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more about #herzogdemeuron Curves: It looks intersting in the pic, varied lighting at different levels at dusk, but, I wonder how interesting it looks in plain old daylight. more » cielo: I prefer the power plant look currently sported by the museum. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Veidt will be very pleased. But can you do this, like in Antarctica? more » ScottRose: I like it. And I say that so long as it looks interesting and sparks discussion, then build it. It's better than the same Soviet-era dump of architec... more » bosskev: Nice contemporary update. However, I see they are keeping the enormous phallus...er ...tower structure. more » Kaiser-Machead: I think it looks nicer than the Guggenheim, which looks like a big art deco toilet bowl. more » -
#architecture
The Tate Gets a Design That Would Satisfy the Ancient Egyptians
The architectural design firm Herzog & de Meuron is designing the Tate Modern art gallery's newest extension. For the Tate, its a display that will finally be able to represent its interior. More » -
#diy
Chinese Farmers Build Birds Nest Stadium Out of Bamboo
The Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed “The Bird's Nest,” has already become an icon in the country of 1.3 billion. But for some farmers close to Hangzhou (located in the southeast of China), the Herzog & de Meuron structure was just too darn far away... so in a fit of DIY ingenuity, they built their own replica out of bamboo. Steel's apparently kind of hard to get when you're living on a couple of dollars a day. More »
