This is simply just awesome.

Venice suffered its worst flooding in 22 years as water in the Italian city rose to more than 1.5 metres (five feet) deep before beginning to recede

"Viva Store is a conversion by Bolivian architects Roca + Paz in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. "

It's quite a minimalist design, probably quite a relief from the outside atmosphere:
"Besides being the area of most consumption, it is over-stimulated by advertising signs, changing its urban landscape."

and lights are quite the thing right now on buildings .. "The rebuild, completed last year, involved wrapping a new curving “cover” around the L-shaped building. The “cover” is animated by changing light patterns at night."

"The Plasticamente Pavilion has been designed to host the premiere of the new Walt Disney movie Trilli, an eco-friendly cartoon. An exhibition dedicated to the world of children has been organized inside, exploring the qualities of the plastic and its potential for recycle."

Noticeable commercial center in Taiwan.
"The structure centres around a 10-storey atrium, where each escalator spirals up to the next floor."

Banksy, as usual, doing superb stuff.

The world’s first major mobile phone specifically designed to meet the demands of children and their parents will be launched next month in Hong Kong. According to the design director, the inspiration behind the Mo1 was to “create a mobile phone which [could] be used by children safely and independently.”

Christoph Benda’s first novel has already broken new ground with its use of Google maps. Senghor on the Rocks tells the story of Austrian camera assistant arriving in the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Readers are taken on a verbal and visual journey, the location changing with the story using updated satellite view Google maps. The book (in German), was originally written from 2002 to 2005, and was later adapted for the latest geo-novel edition. Based on his time spent in Senegal, Benda’s collaborative partner on the project, Florian Ledermann explains the project: