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Eduardo Souto de Moura is the 2011 Pritkzer Prize laureate

Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura is the 2011 Pritkzer Prize laureate, the prize organisers have confirmed after details of the winner were leaked ahead of schedule.

Postcards to my peeps

Postcards to my peeps is an illustration project by Carolyn Sewell where she sends hand-drawn postcards sent to her friends, fam, and folks she admires. Oh, those lucky people!

LEG-GO Stilettos

Part of Finn Stone‘s new collection, the LEG-GO Stilettos are new for Spring 2011, and will be made in an edition of 12. If you’re interested in snagging a pair, they can be purchased through Byard Art, a gallery based in Cambridge.

Penguin luggage tags

Help your luggage stand out from the crowd with these Penguin luggage tags available in two titles: On the Road, Jack Kerouac and The Lost Girl, D. H. Lawrence.

The manifesto

The manifesto - manifesto from Kim Mok! 

Russian Orthodox church and cultural centre beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Russian architects Arch-group and French studio Sade Sarl last week won an international competition to design a Russian Orthodox church and cultural centre beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris. 

The Cultural and Spiritual Russian Orthodox Center will include a large public garden surrounded by a glass wall of multimedia screens.

A glass canopy will swoop over part of the garden, joining the stone cultural centre and church with nine golden domes.

Check the project information  from Arch Group.

Cultural and Spiritual Russian Orthodox Center in Paris
Architects:
Manuel Nunez-Yanovsky,
Mikhail Krymov,
Alexey Goryainov

Client: Russian government

Numbers House

This row of prefabricated houses with facades that look like numbers are by Japanese studio Mitsutomo Matsunami Architect & Associates.

Located in Osaka, the project involved taking ready-to build timber houses and reconfiguring the facades so the four units appear as one building. The project was completed in 2007.

Here is more information from Mitsutomo Matsunami:

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Numbers House

This is a mass-produced type ready-built house often developed on a large scale, and as such, has the advantage of producing entire rows of housing. In many cases, as the appearance is coordinated at the designation of the owner, rows of houses that do not necessarily match aesthetically are created.

In order to overcome this 4 units are created together at Hozumidai to appear as one building by design, carrying out a strong message to the town. Price competitiveness was maintained by cost effective production of the facade design.

Residence in Hozumidai

Who: Mitsutomo Matsunami
What: ready-built house
Where: Hozumidai, Ibaraki-shi, OSAKA
How: 3 storey timber house
Site area (one of four buildings): 75.91㎡
Construction area (one of four buildings): 40.79㎡
Total floor area: (one of four buildings): 12.04㎡
Number of houses: four buildings

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Twist & Brush

A clever idea from Kawamura-Ganjavian: Twist & Brush, a convenient traveling toothbrush. You decide how much toothpaste you need, fill up the toothbrush, and twist to push the toothpaste up into the bristles.

Wearable Planter

This Wearable Planter made me smile.