Mona Lisa Descending the staircase (you'll get a cool prize if you understand the reference)
Friday, July 27, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
the
world's
newest
tallest
building, yawn .......
It has recently been announced
that burj dubai is now officially
the tallest builing in the world
as of july 21, 2007. standing at
512.1 metres (1,680 feet) and 141
storeys,the building is now
taller than 'taipei 101' in taiwan,
which at 508 metres (1,667 ft)
and has held the tallest-building
-in-the-world title since it opened
in 2004. burj dubai will be the
tallest structure in the world in all
four of the criteria listed by the council
on tall buildings and urban habitat
(CTBUH). the council measures height
to the structural top, the highest
occupied floor, to the top of the roof,
and to the tip of the spire, pinnacle,
antenna, mast or flag pole.the final
height and number of storeys, is
speculated at around 800 meters, but
has not yet been confirmed.
read more via world architecture news
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Some classic Blue Note Jazz album covers fron the 50's and 60's.
if you are shocked by the similarity of these designs to contemporary, even new 'hipster' design, you shouldn't be. In the 1920's the most avant-garde of artistic troublemakers - Marcel Duchamp said... " there are no new ideas, just new arrangements of old ones "
if you are shocked by the similarity of these designs to contemporary, even new 'hipster' design, you shouldn't be. In the 1920's the most avant-garde of artistic troublemakers - Marcel Duchamp said... " there are no new ideas, just new arrangements of old ones "
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