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Reincarnation of the World Trade Center

2010-05-10T00:00:00.001-07:00

I don't want to start with the World Trade Center's development which became a rebuilding to forget 911. The towers look like they can be built anywhere. The memorial was quite ok,since it was like that the footprint was the scar of the destroyed twinnies. But again, you have to be imaginative to imagine the towers. Looking at this current cityscape (albeit just a rendering) makes you cringe

Attack of the Moles

2010-05-06T04:27:00.000-07:00

Ok beauty is in the I of the hottie looker... but man...this is just plain ugly to me. The idea is gewd...like catching energy from sun and camera flashes through those red dots. But the overall design...is not speaking to me....I wonder if the placement of the cells were strategically located..if not...they could have made it more dense... this net looking veil looks like it is infested by

Shrek Residences

2010-05-05T06:11:00.000-07:00

This building Drooles!For a while, I thought that Future Systems are gone...until I saw another green monster... I thought it was a development of the library, Future System's designed (second image). I was wrong. Apparently, it's the better half..located at Yerevan, Armenia... this artificial hill was designed by Forrest Fulton Architecture/Lace Hill in ArchDaily... At first look, they look

Giant Ticks in your living room

2010-05-04T11:45:00.000-07:00

Would you like that your living room has a funny looking idiot standing behind your sofa? I do... because he is family....wink wink..... Milan 2010/ Dezeen featured these furniture or farm crap by Campana Brothers as collection for Edra. Aptly called Barbarians, the materials used were very primeval. It is like 21st century meets Flintstones. I like the juxtaposition. Well, the Campana Brothers..

Tonsils inspired Restaurant

2010-04-14T01:38:00.000-07:00

Koichi Takada Architects designed this Restaurant inspired by a cave! (post in ArchDaily)... Cave?........more like a buccal cavity... i can smell onion, tooth decay and serious case of halitosis. This cute space has a nice material though....which is wood....which is also flammable....i cant imagine grilling pork in this space...or we will be setting the entire space on fire..which is hot...

Warts on Daniel Libeskind

2010-04-08T00:37:00.000-07:00

If architecture has Zaha Hadid as its superstar, landscape architecture has Martha Schwartz. Like I always say to the authors of the designs I make fun of, I am a fan of that designer (really!). I have known Warts since I was in college, which was...omg... two years ago? (haha)... When you say landscape architecture, you expect plants in their "cosmeticated" bests.. So Martha Steward said...if

eCOKE friendly bottles

2010-04-05T22:04:00.000-07:00

Joining the trend to counter the effects of global warning is this design of eco coke bottle by andrew kim (posted in designboom a week ago). According to Andrew, it saves space...so it is eco friendly. All along i thought that the lower portion of the bottle is made of paper....so it is.... bioincredible ......or bioregretable.... or something that will dissolve quikie...IT's NOT. it just saves

Riddle: A long and hard object on a wet surface

2010-04-05T04:51:00.000-07:00

You have to be smart to know the answer to that riddle. Unless you looked at the picture already...then that's cheating!I love this bridge! It is a gentle but sharp sweep of blade-like footbridge on top of this River in Maribor. Designed by Arhitektura doo all of you (Footbridge in Maribor by Arhitektura d.o.o posted in ArchDaily. ) you wonder how this bridge will support itself. Do we have the

Fur Ball at Shanghai Expo 2010

2010-04-01T05:21:00.000-07:00

I love fur balls. this fur ball looking building is the UK pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 designed by Thomas Heatherwick (post in Dezeen). It is called seed cathedral. Don't be deceived by its soft appearance cus it's nothin cuddly. It's more like...a sea urchin or an ant eater. However, those spines won't hurt you because they are made of fibre optic rods. The design is made to draw in light to

Mini me's potato chips

2010-03-31T22:58:00.000-07:00

Let's shift our attention from the London O12 to Q in the mid east. This is Jean Nouvel's proposal for the National Museum in Qatar (post in ArchDaily). According to Jean "mini me" Nouvel, his design can likened to a bladelike petal of the desert rose....do i hear Sting singin? It will be the first thing you will see once you arrive at the airport of Qatar. I must admit that it is a fresh take

Zaha's O Oh Aquatics Centre

2010-03-31T10:56:00.000-07:00

oooohhkay..another London Olympic vuilding. This one by my favorite gahl...Zaha Hadeed. Well..everybody knows that it's actually her minions who are now doin the designs....while she poses with her fav miyake ensemble like a supermogul ..and prolly Ms.Z just checks if the design really appears something that was inseminated in her....this aquatics center however, looks like a mongoloid amongst

The fugly sister of Eiffel Towel

2010-03-31T08:06:00.000-07:00

London and Paris are such good Euro sisters. Paris has a popular se* toy....none other than her Eiffel dildo. For some strange reason, London was so jealous, now it is creating its own for the Olympics in 2012, called Arcellow Mittal Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor (Dezeen post). Although not as big as the Eiffel tootsie roll... the knotting and the crazy curves surely can stimulate the senses.

