Posts tagged architecture
Minnesota State Capitol (by dmd.hashw)
Modern doesn’t get any simpler than this one-room cabin. I love how the weathering steel, wood, and concrete come together here.
Apple Bay House
Heidi Kurtze - Director, Property Development presented plans for the new Artspace HQ / Artists housing project to the East Downtown Council today. The project will be built on the “E Liner Parcel” at Chicago & Washington Ave S next to the American Academy of Neurology HQ building, currently under construction across the street from the Guthrie Theater in the Mill District of Downtown Minneapolis.
Below are notes and photos from her presentation:
- Kurtze officially announced that the building will be their new headquarters
- After bouncing back and forth between different names for the building, Kurtze officially announced the name of the development: simple and straightforward “Artspace”
- The building will be 6 stories in height
- There will be 61 units of live/work space for artists
- All units will be affordable housing
- They hope the “Cube” on the corner of Chicago & Washington Ave S will be the signature element
- Exterior will be brick, metal panel and glass
- Commercial space on the 1st floor, hopefully a coffee shop/wine bar
- Will have a green roof, hope to create an urban farm in partnership with the Mill City Farmers Market
- Hope to have an Art Market in conjunction with the Mill City Farmers Market
- Possibly a public gallery
- Plan to break ground summer 2012 and occupy summer 2013
More photos at http://millcitytimes.com/news/breaking-news-artspace-unveils-plans-for-new-headquarters-in.html
Dream home come true. (via ISO50)
CC-styled Porcelain/glas store (by =DoNe=)
Ausfahrt Tiergartentunnel (by 96dpi)
gsw (by Andreas Levers)
Can I have one please?
The World’s First Printed Building | Blueprint Magazine
In a small shed on an industrial park near Pisa is a machine that can print buildings. The machine itself looks like a prototype for the automotive industry. Four columns independently support a frame with a single armature on it. Driven by CAD software installed on a dust-covered computer terminal, the armature moves just millimetres above a pile of sand, expressing a magnesium-based solution from hundreds of nozzles on its lower side. It makes four passes. The layer dries and Enrico Dini recalibrates the armature frame. The system deposits the sand and then inorganic binding ink. The exercise is repeated. The millennia-long process of laying down sedimentary rock is accelerated into a day. A building emerges. This machine could be used to construct anything. Dini wants to build a cathedral with it. Or houses on the moon. Dini’s machine marks a vital step change from the shoebox-size 3D printing of today, to tomorrow’s ability to print complete structures on site. Although others have been working hard on the prototype, Dini’s machine is ahead of the pack, with the Architectural Association beating several others to get to the first marketable version. The conceptual leap from modelling to manufacture may seem small, but making it has taken seven years of Dini’s personal endeavour in the face of bankruptcy and, when his ex-wife said she doubted his ability to complete the project, it cost him his marriage.
The Rand Tower is definitely one of my favorites. It was built in 1929 for Rufus R. Rand, Jr., of the family that once owned Minnegasco (now CenterPoint Energy).
The building is 26-stories tall and features many beautiful Art Deco motifs (most of which are flight related - Rand was a pilot in World War I), the pinnacle of which is the ‘Wings‘ sculpture in the main lobby made by Oskar J.W. Hansen.
You’ll find the building on 6th & Marquette.
photo by MSPdude
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