Apple Store 5th Avenue by Bolin Cywinski Jackson, Day 7 #30days30spaces

This is Day 7 from our #30days30spaces series on New York City spaces in collaboration with designismymuse.  We are doing this series to celebrate the launch of the  Indiegogo Great Spaces Campaign!

About the Apple Store 5th Avenue- 

The most infamous glass cube in NYC, the apple store on 5^th avenue is an example of the most up to date contemporary architecture. Already a popular destination for New Yorkers and tourists alike, the seemingly invisible cube makes an alluring invitation toward occupying public space in one of the most highly trafficked streets in the nation. (read more & share at greatspacestv.com)

(images via bcj.com)

The Tokyo International Center is a swooping boat-like web of steel & glass in the heart of downtown Tokyo.  Check it out on Great Spaces: http://bit.ly/NTSeon 

Have you ever been to the Corning Glass Museum?  If not, it may be time to go soon.  They just unveiled the design for a stunning new addition appropriately built from - you guessed it - glass.


When the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, NY opens its new $64 million addition in 2014, it will become the largest space for contemporary glass art in the world.  The 26,000 sf addition will be daylit, promising a dazzling space to view and display glass artworks, and the fact that it will be constructed mostly from various types of glass means that it is practically a work of art on display in the museum itself.  We’re excited.  Are you?

Check it out on Great Spaces!  http://bit.ly/McgMmW

Tree Hotel x Tham & Videgard Arkitekter click for full SPREAD.

A tree hotel in the far north of Sweden, near the small village of Harads, close to the polar circle in which you may encounter polar bears. Just kidding. 

About the program:

• If you looking for shelter from polar bears while your in Sweden go up in the trees; a lightweight aluminum structure hung around a tree trunk, a 4x4x4 meters box clad in mirrored glass. The exterior reflects the surroundings and the sky, creating a camouflaged refuge. The interior is all made of plywood and the windows give a 360 degree view of the surroundings.

• The construction also alludes to how man relates to nature, how we use high tech materials and products when exploring remote places in harsh climates (Gore-tex, Kevlar, composite materials, light weight tents etc). Which means it has a smart design with a good use cool materials! What a place to create memoirs, I mean memories eh?