Your Personal Angel

The 1st Dream Dolls by Steampunk Project

«The miracle of her birth and an origin of the universe, Eos searches for a key of changes in the antecedents. Eos has received the white hair as a result of mysterious incident in the childhood, but she does not remember anything... Her wanderings and searches of answers conduct all to new adventures.»

«Mechanical Eos angel flies through fields of electromagnetic ocean pulsations» — so has presented unique doll the Steam Punk Project. Each buyer of a charismatic doll aka Pullip will find pleasant additional accessories in the complete set: fairy wings, sun glasses and magic gun.

Angelic Dolls

World circulation of a Dream Doll — only 2,000 copies. Each doll will be individually numbered.

The Highest Building in Thailand

Building of skyscraper MahaNakhon can become the most arrogant project of modern architecture in Thailand.

Architectural Pixels of the Cult Builder

The 77-storeyed tower has been designed by company OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), earlier working over the project of cult skyscraper CCTV in Beijing. Naturally here again has not done without creative experiments: the skyscraper will be twisted by open terraces, so called — «architectural pixels».

For 515 million dollars it is planned to erect 1,6 million sq. foots of territory on which will take places: 200 private apartments, hotel «Bangkok Edition» with 150 apartments by Marriott Group International, and also the mixed public and commercial zones. The beginning of works on construction erection is appointed to the end of current year.

Seminar from Representative of Office for Metropolitan Architecture

The friendly bridge

On the one hand the rivers there is Hong Kong, with link sided movement, with another — China, where movement right-hand. Architectural bureau «NL Architects» has thought up the tolerant bridge which will reconcile two coast: roads are imposed one on another, thereby — trying on drivers of China and Hong Kong.

The bridge between China and Hong Kong

The project is called “Pearl River Necklace”, the design concept connects artificial islands, forming the bridge between Hong Kong and China.

The cylindrical experimental house will begin to whirl your head!

It's the experimental house nicknamed «Roll It». The modular prototype contains all necessary for a life within the minimum space.

Unusual Small House

Some students from University of Karlsruhe have designed and have constructed this lovely and compact small house.

Compact Small House

In an unusual small house there is a bed, a table and a washstand.

Muslin Dolls

The Kouklitas — a series of dolls in the size of 67,5 sm (27 inches), created by illustrator Andrew Yang. The series name originates from the Greek word "koukla", is translate as — a doll.

Unusual doll by Andrew Yang

Each doll is sewed on a template from the muslin, all other details are created manually: faces and dresses. When the doll is ready at it there is a name and the small history.

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Very Old Dolls

Julien Martinez — the French dolls creator from a city of Bordeaux — scoops inspiration from films, fairy tales, fiction.

Very Unique Dolls

The imagination of "the dolls master" creates unique characters, horrible and touching simultaneously.

Very Unusual Dolls

Unusual dolls cause affection, disgust, pity and… admiration of skill of the person which has created them.

New road tunnel in Brisbane

Novelty in an infrastructure of Brisbane — CLEM7; opening in a city of the road tunnel has drawn the big attention of the public.

Awning structure

An especial remarkable detail — awning structure of the unusual form. The project of bureau AECOM is conceived both as sight, and as functional object.

Unusual road tunnel by AECOM

The awning structure uses an image of the subtropical plants hiding under the shade from solar heat; metal jalousie filter a sunlight that is favorable for drivers. At night the awning is highlighted. The largest awning is made of 2,000 unique pieces and 230 tons weigh.

The project CLEM7 is included into a general plan of development of a city.

Double small house

Japanese architect Akio Nakasa has constructed two houses for one family. They closely adjoin each other and are constructed absolutely nearby, being and a uniform complex and, simultaneously, a combination of elements.

“A House Made of Two”

Two houses for one family

Houses look against each other and surround an internal court yard; visually separate buildings are connected by marks on paths, and also flexible lines of the facade, similar forms and materials.

The project of head office CBE

German architectural group Henn Architekten has won competition on the best civil-engineering design of head office Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) in Addis Ababa.

Unusual way of the organisation

Thin office building will be executed with optical effect of «presence of hollow structures» at change of a point of the review. For the account of such unusual way of organization of base level of a building, some problems are reached — increased the areas of ground floors illuminated by natural light, interesting appearance of a design is created, is involved additional attention of visitors of the centre which bottom part it is planned to use as a trading complex that will cut expenses on building operation.

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa

At ceremony of rewarding of the architects who have presented the project — the winner of the tender, the president of bank has declared, that «the new approach to building and use of the main offices, the interesting and modern structure, planning with the account of last achievements of architecture and use of harmless technologies — all shows it, that the bank of Ethiopia leaves on the international level on all indicators».

Art pavilion from company Carmody Groarke

English architects of company Carmody Groarke have finished pavilion building in London.

Eight-metre light-emitting diode columns

The pavilion represents eight-metre columns with light-emitting diode lamps, with a steel three-metre plate on a top (!). The density of placing of columns is non-uniform, and in the centre they and at all are absent, opening the review on the sky.

Pavilion building in London

The idea of a construction was born in 2007 during carrying out of the competition organised by Fund of architecture in English capital. All design of pavilion is addition to the general design of a building to which a construction was an extension, and impracticality of construction gives to the project special utopianism.

Alternative skyscraper in New York

In the middle of financial buildings and inhabited towers the Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is intended to erect an alternative skyscraper. 132 floor complex will be constructed in the south of Roosevelt Island, symbolizing necessity of ecological stability. The main accent of this conceptual design — attempt to create completely a self-sufficient organism which processes energy of the sun, wind, water, and also can make food, in the middle of a megacity.

Alternative skyscrapers of the future

The system is concentrated round two basic towers. They are organized symmetrically, grow not only is horizontal, but also vertically, that is important for close Manhattan.

Conceptual skyscraper in Manhattan

The metal and glass wings inspired in the image of a dragon, become the house for plants and animals. Thanks to a favorable environment, the good sun and winds, at numerous levels where nutritious soils will be placed, plants will be grown up. External vertical gardens will eat rain water which after use will be mixed with a household waste, after subject to organic processing, for further use in a farm.

In space between wings warm air with which help the premise will be heated in the winter gathers; in the summer natural ventilation, and also evaporations from plants will cool air.