I love these new art objects by Alyson Fox – the odd combination of bugs/bones…they’re amazing!

Via Lena Corwin.

UNStudio’s MUMUTH – Haus für Musik und Musiktheater – a building for the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, opened yesterday. I love how dynamic it is – the building looks like it’s in motion and about to burst at the seams. The interior looks pretty awesome, too.

From UNStudio’s website:

The building is structured to combine a unit-based volume (the black box of the theatre) and a series of movement-based volumes (foyer and public circulation). Because this organising principle is made constructive, a fluent internal spatial arrangement is actualised, efficiently connecting spaces to each other. The multipurpose auditorium can seat up to 450, and that is adaptable to a great variety of performances. The free-flowing space of the foyer is made possible by a spiraling constructive element that connects the entrance to the auditorium and to the music rooms above, thus welding together ‘with a twist’ the three levels of this side of the building. This twist forms a 3D interpretation of the repetitive pattern, executed in the muted tones of stage make-up, which is applied to the facades and then enveloped by a glittering mesh.

Via Designboom.

Oh my gosh – I love this…Sweet Tear by Jung You. Jung You’s description of the project is a little on the jaded side, but…”It’s for every cup of coffee that is bitter like our lives. It’s a tear of sweet consolation in these short precious moments.”

Via Grijs.

Stefano Boeri Studio completed the addition to the Cinisello Balasmo Shopping Center in Milan, Italy. While the program is not one that draws much interest, the studio has done a lot to make more of a car park than most.

Below is an older project for a Geothermal Power Plant in Grosseto, Italy. The ornament for the two buildings give the plant an iconic industrial identity instead of seeking to disguise or conceal it.