Rebirth Issue #5: Frank Lloyd Wright x Lego...

Ok, I lied...Though this is architecture, this is not the dope architecture I promised in the post before this one...I say this because I am a dork so most people wouldn't find this nearly as interesting as I do; so I apologize...And two of the the things that I am a HUGE dork for - Frank Lloyd Wright and Lego - have joined forces to create a mini-scaled version of my absolute favorite FLW structure - Falling Water...Falling Water is one of FLW's most famous structures and its design puts modern designs to shame even though it was built in 1935...So yes, I'm excited...All my little nerdy-girl fantasies slowly come true...That is all...

.FIN

Rebirth Issue #4: Ouch if you fall...

BeautiFoul© readers know that I have an intense appreciation for innovative design and architecture...On my quest today to find some new isht, I found a few cool things (One of which will be coming up after this post) but then I paused for a HOT second on the above beauty/doozy and could not figure out whether I loved it or hated it...Here's the verdict...Ouch!...I'm clumsy and can often times be found quite inebriated (see: Scriptedlibations©) ...This staircase could quickly become a tragedy in my fuzzy, stumbling state...So thurr ya go...A sexy piece of work for someone more responsible than I...Le *sigh*...

.FIN

Architectural Technologic Innovation: Moving Building...

I'm speechless...For once in my life, I've no words to describe how enamored I am with this design concept...I'm even more amazed that this is not, after all a concept, but instead is a reality that will be in Moscow and Dubai soon...A rotating building??...This is the stuff of futuristic 1960's childhood dreams, of a time when we'd surely be 'driving' flying cars by the year 2000...But alas, in 2008 we've advanced so far technologically that we can design and produce a building that rotates (the full rotation can take up to 3 hours and is voice commanded)using only solar and wind power with more energy to spare for surrounding buildings, should they need to borrow some...This $700 million structure dubbed the 'Dynamic Tower' is designed by Italian Architect , David Fisher...Amazingly, most of the structure is prefabricated at a factory in Italy (Side note: Building them this way makes it possible to install a floor in only six days, whereas building it on-site can take up to six WEEKS per floor) with only a core being built on-site...The core will house the elevators, which will not only move people, but cars too - directly to their floor!...I am both happy and terrified to live in this day and age...The technophile portion of my soul embraces all these advances to further enhance and make more efficient human life as well as environmental conservation in correlation to these advances...The nostalgic fibers within me start to wonder though...Have we advanced so much that the simplicity of life and actually 'living' within this world in its more natural sense has been lost forever and we can never truly 'live'?...Food for thought...Anyway, you can expect to see these buildings in 'real life' as early as 2010...And if you're nouveau riche enough to afford a floor at $3,000 per square foot, you can get in on the innovation too...

.FIN

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Paris: Solar Triangulation...

I'm simply amazed by architecture in general, particularly older architecture...Lately I've been keeping tabs on modern architectural innovations and stumbled across this beauty...Dubbed 'Le Project Triangle' ('The Triangle Project' - duh), this seemingly massive triangle is said to cast no shadows on buildings around it and allow for maximum amounts of solar and wind power to be generated...

Surprisingly though, the size of the building is an optical illusion and actually resembles a shark fin...

Look for this building to be built by 2014 in the Porte de Versailles area of Paris, France...

.FIN