OMA Masterplans Airport City for HIA Airport in Doha, Qatar

OMA Masterplans Airport City for HIA Airport in Doha, Qatar

Rotterdam / Doha, 8 March 2013 – After winning an international competition, OMA has been announced as masterplanners for Airport City, a new 10km2 development where 200,000 people will live and work, linking the new Hamad International Airport with the city of Doha, Qatar. OMA’s masterplan is a series of four circular districts along a spine parallel to the HIA runways, intended to create a strong visual identity and districts with unique identities.

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The Armory Show New York 2013

The Armory Show New York 2013

The Armory Show New York 2013
and New York Arts Week
March 6 - 10
New York Arts Week opened Wednesday, March 6 and continued through March 10. 
Besides The Armory Show 10 satellite art fairs took place in New York during The New York Arts Week.
The Armory Show celebrated 100 years since its legendary show of 1913.
For the first time we saw a fair dedicated to contemporary Russian, Baltic, and East European Art – 
The Russian Pavilion NY.

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Nine Elms on the South Bank: Progress Report

Nine Elms on the South Bank: Progress Report

Nine Elms on the South Bank is at MIPIM – visit the model in the London Pavilion   With 26 development sites under construction or in the planning pipeline, Nine Elms on the South Bank is the UK’s biggest regeneration programme:   ·         £1 billion Northern line extension financing guarantee from the UK Government   ·         16,000 new homes with planning consent   ·         6.4million sq ft commercial space with planning consent   ·         Five major projects now under construction – including the first 3,000 homes   Nine Elms on the South Bank is the £1 5billion opportunity area betw

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Tom Evans Fantasy Portrait - Yves de Contades

Tom Evans Fantasy Portrait - Yves de Contades

Tom Evans, CD, Sapient Nitro:
Keep it simple
Dr Cecilia d'Felice's psychological interpretation:
This relaxed composition suggests a man who is at ease with himself and the world. In this monochrome there is a sense of nostalgia, redolent of times less frantic and a chance to sit, talk and think.

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Suzanne Dean Fantasy Portrait - Yves de Contades

Suzanne Dean Fantasy Portrait - Yves de Contades

Suzanne Dean, CD, Random House:
Rodchenko wrote: "One has to take several different shots of a subject, from different points of view and in different situations, as if one examined it in the round rather than looked through the same key-hole again and again."
 
I took inspiration from my love of Rodchenko’s innovative, graphic photographs.  I wanted a portrait that was both simple and complex at the same time. That incorporated his use of contrast and experimental perspective. 
 

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