23.Mar.2010 Weekly Fuel – Architectural Weather Edition
by Jay Cox-Chapman, Design Build Assistant
The photos link to the source article.
UN Studio installed an artificial tornado in the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart, Germany:
The infinite possibilities of HVAC (via BLDGBLOG)
LEED gets an overhaul with the release of v. 3.0. Business Week does the roundup.
Slate does an excellent series on signage and wayfinding. As always with good design, elegance, simplicity, and user-friendliness are surprisingly challenging.
There’s more below the fold…
Green building doesn’t necessarily require high-tech energy systems and construction plans. This school in Bangladesh was built by hand with local materials.
The colorful doors set off the earthwork. (via inhabitat)
A space-saving dining table, with keyboard inside.
The table is a little big to truly save space, but it's cool.
An artist has done architectural plans of famous sitcom homes, based off the shows themselves.
Artist Mark Bennett mapped the travels of The Fugitive
And finally, GOOD magazine comes up with some truth about the US:
Surprising, isn't it?
