Enlightension

2013-05-23

Peter Diamond.

Illustrations by Peter Diamond:

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Kunsthaus Graz by Sir Peter Cook and Colin Fournier

The Kunsthaus provides 2,500 square meters of generously arranged space for changing contemporary art exhibitions, functions, and events. The amorphous form of the blue bubble blends in the heritage-protected part of the building 1,288 semitransparent acrylic glass panels have been used to create the bubble. While the glazed outer skin takes an important mediating role, it also generates power through integrated photovoltaic units. The Berlin designers realities:united used 930 computercon trolled light sources located under the acrylic skin to create a display fortyfive meters wide and twenty meters high that enables the museum to communicate with its environment.

Source: ignant.de

2013-05-22

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Dar al-Hajar, the Rock Palace

Dar Al-Hajar – is a historical monument, considered one of the symbols of Yemen. It is located in the village of Souk Al Wadi, and often referred to as the Palace of Islam. The exact date of the original construction of the castle is unknown. However, there is a perception that the first buildings appeared long before the advent of Islam. In the Middle Ages the castle was completely destroyed by the Turks, and only in the eighteenth century, partially restored.

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Second trailer arrives online for The World’s End: watch now

Following yesterday’s double-header of new posters, The World’s End has continued its publicity drive with the release of a new trailer. And happily, it’s rather awesome…

Source: totalfilm

$modernizing: China’s Sky City to become the world’s tallest building A 220 storey building in China named Sky City is expected to top out next month, becoming the world’s tallest building with a total height of 838 meters. The building has been constructed at an astonishing pace, taking just seven months to complete due to a system of prefabricated parts and modules. Located just outside Changsha in a rapidly developing waterfront area, the Sky City will house 31,000 people, a small amount of offices, a thousand person capacity hotel, and a school capable of educating up to 4,600 children. All this cost just $628 million USD, a fraction of the cost of the current tallest building the Burj Khalifa, which totalled $1.5 billion USD and was built in five years - an incredible feat at the time.$

modernizing:

China’s Sky City to become the world’s tallest building

A 220 storey building in China named Sky City is expected to top out next month, becoming the world’s tallest building with a total height of 838 meters. The building has been constructed at an astonishing pace, taking just seven months to complete due to a system of prefabricated parts and modules. Located just outside Changsha in a rapidly developing waterfront area, the Sky City will house 31,000 people, a small amount of offices, a thousand person capacity hotel, and a school capable of educating up to 4,600 children. All this cost just $628 million USD, a fraction of the cost of the current tallest building the Burj Khalifa, which totalled $1.5 billion USD and was built in five years - an incredible feat at the time.

Source: huhmagazine.co.uk

2013-05-15

iheartmyart:

Peter Diamond, Treading Water, ink and digital color, 2010

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2013-05-08

totalfilm:

First trailer for The World’s End: watch now

The first trailer has arrived online for Edgar Wright’s The World’s End, in which Simon Pegg’s perennial adolescent persuades some of his old childhood buddies to return to their sleepy home town to complete an epic pub crawl…

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But I don’t want to go among mad people,” said Alice. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the cat. “We’re all mad here.

— Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (via farewell-kingdom)

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2013-05-07

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Amazing Spider-Man 2 writer talks villains

Amid all the excitement generated by Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti and Chris Cooper signing on to play various rogues in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, you could be forgiven for feeling a nagging sense of unease, borne out of memories of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3…

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Michael Caine signs on for Interstellar

It was only a matter of time wasn’t it? Having teamed up with Christopher Nolan on five previous occasions, Michael Caine has surprised precisely no one by signing on for the director’s forthcoming sci-fi, Interstellar…

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2013-04-30

claydart:

God Damnit I love Stephen Colbert

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New action-packed trailer for Pacific Rim: watch now

Pacific Rim has released a new trailer online, featuring a whole host of action-studded new footage from the monsters vs. robots epic…

Source: totalfilm

2013-04-25

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ParkRoyal

Lauded for its stunning hotel-in-a-garden design concept and sustainable features incorporated throughout the building, PARKROYAL on Pickering, is one of the latest PARKROYAL hotel that opened its doors in the heart of Singapore. Designed by internationally acclaimed local architectural firm WOHA, PARKROYAL on Pickering boasts over 15,000 square metres of lush four-storey tall sky-gardens, reflecting pools, waterfalls, planter terraces and cascading vertical greenery, amounting to twice its land area.

Source: urdesign.it

2013-04-22

Harrison Ford Won’t Answer Star Wars Questions [x]

(via flickeringmuse)

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First official images from The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The first official images from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 have been released online, featuring Dane DeHaan and Jamie Foxx as Harry Osborn and Electro respectively…

Source: totalfilm