Sunday, October 3, 2010
Moving Architecture. Video Projections on Buildings.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
AutoCAD WS is available! iPhone and iPad included.
"Straddling" bus. New chinese invention to improve traffic congestion
A new type of bus has been presented to apparently solve the traffic problems found in Beijing, China. "The Straddling bus", "The 3D fast bus", or "The Stereo Bus", as they call it, consists of an elevated carriage which moves above cars driving underneath, and guided by two rails on its sides. The bus stops would be
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Real to Virtual. 3D Scanner. Easy and Free Technology
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
How much does your building weigh Mr. Foster?
"How much does your building weigh Mr. Foster?" Here comes the new documentary-film about the life and work of Norman Foster, narrated by Deyan Sudjic, Director of the London Design Museum. It shows through a cinematic approach to how buildings are observed, the quest Mr. Foster followed to become what he is right now, an architecture superstar and above all, a promoter of improving lifestyles through
Free 3-year license for over 25 Autodesk Products for Students
Autodesk has just announced their support of the Student Programme until 31st January 2011 and if that wasn´t enough, the extension of the current 1 year available licenses to 3 years. Great news for the architecture, design & construction sectors. Smart moves like these from powerful companies are the key facts that enhance us to continue progressing and deliver better results. Thank you Autodesk!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Bright Ideas for a better life
[VIDEO] An example is better than a thousand words, so here I bring a good one to illustrate how to put in practice the theories of good architecture. It looks good and works even better.
Squeezed into an over-crowded Hong Kong where space is a luxury, this ultra hip 330 square foot apartment features a futuristic sliding wall system that creates up to 24 different room combinations.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Wireless Electricity: Witricity
Another hit in technology history I just came across on the same day. Witricity is a revolutionary discovery from a group of MIT Physicists who were able to transfer power over distance, basically they were able to light up a normal bulb over a 2 m. distance gap.
Witricity is the website of the company, which has already made a huge progress and has the biggest companies around the world building a partnership to agree a common standard for it.
Interactive Online Video - The future of videos online
I just discovered the new invention from a cool Spanish company creating a revolution in the new techonlogies sector. This company is Madpixel, and what they have just launched is the Interactive Online Video, basically a video you can pause at any moment and search interactively through its content. You can click on information about the people that appear in the video, or clothes, objects,... endless joy.
You can see the work they have done for the Principe de Asturias Foundation here in Spanish and also a Demo of a Sex & The City Episode here. And the company website: www.madpixel.es
Monday, June 14, 2010
Anish Kapoor Exhibition in Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
" The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents a major solo exhibition devoted to the art of Anish Kapoor, one of the most influential sculptors working today. The exhibition, which opened to enormous acclaim at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in fall 2009, is the first large-scale survey of Kapoor’s work to be seen in Spain.
Friday, June 4, 2010
RIBA EU Winners 2010 Announced
The prestigious RIBA Regional 2010 Awards have been announced, and lucky us, 2 of the 9 European buildings awarded are in Spain. The first one is "Campus Palmas Altas" in Seville,by 'Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners', a commercial bussines park who has also achieved an AIA-UK award and has been pre-certified LEED Platinum. It was built for Abengoa, one of the leading companies in renewable energies and green technology. The second one is "The city of justice" in Barcelona, by 'David Chipperfield Architects', the new city law courts complex, composed by 9 buildings with around 240,000 sq.m.
More info about the rest of awarded projects here
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Architecture Congress: [ + x - ] More for Less
Friday, May 14, 2010
ACE. New York kick-ass hotel for art lovers
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ACE Hotel New York
Antony Gormley. Firmament IV
Frank Lloyd Wright Lego Architecture
LEGO, the world most famous plastic bricks, has a new product line. It consists on a replica of icons in today´s cities. They have divided their 'architecture' line in 3 subsectors: landmarks, architects series, and discovery. Landmarks include constructions like the John Hancock Tower in Chicago by SOM,or the Seattle Space Needle
Friday, May 7, 2010
eVolo Skyscraper Competition finalists announced!
The worldwide architecture competition which surprises every year with radical designs and unearthed thinking, 'eVolo Skyscraper' has just announced their 10 finalists. Everytime, it shows quite singular buildings pushing the boundaries of architecture and imagination, and sets a new benchmark for the limits of human creation. The top 10 finalists have in common that green design and measures are implemented in all their schemes, showing the relevance it has taken this field in latter years.
More via Inhabitat.com · Image by metrodsm
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
New York Invasion by 8 bits creatures!
PIXELS is Patrick Jean' latest short film. It shows the invasion of the city of New York by digital creatures taken from games we played when we were children... (I know some people still do).
This video is the best piece of work I have ever seen in years! In terms of creativity, production, details, effects,...
It is just a-w-e-s-o-o-o-o-o-m-e !
Tokyo Glow
Shanghai Expo 2010 Pavilions
The Spanish Pavilion is quite original too.... 'Wicker Technology' Designed by EMBT from Barcelona, Spain.
Official Opening
'The Child'. New York in Typographics. Video created by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet for DJ Alex Gopher
And what better to inaugurate, than this great piece of design work I recently came across, hope you like it!