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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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This should be in a Bond movie
This is crude and unimaginative by comparison with the design work and construction that has been done at Arcosanti over the past 50 years.
What beautiful forms.
Now, Please resurface the not so good looking concrete.
Let it look like this in 50 years, when it has aged.
Not when it is new – Not as a movie set.
We visited the site today. The wet season has not been kind and the ‘ruins’ are being taken over by the jungle. This would not happen in Rome. If construction does not start again soon, the structure will be consumed by the elements. At least this would make it more Vanuatu than Abu Dhabi.
LeCorbu in the Pacific. Brutal naked concrete. Love it.
But quite eerie. At this stage of the construction the photos give a preview of the aftermath of a category 5 typhoon. Although the arches may help facilitate the flow of water at cat 5 typhoon with high tidal surges these arches/openings and the whole complex for that matter will be under water. And the aftermath is what we see in the photos. I am sorry Kristin. I love the brutal naked architectural concrete massing though.
reminds me of Kahn
Not forgetting the contribution of Edward James and Oscar Neumayer.
I stayed in Port Villa, Vanuatu , Island of Efate and the Iririki resort in 1987. On what island in Vanuatu is this resort located?
Brutalism reloaded! Fantastic! We need more of this stuff.
its like Scarpa and Soleri sat down to design this with Lou K looking over their shoulders