Apocalypse

Yitzhaq Hayutman is showing the world how he wants to position an airborne hologram over the Dome of the Rock, a gold-capped shrine that’s one of the most holy sites in the Islamic world. He has two big ideas, two ways to engineer the apocalypse. The first: require hovering a holographic temple by setting up [...]

Pepsi Mini Advertisement

Advertisement for Pepsi Mini in Canada by BBDO
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Architecture Radio Podcasting

Architecture Radio exists to serve the community of designers, activists and laymen who strive to effect positive change through the design and stewardship of the built environment. Their mission is to increase public awareness of the role of Design in the social, economic and environmental well-being of our communities, to facilitate learning and discussion about [...]

Underground Urban Farm

Using computer-controlled temperature and LEDs , an underground rice and vegetable farm called Pasona O2 in Tokyo hopes to have its first harvest this summer (2005). via Pasta and Vinegar.

An underground rice and vegetable field has been planted beneath an office building in Tokyo’s Otemachi business district. This urban farm - in what used to [...]

Glowing Places

Design by Philips with an intention of understanding people’s reaction on lighting in public spaces. It’s called Glowing Places where the seating are made of plastic embedded with LED strips. The lighting pattern and colours depends on the length and number of people seating at that particular moment.
Glowing Places is a concept from an investigation [...]

Antoni Gaudi Hotel Attraction

The Gaudi building as imagined against behind the World Financial Center. Image Source : GridSkipper

Sketch idea of the Hotel Attraction. Image Source : Aire Speciale
The Oven Restaurant in Barcelona has hosted the exhibition “Hotel Attraction”, based on the project Gaudí conceived for New York City some 90 years ago and which the graphic designer Marc [...]

The Sopranos Advertisement

The Sopranos advertising/branding is just perfect. Here is another example of the fine work being done by BBDO for HBO’s the Sopranos series. Agency: BBDO
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Architectural Skeleton

Most buildings aren’t what they seem. A ’stone’ building is usually a thin layer of cut stone applied to a skeleton of wood, steel or cheaper stone. I’ll give you an architectural work, and you guess what the skeleton or structure is really made of. Once you’re done, come back in two to three days [...]