Swirling Hausechitectures - Staircase With Six Thousand Books

Spiral project by architect Manuel Maia Gomes.
"The staircase forms part of a project called House Antero de Quental that involved converting the former home of a nineteenth century poet into a literary centre.The shelves are back-lit through translucent plexiglass and will hold 6000 books. The light comes above and behind the structure trough translucent plexiglas, by this effect the light is projected over the books as they should enlight their readers."

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Virtual Castles - The Most Modern Biographical Museum In The World

Ostrogski Castle in Warsaw officially opened the Museum of Frederic Chopin. This is the most modern biographical museum in Europe, and perhaps in the world. Over 4600 square meters, four floors, designed by studio Migliore+Servetto from Milan. Exibition rooms are full of monitors and touch screens, speakers, headphones, and projectors. There is space for children, where the composer's image can be put on the screen in a form of electronic puzzle. In Chopin's room, (replica of his Paris apartment), there is composer's authentic piano and visitors can hear the sound of conversation in french and people having coffee,or tea and to top it all off you can smell Fredrick's favorite flowers violets. Black, soundproofed room is dedicated to the composer's death, with lock of his hair, and a copy of his death mask.

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Futuristic Ecotecture - Future Flower By Tonkin Liu

We are absolutly in love with tonkin liu projects. London-based architect Anna Liu and Mike Tonkin complited yet another wonder. 'Future Flower' is brighten up rural space and bringing together industry and nature.

'Constructed out of triangles and pentagons, the steel structural frame is in the form of an icosi-dodecahedron, onto which 120 perforate galvanised mild steel petals are fixed. Within the volume of the flower, a central stalk with branches holds 60 low voltage LED lights, directed to different clusters of petals.

The lights are powered by three mini wind turbines attached to the stem, which operate offgrid. At 5 miles per hour the wind will trigger the lights, activating incrementally as the wind increases. The lights create different intensities of red, depending on the wind speed, resulting in an ever-changing and dynamic flower. Without the wind, the perforate galvanised metal petals reflect the changing colours of the sky and the sun, as the wind picks up they become saturated with the red LED lights, and in the mist or rain they emit a halo of captured and reflected light.'(contemporist)

“It is an amazing piece of artwork. We are proud to see how quickly the Widnes Waterfront area is developing and expect thousands of people to enjoy the Future Flower over the coming months.”
(Halton Borough Council Leader Cllr Tony McDermott)

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Icy Designs - Black & White Apartment by Gudmundur Jonsson

Norwegian architect Gudmundur Jonsson has chosen clean lines, black and white and minimalistic touch in his apartment, in Reykjavik. There are two main aspects that has influence his design...outdoors of Iceland and visual order.

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Natural Cosmotecture - Back To The Future Swiss Style

Swiss firm Smolenicky & Partner Architecture designed Tamina Thermal Baths for the grand resort, Bad Ragaz (Switzerland) which is known for its famous natural springs.

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