Unique Pluto Bench by Simon Pengelly

American furniture manufacturers International Leland Bench Pluto introduced by the British designer Simon Pengelly At NeoCon 2010 in Chicago. Scale of one, from a cushty seat for two people, Pluto Bench is intended to outline the personal area in the public seats. kind elliptical sculpture fun to see from any angle and when grouped along, making an a sexy setting.

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Saint Nicholas Antiochian Church

St. Nicholas Orthodox Christian Church of Antioch, which is in Springdale, United States, was designed by architect Marlon Blackwell. Vertical interior surfaces of the church is bathed in light and color accents with limited articulation. Horizontal surfaces are the priorities of expression, revealing and hierarchies. In the community room, the original concrete slab and the roof of the foundry building are exposed, revealing the origins of the building. As you pass through the narthex candlelight, the roof gradually descends over an oak wood floor, compressing the visitor before passing under the bright sky tower that marks the entrance into the sanctuary facing east.

The oak floor continues into the worship space, while one hovers over the dome of the parishioners. Large revolving doors allow the sanctuary with a capacity of 100 to expand into the dining room of the church in times of overflow, welcoming additional visitors for tourism services. At the eastern end, the ceiling is carved away to allow a mirror 30 feet wide translucent glass bathes the sanctuary in a soft light for morning services.

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Melbourne-Chadstone Shopping Centre

Located in Melbourne, Australia, Chadstone Shopping Centre was designed by RTKL + Buchan Group. Over the years, Chadstone has suffered a series of visionary reform that reflects the latest in design and retail planning. Chadstone's first expansion began in 1983 with the exhibition of the original, open-air mall that almost doubled its size and established plans for future growth.

RTKL twenty years with the participation of the center began in 1990 when the global design firm was commissioned to transform the center into a lifestyle center filled with light where the art retail and leisure intersect. The result, called New Chadstone, is a focus on classic and elegant interior with the support of a strike, free of columns, dome skylight two great levels consisting of three interconnected ceilings, vaulted glass - the first effort as in Australia . This milestone was the comprehensive design in attracting major retailers in high-end fashion mall format, setting Chadstone as the "fashion capital of Australia.

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Denmark Natural Science Centre

The new Natural Science Center Bjerringbro, Denmark has been designed by young architects with architectural NORD cylindrical structure. The Center for Natural Sciences of inspiration creates space for strengthening education in the natural sciences. Designed as a light tower iconography, the structure aims to promote the interest of high school age students and high school nationwide. Designed for Fonden Naturvidenskaberne Hus (House Fund for Natural Sciences), € 6.2million has been donated by Realdania, Viborg Kommune, Poul Due Jensen Fond and MFL.

The building of 2560 square meters, is a monolithic cylinder generated by a series of transformations. Externally, the building seems consistent with a reduction of the facade in different ways by the terraces, window openings and openings clear. The facade is covered with glass U-profiles which changes its character when the weather and changing light conditions. At night, illuminated from within, like a lighthouse on the beach. Inside the building there are experiments in different areas and flexible space internal connections. Natural Science Center is located on a hill north and the first thing you see upon entering the city. In the general field of "Garden of the natural sciences" will create an educational website and open to the public outside.

Morten Rask Gregersen and Johannes Pedersen, NORD Partners Architects says: "We are very proud of the result. He became a very good story to tell us that a youth office in collaboration with the client and the contractor has submitted a building in time and within budget. This center is an example of creating a new type of institution to future needs in terms of learning and innovation.

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Museum of Liverpool by 3XN architects

The Museum of Liverpool designed by 3XN architects is located in Liverpool, UK. Over the years the city of Liverpool has become famous for many things: sports skills clubs Liverpool and Everton, the offices on the quays and the legends of the music of the Beatles. 3XN have been inspired by the waterside location of the new museum and run with the theme of local trading boats, working the surrounding industry, in the scheme through a huge selection of dormer windows.

Central to this inclusive structure is a ladder sculpture - a design choice that work 3XN fans may recognize as a characteristic feature of the practice. The spiral shape is in the cavernous atrium where visitors will enter new, and is considered by Nielsen as a source of conversation. He argues that "people talk this way when they walk together up or down a ladder," and noted that the slightly curved shape can eliminate the need for long hallways and maximize space efficiency.

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Miami Beach City Hall Annex

The of Miami Beach City hall annex designed by Perkins + Will is on the beach, the United States. Inspired by its unique tropical location, the City of Miami Beach Annex manipulates light and shadow to simulate the flow of the tropical breeze from the beach. This is accomplished through a sophisticated surface corrugated metal sheets which oversees 7 levels of parking and public services.

A feeling of smooth motion is provided by the sun's movement on these leaves throughout the day, and ever-changing choreography of artificial lighting that is reflected in the leaves during the night. This same feature lyrical surface to provide shade and reflect daylight deep into the floor plates of parking behind it. High performance glazing, sunshades and a colonnade roof allows careful lighting of 35 days. 000 SF office project that line the western edge of the parking structure.

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Zaragoza Airport by Vidal y Asociados arquitectos

Designed by Vidal and Associates Architects, the airport of Zaragoza in Zaragoza, Spain. The building consists of 11 modules, located in an alternating pattern so that it resembles the movement of water, appropriate to the original purpose of the airports. The design features a functionality and responds to three basic principles: flexibility, coordination and openness. The modular structure will allow growth in the necessary areas, the design allows a sequential flow of passengers and the maximization of natural light encourages openness. The exterior of the airport also has been landscaped to preserve as much green areas circumscribing the terminal.

Expo Zaragoza has also seen a bridge designed by Zaha Hadid-designed, which will be officially opened on June 13, attached to the picture. After exposure, Zaragoza will continue experiencing a transformation with the construction work taking place across the city.

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