Renowned for making eye catching but ultimately unachievable design solutions the architect firm has achieved a built structure in the UK for the Manchester International Design festival. The tensile structure was built in collaboration with Tony Hogg Design Ltd a tensile structure engineer (also responsible for the retractable roof at Wimbledon) and Acoustic consultants Sandy Brown Associates. Collaborations were in place from the very start, which has resulted in much praise for its acoustic performance.
The fluid Zaha Handid styling unifies the space, intertwining performance, audience and passageways to make a intimate and unique concert experience. Best of all entry is free and the installation is designed to travel, which means you can wait for it to come to you.
If this guy looks smug it’s because he has turned his childhood Hong Kong flat into a HK$1.3million apartment featuring 24 rooms. He has documented the 30 year process in a book called “My 32m2 Apartment”. I’m guessing alot can be learnt from Mr Chang.
Sony has recreated a ten tonne version of a 19th century moving image device to celebrate the lauch of ‘motionflow technology’ found in thier new Bravia range. Massive crowds turned out in Venaria’s Piazza to see individual shots of Kaka performing a cross drop assembled in sequence within the giant spinning dome.
I was going to try and explain this, but the video does it much better.
San Francisco’s Temple, Rotterdam’s Watt and London’s Surya are all eco-nightclubs that already feature piezoelectric dance floors that supposedly generate around half of the buildings electricity. There are some who are sceptical about these claims, however most believe it is a technology with real possibilities that will become a valuable weapon in sustainable designs arsenal.
