dezeen Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Five years ago Foster + Partners unveiled ambitious proposals for a “zero carbon, zero waste” development in Abu Dhabi to be planned like an ancient walled city and OMA designed a Death Star-like convention centre, also for the United Arab Emirates. Andrea Salvetti showed chairs that look like nests, cupboards resembling giant logs, super-sized eggs and a giant filigree mushroom. We also showed our readers what we thought might have been the best new chair from Milan and published a set of bird houses designed to look like little churches. In London, students from the Royal College of Art exhibited knuckledusters that leave messages on skin, plates for arguing couples to throw at one another and a pair of remote-controlled roller skates. We also revealed the Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre for Abu Dhabi, which one reader thought looked like a “bleak modernist hell”, while another declared it “magnificent”. The project is currently still under development. See all our stories from May 2007 » View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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