MANGA-RELATED
i usually hate cgi models of how future buildings are going to look like. but this project in china got my attention as it will be a comic and animation museum. think how much fun that can be! in march this year, i visited once again the manga museum in kyoto. it’s pretty much a...
3 STARCHITECTS, 3 MUSEUMS
i always thought great architecture can make a city and the example of the visionary mayor of barcelona who allowed gaudi to do his thing proves my point: who can tell barcelona and gaudi apart? i told you before that i buy airplane tickets for architecture and here you have a few breathtaking, totally travel...
A LAD IN NAGOYA
the japanese don’t bother with the whole new-architecture-ruins-the-old-architecture thing. actually, as they have a culture of continuous renewal, not many of the temples or traditional buildings you see are their original selves: most have been re-built many times over, not in the lest perhaps due to the frequent earthquakes. also, the country is full of...
TESHIMA ART MUSEUM – THE WONDER
i made it to the island by ferry, as i was saying i`d try. a tiny bus took us on a narrow winding road along the coast. after one turn, i could see it in the valley, just like i’d first seen it on the internet. opened in september 2010, the teshima art museum is not...
TESHIMA ART MUSEUM
during the extensive research i did for the upcoming japan trip i came over this. the museum is an amazing concrete pod covering a 40/60 m area with absolutely no supporting pillars. it is supposed to look like a drop of water caught in a little valley overlooking the inland sea and the structure is supposed to...
THE NEW SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM
the new salvador dali museum in florida has the largest collection of sd works outside of europe, 2,140 pieces. the collection belongs to a couple, a. reynolds morse and eleanor r. morse, who started buying dali pieces in 1943. in time, they became patrons and friends of the artist who actually presided over the opening of...
FAKE PIXELS, OCTOPI AND KAWS
– chanel make-up robot :) – moebius at the fondation cartier in paris. it ends on march the 12th! – apparently, this will fix your jetlag. – amazing tiny apartment decorated with 25k ping pong balls – i’m very interested in the mechanics behind the exhibition, transport, cleaning, etc of art. that’s why i love...
URBAN ITALY
whoever tried to research italy before going there found out the hard way that italians think there’s no need for any organization or information for tourists: they rely almost entirely on what the past centuries provided. which makes any trip to italy (at least for me) an endless series of misunderstandings, miscommunications and pure anger. but i...
WALLPAPER* DESIGN AWARDS
every year, wallpaper presents us with the best of the best, design-wise. here, you have a video presenting the stellar jury introducing themselves and talking about the design awards. inspiring! sanaa‘s rolex learning center in lausanne won best new public building! all the extra details you may need are here.
MONA OPENING
it’s one of those nearly impossible destinations: the museum of old and new art in hobart, tasmania, australia. conceived by david walsh – a tasmanian self-confessed geek, atheist, vegetarian, mathematician, gambler, art collector, etc. mr. walsh is offering a pretty comprehensive package: next door to the museum, a winery, moorila, and, for the art-hungry in...
INSTANT CITIES FOR SALE, 4 BN A POP
new sangdo is an artificial city built on a 1,500 acre man-made island in south korea and it has approximately 1,000 buildings already.
