Archive for the ‘Architecture’ Category

Artistic duo Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn, better known as Haas&Hahn, have painted approximately 7,000 square metres of Santa Marta, in the heart of Rio de Janeiro, creating a beautiful, living artwork.

We’ve all experienced the anger and frustration of being stuck at what seems to be a never-ending red light. Mr Stankovic is eager to change the status quo.

Berlin celebrates (or, in some cases, commiserates) the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. There’s loads of information on the official website, but the Berlin Twitter Wall is a fun spin-off idea that’s worth a look.

Do you have $2.3m burning a hole in your pocket? Why not purchase 370 Beech Street, Ferris Beuller’s home in the eponymous film.

Amazingly, the tube carriages that have adorned a rooftop on Old Street are actually piss cheap (£15 a week!) office space. One assumes at that price you’ll only get a desk, but hey, that’s still remarkably good value given the location. Bravo Village Underground!

England’s much maligned second city is often the subject of derision, but who knows, with projects like this on the horizon people may well take it more seriously.











