Like Colour | Polka Dot Pattern Public Space + London Olympics 2012

The Central Park bridge is a Multicoloured rubber deck & cool colour and graphic Intervention  by Heneghan Peng Architects . The colours are inspired by the London 2012 olympic colours and the rubber surface is only temporary but made of recycled running shoes!

More info here + here

Like Colour | Striped Outfits on Hatfield Str - Cape Town, South Africa

Just spotted these guys outside the Engen on Orange in Cape Town.

Love these outfits, pretty fresh -could almost be a new South African dress-type! slash Missoni Meets Africa

(image: Renee Rossouw Cape Town 2012)

Old Cape Town Station - from the CapeTowner free newspaper

scanned in from The Cape Towner, March 29 2012

MyCiTi MAPS - CAPE TOWN

maps scanned in from the Cape Towner

for the MYCITY bus routes.

Some of these routes are still in planning/construction phase

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Like Idea | How to Buy New Tech + Green Apps for Android

Found this in the South African Stuff Magazine #26, Jan-Feb 2012

Some pretty useful info + that Carbon Meter  Free App for Android sounds like a great tool for

awareness ( plus probably shock factor! )

( scanned in from Stuff Magazine Issue 26, also visit Stuff.co.za )

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Like idea | Staring at the Sea ..."Meet me at Seat 14" ,

LaLaport Toyosu Urban Dock, Tokyo by EARTHSCAPE

its quite similar to this I saw in Barcelona ( staring at the sea...)

We should build some in CAPE TOWN!

Like Photo | Birds Eye Johannesburg + Telkom Tower - Getaway October 2011

Cool foto in this Month's Getaway Magazine of the Telkom Tower

(formerly Hillbrow Tower ) in JHB. 

It is the Tallest Structure in South Africa at 270 metres High.

Like Event | New York City | 21 + 22 OCT | Design Like You Give a Damn : LIVE

" Architecture for Humanity is gearing up for our fall humanitarian design conference in New York City on Oct. 21st and Oct. 22nd. Don't miss this year's Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! - a practitioners' forum of innovative panel discussions and workshops.

The two-day event brings together designers, architects, philanthropists, media and business representatives under one roof to talk about the collective challenges, goals and lessons learned in humanitarian design and how to move the field forward. A Design Open Mic lets emerging and established designers and architects take the stage to present their projects to an audience hungry to soak up new ideas - the 7 minute presentation format for Design Open Mic keeps the pace rapid-fire and engaging. One-on-one workshops with community development experts ensures participants go away with real lessons learned. (via Dwell) "

Itinerary Here

If you dont have the book, I strongly recommend it. Check out a South African entry to generate fresh water -  ' Play Pump' ,  - featured in the book

( an INHABITAT article here)

Also Love this Pallet House by I Beam Design (1999) from the Book

(photo via flickr)

DESIGN LIKE YOU GIVE A DAMN @ AMAZON  /  R340 from KALAHARI

Like Book | CITYSCAPES - Re Thinking Urban Things - Launch 24 Sept 2011 - Cape Town

"  CityScapes, a biannual magazine style publication, seeks to establish a critical and creative platform for inter-disciplinary thinking around urbanism and design in the African continent, with reference to thinking and practice in the wider global South " (via)

When: Sep 24, 2011 (8pm)

Where: The Fugard Studio, Caledon Street (cnr Buitenkant), District 6, Cape Town, Cape Town

RSVP: Visit www.openbookfestival.co.za or visit Computicket to get tickets to the event

Like Building | Concrete Chocolate Slab by Revel Fox (Architect) on Long Street Cape Town

edible concrete. not really. but

morning light falls beautifully on its formal facade

(foto renee rossouw 2011 cape town )

LIke Idea | 6 Storey Green Wall - Jose Maria Chofre

A Six Storey Tall green Wall by Jose Maria Chofre

for a New Children's Library in Eatsern Spain.

 " The gridded facade creates separate spaces for different types of plants:

small flowers and herbs fill in the top layers of the garden,

while ivy and ferns grow at the bottom. ( more via archdaily) "

  

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Like Idea | The Infobox

THE INFOBOX - Scanned in from The Architectural Journal 05-06-08

THE INFOBOX WILL STAND WHILE 720 NEW HOMES ARE BUILT AROUND IT

ITS A TEMPORARY SALES SUITE ( EXPECTED TO STAND FOR 8 YRS ) THAT ACTS AS A BEACON FOR UBRAN SPLASH'S TRIBECA DEVELOPMENT AND ADVERTIZES THAT TRIBECA STANDS FOR QUALITY OF CONCEPT, USE + CONSTRUCTION.

 

WHAT THE DESIGN REQUIRED

- MAIN ENTRANCE TO ENTICE PEOPLE IN

- ENOUGH SPACE TO HOLD MEETINGS

- DISPLAY A LARGE SITE MODEL

- VIEWING AREA THAT ALLOW VISITORS TO WATCH THE BUILDING TAKE SHAPE

(click on images to enlarge)