Entries Tagged as 'Architecture'

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Vancouverising

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I didn’t know “Vancouverising” was a verb. This is an interesting article on the impact Vancouver has had on the architectural world.

According to www.urbandictionary.com, Vancouverising is “the act of transforming any object into a Vancouver Canucks shrine.” On behalf of the world of architecture and urban planning, we beg to differ… AZURE

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Surely, this must be a joke…

Rendering of the iPad 

“Dubai-based real estate firm Omniyat Properties plans to construct a tall building in Dubai modeled after the Apple iPod. The name of the 24-story tower: iPad.”

After decades of consumer products being driven by architectural form (IKEA, Modernism, cheap Eiffel tower statuettes), will pop consumerism drastically drive the form of architecture in a clearer (or shallower) public dialogue? And what happens to the meaning of the building when the iPod is no longer the public’s object of desire?

http://www.salatti.net/ipod-come-modello-per-la-nuova-torre-progettata-da-omniyat/

I guess this isn’t a whole lot different, in concept, from past pop architectural “icons”: Longaberger HQ, Mmmm…, Lucy, Dino.