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WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

There’s a new neon sign that has gone up on Alexanderplatz – alas, it’s not advertising for any fashion brand or technical gadgets, but stands on its own. The laughing Indian is the latest artwork by Cyprien Gaillard, as part of the nearly finished Based in Berlin group ehibition, and uses the icon of the [...]

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SURF PIPE

Sunday, June 5, 2011

If it weren’t made out of cobble stone it would be busy with skaters by now… The CITÉ DE L’OCÉAN ET DU SURF Museum in Biarritz intends to raise awareness of oceanic issues and explore educational and scientific aspects of the surf and sea and their role upon our leisure, science, and ecology. By Steven [...]

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CONCRETE OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES

Monday, May 30, 2011

Plattformer, the artist collective that brought you the first DIY concrete table tennis table in London, just launched their latest outdoors object: The Feast Table in London’s Arundel Square. All their projects are put into effect with groups of local children that are thereby introduced to the art of concrete casting. Their most famous project [...]

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READING ROOM

Friday, April 15, 2011

We can think of no better place to read mono.kultur issue #24 with Cyprien Gaillard’s interview than on top of the “beeramid”, Cyprien’s large-scale sculpture at KW in Berlin, built out of 72,000 bottles of Efes beer. Approximate duration to read Cyprien’s interview: 3 Efes beer!
The ‘reading room’ is open until March 22, 2011:
KW [...]

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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH FRONT

Friday, April 8, 2011

Museu Paula Rego, Casa das Histórias, Cascais, Portugal by Eduardo Souto de Moura © FG + SG Fernando Guerra
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura was awarded the 2011 Pritzker Prize this week, the most honorable architecture prize. Souto Moura lives and works in Oporto, in the north of the country and is the second Portuguese architect, [...]

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ARCHIZINES

Saturday, March 12, 2011

As online forums for printed matter abound, here’s a nice archive of a slightly different kind: Archizines is run by Elias Redstone of London’s renowned Architecture Foundation and presents titles from all over the word that deal with, obviously, architecture. With dozens and dozens of magazines dedicated to the genre, many of which we’ve never [...]

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CELEBRATING BOOKS THROUGH (SOME KIND OF) PORN

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

At one day of the announced launch for the so much expected iPad2, print publication seems to be as fit as never before! Printed books related project’s are not only here to stay, as they also seem to multiply every day.
But in case you still doubt it, check this website, totally dedicated to collecting images [...]

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1/100 REALITY

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

One of the nicest aspects of architecture is model making – in my view. Here’s a very practical new product for professionals and a nice to look at toy for everybody else: 1/100 Architectural Paper Model Set No.1

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A VIRUS IN THE CITY

Saturday, January 8, 2011

French-Israeli artist Absalon (1964-1993) died before realizing his radical ‘life project’, his six Cellules (cells). To be located in the cities of Paris, Zurich, New York, Tel Aviv, Frankfurt/Main, and Tokyo, these minimal homes incorporated a monastic spirit while referencing Le Corbusier’s idea of a ‘machine for living’. Meticulously planned, each cell was designed around [...]

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Sleeping in Dubai

Saturday, December 18, 2010

While I was sleeping a garden grew up outside my window: bright flowers and soft irrigation pipes sprouted up out of the desert. It wasn’t there yesterday. While I was sleeping they brushed the beaches, glazed the cakes with gold leaf and mixed cement for the glittering monuments.
They fed the fish, rays and sharks so [...]

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