BLDG BLOG "Farmland World"

Image: "Farmland World" by Design With Company (Allison Newmeyer and Stewart Hicks)

A recent winner of the Animal Architecture Awards, "Farmland World makes the human-animal encounter spectacular, proposing an absurdly over-the-top farm animal theme park—a 'human/machine/animal hybrid adventure-land.'"

 "Part theme park and part working farm, guests arrive to the resort via train and stay as part of 1-day, 3-day or 5-day experience packages. Capitalizing on both recent governmental investments in high-speed rail infrastructure and the plentiful subsidies for farming, the network of resorts combine crowd-sourced farm labor with eco-tainment."

 

This is an interesting commentary on the disconnection of people from the foods and agriculture that sustains us. As an educational tool, this innovative "resort" may make you want to go vegetarian, or may help you learn to make more sustainable food choices.

  

(Plus the park is pretty.)

For the full article on Bldg Blog, click here!

Fashion inspired by Architecture

"Fashion is architecture: it's a matter of Proportions." -Coco Chanel

Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times, Don Ashby Sir Norman Foster’s Hearst building echoed in a spring 2009 look from Gareth Pugh.

Don Ashby, Reuters, A Spring 2009 look from Gianfranco Ferré and the Sydney Opera House

Don Ashby, Reuters, An orange Lanvin dress from Spring 2008 and Frank Gehry’s Hotel Marqués De Riscal.

Bottega Veneta and Frank Gehry team up in Italian Vogue

 

Designer Elena Manferdini explores the link between architecture and fashion in her new line

Architecture and fashion are very often linked, whether by shape, color, material inspirations or simply locale. As architects like Frank Gehry take inspiration from flowing fabrics and liquid motion, fashion designers also find motivation in the shapes, structural connections, and materials found in architecture.

Also, many great fashion editorials are shot around architecture. Below are some great examples I found (on trendhunter.com). Enjoy!

CityPorn Finds 08.22.11 (no, it's not dirty)

I recently discovered a Sub-Reddit feed called CityPorn where individuals can post and view stunning architectural images. (Click here to browse on your own) To give you a taste (and help you decide where to visit when visiting new cities, or to subscribe to this feed! :p) here are some of my findings for today:

Sydney Australia, posted by Deece Bahrain

Dreamland Park, 1905, Coney Island, posted by aspec

Bay Bridge, San Francisco, California, posted by kjoneslol

Hansaviertel, Berlin, Germany, Posted by kjoneslol

Cadiz Spain, posted by StephensonB

Budapest at Night, posted by Paslematin

Grand Central Terminal, New York City, posted by Mind_Virus

Lioppo Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong, posted by xtirpation

Spectacular Panoramic of Central Park, NYC, posted by Mind_Virus

NYC Rush Hour Times Square, posted by Tillandsia

Downtown Chicago, posted by Danny-Dreams

London- Thames Sunset, posted by Danny-Dreams

Twin Cities Skyline, posted by ImStillAwesome