William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 11

Home-made Houses photographed by “Old Chum” on tumblr

How much more natural can it get?

http://rebloggy.com/post/nature-architecture-wood-craft-seriously-one-of-my-favorite-photo-projects-ever/69520918019

Looking Out Week 11 Madhura Kharche

This design for a new cathedral in Strasbourg, France is a monumental one because of its scale and and the nature of its materials. The structure is made up of a series of unfolded concrete arches that create majestic volumes of light for the interior spaces. The floor plan of the building is an abstraction of traditional Gothic Cathedral, composed in the form of a Latin cross. The scale of the project heightens the massive nature of the building that comes from its heavy material.

Yasmeen Almuhanna: Looking Out Week 11

Harvey Nichols does it again...this time commissioning Charlie Whinney-steam wood designer for the 2009-2011 window display. 

Artfully sculpted around the front door of the department wasthis huge 50m long sculpture that runs the entire length of the front of the store and forms the window display as it flows through 11 windows and over the main entrance.

Made of oak and ash and using the art of steam-bending, it brings the smell and look of freshly cut trees to the downtown. The sculpture incorporates real branches, roots and a tree-stump as it winds its way through the store. 

construction pics...