At 99 years of age, Oscar Niemeyer inaugurated on the 5th April 2007 his latest work, The Popular Theater in Niteroi (a city located near Rio de Janeiro). The famous architect dedicated the building to Brazil, symbolized in the green, blue and yellow colors of the auditorium. Capable of hosting 10.000 visitors, The Popular Theater is the sixth building designed by Niemeyer in Niteroi, becoming another important tourist attraction for the city. One of his most beautiful works, the theater, seems to transmit something in its every detail.
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ArtCeram imagined Crystal Wall as an alternative design for the classic sink. But it looks more like a work of art than a functional element. The tap, made out of glass and steel, reminds me of a solar clock, while the wash bowl looks like it couldn’t bare much water. So it looks stylish but can it actually be useful?
The Sami are one of the largest indigenous groups in Europe. The population, estimated at about 85,000, occupies parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Kiruna is one of the Swedish towns built by the sami people and also the place of their new Parliament (in Sweden). The competition jury that was set up to decide the best design for this building, chose 5 finalists ( I could find only 4 of them).
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The Leaf Chapel is sited in one corner of a resort hotel in Kobuchizawa. Surrounded by the Southern Japan Alps and Mt. Yatsugatuke the site has a beautiful view over Mt. Fuji. In this natural scene, the chapel recreates the image of two leaves that had fallen to the ground, one atop the other. The leaves are made from different materials.
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This building could be Sydney’s biggest work of art. Starting from the famous photo of Max Dupain, “Bondi”, ARM designed a building that will have this image “engraved” on its 14 storey facade. From the inside, each balcony, which covers the north façade of the building, seems to be cut in a strange, unique pattern.
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The sliders created by Carsten Höller are for now just an extravagant work of art but who knows….they might become part of our everyday life. So it would be an indescribable experience or would you describe it like Roger Caillois as a “voluptuous panic upon an otherwise lucid mind”? Would you take the sliders instead of the escalators just to find out?
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