Crescent Moon Tower Dubai

9-3-2012

The Crescent Moon Tower is a design project by Transparence House and is submitted to the 11th Thyssenkrup Elevator Architecture Award. This building design symbolizes Dubai as part of the islamic world and shows the technology and economic development in Dubai. The building accommodates a childrens library, a conference facility, a restaurant, multiple cafés and an open air observation platform. If the design will be build, it is said to be completed in 2015 along with it’s sister project the “Full Moon Hotel”, resembling the Death Star form Star Wars.

Self-sufficient farm-restaurant-hotel-amusementpark

8-3-2012

Guest speaker at the Battle of the Cheetahs , Oogst 1000 Wonderland is a design for a self-sufficient farm, restaurant, hotel and amusement park for 1,000 people per day. Food for the restaurant comes from the central structure and directly adjacent fields. They combine fun with usefulness. Hotel guests are also the farmers, when you work, you can stay for free. Oogst 1000 does also has the worlds first toilets that are linked to a bio-gas energy system and were you actually get paid € 0.50 per visit.

New style Starbucks in Amsterdam

7-3-2012

Designer Liz Müller designed together with a team of local artists the new Starbucks in Amsterdam. The Starbucks is furnished with oak furniture, antique Delfts tiles and the wall consists of recycled inner tubes of old bicycle tires. The ceiling consists of over 1800 carved blocks. Starbucks will be opened this Friday in Amsterdam.

The interior of a Starbucks in Japan

5-3-2012

Architect Kengo Kuma redesigned the interior of a Starbucks store in Japan, that gives customers the feeling that they are surrounded by trees.

Food oasis in Seattle

29-2-2012

In the Seattle neighborhood Beacon Hill, a food oasis will be created on three hectares. Chestnut and walnut trees , blueberry and raspberrybushes, apple, pear trees and more will be planted. The park is public and the fruits can be picked for free. It’s expected that the park will be built this summer.

Worlds tallest chef table

29-2-2012

Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong hotel will soon have the world’s tallest chef table. On the 102nd floor of the hotel (420 meters above sea level) the Chef’s Table is set in a private dining room with an open kitchen. The table is available for up to eight guests and bookings must be made at least two weeks in advance. 

City Hub

27-2-2012

Sem Schuurkes and Pieter Tilburg devised ‘City Hub’, a budget hotel concept. The “city hubs” are stand alone objects that can be easily placed in buildings. And through crowfunding, they want to collect enough money for this concept. A beta version is launched in Amsterdam this April. Watch the movie for an impression!

Starbucks opened ski-thru

27-2-2012

Starbucks opened their first ‘ski-thru’ in Squaw Valley California. Coffee lovers can now enjoy a cup of coffee on top of the slope at a height of 2400 meters. They also opened a seating area for the less fanatical skiers. Watch the video!

Grilling above a volcano

24-2-2012

On the Spanish island of Lanzarote a restaurant found a sustainable way of grilling. The restaurant uses the heat of the sleeping volcano El Diablo, which gives a heat of 400 degrees celsius. Watch the website of Odditycentral for the video.

Urban farming in Linkoping

20-2-2012

The Swedish-American company Plantagon placed its first shovel into the ground in Linkoping (Sweden). A few years ago they already had plans to post greenhouses in large cities. Watch the video.

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