Modern architects have forgotten how to build beautiful new houses
May 19 2013 ·The British public have gone on buying beautiful, old buildings. Who could possibly defend the modern horrors inflicted on our cities by architects over the last half century? Michael Gove is quite right to say that the best British urban plans – the Nash Terraces of Regent’s Park, or Edinburgh’s New Town – make [...]
Richard Woods D.I.Y. exhibition at Alan Cristea gallery
May 19 2013 ·Τhe Alan Cristea gallery is currently showing D.I.Y., a solo exhibition of works by richard woods, which will run until June 01, 2013 at 34 Cork street, London. — Following text from Αlan Cristea gallery The exhibition features a site-specific installation in which Woods will clad the gallery space from floor to ceiling in his [...]
Hallstatt, Austria
May 19 2013 ·Tucked away in the mountains of Austria you’ll find the tiny town of Hallstatt. Hallstatt and its population of less than 1000 residents rest on the southwestern shore of the Hallstätter See. In addition to the picturesque view of the town on the lake, tourists can see the world’s first salt mine, enjoy nearby skiing, [...]
Image duplicator at orbital comics gallery, London
May 18 2013 ·The Tate Modern is currently exhibiting a retrospective exhibition of the pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, whose work depicted images which were directly appropriated from comic artists like Irv Novick, Russ Heath, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert and John Romita, who received no fee or credit from the success of his work. In response to the exhibition, [...]
OVER THE TOP Nick Tsontakis, AIA
May 18 2013 ·World Class architecture masterpiece on top of Mummy Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona. This 16,370 sq. ft. residence is designed by award winning visionary architect Nick Tsontakis, AIA. It captures views on both the north and south faces while hugging the mountain ridge in the center. The two wings are connected by a 2,000 sq. [...]
Vassilis Avramidis paintings
May 18 2013 ·Vasilis Avramidis graduated from Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design with an MA in Fine Art in 2011. Avramidis was shortlisted for the Salon Art Prize 2011 and his work has been collected by University of the Arts London. Avramidis has exhibited widely within the UK and in Greece. Within the setting of [...]
Tilt Shift, Photo Series of World Landmarks as Miniatures
May 18 2013 ·In his “Tilt Shift” series, photographer Richard Silver uses a digital tilt-shift effect to turn world landmarks into miniatures. For another interesting digital photo project by Silver, check out the “New York Sliced” series. Via Laughing Squid
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station by Zaha Hadid
May 18 2013 ·The ArRiyadh Development Authority has announced that Zaha Hadid Architects will build the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With over 5 million residents, Riyadh’s population has more than doubled since 1990. To serve its fast-growing population, the city will build a new public transport system. The 20,434 sq. [...]
Century Old Butcher Shop
May 17 2013 ·A century-old butcher’s shop-as in, from the good old days when butchers apparently commissioned artists for reverse painted glass ceilings and stunning decorative tiling—that’s been turned into the hippest of bars in Leipzig, Germany. The transformation of Fleischerei Bar is the handiwork of local designer Michael Grzesiak, who brought into the space, which, by the way, [...]
Oil Finger Paintings by Iris Scott
May 16 2013 ·One day while completing an oil painting of a field artist Iris Scott needed to make a few quick adjustments to some yellow flowers but every brush at her disposal was stained a deep dark blue. Not wanting to stop and wash the brushes she decided to make a few quick touchups with her fingers, a small [...]
Marc Sijan’s Superrealistic sculptures
May 16 2013 ·Marc Sijan’s Superrealistic sculptures are “homages to humanity’s fascination with its own forms — a fascination which has compelled artists throughout the millennia to mirror life in virtually every medium.” Sijan’s figures are incredibly lifelike, sensuous and graceful. In fact, they are so lifelike, they seem always on the verge of movement, a mere instant [...]
manuelle gautrand architecture: europacity competition proposal
May 16 2013 ·The europacity competition to develop the gonesse triangle has yielded compelling ideas about the urbanistic fabric of the future. Despite the recent unveiling of BIG’s winning entry, French architect Manuelle Gautrand’s proposal posits a unified vision of European urban identity with lifted scroll-like swirls in the landscape under which a variously mixed program is tucked. [...]
Photos: The Ruins of Detroit
May 15 2013 ·Up and down Detroit’s streets, buildings stand abandoned and in ruin. French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre set out to document the decline of an American city. Their book “The Ruins of Detroit“, a document of decaying buildings frozen in time, was published in December 2010. From the photographers’ website: Ruins are the visible [...]
STUNNING FROZEN AIR BUBBLES AT ABRAHAM LAKE, CANADA
May 15 2013 ·Abraham Lake is an artificial lake on North Saskatchewan River in western Alberta, Canada. The lake was created in 1972. and was named for Silas Abraham, an inhabitant of the Saskatchewan River valley in the nineteenth century. Although man-made, the lake has the blue color of other glacial lakes in the Rocky Mountains, which is [...]
The real life models
May 14 2013 ·Nowadays almost every photographer use graphics software to complete the picture, like many painters used ‘original version’ in the past.Some artists use pure imagination to paint their artworks, others may prefer to create art by using a real life model as reference for the anatomy. What if these abstract models were real people? My name [...]