http://www.spokeagency.com/daily Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/12/15/one-badass-hq/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/12/15/one-badass-hq/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:15:06 +0000 Karen Lo http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=1987 Name: Pionen, White Mountain Location: Stockholm, Sweden Area: 1200 sqmCompletion year: 2008 Architect: Albert France-Lanord Architect Client: Bahnhof Amid Julian Assange’s court case battle and the organization’s controversial image, photos of Wikileak HQ are surfacing everywhere, revealing the secret hideout where their “evil” operations are realized. Originally posted in 2008 as Pionen White Mountain, the office is designed for Bahnhof, an internet provider which hosts servers for companies other than that of Wikileak. The project takes place in a former anti-atomic shelter carved into the granite rocks of the Vita Berg Park in Stockholm.  The rock shelter hosts server halls and offices and is designed to look like a James Bond movie set with red and green lights reflected on the raw granite walls, a bio-wall, and something that looks like a nitrogen pool… As if Wikileak needs more branding as the world’s leading villain mastermind…

Image Sources: www.dyscario.com www.archdaily.com ]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/12/15/one-badass-hq/feed/ 0 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/07/29/call-for-designers/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/07/29/call-for-designers/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:13:40 +0000 Rachel Noonan http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=1419 ]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/07/29/call-for-designers/feed/ 0 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/02/19/origami-architecture-by-masahiro-chatani/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/02/19/origami-architecture-by-masahiro-chatani/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:24:12 +0000 Karen Lo http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=550 I finally got the chance to check out the exhibition at the Japan Foundation last night. It was an immense honour to see the master’s work here in Toronto. Masahiro Chatani, an architect himself, is the recognized creator of origami architecture. He brings landmark buildings into life on a single sheet of thin cardboard using strategic cuts and folds of geometric shapes. The exhibition ends on February 25 and is not open on weekends. Be sure to check it out before it’s too late! Click here for more information on the exhibition. ]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/02/19/origami-architecture-by-masahiro-chatani/feed/ 1 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2009/12/22/plan-and-align-your-twenty-ten/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2009/12/22/plan-and-align-your-twenty-ten/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:26:27 +0000 Karen Lo http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=261 (165 Augusta Ave) in Kensington Market. [...]]]> Jessica Leong’s Twenty Ten Calendar brilliantly links the organizational and structural elements of floor plans and day plans. Last minute holiday shoppers can grab a copy at MeThinks 2nd Annual Holiday PopUp Art Shop for $40 at Project 165 (165 Augusta Ave) in Kensington Market. Shop Hours: December 10 – 31 12 – 8pm daily *Closed Dec. 24, 25 I don’t mean to adverstise, but I really do LOVE it!!!]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2009/12/22/plan-and-align-your-twenty-ten/feed/ 2