10 Historical Garden Museums to Visit in Tehran, Iran
Iranian garden museums have a worldwide reputation, some of which are listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Tehran's most famous garden museums include: Saadabad Palace Garden Museum With an area of 1 million and 100,000 square meters, this garden museum has the largest green space in north of Tehran. Saadabad Palace was originally the summer palace of the Qajar kings, but in year 1920, with the addition of green spaces and palaces, it became…
Lotus Evija: The $2 Million, 2000 hp All-Electric Hypercar
British carmaker Lotus has unveiled the first car fully developed since the company got bought by Chinese automotive group Geely. The Evija – pronounced ‘E-vee-ya’ and meaning ‘the first in existence’ or ‘the living one’ – is the first fully electric supercar from an established sports car marque and the most powerful, too. Aside from power, the Evija will also be a relative featherweight in the EV world. It’s the first Lotus to feature a…
Emmanuelle Moureaux's Art Installation
Emmanuelle Moureaux is a French architect living in Tokyo since 1996, where she established "Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design" in 2003. She is a member of "Tokyo Society of Architects", and the "Japan Institute of Architects". Inspired by the layers and colors of Tokyo that built a complex depth and density on the street, and the Japanese traditional spatial elements like sliding screens, she has created…
The People's Notre-Dame Cathedral Design Competition
On April 15th, 2019 the Notre-Dame Cathedral was engulfed in flames. A few hours later the centuries-old cathedral had lost its entire roof, spire, and was severely damaged. Thankfully it was not completely destroyed and many priceless artifacts from the interior were saved. GoArchitect, an independent book publisher in Los Angeles, has launched the People’s Notre Dame Cathedral Design Competition which invited architects to enter their designs for the new roof. 226 designers from 56…
Creek Harbor Observation Tower, Dubai
Santiago Calatrava was announced the winner of the competition to design an observation tower for Dubai Creek Harbor development: soon to be "as great as the Burj Khalifa and the Eiffel Tower". The design of the tower of Dubai Creek Harbor is inspired by the natural forms of the lily and evokes the shape of a minaret, a distinctive architectural feature in Islamic culture. The elongated, oval-shaped bud that takes shape…
