January 24, 2013 by collabcubed - 1 Comment

Breakwater: Artectura & Eduardo Zamarro

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Madrid based architecture studio Artectura collaborated with painter Eduardo Zamarro on giving the A Guarda (southwest tip of Galicia) port a new look. The Breakwater was painted in such a way as to mirror the town in pixelated fashion, using a similar color palette and adding hues of blue for the sky and sea. They integrated silhouetted images read as real shadows at a distance. The result is a lively and inviting space to stroll on and around.

Photos by Santos-Díez and Eduardo Zamarro

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January 22, 2013 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Bicentennial Civic Center in Argentina

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Jointly designed by Argentine practices GGMPU and Luca Morini, the new Bicentennial Civic Center is an administrative complex in Cordoba, Argentina alongside the Suquia River. Composed of two buildings with connection to the historic city center by two bridges, the concrete, prism-shaped larger structure houses ministries, while the smaller, more horizontal building is used for administrative offices with a roof garden to alleviate the temperature of the building in the warmer seasons. The mirror-clad governor’s house can also be found atop the lower building as an independent yet complementary structure.

Photos by Claudio Manzoni and Leonardo Finotti

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January 15, 2013 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Farshad Mehdizadeh: Dayereh Snack Bar

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Here’s an interesting design by Iranian architect Farshad Mehdizadeh. The Dayereh Snack Bar façade (Dayereh means “circle” in Farsi), though small in size, is large and bold in innovation. If I understand correctly (Google translate for Farsi is very limited and nonsensical) the only thing behind the snack bar’s façade is a kitchen, making the design all about the front and windows where the element of interaction between client and server takes place. The long strips of wood curve down from the building façade into the sidewalk with three pieces of travertine in between.

The Dayereh Snack Bar was located in Isfahan, Iran and won a third place Middle East Architect award in 2012. Unfortunately, the bar has since been torn down, but its fabulousness lives on in photos.

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January 14, 2013 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Harbin Ice Festival Castles & Slides

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This looks very fun and cool (in the literal sense as well.) These castles made using ice with multiple slides and lit with colorful LED lights are part of the 29th Harbin International Ice Festival in China. In addition to the ice architecture, the festival includes many a giant ice and snow sculpture. The Harbin Festival started 10 years ago and has grown to be one of the world’s biggest ice festivals with tens of thousands of people working on the displays. The castle and slides are especially spectacular at night with their pastel hues emanating from within the ice. The slides are not only fun, but they serve as a means of transportation to get around the grounds.

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January 11, 2013 by collabcubed - 2 Comments

NYC Culture on the Cheap: Weekend 1/11

This This weekend’s picks for Free & Cheap things to do in NYC (1/11 to 1/13) in art, music, theater, film, performance, comedy, architecture and general fun. Click through on the images above for the corresponding event page and details, or use the links below.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM (numbers will be added to photos next week, promise. This week I was struggling with iffy internet..)
1. TALK: Deborah Eisenberg and George Saunders Short Story Writers. Purchase of book or $10 gift card. 7 to 8pm
2. MUSIC/HUMOR: No Place to Go; Ethan Lipton & Orchestra 9:30pm $15
3. COMEDY: Funny Sh#t Comedy Fest. 8pm $10
4. TOUR/CONFERENCE: Charting the Road to Resilience. Site visits and conference to share lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy. FREE
5. MUSIC: Dirty Projectors and Andrew Bird at 8pm. $30 and up.
6. THEATER: Kristen Kosmas – “There There” Critically acclaimed play. $20
7. MUSIC/THEATER: Prototype Opera-Theater Fest, through 1/18. $15 to $20.
8. THEATER: The Improvised Shakespeare. 7:30pm $27.50
9. MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE: Emily Johnson/Catalyst Niicugni. $20
10. THEATER: Under the Radar Festival
11. STREET ART/FILM: NYC Street Pop. Opening reception film, photos and more by Ken Brown. Sat. 1 to 3pm. FREE
12. ART: Haroshi Virtual Reality, opening Sat 7 to 9pm.
13. ART: Aakash Nihalani – Portal. Opening Sat 7 to 9pm.
14. PERFORMANCE: New York City Pod Fest – Improv $8 for one $45 festival pass
15. THEATER: Urinetown the Musical $18.
16. FILM: Chasing Ice – Photographer James Balog captures images to show the Earth’s climate change in this stunning documentary. 6pm. $14 adults.
17. TOUR: Yale University Gallery & George Nelson Exhibit Tour: 11:30 am to 5pm $5 students $35 adults
18. MUSIC: Gregg Kallor Hurricane Sandy Relief Concert. 7:30pm $20

