Archive for September, 2006
Model for Disney World Haunted Mansion for sale
by admin on September 29th, 2006
The Harry Packer Mansion, which inspired the Haunted Mansion at Walt Disney World, is up for sale, for a mere $1.75 million.Link
(Thanks, John!)
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Soda straw tensegrity structures
by admin on September 29th, 2006
George writes - “This page shows a relatively quick and easy method for making simple but fascinating tensegrity structures. The only materials needed are plastic soda straws, small paper clips, and rubber bands. The assembled tensegrity structures are polyhedral forms which vividly illustrate the separate forces of tension and compression. They are robust enough to squeeze and jiggle. Rubber bands provide tension and plastic soda straws provide compression. The instructions below are for making a tensegrity dodecahedron, but the underlying technique is suitable for a wide range of polyhedra.” - Link.
Related:
- Tensegrity tower - Link.
- Tensegrity cell phone holder - Link.
- Build a tensegrity coffee table - Link.
- Step-by-step tensegrity tower part 1 & 2 - Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
Building Tensegrity Models - Make a “needle tower” sculpture from dowels and elastic cord that seems to defy the laws of physics. MAKE 06 - Page 100.
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Apropos of Nothing, Cool c. 1940 NYC Map
by admin on September 24th, 2006
For zoom-in fun in a time before Robert Moses the early Moses years, click on through.
· Panoramic Map of New York [Eightface]
UPDATE: Notes a commenter, “My favorite thing about this map is that the Lower East Side is labeled ‘Ghetto’.” Christ, how did we miss that?
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Natalie Jeremijenko: Ooz, Inc. (…for the birds)
by admin on September 16th, 2006
For all you bird-loving city-dwellers, engineer/artist Natalie Jeremijenko has created a complete urban bird environment (part of her Ooz series) on the roof of Postmasters, with a water system, appropriate foliage, insects, and other bird necessities, including a mall and a concert hall. She has asked some of the freshest architects around to build the birdhouses. Aranda/Lasch & terraswarm, bonetti/kozerski, Leeser Architecture, Materialab with Gensler + Gutierrez, OpenSource Architecture, Systemarchitects, theLiving, Phil Taylor, Kate Bakewell and Laura Kurgan have all made multi-family units for the birds. Viewers will be able to see the birds’ interactions with the designer housing in the gallery via live video streams. In addition to making some very nice real estate for the birds, Natalie will be seeing how the birds will fare in the urban environment.
Opening: 9 September 2006, 6-8pm
Postmasters Gallery
459 West 19 Street
New York, NY 10011 map
tel. 01 212 727 3323
TAGS: Architecture, Art, Exhibitions, New York, Openings,
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