Some quickie bits of architecture all together, so we don’t have to feel quite so bad inundating you with all this slew of building stuff this week (what can we say, sometimes it just pours architecture stories). First up comes an interview with Richard Meier by the International Herlad Tribune about his flashy new Meier on Rothschild building in Tel Aviv. It’s interesting, if just for watching the startchitect starting to get really into green building. Second comes the news that things have evened out with Norman Foster ’s karma, following his taking over Zaha Hadid ’s gig in Australia , as he’s just lost the contract to build Paris’ second tallest structure to Jean Nouvel . It’s the Signal Tower in La Defense (which sounds sexy only because it’s semi-written in half-French) and it will be "just short of the Eiffel Tower ." There’s not a lot of details about that building, other than it wi...
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Architect Richard Meier told NY magazine , when asked about the real estate market in the next year or so, "I think there will be a lot of empty apartments." Meier’s NYC designs include the Perry Street towers and a big building at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza, which he says is 60% sold, but "the next 40% will go slowly." Luckily, he pointed out, "I’m just the architect." Meier previously told the Observer , back in September (the day Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy), "... more
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Author: Gerard Way
Comic Art/Collector Edition Cover Artist:Â Â Gabriel Ba
Colours: Dave Stewart
Series Cover Artist: James Jean
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Date Published: 2007
In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who’d previously shown no signs of pregnanc... more
100 things meme From: dettiot.livejournal.com Post Date: 2008-11-30 19:10:51
1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona ... more
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Your singles Europe holiday in Paris can be your ultimate dream come true experience.
An Ideal Time to Come to the City of Light
Paris is also known as the City of Light basically because of its advances in terms of the intellectual, cultural, economic, and learning aspects. The city is in fact a cradle of historical preservations as well as modernity. So you must wonder as to the perfect time to take a tour in Paris.
Ideally, the mont... more
If you’re like us, you have a love/hate relationship with The Atlantic Monthly: you love the content (come on, we can’t be the only one who clips and laminates those Christopher Hitchens book reviews) but are none too fond of...... more
Watch your backs, Europe and Canada, because there’s a new international photography festival on the scene, and it hails from Brooklyn. PowerHouse Books and VII Photo Agency have teamed up to launch the New York Photo Festival, a dynamic celebration...... more
In the world of elite-level athletic coaching, it helps to have a tricky last name: Krzyzewski, Karolyi, Bollettieri. But now there’s new hope for less memorably monikered world-class coaches. Premiering at this summer’s Beijing games is a medal that will...... more
Luckily we work in a very nice place during the day, because otherwise it would be difficult coming into the office after a long night at a bar watching election returns. We understand that some of you might not...... more
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