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Serero Architects unveiled the new design for the restructuring of the public spaces of the Eiffel tower in Paris.
Serero Architects have presented the design for a temporary platform extension of the top floor of the tower. The structure is expected to be assembled for the 120th anniversary of the tower construction. The platform made of carbon steel is extremely light allowing to double the initial floor area of the top floor for public access.
The platform design is generated by computer script which is based on the structural principle of the tower, the tower's "DNA".
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Eiffel DNA: Eiffel Tower Extension
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Reach out. Take hold. The character of a neighborhood is a reflection of the people who live there.
When people feel connected to a place, they feel more connected to one another.
The community becomes an extended family and life more meaningful.
Thus, Re:Connect is looking for urban planning approaches where revamped environments bring current residents together, particularly families.
This is a chance to repair the essential relationships between social work, nature and urban infill with ideas that value humanistic thinking and imagination over bulldozers.
Ponder the kinds of structures and landscapes that typically exist in run-down areas and transform them into eco-wise spaces that make life better.
How might you overcome the inevitable resistance to change, and harness the community's human resources?
Introducing eldercare and childcare programs or sustainable landscaping with useable harvests might be just what's needed.
The best plans, no matter their originality or scale, will aim to positively affect neighboring blocks as well.
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City Park, Glasgow, recently adapted and refurbished by Scottish practice Cooper Cromar for the Elphinstone Group, picked up the BPA Placemaking Award at MIPIM in Cannes last week.
The strength and number of testimonials and the appropriateness of the refurbishment to community and market needs impressed the judges.
Commenting, Ruth Slavid, AJ Editor, online and Special Projects said, "This is a project that has been completed successfully at a level that is appropriate to its setting.
While the restoration of the historic fabric has been nothing short of impeccable, the rest of the sit-out and recladding is serviceable rather than top of the range - which is doubtless a wise decision taken with regard to the level of rents that the project could attract."
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City Park Wins Building Performance Award at MIPIM
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New Practices New York 2008 is the second juried portfolio competition and exhibition in a new biennial tradition sponsored by the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter.
It serves as a platform to recognize and promote new, innovative and emerging architecture firms within New York City that have undertaken unique and commendable strategies - both in the projects they undertake and the practices they have established.
The submission deadline of May 30, 2008 is for the receipt of the portfolio at the Center for Architecture, not the date of its postmark.
Competition, exhibition, and related programming are organized by the AIA New York Chapter's New Practices Committee and the Center for Architecture Foundation.
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The third annual Dwell on Design Conference + Exhibition is making its highly-anticipated debut in Los Angeles, June 5-6, 2008 (conference) and 7-8, 2008 (exhibition) with registration for the conference opening today on Dwell website.
The four-day weekend will constitute the largest design show in the West.
"With 41,500 subscribers in the Los Angeles area and 10,100 newsstand readers, we knew it was time to bring a high quality, content-based conference and exhibition to Los Angeles," said Michela O'Connor Abrams, Dwell's Publisher and President.
The unique two-part event will feature an unparalleled conference including sessions led by industry innovators, and a hands-on exhibition where attendees can explore a host of modern products and lifestyle exhibits.
Special to the exhibition will be Dwell Outdoor-a "pop-up" community - with actual prefab exhibits, ready to see, touch and inspire.
Dwell on Design has partnered with the Los Angeles Mayor's office, LA Forum, ASID, ASLA, AIA, LA MOCA, GOOD Magazine and many more powerful organizations to assure grand success June 5-8 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Curated and moderated entirely by Dwell editors, the conference will offer two thematic tracks both providing an in-depth look at modern design, architecture and space, enhanced by perspectives from design practitioners as well as legislators, international guests and activists.
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