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SOM to create Disney headquarters in New York City covered in green tiles

December 2, 2019 Joey-Ball, architecture, disney, new york city, news, offices, usa0 comment

Skidmore Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to build a glass-and-ceramic office building for Disney‘s New York operations, called 4 Hudson Square. New York architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) unveiled the visuals for The Walt Disney Company‘s new Manhattan headquarters today. The project is set to span an entire city block in the neighbourhood of Hudson Square, which is north of Tribeca and west of SoHo. Named called 4 Hudson Square, it will comprise a series of structures of different heights – some blocks will rise to 19…

Norway Creates Possibly The Most Beautiful Public Toilet In The World

August 31, 2019 Joey-B880 page, architecture, beautiful loo, beautiful view, dan zohar, design, fjords, full-page, northern lights, norway, scenic view, the sea, uredd rest area, ureddplassen0 comment

The Scandinavian region is known for its breathtaking nature, friendly people, and stylish, minimalistic architecture. And nobody does minimalism better than Norway, as one particularly stunning building shows. Norway may very well have built the most astoundingly beautiful public toilet in the world. And, I’m pretty sure, in the Solar System as well. What looks like a painstakingly crafted art installation or part of some high-tech laboratory is, in fact, nothing other than a restroom, designed by architects Marit Justine Haugen and Dan Zohar from Oslo. It just goes to…