Monday, March 1st, 2010
los angeles county, will provide as much as 40 billion USD for local transit related projects over the next 30 years.
Paris based firm odile decq and benoit cornette architects received a special jury prize for their proposal for the competition to design new transport solutions in LA county. The concept consists of specially designed vehicles which can be driven on freeways and bridges (each having a designated lane). the small vehicles, also have various parking stations around the city.
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Smart design meets city lights in these solar-powered LED street lights by Phillips. Inspired by how flowers open up to the sun to collect the sun’s energy, the Sustainable City Lights feature photovoltaic petals that open during the day to collect the sun’s rays and transform them into energy. Then at night, the light closes and LED lights turn on to brighten city streets.
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
We’re totally intrigued by this pop music center for Taipei and its striking resemblance to a rolling green hill. Conceived by Italian firm Mario Bellini Architects, the design is “a single body wrapped in a plastic ‘mantle plant’,” according to our friends at Designboom. While we aren’t sure how sustainable this plastic ‘mantle plant’ is, or even what it is for that matter, we were taken with the creative landscaping and creation of an exciting outdoor public area for the people of the Taipei.
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
The Cleveland Design Competition recently announced the winners of the third annual competition – Project 2009: Lakefront Station – Ideas for a 21st Century Multi-Modal Transportation Facility.
Project 2009: Lakefront Station is an international, single-stage ideas competition for a new multi-modal transportation center in Downtown Cleveland between the historic Mall and Lake Erie. Designs for this new transportation center must provide the city with a state-of-the-art rail station ready to support high speed passenger rail service, a facility capable of integrating and balancing the needs of various transportation modes, and a significant pedestrian connection from the Mall to Cleveland’s lakefront.
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Portland Fire and Rescue in partnership with Portland State University’s School of Architecture announced the winner of a competition to design the Portland Firefighters Memorial. After an eight month, two-stage competition with input from firefighters and the general public, the selection committee members unanimously selected the design by Aaron Whelton / Whelton Architecture as the competition winner.
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