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Inside Lisbon’s MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology), this soaring oval gallery immerses visitors in a contemporary photography exhibit. The curved white walls cradle black-and-white and color works, displayed in glowing frames that draw the eye down the dramatic corridor. The overhead grid of linear lighting and exposed ceiling structure enhances the modern, industrial aesthetic. Subdued and spacious, the room invites quiet contemplation, while visitors casually stroll or pause to admire the details. As one of MAAT’s signature interior spaces, this architectural marvel embodies Lisbon’s vibrant fusion of cultural heritage and cutting-edge design in the Belém riverside district.
Arterra, a striking residential development in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, is a prime example of modern urban living with a sustainable twist. Completed in 2009 by Arquitectonica, this LEED-certified green building offers an elegant blend of style and functionality, making it a standout in the city’s rapidly evolving skyline. The building’s architecture is characterized by its sleek, angular lines and expansive glass windows, which flood the interiors with natural light while offering panoramic views of the Bay Area.
Arterra’s design reflects a commitment to eco-friendly living, with energy-efficient systems, green roofs, and environmentally responsible materials used throughout the construction. The vibrant exterior, featuring a mix of blues, grays, and whites, mirrors the dynamic atmosphere of the surrounding Mission Bay neighborhood, a hub of innovation and creativity in San Francisco.
Residents of Arterra enjoy a range of high-end amenities, including a fitness center, rooftop terrace, and a landscaped courtyard, all designed to enhance urban living while minimizing the building’s environmental footprint. The proximity to key city attractions like Oracle Park, the Chase Center, and the UCSF Medical Center makes Arterra an ideal choice for those seeking convenience without compromising on luxury.
Whether you’re drawn by its sustainable design, modern aesthetic, or prime location, Arterra represents the future of urban living in San Francisco. Its thoughtful integration of environmental principles with cutting-edge architecture sets a new standard for residential developments in the city.
Arterra, a striking residential development in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, is a prime example of modern urban living with a sustainable twist. Completed in 2009 by Arquitectonica, this LEED-certified green building offers an elegant blend of style and functionality, making it a standout in the city’s rapidly evolving skyline. The building’s architecture is characterized by its sleek, angular lines and expansive glass windows, which flood the interiors with natural light while offering panoramic views of the Bay Area.
Arterra’s design reflects a commitment to eco-friendly living, with energy-efficient systems, green roofs, and environmentally responsible materials used throughout the construction. The vibrant exterior, featuring a mix of blues, grays, and whites, mirrors the dynamic atmosphere of the surrounding Mission Bay neighborhood, a hub of innovation and creativity in San Francisco.
Residents of Arterra enjoy a range of high-end amenities, including a fitness center, rooftop terrace, and a landscaped courtyard, all designed to enhance urban living while minimizing the building’s environmental footprint. The proximity to key city attractions like Oracle Park, the Chase Center, and the UCSF Medical Center makes Arterra an ideal choice for those seeking convenience without compromising on luxury.
Whether you’re drawn by its sustainable design, modern aesthetic, or prime location, Arterra represents the future of urban living in San Francisco. Its thoughtful integration of environmental principles with cutting-edge architecture sets a new standard for residential developments in the city.
Arterra, a striking residential development in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, is a prime example of modern urban living with a sustainable twist. Completed in 2009 by Arquitectonica, this LEED-certified green building offers an elegant blend of style and functionality, making it a standout in the city’s rapidly evolving skyline. The building’s architecture is characterized by its sleek, angular lines and expansive glass windows, which flood the interiors with natural light while offering panoramic views of the Bay Area.
Arterra’s design reflects a commitment to eco-friendly living, with energy-efficient systems, green roofs, and environmentally responsible materials used throughout the construction. The vibrant exterior, featuring a mix of blues, grays, and whites, mirrors the dynamic atmosphere of the surrounding Mission Bay neighborhood, a hub of innovation and creativity in San Francisco.
Residents of Arterra enjoy a range of high-end amenities, including a fitness center, rooftop terrace, and a landscaped courtyard, all designed to enhance urban living while minimizing the building’s environmental footprint. The proximity to key city attractions like Oracle Park, the Chase Center, and the UCSF Medical Center makes Arterra an ideal choice for those seeking convenience without compromising on luxury.
Whether you’re drawn by its sustainable design, modern aesthetic, or prime location, Arterra represents the future of urban living in San Francisco. Its thoughtful integration of environmental principles with cutting-edge architecture sets a new standard for residential developments in the city.
Tucked into the upscale enclave of Sea Cliff in San Francisco, this corner residence is a striking study in mid-century modernism—an unexpected but welcome contrast to its more traditional neighbors. Clean lines, minimalist facades, and an emphasis on horizontal volumes give the home its modernist credentials, while the restrained material palette—textured concrete, smooth stucco, and dark metal-framed windows—adds architectural depth. The subtle terrazzo-like façade offers visual texture without disrupting the home’s otherwise monochromatic elegance.
