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the 150 year-old art nouveau icon is scheduled to open by the end of may after over 15 years of construction.
the interior design juxtaposes existing historical features of the building with clean, contemporary lines.
the house is designed to resemble a large piece of a tree trunk.
'the difficult part in moving a city is to preserve its sense of belonging, the history and the soul of the community,' says alexandra hagen, CEO of white arkitekter.
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more commentsa cyclist in stockholm wonders if such an idea could be tried in the foster´s almost real project of rebuilding the city´s main traffic and social point. I would love to try this experiment. after some years, we would let the world know if it worked or not!
When you consider the present costs and pain of getting into London this is brilliant way of reducing commuters and road traffic. Of course it only applies to fit people, and judging by the increasing obesity in our society, not many of those. I wonder who is going to pay for this? Oh, the taxpayer.
This is a great oppertunity for cycling and all I see is negative comments. I think it’s worth to cycle up a slope of a mile long. Or wait for an elevator to get on this track. After that it is many miles of save and relax cycling. Enjoying great views of a city. And If you like threes go cycling in the woods! A city the size of London with the bicycle as only personal kind of transportation is the fantasy here. Give people an alternative for their car to go to work. That’s all what this project is about. For the ones who doubt Mr. Foster and his team; Try to look at London as an airport and you understand this project is a smart solution for fitting in a lot of ‘green’-traffic.
One more fantastic computer generated pipe dream……..looks great but where is the REAL design? Is it modular? What materials will be used? How can it be constructed with no disruption to those same railways links? Is this the optimum link structure that cyclists need? What surface for the road? How does it interconnect with roadways, those cyclists will always be joining the road network at speed and we all know how the humble driver of the London velocipede in tight lycra and mirrored shades always waits for traffic lights………………………………….
I love it ! And I’m sure I will use it.