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Gigantic LEGO House Demolished!

Nov 19, 2009 // Published in Building, Color, Lego, Toys
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James May built a gigantic LEGO with the help of 1000 volunteers for a  BBC television challenge. He had not asked for support from LEGOland, but instead constructed the 20ft-tall house in Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey– but now the vineyard needs the land back to harvest its grapes. The project was to be ...

The Ultra-Modern, Mini Opera House

Nov 18, 2009 // Published in Architecture, Building, Music
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An ultra-modern, mini and temporary opera space for the 2010 Munich Opera Festival. Architectual design by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Notes about the opera house from the architects: The task was to develop a temporary 300 seat Pavilion for the Munich Opera Festival 2010 with a multifunctional stage. Though being one of the smallest projects the Pavilion is one ...

The Spaghetti Chrysler Building

Nov 11, 2009 // Published in Building, Design, Food & Drinks, Product, Product Design, Using Daily Objects to Create Art
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A brilliant spaghetti package design by Alex Creamer, a student at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. Notes about the concept by Creamer: I created this spaghetti packaging for a university project last year. The brief was to package one of 5 difficult items i.e. eggs, a rose, custard powder, spaghetti or marbles. I chose spaghetti. The spaghetti sits ...

The Real Tetris

Oct 28, 2009 // Published in 3D, Building, Gaming, Time-Lapse
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Fine arts student Sergej Hein has built a real life Tetris game. Well, actually this was digitally made (obviously!), a time-lapse video of the building scene and blocks made in After Effects. Read more about the making of it here.

The Unique Hexagonal Cell Building

Oct 17, 2009 // Published in Building
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This conceptual building design was submitted to a UN memorial competition for the city of Chungiu in South Korea. The project was awarded third place to the architectual studio ACME. Notes about the building (via Inhabitat): The structure is built from hexagonal cells on the exterior as well as throughout the interior. Built as a metaphor ...

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