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2017 Renault SYMBIOZ Concept Car (and House!) – Holistic 2030 Nature-Mobile

February 19, 2019, 3 pmSeptember 13, 2017, 11 am by Tom Burkart

You know we love a good Renault concept around here. They generally present a future design language on a wild, unrealistic bodystyle. But the advent of electric cars can be really freeing. SYMBIOZ envisions a car that perfectly fits into its environment and makes a showpiece of everything that passes by these glass windows and roof. The flatpack battery is Tesla-style and lets the front end be cut to nothing, the overall height radically low and the width stretched to the extreme. Advanced ultra-strong materials mean SYMBIOZ can pass crash tests even without typical crumple zones. And with all the …

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2015 Audi Prologue Avant Concept Shows 4-Door, Fast-Wagon Style Ahead of Geneva Show

February 17, 2019, 7 pmFebruary 24, 2015, 7 pm by Tom Burkart

We have seen two iterations of the Prologue concept so far from Audi: both coupes with the scale and presence to compete between the BMW 6 series and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupes. With a design that harks back to the low and lean appearance of the Audi 5000 from the late 1980s, the Prologue design does feel much better as a deeply-sloping wagon silhouette. More naturally Audi, but still a bit blah for our tastes. It engenders little to no visual passion or excitement, despite being a clean and pure design. This latest Prologue Avant dramatically decorates the exterior details …

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New Paris Art Museum from LVMH’s Arnaud Shows Progress in Gehry Design Aesthetic

February 17, 2019, 8 pmOctober 19, 2014, 12 pm by Tom Burkart

Part of the grandeur of the world’s best art museum’s comes not from the collections inside or troved away in the basements – but the designs of the buildings themselves. This latest Parisian masterpiece is called the Fondation Louis Vuitton, named and housing the art collection of Bernard Arnault – the leading man behind LVMH, a luxury powerhouse owning brands far beyond the Louis Vuitton, Moet and Hennessy its name includes. Initially, the space will house the permanent collection of Arnault himself – consisting of thousands of precious artwork so far invisible to the public. Arnault is set to become …

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Auto Landmark: Chicago Motor Club Building- Vacant Art Deco Highrise

February 17, 2019, 8 pmMay 18, 2014, 2 pm by Tom Burkart

How sad is this title? 17 stories of glory, with car elevators and a full drive-up garage system, on prime real estate of Wacker Drive in Chicago? Last we checked, 68 South Water Street was owned by a consortium of flustered real estate investors. Hotel conversion plans have backfired, and there are rumblings that the building … may not be inhabitable. Too bad. Look at this penthouse sun room. Vacant for the last 30 years, at least. Built over 80 years ago, bringing this masterclass in Art Deco architecture up to code seems to be prohibitively expensive at the moment. …

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2014 LaFerrari Animated Turntables in 3 Colors

February 17, 2019, 8 pmMarch 5, 2014, 9 am by Tom Burkart

2014 LaFerrari Animated Turntables in 3 Colors Oh, the LaFerrari Visualizer came out almost exactly a year ago, and I am a year late? Perhaps — but I was not writing about cars a year ago! This is my first year doing this, and I like to start at the beginning with hypercars like this. Yes, there are (limited) real-life photos of LaFerrari out there from auto shows and the like, but these offer the clean aesthetic for which Car-Revs-Daily strives. Enjoy. LaFerrari — Giallo Modena Animated Turntable LaFerrari — Animated Launch Video LaFerrari — Animated Mechanical Architecture LaFerrari — …

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