Curled white concrete walls and a water-filled courtyard frame this museum of Baroque art and culture in Mexico by Japanese architect Toyo Ito (+ slideshow). (more…)
Toyo Ito creates fluted walls of white concrete at Museo Internacional del Barroco
Month: April 2016
Barn Reflection in Lake City by Michael Underwood…
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Blue Bottle Coffee Shinjuku Cafe / Schemata Architects
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- Architects: Schemata Architects , Jo Nagasaka
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Project Team: Ryosuke Yamamoto
- Area: 155.1 sqm
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Takumi Ota
- Construction: TANK
- Collaboration: SOUP DESIGN（sign, HOSHIZAKI ELECTRIC CO.,LTD.（kitchen, WHITELIGHT.Ltd（sound plan, 1LUX（lighting plan）
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From the architect. The cafe is located on the ground floor of a newly opened commercial facility connected to Shinjuku Station. We intend to create a fair relationship between all people present: “hosts” and “guests” mixing with each other, people waiting in line; seated and standing customers; staff working at the casher; ballista brewing coffee inside the counter and more.
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First, we carefully adjusted details to suit everybody’s eye level at the same height, and then placed a hollow-square counter in the center, where multiple layers of people overlap each other. Furniture height is set below the waist height to keep out of sight; and floor and ceiling are finished with the same material as the common area to erase the boundary between the shop and the common area, allowing the space to extend beyond to create a cafe that serves the entire facility.
The new Blue Bottle Coffee counter stands here in the light-filled urban square.
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Floor Plan
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North Italy: Verona Impression’s 11 – The 1930s (Ex. Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi) by SwissFiveNine by SwissFiveNine
Verona Impression’s 11 – The 1930s (Ex. Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi)
See also my gallery “North Italy”. – My own pictures from strolling through the cities Verona and Bergamo in Fall 2015.
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North Italy: Verona Impression’s 10 – Story telling Façades by SwissFiveNine by SwissFiveNine
Verona Impression’s 11 – Story telling Façades
See also my gallery “North Italy”. – My own pictures from strolling through the cities Verona and Bergamo in Fall 2015.
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Remains of the Day: Google Play Now Warns You If an App Has Ads
What’s the price of a free app? That’s not a zen koan, that’s what I ask myself when I know I’ll be faced with a million annoying in-app advertisements in an otherwise free app. Google is trying to make it a little easier on us with a new labeling scheme.
San Francisco – California – USA (by James Gaither)
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Deadspin Eli Apple’s Mom Might Be The Best Sports Mom In The Game | The Muse USA’s Olympic Uniforms
Deadspin Eli Apple’s Mom Might Be The Best Sports Mom In The Game
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| Gizmodo This Rumor About Senator Barbara Boxer’s Views on iPhone Encryption Is Too Amazing to Be True
| Gawker Little Scamp Causes Full Minute of Dead Air on NPR on Take Your Child to Work Day
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Strike a Match On Other Matches If You Don’t Have the Strike Anywhere Kind
If you don’t have strike anywhere matches, and the striking surface on your matchbox has worn out, this last resort trick can help you get a fire going.
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