Red Box Home, Eagle Rock California

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This project in South Eagle California included a remodel and addition to a hillside home. Designed by Jeremy Levine, it was completed in 2008. A red stucco block juts over an open-air porch. Concrete planes push out loosely underneath. A diagonal reaches up to the red platform, opposing the ground's downward slope.

Movable wood screens on the deck block sunlight. These carefully placed openings continue through the interior with deep apertures and clerestory windows. Other green elements include a rainwater collection system, photovoltaic panels, bathroom water recycling, recycled materials, and passive systems.

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Customs House, Circular Quay Sydney

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The Customs House in Sydney Australia was constructed in 1844 for the Customs Service, and refurbished in 2003 as it was transformed into the City of Sydney Library. MakMax and Chris Bosse of LAVA created the Green Void sculpture in the front atrium, which closed earlier this year.

A scale model of Sydney's Central Business District sits below the glass floor in the atrium, expounding the building's history in the regional government. Other art exhibits and interesting architectural elements bring a modern touch to Australia's built history.

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H&M, Harajuku Tokyo

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The H&M Harajuku Tokyo store is a fitting addition to modern upscale stores of Tokyo that look to architecture rather than billboards and window displays to sell their products. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons designed this project, which was completed in late 2008.

A warm entry invites customers inside. The blocks of white and transparencies stack loosely atop each other to form a very clean-looking and adaptable form. The building's form itself portrays the contemporary event that results from collaborative designers.

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PARIS - fashion week ss 10, day 1, 09/30/09

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

Beyond exciting! A few projects in different countries will allow me to do a dream round-the-world trip across the five continents in the next 80 days! It's what I call blog-trotting...

My schedule looks grosso modo like that:
Oct. 1-7: Paris Fashion Week
Oct. 8-13: Tel Aviv (Israel)
Oct. 15-24: Seoul (South Korea) Fashion Week
Oct. 25-26: Taipei (Taiwan)
Oct. 27-30: Bangkok (Thailand)
Oct. 31: Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Nov. 1-5: Jakarta (Indonesia)
Nov. 6 - Dec. 3: Australia (Perth, Melbourne & Sydney) and New Zealand (Auckland & Wellington?)
Dec. 4-11: Cape Town (South Africa)
Dec. 12-17: São Paulo (Brasil), Lacoste party
Dec. 18-20: Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Dec. 21-... Back to Switzerland for Christmas

I'll explore many cities and countries for the first time, so your thoughts and suggestions as a local are more than welcome. I'll try to share with you as much as possible of what I see... via this page, my personnal blog, Twitter and hopefully a few Facehunter Show episodes (Reykjavik is getting edited now). See you around!

IDS Center Crystal Court, Minneapolis Minnesota

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The IDS center was designed by famed post-modernist Philip Johnson, and opened in 1972.

This headquarters for Investors Diversified Services still stands as the tallest building in Minnesota. The ground-floor Crystal Court takes the sleek gridded pattern of the dark skyscraper and open them up to celebrate light. These blocks of skylights cascade down into a lobby that has been planted with nature.

There are two "secret floors" that are dedicated to mechanical systems, an innovation back when it opened.

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