Urban Architecture; Part I

Chilean hotel Elqui Domos just opened a series of cabin ‘observatories’ that are beautiful. The cabin bedrooms are ground level and have large sky light windows. Great for star gazing. We can thank architect Rodrigo Duque Motta for these lux little gems!

Installation made from found woods by Henrique Oliveira,  for 2011 Bienal do Mercosul, Brazil.

Retail store design and visual merchandising has gotten so incredibly innovative and resourceful over the years. Just look at the amazing work coming from architecture and design firm, Tacklebox, and the work they’ve done at OWEN in the Meatpacking District in NYC. They took brown paper bags and attached them to the walls and ceiling to create this nest-like, honeycomb effect.

Well isn’t this the most spectacular planetarium/auditorium you’ve ever seen? It’s called The Eye of Wisdom by Spanish architect Salvatore Calatrava and is located in Valencia, Spain.

| | Yugoslavian Abandoned Monuments | |

"During the 60s’ and 70s’ former president of Yugoslavia, Tito wanted to show the world the strength and con­fi­dence of the Social­ist Repub­lic by having sculptors and architects building those (very futuristic) monuments com­mem­o­rat­ing the Sec­ond World War. This series entitled Spomenik was photographed by Jan Kempenaers. Today these sculp­tures now in ruins are located in Croa­tia, Ser­bia, Slove­nia and Bosnia." -Cyril Foiret

I believe that fashion, music, visual art, and even architecture are frequently overlapped and very similar to each other. Its truly inspiring to think that humans created these sculptures and buildings. It's especially eye opening to see how modern these look, and yet they were made in the 60s and 70s. I enjoy researching modern architecture.

"These works are the result of sculptors and architects such as Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakic, Miodrag Zivkovic, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, names mean little to most of us, but at the time were at the center of Slavic cultural movement." -Cyril Foiret

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