MORE:
Fri 1/11 & Sat 1/12 15th Contemporary Dance Showcase including Anarchy Dance Theater’s Seventh Sense (see post). 7:30pm. $28
Sat 1/12 Family Day: BankInk! 75-minute demo Sumi-e class. 1 to 2:15 pm. FREE
Sat 1/12, Documentary – The Atomic States of America at 7 pm. $10.
Sun 1/13 Improv Everywhere No Pants Subway RideFREE
Sun 1/13 Comedy/Music – Reggie Watts performs at 8:30. $10
Starting Monday – NYC Restaurant Week 2013. $25 Lunch; $38 Dinner

Sat 1/12 The All-Day Sandy Benefit with readings by Nick Flynn, Jonathan Ames, Emma Straub and more.
Sat 1/12 & Sun 1/13 Film: Clandestine Childhood (Infancia Clandestina) Argentine film with filmmaker Q&A’s.

Check back for possible updates throughout the weekend and peruse previous Culture on the Cheap posts for ongoing events.

January 8, 2013 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Sbagliato: Roman Street Art Collective

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The art collective Sbagliato (meaning “wrong” in Italian) pastes images of windows and doors in the most unexpected places, suggesting a way inside and adding a surreal quality to the ordinary; makes me think of the holes in the Yellow Submarine. The anonymous group redraws urban surfaces, promoting a new reality by subverting order and changing landscapes — in some cases existing buildings, in other cases rock formations, and in still others stone walls by the river banks — by adding a twist with their surprising windows, shutters, and doors.

You can see more of their work here and here.

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January 7, 2013 by collabcubed - 0 comments

LMA Exhibition and Lecture Hall: SZK

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The new extension at the Latvian Academy of Art (LMA) in Riga, Latvia, is one of the first and few modern university extensions in the country in several years. SZK Architects have converted a red brick storage building in the academy courtyard, built in 1948, whose style conformed with the rest of the LMA built in 1905 by Baltic-German architect Wilhelm Bockslaff. SZK chose to incorporate three of the existing brick walls of the poorly-constructed storage building, both for aesthetic and practical reasons. The fourth, and new, wall is all glass with a dramatic concrete square tube angled across it that serves as the entrance and mutes the light in the studios and gallery spaces within.

The extension is a bold addition to the older architecture that surrounds it, but I think the contrasting texture and style work, both functionally in its interior and visually on the exterior.

Photos courtesy of a10; dienalv; lma and szk

December 28, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

From the C3 Archives: Part II

Here are some more of our popular posts from 2012. Superhero Saints; Ana
Soler’s suspended bouncing balls; the House that Fell from the Sky; the Red People in Russia; Liu Wei’s amazing Cityscapes made from schoolbooks: Liu Bolin’s fun collaboration with JR; So-il’s Kukje Gallery; the amazing Twist Bridge; the Mr. Dictator Heads; Roman Tyc’s replacement traffic lights; J. Mayer H.’s cool number installation Rapport; Kuggen the colorful cog; a typographic bike path; Giant snails take over the roof of a Milan cathedral; and Snarkitecture’s Memorial Bowling.

Click on the photos to be taken to their corresponding post.

December 24, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

From the C3 Archives

We’re taking a few days off to enjoy the holidays. In the meantime here are some of our favorites from the archives. Click on an image above to be taken to its post, or feel free to scroll through by category using the pull-down tab in the right margin, or randomly if you prefer. You can always like us on facebook, follow on twitter, or if email is your thing, you can subscribe at the bottom of the site.

Happy Holidays!

December 20, 2012 by collabcubed - 2 Comments

Farmacia Lordelo: José Carlos Cruz

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I love this very cool pharmacy! Farmacia Lordelo in Vila Real, Portugal, was designed by Portuguese architect José Carlos Cruz. The oval shaped, corrugated aluminum-clad two-story building contains both the store and pharmaceutical labs. Keeping the exterior neutral and emphasizing its neutrality with an absence of openings — the only opening being the main entrance — Cruz played with the internationally recognizable green cross pharmacy symbol in neon green as the dynamic decorative element. The interior has a sanitary yet contemporary feel, all in white with curving walls. Outside and in: pretty fabulous.

If you like this pharmacy you’d probably like this one too.

All photos by Fernando Guerra courtesy of the architect.

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December 19, 2012 by collabcubed - 1 Comment

cartonLAB: Typographied Cardboard

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Our friends over at cartonLAB (previously here and here) are working nonstop expanding their offerings with all sorts of fun products and stands made out of cardboard. And lately, much to our delight, they’ve gone a little type crazy. From their personalized Photocall Polaroid-like photo frames for weddings and parties to their impressive range of creative event stands with the type cut out or printed right on, cartonLAB has added another dimension to their work. And if that weren’t enough, they’ve also come up with a smart proposal for recycling large boxes (think Ikea furniture boxes) by printing the patterns to some of their creations on the cardboard for personal execution called Mas que Cajas (More than Boxes). Very clever.

