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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has shared photos of its new bus shelter designs for the City of Los Angeles. The LA STAP (short for Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program) shelters are the first prototype designs for the initiative that will eventually install 3,000 shelters and 450 shade... View full entry
Snøhetta's new bench design for the United Nations, entitled The Best Weapon after Nelson Mandela's historic adage: "the best weapon is to sit down and talk," was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Center and is currently installed at the organization's headquarters in New York City. ... View full entry
Since terrorism has become one of the guiding forces in urban design, the incorporation of immense fortifications into everyday streets has spawned an entire industry of defensive architecture [...]
The latest developments in this rising tide of urban paranoia are on display this week at the Counter Terror Expo in west London’s Olympia, a sprawling trade show that proudly claims to showcase “the key terror threat areas under one roof”. It is an enormous supermarket of neuroses [...].
— theguardian.com
French design collective FERPECT has shared with us their project DUNE, winner of Forme Publique 2011, the Biennale of Street Furniture Design at the futuristic business district La Défense near Paris. DUNE is being exhibited from March 28 until December 31 on the La Défense square. — bustler.net
The fine craftsmen of Indiana conferencing before the chop down
The yellow poplar tree hanging from the crane
The tree in a horizontal position
The truck is finally loaded
The tree outside Anderson, Indiana, ready to roll
Truck on its way to Indianapolis on narrow roads with police escort
The tree at the 100 acres ready for further refinement.
— Visiondivision
Visiondivision, a Swedish architecture firm from Stockholm was commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art to create an innovative concession stand for 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park. Our friend, Archinect contributor Donna Sink, is the local architect of the record... View full entry
