So Dope!! OUTrial House / KWK PROMES

Architects: KWK PROMES
Location: Ksiazenice, Poland
Project Architect: Robert Konieczny
Collaborator: Marcin Jojko
Structural Engineer: Jaroslaw Kaminski








again...I think I might have to move to Poland.

Source: ArchDaily

REPRESENT Harden + January on cover of SI

ASU's James Harden and Briann January will grace the front of a Sports Illustrated regional cover for the Nov. 17 issue, previewing the men's and women's college basketball season.

SI ranks the Sun devil's men 16th and the women 15th in the nation to start the 2008-09 campaigns.

The college basketball preview issue hits newsstands Wednesday.

FINALLY SOME A-STATE BBALL HYPE

Source: Sports Illustrated

HEAVY! Ryan Sheckler in new Plan B Promo!

The most hated and loved skateboarder, Ryan Sheckler has last part in the new Plan B promo, Superfuture, some of the realest skating I've seen in a while...and it's insane no joke! Watch it now!

To Watch CLICK HERE now.

THEY’RE GONNA BUILD A BASKETBALL COURT IN THE WHITE HOUSE! (Week1)

Its been 1 week since HISTORY was made last week. U.S. President George W. Bush has expressed regret that Republican presidential nominee John McCain did not win the presidency but called the election of Barack Obama "good for our country."

In CNN interview, Bush stated, "The election of Barack Obama is an historic moment for our country," Bush said. "There are a lot of people in America who did not believe they would ever see this day.

"It is good for our country that people have hope in the system and feel vested in the future and President-elect Obama has a great opportunity," Bush said. "I really do wish him all the best. I am just as American as he is American, and it is good for our country that the president succeeds."

to read the rest of the interview click HERE.

Source: CNN

ART!! Richard Prince “Canal Zone” Exhibition Recap

Looking back upon his roots and the source of much political controversy, the Panama Canal is the focus of eclectic American artist Richard Prince’s latest exhibition the “Canal Zone”. Under the show’s pretense, the Panama Canal Zone has been reappropriated as a post-apocalyptic area featuring “leshy female pin-ups, Rastafarians with massive dreadlocks, electric guitars, and virile black bodies” as they run riot against a sub-tropical backdrop. The presentation takes on a distinct look as Prince creates a literal story-board style approach including printing pictures onto canvases. Another notable approach includes a “pulled on” style, a technique which involves “a primitive collage technique whereby printed figures are roughly cut out, then the backs of those figures painted and pasted directly onto the base canvas with a squeegee so that the excess paint squirts out on and around the image.” The exhibition is currently on display at the Gagosian Gallery until December 20th.

Richard Prince “Canal Zone” Exhibition
Gagosian Gallery
555 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
p: 212.741.1111
Tue-Sat 10-6

Images after the jump are NSFW.

New Song "Amazing" by Mr. West's Unveiled

Fresh from Kanye West's "808's and Heartbreak", a new song called "Amazing" featuring Young Jeezy has been unveiled.

A brand new single titled "Amazing" coming off Kanye West's upcoming fourth major studio album "808's & Heartbreak" has surfaced. The new track is produced by Kanye himself and features rapper Young Jeezy.

Click HERE to listen to the MP3.

Click HERE to DOWNLOAD the MP3.

Source: KanyeWestBlog

I'm Gettin These! Emerica x Active “Fresh vs Hesh” Pack | Nailer

Emerica got together with Active to create a couple of collaborate shoes. The first to come in the “Fresh vs Hesh” pack from the collaboration, is the Andrew Reynolds designed Nailer.

The Nailer is a mid-top, vulcanized constructed shoe with tonal stitching, metal eyelets, and waxed cotton laces constructed to the exact specifications of Active Team Rider Andrew Reynolds. The FRESH version features a flashy black patent leather upper, contrasting green & white interior and foot-bed, and nice green sole that pops just right.The HESH version is low-key off-white suede with a tonal liner, foot-bed and sole.

The Emerica x Active “Fresh vs Hesh” Nailer is now available at Active stores and online.

SICK! Terry Richardson x Supreme Limited Edition T-Shirts

The highly successful duo of bad boy photographer Terry Richardson and Supreme continue their projects with a set of limited edition tees. Two colorways will be available, coming in a black or white version featuring Richardson’s iconic photography on the front side and his insignia on the back. The t-shirts will be limited to 200 pieces and will retail for ¥7,000 (Approx. $72 USD).

I WANT THIS!! Aatrial House / KWK PROMES

Location

The house is situated in Poland, close to Opole. Majority of low density settlement in the surroundings is formed of “cube - houses”, buildings typical for the 1970’s.

Idea

One hectare site near the forest, where the building is designed has only one weak point: south-western access. An obvious conflict develops between the driveway and the garden. The idea arose to lower the driveway in order to separate it from the garden. This prompted another idea - of a driveway leading inside to the ground floor level, from underneath the building, which became possible thanks to the creation of an inner atrium with the driveway in it.

New type of the house

As a result, the building opens up onto all sides with its terraces in an unrestricted manner, and the only way to get into the garden is through the atrium and the house.

This in turn has made it possible to obtain a new spatial model of the house, which is the reverse of an atrial building. The aatrial house is closed to the inside and opened to the surroundings.

Structure and materials


The gateway is situated in the highest point of the site sloping to the east side. The 10 metres wide driveway following slope’s declivity, was additionally lowered underneath the ground level, while the garden was partly raised above this level. As a result, the garden is separated from the driveway and the surroundings with a 2.5m high retaining wall. The building was situated on the garden level. For the sake of neighboring buildings, typical polish “cube - houses” arisen it 1970’s, the structure of the house results from various transformations of a cube.

As a result of stretching and bending particular surfaces of the cube, all the walls, floors and ceilings were defined, together with inner aatrium and terraces. This principle of formation has not only created the structure of the house, but also defined interior and exterior architecture, including use of materials. The building is a reinforced concrete monolith, and concrete is at the same time the finishing material of the transformed cube, while all additional elements are finished with dark ebony.

The driveway and retaining walls were made out of quarried granite blocks, the material characteristic for the surroundings.








Source: Archdaily