Something kind of like self expression, or more simply, just a matter of taste.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The Architectural Review’s Emerging Architecture Awards, sponsored by Ramboll and Austin-Smith:Lord, celebrates the best pieces of design by young architects from across the world. The door alone to this diamond merchant’s residence in Surat, India, was judged enough to make it one of the four prize winners this year At 5.2m high and 1.7m wide, the door is comprised of 40 sections of 254mm-thick Burma teak. Each section is carved so that the door integrates 160 pulleys, 80 ball bearings, a wire-rope and a counter weight hidden within the single pivot. Stacked one above the other in the closed position, each plank can then rotate by a simple push causing the door to reconfigure into a sinusoidal curve.
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“Once complete, the Kamppi chapel will not be intended for congregational services or ceremonies. The sense of calm will be supported by having small-scale gatherings. Staff members of the Helsinki city congregations and social services will be available for conversation. The chapel will be open daily from early morning until late in the evening.
Expected to be completed in the spring of 2012, the chapel is designed by K2S Architects with architect Mikko Summanen as the main designer. The chapel is a fine example of innovative timber architecture, and the design has already been recognised: it was awarded with the Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award 2010.”
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Tree of Life
The ‘Tree of Life’ poster from a distance looks like a cross section of a tree trunk out. A closer look reveals, however, that it is not the black circles to wood rings, but for hundreds of different silhouettes of animals. The project aims to draw attention to the deforestation of the rainforest and the consequent destruction of the habitat of the animals.
Artist Tim Hawkinson makes model boats twisted into mobius strips. (via Mobius ships)