What makes this home especially captivating isn’t just its geometry but its context. Sea Cliff is famed for its early 20th-century mansions and Spanish Revival villas, but this residence bucks the trend, opting instead for a Zen-like simplicity reminiscent of 1960s and '70s design philosophies. Framed by meticulously sculpted trees and manicured greenery, the landscaping further underscores the influence of Japanese and California Modern design—a tranquil foreground to a boldly restrained home.
Though the architect remains unidentified, the design ethos feels informed by the likes of Edward Killingsworth or perhaps even Joseph Eichler’s influence, with its clear focus on indoor-outdoor harmony and unadorned elegance. This is modernism built for longevity—not to shout, but to last.
Located just minutes from the Lands End Lookout and China Beach, this Sea Cliff gem speaks to the power of architectural restraint in a neighborhood known for opulence. It's a quiet showstopper, and for lovers of design, an under-the-radar must-see on any San Francisco architecture tour.
The red-brick facade of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art stands bold and geometric beneath a perfectly blue sky. Designed by Mario Botta and later expanded by Snøhetta, SFMOMA’s distinctive architecture cuts a strong silhouette against the skyline, flanked by soaring downtown towers. The circular oculus peeks just above the roofline, hinting at the museum’s light-filled atrium within. Seen from street level, the building feels both monumental and accessible—an icon of contemporary culture nestled in the heart of SoMa. On days like this, the museum seems to glow with the same creative energy it houses inside.
Walmart’s distribution center in Buckeye, Arizona is home to the company’s largest solar power installation to date (as of Sept. 2012). The 14,000 panel, 3.3 mega watt installation is expected to produce approximately five million kWh of clean renewable energy a year. That’s equal to the electricity needs of more than 400 average American homes.
The installation includes solar panel covered parking, which also provides shade for our associates to park their vehicles.
Walmart’s distribution center in Buckeye, Arizona is home to the company’s largest solar power installation to date (as of Sept. 2012). The 14,000 panel, 3.3 mega watt installation is expected to produce approximately five million kWh of clean renewable energy a year. That’s equal to the electricity needs of more than 400 average American homes.
The installation includes solar panel covered parking, which also provides shade for our associates to park their vehicles.
An IT infrastructure diagram (also called network diagram) is used to model the IT and network components used by an organisation. Here, a network diagram is modeled using Smart Design feature in ARIS Express. (http://www.ariscommunity.com/aris-express)
The covered parking solar canopy at Walmart’s distribution center in Buckeye, Arizona; the distribution center is home to the company’s largest solar power installation to date (as of Sept. 2012). The 14,000 panel, 3.3 mega watt installation is expected to produce approximately five million kWh of clean renewable energy a year. That’s equal to the electricity needs of more than 400 average American homes.
This shopping centre is in Chia, a suburb/satellite town north of Bogota. This is one of the the entrance/exit for cars and when one drives in, they take your plate numbers, check your trunk (reminder of Colombia's troubles), and give you a tag. You then return the tag and pay a small parking fee when you leave.
Nothing particularly interesting or green about it.. .but see the people standing on the left, and the green roof that extends to the right? The writing on the green roof says "Cruce Peatonal" or "Pedestrian Crossing/Passage", but it isn't a crossing the way you might think, more of a passageway for those patrons who arrive by Bus and Taxi. There is a large sheltered area adjacent to bus stop and taxi stop - where one sees the people standing, and the green roof passageway connects this with the mall entrance. So if it is raining no one has to get wet.
It is a very thoughtful way to incorporate transit-friendly into the design of the shoppping centre and anyone out there who uses the bus appreciates that value of such a thing.
But perhaps most significantly - it is also an easy **retrofit** for an existing shopping centre, to offer pedestrians a little shelter from the rain as the cross the often expansive parking lots to get to shopping centre.
The covered parking solar canopoy at Walmart’s distribution center in Buckeye, Arizona. The distrubution center is home to the company’s largest solar power installation to date (as of Sept. 2012). The 14,000 panel, 3.3 mega watt installation is expected to produce up to 30 percent of the facilities energy needs or approximately five million kWh of clean renewable energy a year. That’s equal to the electricity needs of more than 400 average American homes.
Walmart’s distribution center in Buckeye, Arizona is home to the company’s largest solar power installation to date (as of Sept. 2012). The 14,000 panel, 3.3 mega watt installation is expected to produce approximately five million kWh of clean renewable energy a year. That’s equal to the electricity needs of more than 400 average American homes.
The installation includes solar panel covered parking, which also provides shade for our associates to park their vehicles.
The covered parking solar canopy at Walmart’s distribution center in Buckeye, Arizona; the distribution center is home to the company’s largest solar power installation to date (as of Sept.2012). The 14,000 panel, 3.3 mega watt installation is expected to produce approximately five million kWh of clean renewable energy a year. That’s equal to the electricity needs of more than 400 average American homes.
