Proctor and Matthews事务所受邀做了一份博物馆设计方案，其是在切斯特动物园建造一个“非洲之心”的自然生态博物馆。该博物馆计划投资9000万英镑，高34米。其是一个巨大的“乙烯四氟乙烯聚合物”(EFTE)覆盖建筑物，覆盖面积达16,000平方米。该项目比Grimshaw建筑事务所设计的在康沃尔的“热带伊甸园工程”(Tropical House at the Eden Project)还要大。
这个“非洲之心”自然生态博物馆工程，是切斯特动物园的扩建计划——投资2.25亿英镑的“自然梦想”(Natural Vision)工程的一部分。在这个呈波浪形的、自由形式的博物馆屋顶的下面，这个动物园试图模仿刚果的非洲热带雨林生态环境——包括非洲的丛林和气候。预期创造欧洲最大的生态保护地、动物园和休闲地，动物园周围还将设置水上娱乐设施、零售和餐饮设施。
Proctor and Matthews事务所负责人说：“这个自然生态博物馆将接纳一群大猩猩、一批黑猩猩、霍加皮(okapi、)、鸟类、两栖动物、爬行动物、鱼类和无脊椎动物。”
这个自然生态博物馆预期在2014年向游人开放。
When in Barcelona, you will want to check into one of the several new or refurbished and distinctively cool hotels that have opened there recently. Among them, W Barcelona, located on La Barceloneta and designed by architect Ricardo Bofill, and the swish apartment residences of El Palauet that we featured in October.
The latest hotel launch capturing design media attention is Mandarin Oriental Barcelona. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group operates in 25 countries, but this is its first entry into southern Europe. Mandarin Oriental Barcelona’s official opening was celebrated in November 2009 with a lavish gala attended by the city’s style leaders and elite.
The hotel’s cool factor is a lucky combination of three elements: The convenience of the central location on Passeig de Gràcia, the good bones of the refurbished 20th-century former bank building, and most significant, the tour de force of design by Spanish-born Milano-based architect, Patricia Urquiola, responsible for the interior decor of the 98-room hotel, including most of the furnishings.
Urquiola is best known for her prolific career in designing clean-lined furniture and accessories for brands such as Foscarini, B&B Italia, Alessi, Capellini, Cassina, Knoll and Moroso. At Mandarin Oriental Barcelona she has created a strong sense of timeless elegance by using white confidently and lavishly, and by applying a Scandinavian sense of scale and clean lines.
To soften the linear angularity, Urquiola added beautiful touches that reflect the weightlessness and precious fragility of origami or intricate lace. The overall effect is stunning. - Tuija Seipell
PowerPOST is a table leg for system furniture that installs power outlets into the desk.
PowerPOST functions as a fourth leg for desks as well as an electronic environment for the servicing of electrical appliances used on the desk. The concept represents “eco convergence” by merging two objects into one and therefore reducing people’s levels of consumption. After PowerPOST is assembled and plugged in, a multi-outlet socket becomes a part of the desk itself. Electronic goods can be plugged directly into the PowerPOST table leg rather than into separate multi-outlet sockets. The number of cords draped throughout a room can be reduced as a single cord runs from PowerPOST to a wall socket.
Designed by Choi Won Seok, Kim Do Yeop
while most laptops and computers tow the line of standard styling, asus has teamed up with the danish
design house bang & olufsen to create a sleek aluminium design. the design goes beyond mere aesthetics
and implements some of b&o trademark interaction touches, like the dual touchpads. this feature allows
the user to essentially control the computer through multi-touch with both hands working simultaneously.
the laptop has a large 18.4 inch screen that makes it ideally suited for moving from room to room, rather
than from home to the office. the screen is flanked by b&o speakers that complement the advanced video
hardware within.
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