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December 6, 2007

SYDNEY PLANS TO GREEN THE CITY’S ROOFS

by Jeremy

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If Sydney-based architect Tone Wheeler gets his way, the Australian metropolis will soon be sporting brand-new rooftop playgrounds and open space areas as a means to green the city. How? By greening every single roof in Sydney!

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June 16, 2007

EUROSCRAPER by José Muñoz Villers

by Jeremy

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Rem Koolhaas has been quoted saying that skyscrapers create “vertical organization and new territories.” And now, one young Mexican architect, José Muñoz Villers, has designed a building that embodies these sentiments. Muñoz Villers incorporates the latest technologies, materials, engineering, and a holistic view of urban space into his design. The building, named the Euroscraper, is such a forward-thinking design that it has garnered 3rd place in the eVolo Architecture Skyscraper competition.

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March 21, 2007

STElla CHAIR: Made from Mexican Bus Seats

by Jeremy

STElla Chair Made From Mexican Bus Seats, Mexico City, Sistema Transporte Eléctrico, Christian Von Wissel, Francisco Salazar and Onnis Luque,

It is a fact of life, that for many young architects starting out on their own, paying jobs are quite scarce. In Mexico, the amount paid for those jobs is certainly less than that in other countries. So, when a client gave the option to the group of architects known as T23, of waiting for payment for work completed or a couple of hundred disused fiberglass chairs from the Mexico City Sistema Transporte Eléctrico (STE) bus line, they chose the chairs, got creative and formulated the STElla chair.

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