All photos courtesy CartonLab

December 17, 2012 by collabcubed - 2 Comments

Umbilic Torus: Helaman Ferguson

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The 24-foot high, nearly 10-ton bronze Umbilic Torus, created by Helaman Ferguson, is a mathematically inspired 3-dimensional ring with a single edge that wraps around three times before returning to its starting point. The sculpture was recently unveiled in front of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University, where it celebrates the fusion of mathematics and art. It took Ferguson almost two years along with a crew of artists, engineers, programmers and welders to complete the large-scale work.

Photos: Gilsanz Murray Steficek; Stony Brook University; and Henry Powderly for ThreeVillagePatch.

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December 17, 2012 by collabcubed - 1 Comment

Festina Lente Bridge: Sarajevo

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The recently completed Festina Lente pedestrian bridge at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo was designed by three industrial design students in response to a competition five years ago. Adnan Alagic, Bojan Kanlic and Amila Hrustic won the competition with their entry. The looping bridge spans 38 meters over the Miljacka River with the central loop serving as a shelter that includes a bench. The name of the bridge, Festina Lente, means “make haste, slowly” in Latin. The bridge acts as a symbolic gate between the secular and spiritual, being that the academy was formerly a church.

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December 14, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

NYC Culture on the Cheap: Weekend 12/14

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This weekend’s picks for free and cheap things to do (12/14 to 12/16) in NYC. Cultural events in art, architecture, music, film, dance, theater, design, walking tours, food, and fun!

1. Art – Henry Moore: Late Large Forms. Simply spectacular! Fri 12/14 & Sat 12/15 and through 1/19. 10am to 6pm. FREE

Also in Art – Ed Ruscha Bookworks (see post) Fri 12/14 & Sat 12/15 and through 1/12. 10am to 6pm. FREE

Also also in Art – Masterpieces: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book. Professional artists of various disciplines, as well as creative nonprofessionals, were recruited to reinterpret the book’s 60 pages, each depicting a famous work of art. Fri 12/14 at 8pm. FREE

2. Graphic Design – The Lustigs: A cover story an exhibit including 500 book, magazine and catalog covers designed by Alvin and Elaine Lustig. Fri 12/14 and through 2/15/13.11am to 5pm FREE

3. Food/Tour – Crosstown Pizza Walk, Fri 12/14 & Sat 12/15 at 11am. 3 hrs $35

4. Design/Talk — 3DEA Pop Up: Artist’s Talk. Artists speak about their 3D printed works. Fri 12/14 at 7:30pm FREE

5. Film/Talk – A Conversation with Ewan McGregor interviewed by NYTimes’ Melena Ryzik. Fri 12/14, 6:30 to 8pm. $35.

6. Music – Antibalas with special guests Red Baraat, Fri 12/14 at 8pm $25

7. Art/Internet/Talks & Multiple Events – #NYANCATCITY a good-humored, creatively diverse 4-day series of events that celebrates creativity and the influence of Internet culture—and cats. All weekend. FREE

8. Music – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Brooklyn Night Bazaar. Fri 12/14.

9. Food – Free Momofuku Milk Bar cookies from the roaming Holiday Cookie Truck and pastry chef Christina Tosi w/her mom. Sat 12/15 from 11am to 5:30pm. See locations.

10. Peformance/Art/Theater – What the Dickens Third Annual A Christmas Carol Marathon. Sat 12/15 at 1pm FREE

11. Fun/Goofiness – SantaCon. Put on your Santa suit and roam (and drink) with hundreds of others, hopefully bringing good cheer to all and not trouble. Sat 12/15 at 10am. Follow @SantaCon on Twitter for locations.

Alternatively in mellower Santa-ness: Santa Claus Association—the subject of the City Reliquary’s current exhibit. This group began in NYC in 1913, diverting children’s letters to Santa from the postal service’s “Dead Letter Office” and matching them with donors who could fill their requests. All weekend. $5

12. Music/Participatory Performance Art – Unsilent Night. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a cassette, CD, or Mp3. Together all four tracks comprise Unsilent Night. Sat 12/15 at 7pm. Washington Sq. Park FREE

13. Dance – ABT’s The Nutcracker. There are $25 to $35 tickets available (and up, of course) at BAM. See showtimes and tickets here. All weekend.

