MODEL=COMPLETE!!!

Versa is officially finished constructing the model of their solution for the "Heart of the City" design problem!!!!
Great job everyone!

AD Round Up: Best from Flickr Part XLIV

 

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Photo by piotr krajewski - http://www.flickr.com/photos/piotrkrajewski/

More than 46,000 architecture photos from our Flickr Pool! Wow! As always, remember you cansubmit your own photo here, and don’t forget to follow us through Twitter and our Facebook Fan Page to find many more features.

The photo above was taken by piotr krajewsi in Barcelona, Spain. Check the other four after the break.

Photo by aspheric.org / Dubai, UAE:

Photo by aspheric.org - http://www.flickr.com/photos/inthenose/

Photo by Wojtek Gurak / Melbourne, Australia:

Photo by Wojtek Gurak - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wojtekgurak/

Photo HDR Architecture / Phoenix, USA:

Photo HDR Architecture - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hdrarchitecture/

Photo by d.teil / Hong Kong:

Photo by d.teil - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dteil/

Negrellisteg / Explorations Architecture

 

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Courtesy Explorations Architecture

Paris based designers, Explorations Architecture, have recently won the international competition to design the Negrellisteg pedestrian walkway in downtown Zurich. For more images of the work and a brief explanation follow after the break.

Video: Tetris Apartments / OFIS Arhitekt

The Tetris Apartments is a project that we already published in 2008. This is an update video courtesy of slovenian architects OFIS arhitekti. The video focuses primarily on the very geometric shapes of the facade of the building
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VERSA website UPDATE! Check it out!

http://www.wix.com/versadesignteam/versa#!

The Guangdong Museum

Now this is what we thought the future(today) would look like!  At first glance this building didn’t look as big as it tuned out to be but after you hit the jump you will see for yourselves.  Designed by Hong Kong based firm Rocco Design Architects.

Via MyModernMet

FlyNano

As much fun as the people seem to be having on this image, the FlyNano has to be one of the scariest flying “jetski” around.  It comes in three models — one electric, one gas, and one racing — and able to go up to 76 mph, up to 1.8 miles high, up to 43 miles away, all while weighing roughly 150 lbs.  $36,000-$39,000.

Unsolicited Architecture

Here’s a video about Unsolicited Architecture, a collaborative workshop initiated by Studio-X Rio + NAI in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.  In a 24 hour time period four teams were formed, four neighborhoods were explored (they each explored the neighborhood where the local architect’s office is located), held a brainstorming session, and then presented their ideas –  zero clients, zero budget.

Did you realize that…

Did you realize that….

There are only 3 countries in the world which do not use the metric system?  Liberia, Myanmar and the USA.  It’s lonely out there!  Wouldn’t it be nice if we could also use a universal electrical plug?

GT Tower East by ArchitectenConsort

GT Tower East by ArchitectenConsort

April 15th, 2011

Designed by ArchitectenConsort, this office building in Seoul, South Korea will make you dizzy fast if you look at it too long….

Via Contemporist

Video: Existing site from Texas St.

see the future

I found this picture and thought it would be something to aim to. hope you enjoy

history of el paso

I found some history of el paso posted on the web.

http://ahs1956.com/EPHistory.htm

historic pictures of mills and downtown. courtesy of el paso times
http://elpasotimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1154488&CategoryID=34683&ListSubAlbums=0

Transportation development in Kansas City

From Scenic Drive

el paso texas department of transportation

Here a good site to get stats and information on circulation for the el paso area.


http://elpasompo.org/

Camera Futura

SKYSCRAPER FARMING

By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth’s population will reside in urban centers. An estimated 109 hectares of new and (about 20% more land than is represented by the country of Brazil) will be needed to grow enough food to feed them, if traditional farming practices continue as they are practiced today. (and thats not even talking about global warming…) What to do about this impending food crisis? Many think the solution might lie in urban “skyscraper farms”.

7 Billion People...

Watch this for a stunning and informative video about Earth’s population from National Geographic! This is something we should probably keep in mind when designing The Heart of the City for El Paso.

Via Zeuth

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