Herzog’s Radical Transformations

by admin on May 22nd, 2007

Herzog says of 40 Bond Street:
“We like radical positions and we try to offer them. The idea of gates came to us first. It gave us a signature, a scale and an individuality. The gates introduce the scale of the townhouses. The question was what kind of structure or grid or image would they have […]

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 […]

The Grand Gesture of La Defense

by admin on June 12th, 2006

Rongzoni posted a photo:

While in Paris recently I had meetings in La Defense - a place outside of Paris proper where amazingly large and grand buildings stand like tall stalks of structural wheat glistening in the sun. This amazing building holds a large object in suspension delicately hanging within this immense structure.
Originally from […]