Travel

Blog: Visiting the Shard
London, England

Honestly. I love the Shard. I don't care that it's paid for by a rich Sheik from Qatar, or that its exclusive office space will be used solely by the corporate sector.

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Absolute Towers
MAD
Mississauga, Canada

• Canada
• Residential

Fondly dubbed the Marilyn Monroe towers by local residents, the Absolute Towers parallel the twisting fluidity or natural lines found in life.

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B5 Building
Barreca & La Varra Studio
Milano, Italy

• Italy
• Mixed use

The B5 Building, located in the north-eastern outskirts of Milan, is part of the restructuring of the former industrial core that houses the RCS Mediagroup.

Bookcase

ARCHIGRAM - A Guide to Archigram
By Dennis Crompton

In the decade of the Beatles and the moon landing, cybernetics, and megacities, Archigram invented new artifacts and situations and threatened the discipline of architecture itself: Walking Cities, Plug-in-Universities, and Inflatable Dwellings. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press.

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The Grove at Grand Bay
BIG
Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

• USA

The interactive movement of the two towers creates a new dancing silhouette on the Grove’s skyline.