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It is not the first time but AA confirms to be one of the leading shools in the world, or one of the most glamour. Why? I checked AA website few days ago and I saw an interesting model, made during DLAB program this summer. It is just a pretty variation on the perennial theme of tasselation but I was amazed at how similar it is if comparad to Cartier Flagship Store Aoyama.

La Biennale: "Dante Ferretti reinvents the set design for the 65th Venice Film Festival (two Oscars for The Aviator in 2005 and Sweeney Todd in 2008, and eight nominations). Following in the wake of the massive "Felliniesque" sphere, which in 2007 symbolically knocked down the historical Palazzo, this year will see the Lions return to centre-stage in the new external set design, which will provide the backdrop for the red carpet. The focus will be on a huge 5 metre high Golden Lion - the traditional symbol of the Festival - tearing through the white screen covering the front of the old facade. It will guide a further two Golden Lions - the symbol of the Festival of the future - towards the area where the new Palazzo will be erected, for which, this year, the "first stone" will be laid."

" The dual nature of the sun - our friend in the winter and our enemy in the summer - made an important realization to Le Corbusier which shading became the central part of his architecture." The fixed structural sunshade is the significant invention by Le corbusier that for him is not only a sun protection but also a strong visual element. The High Court of Chandigarh in India is one of his best example.

The London 2012 Stadium will consist of a 25,000 seat concrete bowl adorned with an additional 55,000 seats placed in a temporary structure; details and methods of assembly and compatibility of materials are yet to be announced.

Once the Olympics will be over, the permanent 25,000 seat venue will be converted in to a community venue and the portable 55,000 seats will be dismantled, sold and shipped to the host of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Most of the people know that Madrid is famous for the triangle of world-class arts: Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen. But lately, according to the development plan of EMVS, it changes to be an art gallery of world famous architect

Architect's renderings of vertical farms -- hybrids of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Biosphere 2 with SimCity appeal -- seem to be stirring interest

On the left: Caixa Forum, Madrid by Herzog & de Meuron.
On the right: Parc del centre de la Poblenou, Barcelona.

Meanwhile I was walking in Gran Via of Madrid, most of the kiosks on the street place this magazine on sale. I was struck by the face on the cover page which is absolutely well-known since I was in a school and trying to create awesome rendering, the anti-gravity style, like what she did. Well, she is not any new face super model or new star but the Zaha Hadid, the female architect, on Intelligent life magazine (The Economist's Group) with the bold capital letters, "THE FIRST GREAT FEMALE ARCHITECT". And I think that there is no need to argue about that fact at all.