The world is soon to have a new Le Corbusier research center/museum. It's been announced that the sixth such building will be constructed in Chandigarh, India, a city for which Corbusier laid out the master plan for in the 1950s. It's the second building in India, and it will feature a museum, like in all the other locations, but also plans to be a destination for architects and designers to work in their respective fields (though much more like a research library and most of it will have to do with the famous designer/architect himself). What's more, it will also be built to resemble and function in the way Le Corbusier would have likely wanted it designed, the planers hoping that it will resemble how things operated when the man was there working lo those many years ago.
Here's a bit:
The centre will be divided into six sections portraying the archival records, original plans, elevations, sketches and studies, maps and models, documents, photographs and furniture. Three rooms will serve as reception, reference and digital library with internet facility.
"We will establish a 'Chandigarh heritage conservation cell' for monitoring the conservation activity within the city. The materials that will be displayed in the centre will be collected on a permanent loan basis from various public, private and international institutions," he said.
The open courtyard would be used for the temporary exhibitions to promote ancient, medieval and Contemporary art and architecture in the region.
Atlantis Hotel in Dubai
The Palm Atlantis Hotel is due to open its doors to the public in September 2008.
The new 1,539 room mega-resort has been accepting reservations since February 2008.
Room rates will start at around Dh1,600 per night and guests will find around 3,500 staff on hand to make their stay more pleasant.
Some of the tanks will only house fish native to the UAE.
The resort is surrounded by marine lagoons and will be home to more than 65,000 marine animals.
Dubai
The hotel says its
Fish will be housed in tanks containing more than 42 million liters of saltwater.
A team of 165 marine workers will be working in the underwater tanks each day.
The Atlantis water adventure system uses 18 million liters of desalinated freshwater.
The resort has been modeled on the already world famous Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.
Optical Illusions of Eureka Tower Carpark
These fabulous 3D drawings, a creation of Axel Peemoeller who developed it as a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark.
The irregularly shaped letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards.
We have seen similar work in the past like Design Interior and Anamorphic Illusion Of Cardiff Bay.
The irregularly shaped letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards.
We have seen similar work in the past like Design Interior and Anamorphic Illusion Of Cardiff Bay.
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