A Thread for Fine Design
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Asymptote architectural group founded in 1989 by Hani Rashid and Lise Anne couture is already well-known. Their projects are always innovative and one step forward. Recently, they have finished the Hotel Yas that houses up to 500 rooms at a surface of 85 000 square meters. This luxurious hotel is one of the most significant buildings of an ambitious 36 billion harbor Yas located near-by the F1 circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The initial concept of the project was to give geometrical and aesthetical expression to speed and movement, as well as islam art and craft traditions. The main element of a 217 meters high facade is a steel construction that has not only an architectural importanca but engineering as well. This construction visually interconnects two individual hotel towers. The entire project reacts with its surroundings and modifies it visually.
Link for the Asymptote Architecture:
http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/yas-hotel/
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stefanq
Asymptote Architecture has a website worth a visit. They are involved in everything from creating a full size virtual reality version of the New York Stock Exchange to the following beautiful tiny gold boxes.
Good find. Thanks
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Marcus
Being a sucker for anything wooden, and understanding the complexity of a piece like this makes it all the more incredible. Po Shun Leong is a very creative gentleman.
another of his pieces.
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Was researching fireplaces with 3 open sides, and came across this company. Metalfire Architectural Fireplaces. http://www.metalfire.eu/en/#1
Both wood burning and gas. Full cast iron firebox system, which look extremely durable and well made. Not to mention the kinds of beautiful designs that can be created with their simple firebox design.
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Photographs by Christian Richters
Architects Cie http://www1.cie.nl/home.aspx
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Back to the gold box. I like that little "dust collector". Makes you stop and think about how to get into it.
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Speaking of Gold Boxes, you triggered a memory.( If your gonna collect dust, might as well do it with flair)
Bill Reid (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) http://www.billreidfoundation.org/
A Canadian Artist that has become one of the best known sculptors in the style of the Haida First Nations. Born to an American Father and a Haida Mother Reid has helped to re-establish a long tradition of traditional forms and subject matter that was becoming a lost art, (using both traditional and modern materials).
If you have the pleasure of standing next to one of his monumental pieces, I guarantee yow will be in awe.
Some of his gold work.
This next piece is called "The Raven and the First Man"
It is based on a Haida myth that has the Raven (known as the trickster) finding the first Humans hiding in a clam shell, and he is depicted coaxing them out. Carved in a block of Yellow Cedar.
The next piece is called "The Spirit of Hadai Gwaii", and is the plaster maquette for the bronze cast for the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC. This same piece was later carved out of a massive piece of jade.
And a detail from that piece.
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These too, are amazing. Thank you, dale.
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unclebim
Thanks for this post. I was so taken by Matthias's work, and in particular his process and the way he has expressed it on his website (once again) http://www.matthias-studio.com/index.html, that I emailed him to not only ask permission to further post some images, but to also find out what software he was modeling, and rendering in. He was kind enough to contact me, and stated that he uses Rhino, and Vray. He did point out that the work is not built directly from the models, but used as a method of sketching to refine and familiarize himself with the geometry of the concept.
His website is really worth the time to visit as it shows his creative process by exhibiting concepts from hand sketches, though computer modeling, to finished piece. A rare chance to see the creative mind st work.
And another piece.
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Big Bamboo sculpture, a must see.
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That is very cool Pete. I wish I were in New York to see it in person.
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@unknownuser said:
That is very cool Pete. I wish I were in New York to see it in person.
Pretty sure it's been taken down. I saw it soon after it was erected and it was quite spectacular.
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@solo said:
Big Bamboo sculpture, a must see.
These are two really creative guys. I would have loved to have seen this sculpture. Makes a lot of installations look lame.
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Obsessive compulsive over your vehicle? Somehow it's hard for me to get that way over my Toyota Tundra plain Jane, but if you need new digs for that beauty you own then check out the Maserati garage design competition.
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@dale said:
Obsessive compulsive over your vehicle? Somehow it's hard for me to get that way over my Toyota Tundra plain Jane, but if you need new digs for that beauty you own then check out the Maserati garage design competition.
Small world, I've done work on several other projects with the architect who did the tent / garage for the red Mini!
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http://www.dailytonic.com/news-by-bottcherhenssler-and-elisa-strozyk-for-bower-de/
Elisa Strozyk is the winner of the German Design Newcomer Award 2010
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