road trip!

lets take the silver bullet down the road to long island to visit the Parrish Art Museum, designed by Herzog and de Mueron. It looks beautiful. via

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nErD aLeRt!

herzog + de meuron have been selected to design BBVA's headquarters in madrid:

A linear structure composed of three-story buildings, alleyways and irrigated gardens is laid over the entire site like a carpet that follows the topography. Analogous to an Arabian garden, a cool, moist, fresh microclimate is created. Each workspace has a “green view”. The layout, with its horizontal branches, is more appropriate to today’s working world than open-plan offices, in which an employee feels like a number.(dezeen)

NeRd aLeRt!

Herzog and de Meuron rock.

i know they are internationally renowned architects who are constantly recieving praise... but i just wanted to extend my personal congrats and say thanks to them for being cool. tip of the hat to HdM.

check out their extension to their Tate Modern in London, which is expected to be completed in time for the 2012 Olympics. I am especially interested to see what they do with those underground tanks that are intended to be galleries.