Office by Alex Penny
made for the Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 collection of exhibitions
see also: nytimes q+a with ice cube
“Supported by a single cantilever, this mysterious levitating farm house belongs in a sci-fi flick. It’s claimed to be an old bunker for the overload of mineral fertilizers…”
The distance between the metal bands holding the cylindrical structure together decreases from top to bottom because the pressure the water exerts increases with depth. The top band only needs to fight against the water at the very top of the tower but the bottom bands have to hold the entire volume from bursting out.
De Groene Kathedraal (The Green Cathedral) … is a full-size copy of Reims Cathedral by artist Marinus Boezem that replaces stone and glass with poplar trees and sky. About 20 years after it was started the artwork was “completed” in 1996, yet it is expected to reach its full height in 2015. The duplicate footprint to the north is a clearing in beech trees that follows the original by about a decade, so it is not as tall as the first.
An amazing thing to discover while browsing Google Maps.
a project by Chris Mottalini
This project focuses on a group of now-demolished homes by the acclaimed and controversial Modernist architect Paul Rudolph, which I photographed mere days prior to their demolition in 2007. The resulting images capture a state of Modernist architecture few people have witnessed, revealing the grade of these homes as they stood in defiance of severe neglect and abandonment. These are final portraits.
The Third & The Seventh (via Vimeo)
amazingly, this piece is entirely computer generated. see also: the making of video