Levitt Birdstein's feathers

2010-03-30T08:47:00.000-07:00

Hi guys...i am back...if were not with the anonymous commentator...i would have returned,probably next week is the soonest....but since...i feel like there is an insistent clamor, cry, and hysterical public demand...i insist that there is... here i am....believe me... anonymous..whoever you are.....you touched me....The image above... is indeed a stunning building.....except for the chopstick in

Zaha Hadid's New Curves in Italy

2010-03-11T11:01:00.000-08:00

I miss Haha Zadid. We once had a "look a like" post of architecture's only Diva recently...and now....she's on the architecture headlines again! Posted in Dezeen is Jesolo Magica in Italy. It is going to be a retail center with some business center stuff in it. I dunnnnooo, I know retail planning has some kind of rules..like dumbell effect and shit to make business and ROI really pissssible. I

Lu Flux's Boom boom Pow!

2010-03-09T20:22:00.000-08:00

You may not get it....i will just sing ...BOOM BOOM POW by Black Eyed PeasGotta get-get, gotta get-getGotta get-get, gotta g-g-g-get-get-get, get-getBoom boom boom, gotta get-getBoom boom boom, gotta get-getBoom boom boom, gotta get-getBoom boom boom, gotta get-getBoom boom boom, nowBoom boom boom, nowBoom boom powBoom boomYo, I got that hit that beat the blockYou can get that bass overloadI got

OFIS' Stockings

2010-03-07T03:00:00.000-08:00

Skin skin skins! They are only ok if it is really sexy.....This case i am not so sure. It is sort of tacky...for me...but definitely has its merits.... Designboom had a recent post on the Mercedez Benz Tower competition proposal by Slovenian practice OFIS Architecture. The tower looks ordinary and the skin....i can only interpret it in two ways: I have a feeling OFIS got their inspirayshun

Karim's Cute Bottle

2010-03-05T22:40:00.000-08:00

I always love Karim Rashid's design. Most, if not all have an element of fun in it. This post in Dezeen called Bobble is a water bottle with built-in filter for tap H2O. The top part of the bottle comes in different colors. And no designer that i know of, at this moment, use color as a signature as Rashid does. Many of Rashid's designs are toy-like. Sometimes...if you are a real man-man's

Fault Line...Really?

2010-03-03T21:51:00.000-08:00

From what I know, Design Blogs usually get their contents from the designers themselves. It is a marketing tool for their product or services. Usually!..I am not saying all. I am not sure if this latest product at Contemporist was a submission or Contemporist's original feature. I can't help be bothered.... Haiti's earthquake is still fresh in our minds and recently, a disturbing 8.8 magnitude

Comme des Garcons' Number 3

2010-03-02T22:47:00.000-08:00

I am bringin' a friend (who gives me links to different design sources in the web) to help me discuss design through chat...our conversation went:Boy Amoeba: Commes de Garcons, Number 3 in Athens.http://www.yatzer.com/2144_number_3__store_in_athens.grDD: Booooooring...do you have other designs?Boy Amoeba: Later... can you just take a look at it.DD: Yaaaawwwwnnnn....excuse me. where am I? oh...

Sleeping Vendo

2010-02-27T22:09:00.000-08:00

Now this is a pod. I love the sleepbox by Arch Group. It is like a vendo machine for power naps or laziness. It is ideal for airports, bus terminals and other busy urban areas. Rentable like a hotel room, bed sheets are changed regulary. So this is good if you are stranded in a city and have nowhere to go....I am curious of the rent rates though. How competitive the rate is than staying in a

Kokkugia's S/craps

2010-02-27T05:22:00.000-08:00

Parametrick design is the IN thing today. If you don't know how to use advanced digital softwares...you don't belong to the Kewl group. But no worries...cuz the only cool thing about 'em are the forms....the peeps behind it...are actually geekozoids. You hafta learn Maya, Rhino and other animals in the 3d modelling world to be able to sport a hot fashionable architechuh. Before you know it, you

Clappers in 36 The Calls competition

2010-02-26T08:24:00.000-08:00

These two are not shortlisted entries.... Just two of the few designs that were featured in other blogs bec of ...I guess...design metits..... It is for the competition 36 The Calls which asked participants to design a building in a vacant lot in Leeds, You OK. It is like providing a missing link, except architects really like their work to stand out..so they make their building cuss from its

"Lladro" Erotica

2010-02-26T02:38:00.000-08:00

I tot'at'ferst, that this was a work of a jap. We all know that japs are stylish and fashionable... but because of their awesome 80s animation and comics...like manga... they can also be pretty much.... as-horny-as-everybody-in-the-world-can-get.. prolly hornier. This post is long overdue since the exhibitionists figurines were showed only until Feb 15 in Gallery Nine NY. weee NY! I first saw it

Calatrava's Manolo Blahnik

2010-02-25T10:22:00.000-08:00

We have seen Zaha design her shoes...which turn our to look very her...not ursula-ish....curves and all that. With this blog entry, the architect's works become the inspiration. In Dezeen, Tea Petrovic's Shoes pay homage to Calatrava and a sculptor named, Naum Gabo. I am not so familiar with the sculptor, but with Santhiagoh....we go waaayyyy back...UH HUH... way back... way back when the only

Zaha Hadid's Block

2010-02-24T21:05:00.001-08:00

Speaking of Ursula.Found this post at dezeen the other day. Zaha's design of the King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art. How can you not love Haha's new opus? We usually get aversion towards her work whenever something new comes out (because of insecurity ferhafs). I remember in one forum that,with the numerous projects Zaha's firm (can you call it firm) is doin, it is actually not Zaha who