Oct 31, 2010

Coolest top10 cantilevers

Dezeen’s top ten: cantilevers

October 31st, 2010

Following the popularity of our story about MVRDV’s Balancing Barn holiday home with a 15 meter cantilever (above, bottom left) we’ve compiled our most-read stories about cantilevered buildings for this month’s top ten.
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1: in first place is this mountain-top viewing platform above an Austrian glacier by Astearchitecture.
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2: this museum overlooking Mexico City by Rojkind Arquitectos and BIG is in second place.

3: Herzog & de Meuron’s Vitra House comes in third.

4: Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI National Museum of the XXI Century Arts in Rome is fourth most-popular.
Torreagüera Vivienda Atresada by Xpiral
5: our fifth most-clicked story about a cantilevered building is this Spanish house by Javier Peña of Xpiral.
Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects
6: MVRDV and Mole Architects’ Balancing Barn holiday home is sixth most-popular.

7: the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec by OMA is in seventh place.
Mountains and dzn_Opening House by Eastern Desighn Office
8: next up is this studio over a Japanese house by EASTERN Design Office.
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9: this art museum designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au to perch above the city of Calabria in Italy is in ninth place.
154 Ha-Yarkon Street by Ron Arad
10: at number ten is Ron Arad’s apartment block for 154 Ha-Yarkon Street in Tel Aviv.

Oct 30, 2010

AutoCAD for Mac/iphone/ipad is Available...isnt that great?


AutoCAD coming to iPad, iPhone, returning to Mac



Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:28am EDT
Autodesk is bringing its AutoCAD architecture, design, and engineering software back to the Mac OS after an 18-year absence, the company announced this evening. But the company plans to do more than offer a Mac OS X version of AutoCAD: It says it will release a free version of the software, dubbed AutoCAD WS, for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch that lets users review, edit, and share AutoCAD files on those popular mobile devices.
The company says AutoCAD for Mac OS X is a fully native application, using Mac OS X libraries and native UI features. AutoCAD for Mac takes full advantage of Mac OS X, including graphical browsing of design files with Cover Flow and use of multitouch gestures on Mac notebooks, the Magic Mouse, and the Magic Trackpad for intuitive pan and zoom features, a spokesman said. User-experience design patterns, such as the visual approach to drawing and layout management, have also been incorporated into AutoCAD for Mac.
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AutoCAD for Mac boasts an API the company describes as "extensive" and flexible customization options that allow for tailor-built workflows, simple application development and adaption, custom configurations for settings, and screen real estate options to suit individual workflows and project demands.
The new AutoCAD software will ship "this falll," the company says. The Mac OS X edition costs the same as the Windows version: $3,995 without a support subscription, and $4,445 with one.
Apple, in a rare personal outreach to editors, trumpeted the news of AutoCAD's return today. "Apple is thrilled that Autodesk is bringing AutoCAD back to the Mac," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing.
When AutoCAD dropped Mac support in 1992, Apple was starting to lose steam and focus under a series of executives -- John Sculley, Michael Spindler, and Gil Amelio -- and the loss of the premier engineering-design software at the time took wind out of Apple's efforts to expand into the business market. So the return of AutoCAD represents a new level of acceptance and a vindication of CEO Steve Jobs' Mac OS X and iOS strategies.
This article, "AutoCAD coming to iPad, iPhone, returning to Mac," originally appeared at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments in Mac OS X and mobile technology at InfoWorld.com.
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Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea

October 27th, 2010
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
Architects Planning Korea have designed a bridge for Seoul that will incorporate a museum, library and IT centre in pods along its length.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
Called Paik Nam June Media Bridge, the structure will carry cars, pedestrians and cyclists across the Han River between a proposed cultural centre in the former Dangi-li Power Plant on the north bank and the National Assembly in the south.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
The bridge will also be accessed from the river via docking stations for water taxis and boats, while its skin will incorporate solar panles and could be used to display video projects.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
The project is on show at the Boutique Monaco Museum in Seoul until 12 November.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
The architects hope construction will begin in 2012.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
Here are some more details from Planning Korea:

Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
Korean creative director Byung Ju Lee of Planning Korea announced a new paradigm in bridge called ‘Paik Nam June Media Bridge’ in Seoul, Korea. Connecting Dangi-li Power Plant (which has a plan to be redeveloped into public cultural space) in the north and The National Assembly Building in the south, this bridge shows the first example of ‘a city expanded to the river’.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
Compared to the Thames River and the Seine River, the Han River in Seoul is much bigger river across the center of the city.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
There are almost 30 bridges over the Han River, but most of them were made in steel structure and concrete for better traffic.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
As a futuristic and aesthetic sculptor over the Han River, Paik Nam June Media Bridge shows how to use spaces over the bridge efficiently and eco-friendly.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
Inspired by the water strider, the overall shape is organic with sleek, streamlined outline. With the total length of 1080m, this mega structure bridge is covered with solar panel to generate energy by itself.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
This bridge is not only for cars but for people those who walk and ride bicycle. People can enjoy public museum and library with IT complex mall for the foremost IT technology. In addition, water taxi, yachts and cruise ships can dock at the bottom of the bridge to access the bridge from the river. For the sustainable green space over the bridge, circulated vertical and horizontal garden is introduced on each floor using water from the river and rain with natural light and ventilation
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
To celebrate world famous video/media artist Nam June Paik, the whole skin of the bridge can be used as a canvas for media and video artist all over the world. This project is currently in the progress of reviewing to be developed in BTL (Build-Transfer-Lease) project.
Paik Nam June Media Bridge by Planning Korea
Location: Between Dangin-li Power Plant and The National Assembly Building
Bridge length: 1,080m
Pier height: 18m
Maximum arch height: 72.5m
Maximum width: 89m
Total floor area: 103,620m2
Area for road: 18,190m2
Area for building: 85,430m2
Program: Driveway, Pedestrian/Bicycle Road, Tourism/Shopping & Relaxation Facilities
The Han River Museum, Public library for teenagers, IT complex mall, Cruise ship dock & parking facilities

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Black Friday Comes Early This Year? Mhmmm

