(TrendHunter.com) Serero Architects have won the open competition to redesign any of the Eiffel Tower’s public reception and access areas as a celebration of the 120th birthday of Gustave Eiffel’s original creation.
Serero’s project plans to extend the top floor plate of the tower by attaching a high performance …
(TrendHunter.com) Designer Tommaso Colia has an eco-friendly shower design that will force you to get out when you take too long and waste much water. The eco_drop shower features beautiful concentric circles that will rise to force you to stop showering when you take too long, and accordingly save water.
I think t…
(TrendHunter.com) Zaha Hadid is an award-winning architect whose work has been featured in trade publications a lot as of late. Or so it seems.
Hadid was the designer of Chanel’s odd-looking traveling exhibit which debuted in Hong Kong last month. In any event, Zaha Hadid was commissioned to design Campus de la Jus…
(TrendHunter.com) The Florence TAV Station in Italy will make high-speed, long distance trains travelling through the city a thing of the past.
When it opens to the public in 2010, trains will pass through a seven kilometer tunnel, with the entrance at Campo di Marte station and the exit at Castello. The existing r…
(TrendHunter.com) Interactive art installations allow anybody to create their own artistic manifesto.
Liquid Space 2.1 is an interactive space that uses a software and electronic systems to create a live response when humans interact with it. It was created by Studio Roosegaarde 2.5 and involves human sounds and mot…
(TrendHunter.com) Cybertecture brings you another marvel, The Shuffle Tower in Dubai, set to open in 2010. The tower is a mixed use development designed on the “shuffling” of music on a MP3 player. Set on the Dubai waterfront, the 9-story residential building is part of a combined site of six connected plots.
It win…
(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever wondered what award-winning interactive architecture looks like, you’re seeing it right now.
The Burble London by Haque Design + Research Ltdd with Seth Garlock and Rolf Pixley is running alongside six other projects in six different genres. The burble is the finalist in the Interac…
(TrendHunter.com) The Windy City dyes their river green for St. Patrick’s Day, but that’s not all that goes green. A two mile bridge in the Monroe Harbor will cement Chicago’s position as the Greenest City in the U.S. It will provide space for wind turbines to provide economic value to a recreational source. Chicago …
(TrendHunter.com) Are you looking to buy a “different†kind of house? If you love outer space stuff and don’t mind gawkers, this flying saucer home can be yours for a mere $100,000.00. Set in Chattanooga’s Signal Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the house goes up for auction March 15th.
Built by the late Curtis …
(TrendHunter.com) Looking through a cluster of homes of future, I recognized a few from past features on Trend Hunter, such as the Cardboard House. I was left mesmerized by the Concrete House, a curvy home with rounded lines and a green roof covered in grass. The house is environmentally friendly and provides comfort…
(TrendHunter.com) In the future, there will be no more conventional glass ticket box at the theatre. Being heralded as Asia’s most technologically-advanced cinemas, this movie theater looks more like a modern sculpture or a chic boutique hotel.
The movie theatre’s design has been configured for the patrons to be …
(TrendHunter.com) Not to be confused with Dubai, Abu Dhabi is on a building binge of its own. This is the World Trade Center to be built on Al Raha Beach, the spectacular spit of land for the waterfront east.
Everything that can be housed in a city building will be in this spectacular piece of architecture by Fost…
(TrendHunter.com) Talk about the ultimate work environment! This work space looks like a playground for grown-ups. The Google offices in Zurich, Switzerland were designed for maximum efficiency and total play space. They’ve got everything from fun brainstorming boards to foosball tables.
No wonder Fast Company chos…
(TrendHunter.com) These are some of the world’s most impressive swimming pools which are, for the most part, in hotels and resorts. The article I am borrowing this from, had listed 13 swimming pools but due to space constraints, I had to shrink the list down to only 5 of MY favorite photos of the world’s most incredi…
(TrendHunter.com) We can change the skin of our browsers, cell phones, mp3’s and now from Cybertecture we have buildings that can do the same. These buildings are in New Town Plaza, Hong Kong. Imagine downtown Toronto or any big city with buildings that change their “skins”. Awesome!
(TrendHunter.com) Lovers of eco-friendly buildings will not be disappointed with the hippies in NoCal. This fall, the new museum will be open and the public will have the chance to see what is under those giant bulges covered with grass and flowers. The roof alone is a marvel.
“The $484-million structure will most …
(TrendHunter.com) This is Japan’s new flagship store for the world famous Swarovski crystal company located in Ginza, Tokyo. Designed by Tokujin Yoshiok a Japanese designer, the “crystal forrest†facade resembles a cascade of crystals falling down but never reaching the ground. This crystal forrest however, is…
(TrendHunter.com) A brand spanking new 1.2 million square meters city in the United Arab Emirates is in the works that is intended to be completely self-sustainable.
With cutting edge solar technology as its source of energy, the Ras al Khaimah eco city development in the United Arab Emirates, was designed by Rem K…
(TrendHunter.com) Some things have to be seen to be believed. This 38 story tower in Dubai is named the Du Tower and will function as a symbol of the young, high-tech telecommunications company, Du.
“This 115-metre tower consists of open plan offices with high-tech provisions allowing flexible usage either by Du or…
(TrendHunter.com) Can you imagine working here? The Red Bull head quarters has a video wall, “floating†stairs or, the best alternative, slides to get down a floor! Check out the pictures. The whole place is designed to encourage interaction. The female contingency must have to wear pants or jeans all the time.
“The…
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