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This exquisitely designed building is a danger to us all

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Tokyo Mode, designed by Prop Studio.

Prop Studio has submitted this proposed building design into an international architecture competition to be constructed at a fashion museum in Toyko’s Omotesando district.

The structure aspires to provide an introspective for visitors to contemplate how fashion has shaped humanity in the 21 century. The building is divided into rotary levels that sit over top of each in an undulating fashion. Each floor houses a thematic fashion collections from past eras ranging from the 1920s to our contemporary period. Complimented with a skybar, the open terrace overlooks a fashion runway on the level below it.

Sure it’s a site to behold, but just one construction error and everything comes toppling down.  Check out more pictures of “Tokyo Mode” in the gallery below.

[Via DesignBoom; Gizmodo]

A skyscraper called Aqua

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Aqua Tower, designed by Studio Gang.  Located in Chicago.

The design was inspired by the striated limestone outcroppings common in the Great Lakes area. But this sinuous shape is not just a mere formal gesture, but it is also a strategy to extend the views and maximize solar shading.

– 82-story mixed-use residential tower (819 ft, 250 m tall):
– 215 hotels rooms (floors 1-18)
– 476 rental residential units (floors 19-52)
– 263 condominium units & Penthouses (floors 53-80)
– 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) of retail and office space
– 6 levels of underground parking
– 8-story base (140,000 sqf, 13,000m2) with a a 82,550 sq ft (7,669 m2) terrace with gardens, gazebos, pools, hot tubs, a walking/running track and fire pit

[Via Gizmodo; Arch Daily]

The Burj Dubai struck by lightning provides a spectacular gallery of photos, video

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The Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building and most brilliant architectural feat, still stands tall after getting hit by severe lightning strikes every now and then. Check out some more images below and look after the break for some lightning striking the building in real time and in slo-mo.

[Via Gizmodo]

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London’s Shard is beautiful

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“The Shard, a mixed-use tower at London Bridge in London, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.”

“Construction work has started on the 306 metre-high building, which will sit on an irregular-shaped site adjacent to London Bridge station as part of a new development called London Bridge Quarter.  The design consists of several glass facets that incline inwards but do not meet at the top, and is inspired by the masts of ships that once anchored on the Thames.  The  72-storey building contains offices, apartments, a hotel and spa, retail and restaurants and is topped by a 15-storey public viewing gallery.”  The Shard is “due to be completed in 2012.”

Check out the gallery below for more images of this architectural marvel.  It is very sci-fi-esque; it reminds me of a structure from the Halo series.

[Via Gizmodo; Dezeen]