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Above and below are clips we have featured before, but are so well done we think that they are worth watching again.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 09 2008
An Incredible Dynamic Tower for Dubai- others to follow.
The visionary Italian architect Dr. David Fishery has announced the launch of a revolutionary Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion, to be constructed in Dubai. Another in Moscow will follow, with others being considered in New York, Milan and Paris.
The rotating tower in Dubai will have 80 floors and be 420 meters (1,380 feet) tall.
That the second Dynamic Tower planned for Moscow is now in the advanced design phase.
“Our intention is to build the third Rotating Skyscraper in New York,” Dr. Fisher stated. “Additional Dynamic Towers will be built around the world, following an expression of interest from developers, governments, and public officials to construct a Dynamic Tower in Canada, Germany, Italy, Korea and Switzerland”.
The Dynamic Tower offers infinite design possibilities, as each floor rotates independently to create a building that constantly changes shape, resulting in a unique and ever evolving architectural structure.
Residents will have the possibility to drive directly into the building were a special elevator take their car to their floor and park at the entrance to their appartment/villa.
“The Dynamic Tower is environmentally friendly and the first building designed to be self-powered, with the ability to generate its own electricity, as well as for other nearby buildings, it achieves this feat with wind turbines fitted between each rotating floor, An 80-story building will have up to 79 wind turbines, making it a true green power plant,” Dr. Fisher stated.
The Dynamic Tower is also the first skyscraper to be built entirely from prefabricated parts that are custom made in a workshop, resulting in cost savings, this approach known as the Fisher Method, also requires far fewer workers on the construction site, thereby dramatically lowering construction costs.
“Each floor of the building can be completed in only seven days. From now on, buildings will be made in a factory,” Dr. Fisher said.
By combining motion, green energy and efficient construction, the Dynamic Tower will change architecture as we know it, and herald a new era of Dynamic Living.
Fisherh as spent more than 30 years working to redefine the technical and technological extremes of buildings in cities like London, New York, Moscow, Hong Kong, Paris and Dubai.
“From now on, buildings will have four dimensions, the fourth dimension is ‘Time' to become part of architecture,” Dr. Fisher added. “Buildings in motion will shape the sky line of our cities.
For more information please visit www.dynamicarchitecture.net/
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 02 2008
La Princesse wakes up
La Princesse is a 13-metre (50') mechanical spider designed and operated by French performance art company La Machine.
La Princesse came out of "hibernation" in Liverpool on the 5th of September - 'awoken' in a hail of fireworks and smoke, before striding up and down in front of the cheering crowd. She crawled down The Strand before heading to her resting place at the Cunard building.
La Princesse was the opening show in a 5-day Captial of Culture event.
The spider is made out of steel and poplar wood, weighs 37 tonnes, has 50 axes of movement and is operated by up to 12 people strapped to her frame.It was built in Nantes before being shipped to Merseyside and assembled in a secret location.
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Princesse was designed by La Machine's François Delarozière, who also designed the mechanical elephant and the giant girl for Royal de Luxe's performance of The Sultan's Elephant which visited London in May 2006.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 26 2008
ICON- A Revolution in Recreational Flight
In 2004, the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), working closely with the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), created what has been called “The biggest change in aviation in 50 years.” They created an entirely new category of aircraft, 'Light Sport Aircraft' (LSA), as well as a new category of pilot license (Sport Pilot), both aimed specifically at consumer recreational flying.
Since LSA are targeted to recreational pilots who primarily fly for fun, LSA are designed to be affordable, lightweight, and easy to operate.
ICON was founded in 2005 by Kirk Hawkins to build aircraft to cater for this new catagory of pilot and planes. Hawkins, a graduate from the Stanford Business School, is an accomplished engineer, a former U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot, and long-time motorsport enthusiast. ICON’s engineering and development team came from Burt Rutan’s famed Scaled Composites, which created such record setting projects as Voyager, Global Flyer, the X-Prize winning SpaceShipOne, and Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo.
ICON Aircraft’s sole purpose has been to bring the freedom, fun, and adventure of flying to all who have dreamed of flight. With these ground-breaking FAA rules solidified, ICON believes that consumer-focused sport aircraft can do for recreational flying what personal watercraft did for boating.
ICON’s sport aircraft are not only designed to deliver an amazing and safe flying experience, but also to inspire us the way great sports cars do. After years of development with some of the world’s best aerospace engineers and industrial designers, ICON Aircraft has released the first of its line of sport planes, the ICON A5. 
- 1,320 pounds (600kgs) maximum takeoff weight (1,430 pounds for seaplanes)
- Maximum airspeed of 120 knots (138mph/220kmh)
- Maximum two-person seating capacity (pilot + passenger)
- Single, reciprocating engine
- Fixed or ground-adjustable propeller
- Non-pressurized cabin
- Fixed landing gear (retractable gear allowed for seaplanes)
- Maximum stall speed of 45 knots (52mph/80kmh)
For more information (and how to order), please check out www.iconaircraft.com
SUNDAY OCTOBER 19 2008
Launch of MB&F's HM3 kicks off in New York
Max Büsser started his world tour to present MB&F's third watch, Horological Machine No.3 (HM3) in new York with a private launch party attended by some of the East Coast's most prominent collectors as well as MB&F USA President Steve Hallock, myself (Jack Forster) and Revolution's Matthew Morse.
By now many of us know Max well and Steve Hallock is a longtime fixture among internet watch cognoscenti so the party did not have the feel of a "brand event" but rather of a conclave of true comrades and enthusiasts coming together to congratulate a good friend on another wonderful achievement.
I cannot pretend to be objective when it comes to MB&F: I like Max too much personally and admire his work and what he's doing with horological design too much emotionally to offer a dispassionate view of the man or the brand. So I won't
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We gathered at Manhattan's Restaurant Teodoro, a private room had been set aside for us and after a convivial cocktail hour, with many an enthused welcome for Max whose annual trip through New York has become one of our most anticipated events, we sat down to dinner and the man of the hour described his new creation to us.
The position of the lugs and beveled profile of the case makes HM3 an extremely comfortable watch to wear despite its impressive dimensions. As a matter of fact I had the Starcruiser on for at least an hour towards the end of the night and it was AMAZINGLY comfortable to wear. Visually it has huge punch and a satisfying heft, but it's phenomenally easy to live with, super comfortable and even matches very well with business attire.
And the conclusion of the nights comments? Max's designs are always polarizing and provoking and HM3 is no exception. However, In this idiom of watchmaking I think that MB&F has few competitors. Much of the new wave in watchmaking in my opinion is much more successful at creating novelty than successful designs. MB&F's work appeals to me because behind the technical innovation and superb construction there is a very classical sensibility at work, in an interesting way -put HM3 together with a 3 piece suit and you get a surprisingly successful combination which to me speaks volumes about the well integrated design effort behind the watches.
As I have said elsewhere Max and Friends are really doing something interesting in that they are re-inventing the whole notion of what "complication" means and the results are pieces which I think will look as fresh and have as much appeal in fifty years as they do today.
Note: this is an excerpt of a post I originally published on Horomundi. You can read a full pictorial review of the evening by clicking The MB&F Launch Party in New York.
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