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Ideal Super Bowl XLV keepsake book City by Design Dallas features exclusive renderings of Cowboys Stadium and other iconic works of architecture | Cision Wire. The 72-story Bank of America Plaza was designed by Rees Associates (formerly JPJ Architects) in the 1980s yet stands today as impressive and progressive as the day it was envisioned, with its clever floor plate arrangement that affords 16 corner offices, as opposed to the standard four, on each floor. In contrast to this iconic structure are equally brilliant yet decidedly smaller structures such as Hidell Associates’ Ismaili Jamatkhana, a prayer hall that makes use…

Seven Stories, and Loads of Ideas, in Brooklyn – NYTimes.com. Here a dozen ecological and technology entrepreneurs work in constant collaboration. Amanda Parkes, a co-founder of a biofuel start-up called Bodega Algae, also designs what she calls “parasitic energy costumes” that capture energy generated by the body in motion. So when a Parisian dance company commissioned costumes for a performance this winter, Ms. Parkes solicited the help of James Patten, an interactive designer, and Jessica Banks, a roboticist, who sit 15 feet away.

You must click through to see the images. Carpet with Bic pencils | Fubiz™. L’artiste Jonathan Bréchignac a travaillé plus d’un an sur ce projet de tapis illustré avec des stylos Bic. Fabriqué à la taille d’un tapis de prière musulmane réelle, ce morceau est minutieusement détaillé, s’inspirant de différentes cultures. Un rendu à découvrir dans la suite.