designboom daily - 2011.10.06

daily news a designboom.com publication October 2011, 06 you may want to submit a design mail@designboom.com --- standardarchitecture: niyang river visitor center published 10.06.11 constructed from locally sourced stone, this monolithic volume appears carved by its irregular openings to  frame landscape elements including the adjacent niyang river and mountains. read more --- electric airplane green aviation prize by NASA published 10.06.11 the first prize award for the 'green flight challenge' for fuel-efficient and electric aircraft has been awarded to the 'taurus g-4' by pipistrel and penn state university, which obtains 403 miles per gallon of fuel per passenger. read more --- istanbul art biennale 2011: ala younis published 10.06.11 the installation depicts the nine armies that were implicated in, or subject to, acts of war in today's middle east. the soldiers are produced in numbers proportional to those of active troops in 2010. read more --- werner aisslinger: iconograph timepiece for lorenz published 10.06.11 the numbers are framed by windows, adding depth to the otherwise clean surface. the hour hand mirrors the idea of windows as it too, is an elongated rectangle. read more --- MVRDV: the vertical village exhibition in taipei published 10.06.11 netherlands-based MVRDV and the why factory have collaborated to generate a dense residential solution to address the rapid urbanization occurring in eastern asia. read more --- patricia urquiola: spirogira for alessi published 10.06.11 each of the individual pieces is formed by shaping a single module of wire and arranging it radially. read more --- furumoto architect associates: k house published 10.06.11 tapered in the middle much like the letter 'k', the design features a series of glazed bands placed at different heights and width that skew the perceived dimensions of the internal storeys. read more --- steve jobs 1955-2011 published 10.06.11 apple has announced that the company's co-founder steve jobs has died aged 56 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. read more --- ASTOC: extension of hamborn abbey published 10.05.11 the community of this thriving monastery are connected to their gardens and vegetated surroundings through a folded glass facade. read more   - daily news powered by contactlab - if you receive this daily news twice or if you would like to have your name removed from the - daily news - list click here: http://www.designboom.com/users/unsubscribedaily.php