14. Music – Medeski Martin & Wood. All weekend at the Blue Note. $30 tickets at the bar. Check showtimes.

15. Readings/Party/Music – Gigantic Magazine Launch Party with music, readings, booze and more: Sat 12/15 at 8:30pm. $10 in advance $12 door

16. Walking Tour – Chinatown: Culture and Change Walking Tour. Sun 12/16 at 1pm $20

17. Art/Multimedia Performances – Sunday Sessions Pier Paolo Pasolini: Intellecttuale, Sun 12/16, 12 to 6pm. $10.

18. Music – John Wesley Harding’s Cabinet of Wonders. Fountains of Wayne, Ron Sexsmith and many more. A few bar stools left. $25. Sun 12/16 6pm doors; 8pm show

Additional ongoing events to keep in mind:
Ann Hamilton’s The Event of a Thread participatory installation all weekend. $12.
Brooklyn Night Bazaar continues every Friday and Saturday through 12/22. FREE
11th Annual Holiday Train Show at Grand Central. All weekend. FREE
Holiday Nostalgia Train: Ride a Vintage Subway. Sundays through 12/30. $2.50

UPDATES:
The Museum of Mathematics opens Sat 12/15. $20 wkd $15 wkday
The Degenerate Crafts Fair: Featuring affordable wares from 50+ artists & designers. Sat 12/15 & Sun 12/16.FREE

Be sure to check back for updates and peruse previous COTC posts for some additional ongoing events.

December 13, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

ART+COM: Anamorphic Mirror

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Berlin-based interdisciplinary design studio ART+COM was asked by Deutsche Bank to create an installation for a vestibule near the conference room in the company’s headquarters. The brief stated the inclusion of the bank’s iconic logo (designed by Anton Stankowski) in the work. In order to avoid a huge logo dominating the small 25 square foot space, ART+COM opted for a less obtrusive and more poetic approach: anamorphosis. As the visitor climbs the staircase, the abstract mirrored sculpture slowly reveals the logo, but it’s not until the top of the stairs are reached that the image is fully resolved.

You can ‘experience’ the effect in the video below:

Photos and video courtesy of art+com

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December 11, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Architypeture IV

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Our 4th installment of Architypeture (the fusion of architecture and typography.) If you haven’t seen our other Architypeture posts you can see them here: I, II, III.

From top to bottom, left to right: Casa do Conto Arts Residency in Porto, Portugal, by PedraLiquida Architects; University Library in Udine, Italy by Manfredi Nicoletti; Seattle Central Library by Ann Hamilton and OMA (x2); One Shelley Street Offices, Sydney by Clive Wilkinson Architects; Marks & Spencer, Stratford, UK by Pentagram; San Cristobal Residential Building, Murcia, Spain by Clavel Arquitectos, photos by David Frutos (x3); Public Library in Ludoz, Poland by Maciek Grelewicz (x2); Casa do Conto Arts Residency, Porto, Portugal by Pedra Liquida Architects; Social Housing Conil de la Frontera in Cadiz, Spain by Mediomundo Arquitects; Trafiq Club/Restaurant in Budapest, Hungary by 81Font with Kiss Miklos (bottom 3).

December 11, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

Rotman School Of Management: Pink Staircase

Rotman School of Management Expansion cool staircase with pink accents, Dramatic stairs, KPMB architects, Architecture in Toronto

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The Rotman School, part of the University of Toronto, has recently completed a nine-story expansion project designed by KPMB Architects. By connecting the existing building to designated floors of the new one, essentially a new campus was created. The centerpiece of the building is a major 400-seat event space expressed as an elevated glass box with floor-to-ceiling glazing. But it’s the multi-level south atrium featuring a serpentine staircase with hot pink accents that caught my attention. The series of horizontal and vertical circulation systems between the original and new buildings facilitates the flow of students and faculty, while adding a dramatic touch with its inner firey pink walls and handrails, jumping out from the more subdued black and gray sides. Definitely makes for some nice photos.

Photos: Tom Arban & Maris Mezulis courtesy of the architects.

via Canadian Architect

December 10, 2012 by collabcubed - 0 comments

LeChurro

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Here’s a fun, recently opened, spot in NYC for all kinds of churros: cones of churros, chocolate-dipped ones, mini, and filled churros. LeChurro, the small Upper East Side locale, seats approximately ten people in its nicely designed space. Boa Mistura (previously here and here) the Spanish street art collective, were commissioned to paint the type-driven wall mural. The rest of the shop has nice details from its tables and benches, to the bright orange and wood shelves. The shop’s identity works perfectly from logo to packaging. And if that’s not enough, LeChurro is the only place in NYC that sells Spain’s Chocolat Factory products such as the Mr. Chocolate mustaches and Give me Five chocolate finger tips.

LeChurro is located at 1236 Lexington Avenue near 84th St.