circus (...) The biggest shopping mall in the world is already here. Another, bigger, the world's largest retail development, is under construction. There's to be an underwater hotel ($500m). One indoor ski resort, with real snow and its own black run, exists already (...). There is to be a second, with a revolving mountain. Plans are mooted for a Chess City, with 32 tower blocks of 64 floors, each in the form of a chess piece. There's to be a 60-floor apartment block in the shape of Big Ben. One company selling flats is giving away a free Jag with each one. There will be a pyramid and a building called Atlantis that will cost $600m and include a "swim-with-the-dolphins encounter programme". An Aviation City and a Cargo Village, an Aid City and a Humanitarian Free Zone, an Exhibition City and a Festival City, a Healthcare City and a Flower City, a $4bn extension to the airport and another entirely new airport along the coast towards Abu Dhabi (...) annual capacity 120 million passengers, 12 million tonnes of cargo.Next to it (...) "There will be several smaller cities that will cater to the financial, industrial, service and tourism industries." (...) The Middle East's answer to Disneyland, called Dubailand, which is far larger than Monaco, is costing $4.5bn. It will employ 300,000 people in the various joylands, servicing 15 million visitors. A new urban railway, with 37 stops, begins construction soon. Dubai is to have its own Silicon Oasis ($1.7bn) for computer companies. A mixed development called Dubai Waterfront/Arabian Canal covers an area larger than Barbados and will house, when completed ($6bn), more people than Paris."
The Guardian, February 13, 2006
In Al Manach

Almere - théâtre - sanaa

some architecture from the master [yokosuka art museum]