Architect companies HOK and Beck Group are currently designing a museum in St. Petersburg, Florida that will house the wonderfully surreal artwork of the great Salvador Dalí. The mueseum’s director shares that it will “combines elements of the classical and the fantastical”, just as Dalí would have wanted it. The spiral staircase you see above is described as a “structural tour-de-force, with the reinforced concrete spiral functioning as a tensioned spring held at ground level and at the third floor, with the stair treads cantilevered from the central spiral.” Its design is influenced by Dalí’s fascination with DNA, the golden rectangle, and the Fibonacci series. The organic, triangulated glass that houses a part of the museum represents a “contrast between the rational world of the conscious and the more intuitive, surprising natural world”, another one of Dalí’s infatuations. The entire structure is enclosed in reinforced 18” thick concrete walls designed to protect everything valuable inside from destructive hurricanes. The walls are so strong that they can resist a 165mph Category 5 hurricane, if one were to fly by. Here’s quick rundown of archetectual specs: the museum covers 66,000 square feet, contains three floors, and its build budget is $30 million. It’s expected to open to the public January 2011.
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Amazing Daft Punk helmet took 17 months of labor to complete
Now is that one of the coolest things you’ve ever seen? Harrison Krix of Volpin Props set aside 17 months to create to most amazing DIY Daft Punk helmet ever made. It lights up and everything! Head over to Krix’s website to find an intensive two-part build archive if you think you’re up for the challenge (or if you’re even slightly interested to see how it was made). Look in the gallery below for a collection of helmet pics and jump after the break for a brief video that speeds through the construction process and reveals the final result. I am blown away right now, for realz.
[Via VolpinProps; @ChelseaLoPinto]
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Video game console-inspired office spaces
In an image series called If I Were President photographer Joseph Ford dreams of a world where city landscapes are defined by the distinctive curves of video game consoles. And if I were president, my lair would be exactly what you see above–the NES House. Check out a couple other designs in the gallery below.
A treehouse for the ages
It’s 11 stories and 90 feet tall. Damn that’s awesome.
[Via Gizmodo]
Super nerd builds biggest Lego Mario
Dirk VH (I guess that’s what he goes by) is a part-time Lego sculpter who has created the biggest structure of Nintendo’s mascot. His 40,000 piece Lego Mario stands at six feet tall and weighs 110 pounds. It took over 16 days to build.
What is super cool about this is that Mr. VH is auctioning this masterpiece on eBay and all of the money will go to the Ronald McDonald foundation in Netherlands. It is up for auction right now for 2.650,00, or roughly $3,700. Happy bidding.
[Via Gizmodo; Brothers-Brick]
A house of Lego bricks
James May is building an entire house out of Lego bricks. Even the toilet is made of Legos! Everythingis not made of Legos, though: “a timber “safety frame”” provides support for the structure, and other accessories like lights are not made of Legos. Check out a gallery of images below from the construction site.