The most prominent feature in Plantation Lane is a glass art wall by Simon Patterson and Arup. The 135' (41m) by 20' (6m) wall happens at the midpoint of the street and follows the slight curve of it. An image of the moons surface covers the whole wall, with LED lights changing the back-illuminated wall different colors over time. The glass panels are held together with plus-sign clips; their combination lays a grid over the lunar-scape in, perhaps, a commentary on man's treatment of nature and the colonization of space.
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Fire At London's Olympic 2012 site
On Monday Morning on a visit to the Photographers Gallery i noticed a thick black cloud of smoke spreading across the clear blue sky's of London. Not sure what it was to be from a terror attack or an accident i thought it was interesting to post on my blog in the change it had on the London Skyline.
More than 75 firefighters tackled the blaze as 50ft (15m) flames engulfed the building in Waterden Road, Hackney Wick at about 1200 GMT on Monday.
Black smoke could be seen across the skyline and the Fire Brigade received more than 150 calls from the public.
Rail services were suspended between Dalston Kingsland and Stratford but roads in the area remained open.
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
2012 Stadium Design revealed
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Focus week: Young Architects of the year
Focus Week: Riba
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is the
One of the main events that RIBA take great courage in is the sterling prize exhibition the six buildings on show were designed by David Chipperfield Architects, Foster + Partners, Glenn Howells Architects, Haworth Tompkins and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with Arup-AFA. With the
At the
Friday, 2 November 2007
Focus week: the O2 Arena surroundings
Focus week: Greenwich and the O2 Arena
The majority of space in the O2 Arena is mainly taken up by the new stadium but around this there are a variety of shops, bars and bistro cafes along palm tree lined streets, almost to look like a Hollywood boulevard theme. Putting this aside half of the dome is still under construction and one of the large open spaces which is for all year round events is currently empty so the dome seemed like it was not used to its full extent at present which seeing the size of it is not mixing in the surrounding communities or acting as a place which the local schools can use and get involved with.