swatch: the bird's nest

 beijing olympic stadium via texturadesign

HdM (herzog and de meuron) have made the k:designs cut, again!  this time in the form of a bird's nest, or rather the bird's nest.

swatch: de young museum

de young museum by herzog and de meuron

just did a thesis critique at cal poly.  the project site was in san francisco and i was reminded of all the great textures of the city.  the skin at the de young is one of my favorites.