Recycled wine-bottle chandelier. This chandelier can be found at the SLO Down Pub, in Arroyo Grande, California.

 

Telephone-Book-Hive-Kristiina-Lahde

 

 

 

 

Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi recently demonstrated his "Manga Farming" technique -- which uses old comic books as a growing medium for vegetables -- by cultivating a crop of radish sprouts in an installation at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya.

. . Anamorphic Art . . 

Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image. 

There are two main types of anamorphosis: perspective (oblique) and mirror (catoptric).

Javier Pena Ibanez and Cristina Sanchez Algarra of "Tri-Oh!". created a series of boxes named Cité Surprise, Cité Surprenante which introduce visitors to all of Montpelier’s secret and forgotten places. Viewers become the protagonists as they are able to hide inside the cubes, which are transformed into kaleidoscopes that whisk them away  to all the secret city spots.

This forms part of a growing yet popular form of art known as Anamorphic designs, where ones perception isn't always the true image. Anamorphic art can also be classified as installation art. 

This is a must read book for any person studying an architectural course, will run your mind through all the small things you had learnt over the years. You might pick up on something that you always wondered about, or change your opinion about something you see when looking at drawings etc.

Sometimes all we as students need, is to feel sane again. 

       Matthew Frederick is an architect and urban designer who lives in Cambridge,Massachusetts. He has taught at a number of colleges and universities, includingBoston Architectural College and Wentworth Institute of Technology.

----The Feather Market Hall----

This hall, of which the original plan by Sir Wolfe-Barry of London was incorporated in the later plans of architect W. H. Miles, was erected during 1883-1885. It was opened on 10 December 1885 by the Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson. 

This was originally built as a market for the sale of ostrich feathers and is now used for hosting events such as the UFC 2013, Christmas market etc. 

North Fascade 

The interior of the feather market hall set up for the UFC 2013 Championships.