+ all of the above

This series of buildings taken by Boogie are fantastic. Click through to see the rest of them.

via the Strange Attractor

via Acidolatte

via Every Day I’m Tumblin’

via BLDG BLOG

The Onist has an excellent write up of Hugh Ferriss. His work is sublime.

via But Does It Float

This is an incredible project. Read more about it on Wikipedia or at Friends of the High Line
via Fresh Creation

Two impossible buildings, click the images to read their Wikipedia entries.

It’s been interesting to watch over the years how Sony managed to usurp Nintendo from the #1 console title and then has watched as Nintendo out innovated them to get back in the lead. As it stands Nintendo now outsells Sony and Microsoft at about 2 to 1. I’m not going to go into the reasons why this has happened, but I would like to draw attention to three adverts that I think sum up the advertising and marketing campaigns for each of the three generations of Sony consoles.

Beginning with a signature piece from Chris Cunningham for the original Playstation:

Some amazing work from The Mill for Playstation 2:

And the new spot from TBWA for Playstation 3:

MIT is suing Frank Gehry over the Stata Center Design. The suit is over the lack of thought Gehry allegedly gave to the basics such as plumbing and cracking masonry among other things. Gehry is not exactly exactly know for creating functional buildings (iconic, most definitely), MIT wanted a Gehry building and they got one, but there are huge logistical problems with the building so where does the sympathy lie?

This will be an interesting court decision, and something that may affect the super-architects that currently roam the earth trying to out phallicize eachother.

My big prediction: Flare Facade Technology coupled with Solar Panels will become a key part of major energy solutions in cities around the world by 2015. Via Gizmodo