Here’s a proposed hotel in Shanghai by a Danish architectures firm called Big. The scale is way off, those transitions could be measured in blocks instead of feet. Still, it would be ridable. Very similar to the big gay retirement home.

– Thanks to Josh Fisher for the tip.

This proposed design for a retirement village is gay, literally! It’s a concept for a Palm Springs retirement community for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals looking to avoid traditional golden year facilities. MC must be planning for his retirement, because he’s the tipster on this one! I’m totally gay for that building. I hope it gets built, although I’m skeptical. I’d believe it if it were in Europe somewhere.

[Source: Cool Hunting]

Not entirely true. There’s supposed to be a street plaza and (shudder to think) vert ramp too, but it looks like the only part that isn’t just a CAD file at this point in time is this bowl complex. Germany’s MBA/S Associates designed this park that resides in Stuttgart. They even feature it on the front page of their web site.

[Source: Freshness]
– Thanks to Ryan for the tip

As found on the Fellows page of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, whose mission is to “bring together visual artists, writers and musicians from around the world who demonstrate exceptional talent and an enduring commitment to their disciplines.” There is no accompanying information about the location. The foundation’s headquarters is in New York, but the residency is located in Italy. It almost looks like you can see some wheel marks on those transitions. Too bad they are sitting on grass. Stupid art…

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Spanish songs in Andalucia, sing of tight transitions in expensive private residential housing developments, designed by A-cero. Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito. Sotogrande!

[Source: CoolBoom] – Thanks to Urban for the tip.

The Vodafone headquarters in Porto, Portugal, as seen in SpaceInvading.

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Since we’ve already discussed the merits of natural and synthetic wine corks, I feel we can confidently add modern landscape design our list of high brow topics. I’m not talking about skate plazas or the appropriation of public spaces. I’m talking about how Thomas Dolliver Church, the acclaimed author of Gardens are for People and the father of modern landscape architecture (California Style) who was widely credited with influencing garden and pool design with his influential free form pool in his most famous work, El Novillero. Truth is, he didn’t invent the kidney pool though. He most he was inspired by a visit to FInland’s Alvar Aalto Villa Mairea, which also featured a free form pool. That’s El Novillero above left, and Villa Mairea on the right. So there you have it. Kidney pools were invented in Finland in 1937, not in California, circa 1948.

[Source: Intercontinental Gardener] – Thanks to Jarno Väisänen for the tip.

There are a few architectural relics left standing from the 1964-65 World’s Fair in New York, but unfortunately the Kodak Pavilion isn’t one of them. This would have been at or near the height of the skateboard craze in the 60’s, so it;s possible a few pioneering street skaters may have gotten away with hitting the tranny.

– Thanks to Bill Helene for the tip.

More skateable architecture. A little bumpy perhaps, but who’s complaining? Good thing I had ths one in the can because I’m calling in sick to S&A today. Enjoy the Henderson Waves bridge if you are in Singapore. They are lenient on gum chewing, so I’m sure this spot is not a bust. Not a Singapore local? Head on over to Designboom.

– Thanks to Alex Shults for the tip, via Sleestak.

Check out a few skateable features at the The Julliard School of Music in New York, NY designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects. Courtesy of SpaceInvading.

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