The covered parking solar canopy at Walmart’s distribution center in Buckeye, Arizona; the distribution center is home to the company’s largest solar power installation to date (as of Sept. 2012). The 14,000 panel, 3.3 mega watt installation is expected to produce approximately five million kWh of clean renewable energy a year. That’s equal to the electricity needs of more than 400 average American homes.
The covered parking solar canopy at Walmart’s distribution center in Buckeye, Arizona; the distribution center is home to the company’s largest solar power installation to date (as of Sept. 2012). The 14,000 panel, 3.3 mega watt installation is expected to produce approximately five million kWh of clean renewable energy a year. That’s equal to the electricity needs of more than 400 average American homes.
Karena Cameron, Director, Smart Design
Agnete Enga, Associate Director of Industrial Design, Smart Design
Taxi Driver 1976 -- Robert De Niro
with a new twist.
I really dislike the redesign of the NYC cabs logo. The combo of Ollins and Smart design just doesn't work well together. Though one thing I have to hand it to them: It's got attitude.
Evolving standards and diverse requirements globally continue to challenge the metering industry . Leveraging chip technology to meet these design challenges may lower total system cost, R&D expenditures and prolong product life cycles.
A system landscape (value-added chain diagram) modeled in ARIS Express using Smart Design feature (http://www.ariscommunity.com/aris-express)
It's not like me to lash out at someone else's work. I always try to understand why certain choices were made and to put the work in context. Most of all, I keep in mind that the design is responding to a brief. Design is always a negotiation.
Yesterday, as my friend Michael and I were crossing Lafayette Street, he gestured at this new identity and asked me what I thought of it. It was the first time I had noticed it. I was at a loss for words. It was a completely non-verbal moment.
Economy in design is difficult and good. Decisions should be justified and not conceits. I also think that it's important for design to consider its audience and to communicate with that audience.
I see no reason for the knocked-out T and it throws off the spacing (and therefore the legibility). In all fairness, though, I haven't really followed this project, so I don't know if other uses are envisioned for this mark (it could be used alone in wayfinding systems, for example). I see no reason for the different size and style and tightness of NYC. It doesn't really look good, it's not very readable (though I don't honestly believe anyone will have trouble parsing it) and it seems to dismiss a very rich tradition of (clear, spacious) signage and lettering that defines this city visually.
Taxis are more often than not in motion. Words appearing on them need to be read by people who aren't looking closely or carefully. Differing faces/styles/weights/spacing make this design unnecessarily incoherent.
This doesn't work for me. I look forward to hearing arguments that champion this new identity.
There are times when I read design blogs and press on a daily basis, and other times when several weeks go without my reading anything on design. I'm sure that much has been written about this, but I resisted the temptation to read anything because I wanted to understand what I thought about this first; I wanted to try to work out, if only cursorily, why I reacted so strongly.
And now I'm off to read the usual suspects.
The evolution of the home area network and the challenges it poses to the metering industry are being felt by design teams every day. Leveraging modular approaches from chip suppliers may provide opportunities for simplifying integration of home area network communication protocols into metering systems.
The evolution of the home area network and the challenges it poses to the metering industry are being felt by design teams every day. Leveraging modular approaches from chip suppliers may provide opportunities for simplifying integration of home area network communication protocols into metering systems.
The evolution of the home area network and the challenges it poses to the metering industry are being felt by design teams every day. Leveraging modular approaches from chip suppliers may provide opportunities for simplifying integration of home area network communication protocols into metering systems.
The evolution of the home area network and the challenges it poses to the metering industry are being felt by design teams every day. Leveraging modular approaches from chip suppliers may provide opportunities for simplifying integration of home area network communication protocols into metering systems.
The evolution of the home area network and the challenges it poses to the metering industry are being felt by design teams every day. Leveraging modular approaches from chip suppliers may provide opportunities for simplifying integration of home area network communication protocols into metering systems.
The evolution of the home area network and the challenges it poses to the metering industry are being felt by design teams every day. Leveraging modular approaches from chip suppliers may provide opportunities for simplifying integration of home area network communication protocols into metering systems.
The evolution of the home area network and the challenges it poses to the metering industry are being felt by design teams every day. Leveraging modular approaches from chip suppliers may provide opportunities for simplifying integration of home area network communication protocols into metering systems.
Alisons generative portrait drawn by unreal tournament bots. as featured on edge-online.co.uk and pixelsumo
Las impresiones de batallas automÃticas en Unreal Tournament
Serving today’s utility customer means that equipment in the home environment needs to engage and appeal to the consumer. Understand the technologies and tools available today to make human interface easy and cost-effective.
Serving today’s utility customer means that equipment in the home environment needs to engage and appeal to the consumer. Understand the technologies and tools available today to make human interface easy and cost-effective.
Serving today’s utility customer means that equipment in the home environment needs to engage and appeal to the consumer. Understand the technologies and tools available today to make human interface easy and cost-effective.
UnBrella – Useful Upside Down Designed Umbrella
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