St. Petersburg, Florida is looking for a cool new design for their pier and BIG Architects is proposing a wild wave design. The wave offers a “beach” at the end of the pier for residents and visitors to enjoy the water, far from land. The 360 degree loop creates a fun focal point, while the rest of the design houses everything from shops, to a pool. St. Petersburg is considering a couple other designs but this one is really making waves.

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This unique building design by Conix Architects boasts a bold way to spice up an office building. The ribbon design weaves in and out between floors through the 9-story building. The building finished construction back in 2009 creating an innovation and creative space for work.

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The Oceanside Museum of Art will be hosting the newest Art After Dark event on January 27th. Night Odyssey will feature live artists creating art under a black light display, while guests enjoy cocktails and appetizers. The idea behind each Art After Dark is to create an art party to help find new creative ways to view art, whether it is live music, thematic art or interactive stations. For more information, check out the Oceanside Museum of Art’s website.

3-D televisions are everywhere, but one artist is giving a different idea of scene perception. Nobuhiro Nakanishi creates, what he calls, Layered Drawings. These photographs are of one specific area a small period of time and printed onto clear arcylic. The separation of the image in this way helps display different depth perceptions and also the passage of time. The incredible artwork helps viewers dive deeper than a 2-D image.

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Southern California architect Robert Mosher will be answering questions and speaking to fellow architects on Saturday, January 21 at the New School of Architecture and Design, thanks to Friends of San Diego Architecture. The influential architect will be interviewed by architecture historian Keith York and the two will be discussing “Modernism Defined by Someone Who Committed It“. The presentation will be full of reflection of the modern-architecture movement from someone who lived through it.

It is a twist on the traditional. Grandfather Clocks redesigned in a modern way, made almost completely of concrete. The clean lines and simplistic design is perfect for a contemporary space. Designed by  Forsbergform, the concrete clocks come in multiple styles and shapes.

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It is a funhouse for kids on the outside and a place for learning on the inside. This building created by MLRP architects offers a unique mirror wall made with convex and concave mirrors to create a funhouse effect. The building houses a kindergarten class as well.

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When accidents happen to us you save big! Announcing the 1 day only SCRATCH AND DING SALE. Save 50-80% on slightly damaged, model home returns, one-of-a kinds and discontinued items from our selection of European Contemporary and Modern home furnishings.

Saturday, January 14- 9am until 4pm

ONE DAY ONLY!

7700 Ronson Road
Suite 101
San Diego, CA 92111

This wild, rustic and contemporary design has got us going crazy. The Bare Bones Ghost Chair combines the rustic elements of the natural woods used for the handles with the sleek, clean lines of the contemporary acrylic designed for the seat. The combination of the two created a powerful and functional visual element for any modern space. Check it out on Etsy!

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Up in the Alps, in the Timmelsjoch Pass visitors can now enjoy the incredible architecture, as well as the scenic views. Designed by Werner Tscholl, the passes museum is in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the road that allows passage through the mountain range. Inside the museum, visitors can see a scale model of the pass and check out the hard work that it took to build it.

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