Second in the series: Check out the new Frank Harmon video on You-Tube. This is the second in the “Interviews with Architects” series. The link is:
Or, click the picture of Mr. Harmon above.
Have a great weekend. -VM
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There is a very specific architectural use for Cymat’s aluminum foam, quite unique from typical aesthetic applicationsas you can see. The foam can also be modified in densities and thicknesses, tailored to the customer’s needs, to mitigate the energy from a bomb blast. Please check out this video on the manufacturers website (How Stuff Works)http://bit.ly/emCqGf
Think outside the box! Perforations do not always have to be in line. You can create images with different perforations and patterns and still be able to keep the acoustical value. Look at the images provided by RPG Diffusor Systems, Inc. and Topakustik .
Culture has no limits and neither does the auditorium of the Rafael del Pino Foundation in Madrid Spain. Inspired by the surrounding plant life, a treelike structure rises up, supporting and embracing the Rafael del Pino Foundation’s new building. The new auditorium is located on the building’s ground floor. The architect behind the project Rafael de La-Hoz, chose the Flex 6036 model, a chair that features geometric lines and fits with the concept of the building.
Hunter Douglas Façade just released a new façade system approved to be used in the North American Market. The first project is the Casino Talca in Chile, and is designed by the Architect Rodrigo Duque and Rafael Hevia from RDM Architecture. Please let me know if you are interestested to learn more about it. I don’t have much information yet but for once I wanted to say. You saw it here first…
When pharmaceutical giant Bayer’s new headquarters was being designed with significant amounts of glazing in the cladding of the building, glare control was a key consideration. Chicago based architects Murphy/Jahn involved Levolux at an early stage of the procurement process as they wanted a large scale dynamic custom made shading system. Levolux designers developed a venetian blind system incorporating 13in wide roll formed perforated louvers.
On 21 September 1999, a violent earthquake shook the island of Taiwan, Ten years later, this catastrophe is still in the peoples’ minds. To allow people to remember and to understand, the Earthquake Museum was erected on the very site of the epicenter.
Lucky Seven -There is an old quote that says that good things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Well, at VMZINC, we often work quietly but diligently behind the scenes to bring new products and services to the architectural community. Such is the case with our newest product. We difinitely did The Hustle on this one. What is “this one?”
Well, this beauty is Pigmento Brown -the lastest product offer in our very popular Pigmento series. This makes the seventh color of zinc that we offer to architects and other designers. For us, this brown-eyed girl is reason to celebrate -perhaps all night. So come on! We’re going to have a good time tonight. Celebrate! (We assure you) It’s alright!
Please forgive the Kool-and-the-Gang-meets-Van-Morrison mixed metaphor, but we can’t help it. Not to mention the Van Mccoy reference earlier. But, this baby makes us proud -perhaps even… dare we say… “You make me feel like dancing.” Yes! With all due deference to Leo Sayer and the 1970’s, this is a product that we can dance to. And, unlike the disco era, this is one of those products that you just know will go on to bigger and better things as time goes by. It will age gracefully and stand strong against passing fads and fancy.
Some parents, like their children, are just lucky. -VM
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To sit down and forget you’re in a chair, to let yourself be carried away by the music., to feel – these are the ideas that drove the creation of the Byen chair, developed specifically for Copenhagen’s sophisticated DR Byen concert hall. Jean Nouvel worked in collaboration with the Figueras Design Centre ‘to achieve a balance between an original chair design and the comfort of functional seating’. The Byen chair’s distinctive lines are inspired by a classic chair once used in royal boxes, but the latest technologies were applied to achieve acoustic excellence.
Currently Europe’s largest inner-city building site, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin is being redeveloped to make it, once again, a pulsating cosmopolitan center. A major part of this development is the Sony Center which covers an area of 86,614 sq. ft. and includes the company’s new European headquarters. With large areas of glazing and huge numbers of computer screens, control of the light through the windows into the offices was a vital consideration in the design of the headquarters building. The designer uses Levolux specialty venetian blinds.