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| Unique Visitors: 4 |
| Total Unique Visitors: 194695 |
| Visitors Out: 449 |
| Total Visitors Out: 1393 |
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| Ecofriendly Residences in Corniche Bay, Mauritius |
| 2010-10-07 15:42:00 |
Foster and Partners in collaboration with d’Unienville and Associates Architects have designed a discreet and environmentally friendly masterplan for a series of residences in Corniche Bay, Mauritius. The main concept was to create a contemporary architecture that blends harmoniously with the lush landscape. Fingers of tropical vegetation are inserted into the buildings that respond to the contours of the landscape and recedes into the green totality.The buildings are equipped with green technologies such as water collectors and solar panels. All the building materials are indigenous and mostly 100% recyclable.An interesting feature of the project is the undulating roof that allows for cross ventilation and few vertical supports....
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| Shell-like Café in Littlehampton / Heatherwick Studio |
| 2010-10-01 15:37:00 |
Heatherwick Studio was commissioned to design a café building to replace a seafront kiosk in Littlehampton on England’s south coast. With the post-war rise in cheap package holidays having deprived the English seaside town of investment and downgraded many of them to cheap clichés, the studio’s client saw an opportunity to change this. Mother and daughter team Jane Wood and Sophie Murray, both residents of Littlehampton, were keen to do something different that might begin to re-establish the importance of the English seaside town.The studio saw the challenge as responding to the constraints of the narrow site by producing a long, thin building without flat, two-dimensional façades. The envelope is sliced diagonally into strips which wrap up and over the building, c...
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| Chicago Solar Tower / Zoka Zola Architecture |
| 2010-09-27 15:35:00 |
The proposed Solar Tower for Chicago by Zoka Zola Architects features an active solar array mounted to the façade which maximizes solar gain throughout the day. The spherically based design takes advantage of the large surface of a building by mounting the panels on the vertical plane. By incorporating tracking arms that the solar units mount to, summer electrical production can be improved by as much as 40% compared to a static mounted solar array, and even more compared to traditional vertically mounted solar facades. The array’s full potential is then realized, creating the greatest kWhrs production per square foot of any design. Mini-wind generators can also be incorporated into the tracking arms.The spherical panels are mounted in such a way as to maintain views...
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| Barclays Center in New York City / SHoP Architects |
| 2010-09-20 15:30:00 |
SHoP Architects unveiled their design for the new Barclays Center in New York City.The center achieves a balance between iconic form and per formative engagement with the street. The main public concourse is predominately glazed at the sidewalk level while the civic gesture of the arena is heightened by a spectacular 30 feet high canopy. Views and physical access both into and out of the arena will be plentiful to ensure a strong connection to the surrounding urban environment....
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| 5 Romantic Honeymoon Destinations in the World |
| 2010-09-18 06:39:00 |
Your honeymoon is going to be romantic no matter where you go. You and your brand new husband could probably manage it even if you just stay at home. Romance is in the company, not in the place, but for most of us a particular destination can really help give a honeymoon that romantic feel from start to finish. A truly romantic place will lead to memories for a lifetime. Here are my top five suggestions for the perfect romantic honeymoon destination.1. TahitiTahiti is easily the most romantic honeymoon destination that I at least can imagine. Its scenery alone, with towering mountains, lush green rainforests, and smooth white sandy beaches, make it a destination to remember. Overwater bungalows with stunning views of the ocean, butler service, and easy access to the beach will e...
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| Ocean Pavilion for the 2012 Yeosu World Expo / SOMA |
| 2010-09-15 15:24:00 |
Architectural studio SOMA has finished the design of the thematic pavilion for the 2012 Yeosu World Expo. The project was selected in late 2009 and is expected to begin construction during the next couple of months.As a major and permanent facility the thematic pavilion embodies the expo’s theme ‘the living ocean and coast’ in manifold ways. The ocean is experienced in two ways, as an endless surface and in an immersed perspective as depth. The plain duality of the ocean motivates the building’s spatial and organisational concept. Continuous surfaces twist from vertical to horizontal orientation and define all significant interior spaces. The vertical cones induce the visitor to immerse into the thematic exhibition.They evolve into horizontal levels that cover the foyer ...
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| The Ocean Imagination pavilion |
| 2010-09-12 15:04:00 |
The Ocean Imagination pavilion shows off the true beauty of nature !Is it a wheel? Maybe a giant-wheel! Hell no! It’s the Ocean Imagination, the Thematic Pavilion of Yeosu 2012 by Unsangdong Architects, a pavilion beautiful enough to be a wonder of the world. Looking great isn’t everything this one boasts. It’s green too! A viewer gets a closer look at the ocean’s ecosystems with this pavilion with various exhibits that relate to man-made nature.The pavilion also features the Ocean Gate, a type of vertical sea-shore. Also, the Sustainable Ocean void space combines flowing water with the ecological environment, while the structure’s outer space is used for exhibiting the Water-Valley, Media-Valley, Play-Valley, Green-Valley and loads more.With a total area of 6200m2 and a theme an...
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| Up In The Air: Flying Is Back |
| 2010-09-11 21:54:00 |
After years of almost nothing but bad news coming from the international aviation industry, there’s finally something upbeat to report. In the month of May, both international passenger and freight traffic moved ahead of pre-recession levels. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported an 11.7% increase in passenger traffic and a 34.3% jump in freight demand compared to May 2009.With airlines closely watching capacity growth, they are filling close to 80% of available seats, a near record level. Now if they could only get corporations to once again start paying 10 times the price of an economy seat for the big seats up front, everything would...
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| Cruising Canucks: Sea-Based Vacations Are Fastest-Growing Segment |
| 2010-09-11 21:33:00 |
More Canadians are walking the gangplank – and paying for the privilege. A new study reveals that cruises make up the fastest growing segment of Canada’s travel market.Industry researcher PhoCusWright Inc. says cruises fit well with the Canadian appetite for all-inclusive package vacations – even though most cruises don’t include things like alcohol in the price. Over the past couple of years cruises have certainly appealed to Canadians’ appetite for bargains.When many Americans stayed home during the worst of the recession, prices plummeted and less-impacted Canadians happily took their place – Canadian cruisers grew by 5% in 2008 and “a stunning 9% in 2009″ during the recession. Another interesting result from the study: 27% of Canadian travellers surve...
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| Hotel Industry Recovery: As Rooms Fill, Rates Will Rise |
| 2010-09-11 21:29:00 |
Industry analysts and hoteliers agree that 2009 was the worst year in the history of the hotel business. Not surprisingly, they’re only admitting that now as fortunes appear to be on the rise again — it doesn’t do to preach doom when you’re still trying to sell franchises or attract investors.What that means for travellers is that rate increases are just around the corner. As Business Travel News reported this week, a recent investment conference in New York gave lodging leaders a forum to express their recession experiences. “What happened last year was really the perfect storm,” said Best Western CEO David Kong. “Demand went down substantially, almost 6 percent, and at the same time supply grew by 3.2 percent.” “Corporate business just fell off a ...
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