Lab[au], a design firm based out of Belgium, has installed windows with advanced lighting technology in a building in Brussels. Every night there are light shows at the Dexia Towers, where 4,200 of the 6,000 windows on the building are lit up with the help of 150,000 leds.
CR Blog explains how the lighting techology [...]
Pixel Buildings in Brussels by Lab[au]
The Dynamic Tower
Incredibly creative architect Dr. David Fisher is the creator of the crazy new “Dynamic Tower”, an eco friendly apartment building said to be the “world’s first building in motion”.
The Dynamic Tower comes with a voice activated device allowing each tenant to rotate their floor independently at different speeds. This “results in a unique and ever [...]
Out There: Architecture Beyond Building
The 11th International Architecture Exhibition entitled Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, directed by Aaron Betsky and organized by La Biennale di Venezia presided over by Paolo Baratta, will take place in Venice from Sunday, September 14th to Sunday, November 23rd 2008.
According to Aaron Betsky, six year director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam, [...]
Hotel Everland (Paris, France)
Hotel Everland is a project by Swiss artist-duo L/B (Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann). L/B are known for their Installations that deal with architecture and space and invite the viewer to get involved and become part of the artwork.
Everland is a hotel with only one room including a bathroom, a king-size bed and a lounge. [...]
Five Franklin Place - New York, NY
Construction has just begun in Tribeca on Five Franklin Place in Manhattan, New York by Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio.
Van Berkel adds “The apartments at Five Franklin Place do not follow a strong grid. They are organically designed in how the stairs swoop upward, how the balcony loops you back indoors. There’s an [...]