Stores Push Black Friday Into October

Attention bargain shoppers! It is October — andBlack Friday specials are here.
A Sears ad for a sale this Friday and Saturday. Analysts say that this year stores are offering earlier sales and steeper discounts.
The year’s most popular discount shopping event, referring to the Friday after Thanksgiving, is arriving ahead of Halloween this year, with some promotions beginning this week and others throughout November.
Both retailers who have had tepid sales lately (Wal-Mart Stores, Sears) and those with rising sales (Amazon,Target) are pushing the tradition forward in a bid to snag shoppers’ limited money. Recession-trained customers are also pushing the stores to offer big deals now or risk losing out to competitors, though there is some skepticism about how significant some of the early discounts are.
The first “Black Friday Now” deals at Sears will be available beginning Friday and Saturday. Amazon’s electronics department will offer sales on items like Blu-ray players and high-definition TVs on Friday, and Toys “R” Us is putting all the items in its 80-page Christmas toy book on sale on Sunday.
Black Friday creep has been around for a while, but analysts say this year breaks new ground: the range of stores offering early discounts is wider, the discounts are steeper and the sale periods longer — in some instances, a full month before the real thing. Sears, for example, offered early promotions last year but expanded the hours and days this year, while Amazon is beginning earlier than ever.
“Consumers have been trained to buy merchandise only ‘on sale,’ ” Sherif Mityas, a partner in the retail practice at the consulting firm A. T. Kearney, said in an e-mail. “Given a limited budget, if retailers don’t capture that first or second purchase, they may find themselves with a lot of inventory the week before Christmas and the need for massive discounting to save the holiday.”
Some shoppers asked for a longer sale period, both for convenience and out of nervousness over crowds, said Barbara Schrantz, executive vice president of marketing and sales promotion at Bon-Ton Stores. After a Wal-Mart employee was trampled and killed on Black Friday in 2008, stores increased their crowd-control measures, but they do not want safety concerns to keep shoppers away from stores.
In some instances, deal hunters say, stores are just hijacking the Black Friday label. Mike Riddle, who started the site Black-Friday.net in 2006 to track deals, said shoppers should not believe that “special” prices for the Friday were necessarily lower than the usual price.
“Retailers are taking advantage of the term,” he said, citing the first Sears “Black Friday Now” circular as “nothing more than their weekly ad rebranded.” Tom Aiello, a spokesman for Sears Holdings, said the prices were not standard discounts; so far, customer response has been positive about this weekend’s deals, he said.
Traditionally, stores used low prices on the Friday after Thanksgiving to attract shoppers, who, they hoped, would put full-price items in their carts alongside the bargains.
In 2008, as the economy sank, the offers became more intense. “Retailers had to go even further in the breadth and depth of their sales post-Black Friday in attempts to salvage some degree of revenue,” Mr. Mityas said. Last year, with consumers trained to look for deals, “sales growth improved, but at the cost of profitability — retailers were essentially buying their foot traffic,” he said.
This year, the pre-Friday deals are expanding more than ever. And consumers and retailers are more evenly matched, Mr. Mityas said, as shoppers demand early and frequent sales, and retailers “aim to drive foot traffic without resorting to ‘70 percent off everything’ signs in the windows.”
For the first time, Target will run a four-day sale starting the Sunday before Thanksgiving in which more than 170 gift items will be discounted as much as 50 percent. While in the past Target has issued a standard circular before Thanksgiving, this year the discounts are deeper, more items will be discounted and the focus will be on gift-ready items in toys, electronics and entertainment, said Kathee Tesija, Target’s executive vice president of merchandising.
“The economy does play into it a little bit — this is always a very competitive time of year,” Ms. Tesija said. “We want them to come to us first, middle, last.”
She said discounts had to be good because shoppers had gotten smarter.
“Throughout the recession, I think they’ve been very thoughtful about how they spend their money,” she said. “They know when they’re getting a good deal.”
Some stores are holding out until Thanksgiving week, like Bon-Ton Stores, which will put most of its merchandise on sale the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
J. C. Penney will run a one-day sale on Nov. 17, adding to the “Biggest Sale of Them All” on Nov. 6, a “Huge Sale” on Nov. 20 and a “Day Before Thanksgiving” sale on Nov. 24.
The early sales extend to the Web. At Amazon.com, beyond the electronics sales beginning this week, the Black Friday deal page will go live sometime around the week of Thanksgiving, offering big discounts on popular products. Wal-Mart’s Web site will also run discounts starting in early November, offering up to 30 percent off 200 items a week in categories like toys, electronics, home and other gifts.
And Staples.com will offer discounts of more than 50 percent on some items like laptops, cameras and printers on the Sunday through Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Even with the effort to capture more sales through early promotions, there is no guarantee that retailers will see a bounce in their bottom lines. In the three years before the financial crisis, there was accelerated spending in early November, said Mike Berry, director of industry research for MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, which estimates total retail sales. But in 2008 and 2009, as shopping creep took hold, spending was weaker.
One explanation is that retailers cut prices too steeply, leading perhaps to increased traffic but low revenue over all. And customers simply refused to buy anything at full price.
Brad Wilson, who runs BlackFriday2010.com, said he expected consumers to have the upper hand again this year. “After an exhilarating late 2008 and full-year 2009, this year has been boring in the ‘great deals’ corner of retail,” he said in an e-mail. “October has started to pick that up, and I think November and December could break it wide open.”
Robert Buchanan, a finance professor who specializes in retail at the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University, said shoppers had become smart enough to sidestep the regularly priced goods.
“My guess is that the majority are just cherry-picking the special items,” he said. “They’re looking for the $6 toaster and they’re on their way.”

Biomass by Ahhaproject

October 28th, 2010
Biomass by Ahhaproject
This rubbish bag by Ahhaproject of Milan and Seoul spells out how much energy the user can generate with each bag of kitchen waste collected.
Biomass by Ahhaproject
According to graphics on the bags, each full pouch collected for biomass energy production could create enough power to make 100 cups of tea, 500 slices of toast or 1000 boiled eggs.
Biomass by Ahhaproject
The information below is from Ahhaproject:

Biomass is a valuable energy resource, which we accrue in large amounts in our kitchens.
But only 40% of this waste in Germany ends up in the bio waste bin. For many people, it is inconvenient to separate the biological waste from residual waste.
Biomass by Ahhaproject
A biodegradable bag crafted from PLA material which is easy to use and seal allows an easy replacement and removal of the bio bag.
It visualizes how much energy potential a single bag contains thus forcing us to reconsider Bio-waste disposal habits.
Biomass by Ahhaproject
The content of this garbage bag is sufficient to drive 10 kilometers with your car, to do 30 kilogram of one’s laundry, to boil 100 cups of tea, or to use your fridge for 200 hours, to recharge your mobile phone 300 times,to use a energy saving lamp for 400 hours, to toast 500 slices of bread, to cool down 700 liters bear, to make 1000 boiled eggs for breakfast, to shave 10,000 times, to listen to 12,000 hours of music on your mp3 player, or to press out the juice of 20,000 citrons…

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