Ettore Sottsass Exhibition
Friedman Benda Gallery is holding an exhibition featuring rare and limited edition work by Ettore Sottsass. Archtypes will commence at the New York gallery until June 21st. Ettore Sottsass was an Innsbruck-born Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century who died on New Year's Eve last year.
The exhibition will reflect Sottsass’ broad-based investigation of the essential attributes, or archetypal forms, patterns and structures that convey universal ideas and explore the rituals of daily life. This quest underlies the myriad of domestic objects, volumes of photography, and architectural projects Sottsass created throughout his extensive working life.
The exhibition runs until June 21st at Friedman Benda, 515 West 26th Street, New York City.
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6 minute claim for Airport City will slash travel emissions
HOK have revealed a masterplan for Dublin Airport City which will bring a new business district to the Irish capital just 6 minutes from the airport. The mixed-use business development will create a community of 30,000 people with hotels, shops and offices covering 140 hectares slashing travel emissions caused by travel to the city centre.
The design was commissioned by Dublin Airport Authority. Dublin Airport services 23.24 million people every year travelling to over 150 destinations but the top ten destinations are short-haul with London, Paris and Manchester accounting for the top three suggesting a large business use pattern for the airport. Dublin Airport are also expanding to account for the heavy usage. Tim Gale, HOK’s Head of Master Planning and Urban Design, said:
“Creating a masterplan that integrated with the surrounding development and remained compact was crucial to the success of this design. With increased transport links to the city centre, Airport City will attract global brands to the area and help make Dublin a leading commercial capital in Europe’s future.”
A new 'Automated Passenger Mover' (APM) between the airport and Dublin Airport City has been designed to allow people to move from arrivals to their desk in just 6 minutes. The APM is built 6 metres above the ground separating it from the existing road network making travel faster. It will interconnect with the existing Quality Bus Corridors and the new Metro Station and it is hoped that the system's efficiency will help to reduce car-use to the airport.
Phase 1 and transport links are due to be put in place by 2013 with completion scheduled for 2033.
Niki May Young
News Editor
Bangkok to build world's tallest observation tower
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Bangkok's local government, plans to build the world's tallest observation tower in the Thai
capital city according to Bangkok newspaper, The Nation. Currently the tallest man-made observation tower, the CA tower in Toronto,
Canada, stands at 1815 ft tall with its observation deck at 1398 ft.
It is not yet known who will design the ambitious project in Bangkok but according to Deputy Bangkok Governor, Bannasopit Mekwichai,
"The BMA City Planning Department has surveyed the capital and has already come up with some recommended spots."
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