A cluster of organic shapes that look almost biological in nature, these bold white volumes will soon be the home of a new Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China. Dutch design firm MVRDV won a competition to design the museum
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said: "two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert ... near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lips, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away
Sipping tea from a porcelain cup in front of a battery of microphones and scores of journalists. Fresh from major election fraud. The arrogance of dictatorship.
...but beware Gaspadin Lukasjenko, perhaps not a bad idea to pre-book your ticket to Saudi Arabia to join your friend Ben Ali...
After the famous Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden now has another exotic hotel attraction: the Tree Hotel in Harads. Different tree cabins designed by different Swedish architects. Located in the middle of a forest. Very cool!