Pixel Tower by James Law Cyberculture International
Designed by Hong based design house, James Law Cyberculture International, Pixel Tower’s design was inspired by moving bubbles in a Champagne glass. The 18-floor Dubai waterfront residential building overlooking the Arabian Sea, is an imaginative and unique design that engulfs the facets of a trendy & technologically centered living with futuristic aesthetics.
June 9, 2008 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Mile-High London Eco Tower by PopularArchitecture
London’s skyline would have a new addition in the form of the mile-high ‘eco-friendly’ tower, to be located in East London. The project is proposed by British firm Popularchitecture, in collaboration with Fluid Engineers and Pha Consul M&E specialists.
May 13, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Green, Tech - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 3
Serero’s Eiffel Tower Observation Deck
The Eiffel Tower is one of the world’s most recognizable architecture landmarks and to celebrate it’s 120th anniversary, it’s going to don a party hat designed by architectural firm Serero.
The design is based on a generative script, creating branches out of the primary structure of the tower. Inspired by the structural concept of Eiffel of three-dimensional cross bracing beams, the script unfolds along curved lines the “DNA” of the tower. The script used the existing structure at the top of the tower ( a 10 by 10 meters cube) to generate 3 structural weaves, which are interconnected. These layers are combined to create a woven complex, which is based on the redundancy and the non-repetition of patterns to increase its structural performance. In opposition with modern engineering (based on the concept of repetition and optimization), the project for the Eiffel tower extension is based on an alternative model of high performance.
Pretty cool, huh? There’s no better way to celebrate a landmark than putting an amazing party hat on it.
March 21, 2008 - Category: Architecture - Posted by: Phil - Comments: 2