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"London-based Zaha Hadid, widely regarded as one of the leading lights in the constellation of..."

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:04:41 +0100

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London-based Zaha Hadid, widely regarded as one of the leading lights in the constellation of avant-garde architecture, has likewise become a superstar in China, where her latest designs radiate out through architecture schools and studios across the country. On a recent trip to Beijing, 15,000 artists, architects and other fans swarmed to a talk she gave for the opening of the futuristic Galaxy SOHO complex — just one of 11 projects she is designing across the country.

But the appeal of the Prtizker Prize winner’s experimental architecture, especially since the unveiling of her glowing, crystalline Guangzhou Opera House two years ago, has expanded so explosively that a contingent of pirate architects and construction teams in southern China is now building a carbon copy of one of Hadid’s Beijing projects.

What’s worse, Hadid said in an interview, she is now being forced to race these pirates to complete her original project first.

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- Pirated Copy of Design by Star Architect Hadid Being Built in China - SPIEGEL ONLINE (via new-aesthetic)

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Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:19:55 +0100

"You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:01:27 +0100

““You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.””

- Winston Churchill (via theimpossiblecool) (via iorejna)

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Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:28:38 +0100

Anthony Bourdain: FIGHTING MAD

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:25:23 +0100

Anthony Bourdain: FIGHTING MAD:

anthonybourdain:

“I don’t know karate—but I know ka-razy” –James Brown

For the past eight years, I’ve been making a television show called NO RESERVATIONS. I wrote it. I executive produced it. And I appeared in it. My partners and I always tried hard to make it good.

During that time, I understood the way…

newsweek: When Hurricane Sandy knocked nearly all of Hoboken,...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:17 +0100

newsweek:

When Hurricane Sandy knocked nearly all of Hoboken, New Jersey straight off the power grid for a few days, 11-year-old Lucy Walkowiak—whose power stayed on throughout the storm—stepped up and did something totally awesome. She built a popup Internet cafe!

(Her father, Steve, helped. He works here at Newsweek.)

Lucy joined Good Morning America via Skype (!), whose hosts gave a nice big round of applause, to say, “I was just happy to help all of the people without power in my community, because so many people don’t have power, and we were one of the lucky ones.” She explained she just wanted to help people charge up their electronics so they could contact their loved ones and keep in touch with the world.

Lucy = today’s nwktumblr spirit animal.

[Photo via Here I Am]

giannishamari: Ghost Town in Times Square

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:10:36 +0100

giannishamari:

Ghost Town in Times Square

elvira: Hurricane Sandy on Bikes in NYC (by caseyneistat)

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:47:18 +0100

elvira:

Hurricane Sandy on Bikes in NYC (by caseyneistat)

"Se vuoi la gente indietro, se la vuoi indietro ad ogni costo, non è che tu debba fare molto: basta..."

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:39:35 +0100

“Se vuoi la gente indietro, se la vuoi indietro ad ogni costo, non è che tu debba fare molto: basta che tu abbia visto French Kiss e che ti applichi un pochino. Tornano strisciando e pregando, tornano sempre, inevitabilmente, matematicamente. Il problema è che per trattare in quel modo l’oggetto del tuo amore, sia pure solo per riaverlo indietro, è necessario che prima tu abbia smesso di amarlo. E cosa te ne fai del tuo amore al fine ritornato all’ovile se non lo ami più?”

- cloridrato di sviluppina » Blog Archive » I told you I was trouble. (via trattamibene)

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funkelly: I love you. Don’t die.

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:54:34 +0200

funkelly:

I love you. Don’t die.

blogut: Unforgettable skyline of San Gimignano by B℮n Visbeek

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:56:09 +0200

blogut:

Unforgettable skyline of San Gimignano by B℮n Visbeek

landscapelifescape: Kubu Island, Makgadikgadi Pans,...

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:54:34 +0200

landscapelifescape:

Kubu Island, Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana

Kubu Island Boababs by Hougaard Malan)

i’ve got the same table - in white - and same chairs :)

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:59:51 +0200

i’ve got the same table - in white - and same chairs :)

bookspaperscissors: Stockholm subway, one of the most beautiful...

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 08:37:57 +0200

bookspaperscissors:

Stockholm subway, one of the most beautiful in the world!

skiribilla: Northern Lights Tile * (piastrelle nere che...

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:48:21 +0200

skiribilla:

Northern Lights Tile *

(piastrelle nere che cambiano colore con il variare della temperatura)

le voglio nella mia prossima doccia :)

"Some people are much harder to portray than others. All those whose livelihood depends on projecting..."

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:15:40 +0200

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Some people are much harder to portray than others. All those whose livelihood depends on projecting a certain image are almost impossible to portray well. They simply aren’t willing to give anything other than that which they want to give, and no good art is possible here. I’m tempted to think that we are all moving a bit into that direction, given we are so used to switching on our photo faces in the presence of a camera (just look at photograph in Facebook albums, and you know what I mean).

It would thus seem that for a good portrait you need a photographer who knows how to take, but you also need a subject who knows how to give. Maybe the art of the skilled portrait photographer lies just there: To find those very people who will be able to give just the right amount. Asking just the right people for the photographic dance or - if you prefer your metaphors a bit juicier - for the photographic coupling.

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- Conscientious Extended | Meditations on Photographs: Man peering in window, Knoxville by Mark Steinmetz

feathers: This is the cover of one of Italy’s most “average”...

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:14:20 +0200

feathers:

This is the cover of one of Italy’s most “average” and “family-friendly” magazines. The title reads “we are a family” - and the story is about the daughter of a popular songwriter and singer, her partner and their twins.

It’s good news, I think.

(The op-ed piece where I found out about it is an attack on the fact that most of the main centre-left party still seems not to grasp what the popular magazine got: that gay families exist, and they are - indeed - families.)

(via Fioroni, compra ‘Oggi’ » Piovono rane - Blog - L’espresso)

#save194

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:28:41 +0200

#save194:

violettabellocchio:

Un po’ di informazioni per chi si chiede il motivo di un hashtag.

newsweek: Truth.

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:16:05 +0200

newsweek:

Truth.

skiribilla: Tonus Dedicata agli emiliani, prendendo in prestito...

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:38:59 +0200

skiribilla:

Tonus

Dedicata agli emiliani, prendendo in prestito la matita di un grande modenese che di militari se ne intendeva.

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