Future Systems: Automotive Museum, Modena, Italy.You will find no crumpled crum·ple v. crum·pled, crum·pling, crum·ples v.tr. 1. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple. 2. To cause to collapse. v.intr. 1. Maserati carcasses here. Unlike the Mansilla & Tunon Automotive Museum in Torrejon de la Calzada, Spain (p36)--that makes its wry tribute to the ephemerality e·phem·er·al adj. 1. Lasting for a markedly brief time: "There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript" Irving R. Kaufman. of the motor car with robust effect--this proposal by British architects Future Systems celebrates the timeless beauty of classic cars by attempting to replicate the fine lines History Fine Lines is a new Japanese rock band that consist two members from band called Husking Bee. Their dual emotionally charged vocalists, and impressive musicianship of the members: Tetsuya Kudo on bass, Kazuya Hirabayashi on guitar and vocals, George Kurosawa on guitar of Italian car design in its sleek external form. Nestled into the ground, situated next to Enzo Ferrari's turn-of-the-century house in Modena, the external form of the building reinterprets a number of original Maserati details. These include the full-height curved glass entrance wall, that being articulated with fins recalls the car's original polished radiator grills radiator grill n (AUT) → rejilla del radiador radiator grill n (Aut) → calandre f radiator grill radiator n ( , and the superstructure superstructure /su·per·struc·ture/ (soo´per-struk?chur) the overlying or visible portion of a structure. su·per·struc·ture n. A structure above the surface. itself that sits in the landscape like an enormous car bonnet, complete with 10 air-scoop intake cum north-lights. While limited in height by the scale of the house, the building will provide a suitably distinctive setting in which to display the achievements and finesse of the Maserati collection. R. G. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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