Category: SHELTER
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Foster + Partners’ Tulip skyscraper – a world-class visitor attraction proposed for the City of London
Foster + Partners in bringing the Tulip skyscraper – a world-class visitor attraction deriving its name from its nature-inspired form. A few decades ago radio masts and TV towers were tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest human-made structures. Now, the skyscrapers serves as…
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Turning water into wine: how did simple H2O become a luxury commodity?
From crystal infusions to water sommeliers and even bottling the frequency of rainbows, the top end of town has well and truly cashed in on the world’s most vital resource
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When history becomes stone and stone becomes a piece of furniture: draenert at imm cologne
The 2019 imm Cologne, the international furniture show in January in Cologne, is a globally central and very important furniture fair, which is the every year’s prelude. The enormous breadth and depth of the products encompasses flat pack furniture and premium brands as well as visionary product designs. This year the exhibition is complemented…
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Top Female Artists by Auction Turnover
Looking back, women did not become a regular part of art history’s narrative until the end of the 19th century. However, today’s secondary art market is still largely dominated by men. Women are still substantially under-represented on the global Art Market. According to Artprice’s founder/CEO thierry Ehrmann, “the generation now imposing itself on the…
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Interior styles that are expected to reign in 2019. Survey
Biggest Style Trends for 2019. 1stdibs Survey. When sourcing furniture for client projects, the majority (61%) of designers make their purchases online. Most (54%) specify art for their projects, and close to half (45%) of the art selected is sourced online, revealed second annual Interior Designer Trends Survey by 1stdibs. The survey, commissioned by…
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Life in 2030: Hyperloop rail and fully connected smart home systems to become the norm. Survey
Life in 2030: Consumers expect massive change in every aspect of their lives. . An insight into consumer expectations for future experiences in home, transportation, health and retail. Survey. Dassault Systèmes revealed that consumers expect that cities in 2030 will be filled with technology that improves overall quality of life, delivers socially-conscious benefits and…