Lloyd’s, also known as Lloyd’s of London, is a British insurance and reinsurance market. It serves as a meeting place where multiple financial backers, underwriters, or members, whether individuals (traditionally known as Names) or corporations, come together to pool and spread risk. Unlike most of its competitors in the insurance and reinsurance industry, it is not a company. The Society of Lloyd’s was incorporated by the Lloyd’s Act 1871… (Source: Wikipedia). The building is located on One Lime Street in the centre of London and was built between 1979 and 1984. Archtiect: Richard Rogers.
The “Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin” (ICC Berlin) ranks among the biggest, most advanced and most successful congress venues in the world. It was built in just four years under the watchful eyes of architects Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte. Since its opening in 1979 the highly versatile communication complex - 320 meters long, 80 meters wide and 40 meters high, - ICC Berlin is one of the most outstanding landmarks of postwar German architecture and the model for many new congress centers all over the world.
Among locals the ICC is also known as “Kampfstern Calactica”, referring to the famous Sci-fi TV-series by Glen A. Larson (Universal Pictures 1978 - 1980). Luckily recent news regarding the future of this building turned out positive - instead of demolition, it now faces an “upgrade” to meet today’s requirements.
AO& is a semi-nomadic organization of founder Philip Furtenbach, Philipp Riccabona and Thomas A. Wisser, dealing with themes of sociology, nutrition, health, everyday culture, “nature”, “art”, city research, space planning, economic ethics, psycho geography, regional development and more. (Photos by AO&).
The recently launched “Walu Shop” of Galerie Walu, Zürich is a new approach to online shopping offering african art, tribal art publications, out of print books and past auction catalogues. Design and development by Olex.
The “Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin” (ICC Berlin) ranks among the biggest, most advanced and most successful congress venues in the world. It was built in just four years under the watchful eyes of architects Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte. Since its opening the highly versatile communication complex - 320 meters long, 80 meters wide and 40 meters high, - ICC Berlin is one of the most outstanding landmarks of postwar German architecture and the model for many new congress centers all over the world.
The Austrian-Croatian design team “For use / numen” showed at this year’s DMY an extensive installation made from clear plastic tape. The installation docs to the existing architecture. Therefore the “Gestalt” and effect keeps changing depending on the location.
A year ago we published a post about Tempelhof with photographs of the still operational airport - it closed down in October 2008. On May 8th, 2010 the Senate of Berlin opened up the whole area for exploration. This included the runways, forecourt boarding area as well as the main building. The runway area is now open from dawn till dusk and acts as a huge park, accessible to the general public. The video in this post was shot before closing in 2008.
