koenvlecken:

Guggenheim New York + Zaha Hadid = Hotel Lone in Croatia (via arthitectural.com).

Steilneset Memorial to the Victims of the Witch Trials

Vardø, Norway

Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois

A Collaboration Between an Architect and an Artist Results in an Intriguing Two-Part Memorial in Norway.

By Suzanne Stephens

Gates: No. We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should. But scale has some significant advantages in terms of reliability, and electricity is something you want to be reliable. Also, this is dangerous stuff: For solar to work well, you have to generate very high temperatures. Do we want everybody to have that on their roof? No. It’s just not going to happen.

Anderson: So suffice to say we will find no solar cells on the roof of the Gates residence?

Gates: Oh, we like to be cute like everyone. For rich people, this is OK. Rich people can do whatever they want.

Chris Anderson (chris@wired.com) is editor in chief of Wired.

ambientclouds:

Guangzhou Opera House - Zaha Hadid

Only Zaha…

Wow, for the inner child in everyone.

Charlie Rose interview with Norman Foster discussing the Beijing airport and the documentary “How much does your building weigh Mr. Foster?”