Experimentation is a pretty standard part of the creative process, but it usually ends with an "a-ha" moment; once you know what you want to make, the trial and error part of the equation is dunzo. For architect Andrew Kudless, however, R&D is never over; he often pushes his sculptural work so far it accidentally ends up in a ten-foot wide puddle of plaster on his studio floor.
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Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group has won a competition to build a Museum of the Human Body near Montpellier, the French town whose medical school dates back to the 12th century. Ingels compares the design to interlocking fingers—though it seems more intestinal, to us. Construction is due to begin in 2016. [BIG]
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Apple’s shiny new headquarters—which look part amazing office space, part futuristic Apple store—has been in the planning for years. Now, Apple’s received final approval from the City of Cupertino to get started. This building is going to be very real.
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A visitor walks towards Norway’s dramatic Trollstigen (Troll’s Ladder) overlook, designed by Reiulf Ramstad Architects in 2012. The moment was captured by German photographer Ken Schluchtmann, who took home this year’s Arcaid Architectural Photography Award today. [Ken Schluchtmann]
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Super-typhoon Haiya, the single most powerful storm ever recorded, is an unsettling harbinger of troubles to come. Weather systems across the globe have gained terrifying intensity and destructive force over the past few years thanks to our rapidly warming planet. New defenses are needed to protect our metropolitan centers, most of which are located within a stone’s throw of the ocean. The solution: fight nature with nature.
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Photographer Felix Meyer captured this shot of the sun setting behind Dresden’s Centre for Energy Technology, an experimental power plant where researchers focus on the future of sustainable energy—from biomass, to thermal, to photovoltaic. While primarily a research facility, the plant generates electricity for the surrounding campus. [Felix Meyer on Flickr/Creative Commons]
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Don’t hate Zaha Hadid’s new World Cup stadium because it looks like a vagina
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From its utilitarian exterior, you’d never guess Germany’s new Ergolding secondary school, designed by behnisch architektenin, could be so eye-popping inside. The "color-coded central hub allows students to intuitively find their way around the building." [designboom]
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D3’s annual contest is back once again, and they’re looking for inspired
minds to share incredible new ideas to revolutionize the structures
that humanity calls home. If you’ve got a few cool plans to change urban
sprawl, the interiors of our homes or communities as a whole, shoot for
the $1,250 grand prize!
Cities tearing down urban freeways? Otherworldly pictures of our earth? And the tallest building in U.S. of A? Those subjects and more is what we’re feasting our eyes on in this round of the most beautiful items of the week.
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