ANOTHER EML SUCCESS!

It was only a matter of time before Elite Model Look finalist Kelly Moreira started making headlines in the modelling industry. Another Elite Model Look success story, Kelly has walked straight onto the catwalk, walking for the likes of YSL, Dries Van Noten and Lanvin. Not bad for a first Season! Kelly is currently front page news on Model.com...guess we're not the only ones keeping an eye on this rising star!

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Queen's Square, Yokohama Japan

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The Queen's Square Yokohama opened in 1996, on the edge of the water. The Landmark Plaza and Pacifico Yokohama diverge from a long, skylit hall. It has 500,000 sq.m of shopping and venues, including the Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall and Pan-Pacific Hotel.

The Queens Towers loom above the mall. An exciting curving metal sculpture sits in front. The annual Christmas tree is an exciting event.

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THANK YOU BOOHOO.COM!

Final line up of girls (and shoes!)

Elite would like to thank the fabulous BooHoo.com for all the gorgeous shoes we used during the T4 Stars of 2009 model competition. Not only did they look amazing but they were also surprisingly easy to walk in given the stiletto heel (yes we did try them all on....). We personally think that they outshone the celebs designer pairs onstage and if you’re not already logging on to www.boohoo.com we suggest you do so now!

Two contestants trying on the gorgeous gladiator heels

Celeb guest Jameela Jamil presents our winner Lottie (wearing BooHoo shoes) with her prizes

Copenhagen Concert Hall, Ørestad Copenhagen

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Jean Nouvel designed the Koncerthuset Copenhagen, completed in January 2009. At $300 million it is one of the most expensive concert halls ever built.

The giant blue box of transparent screens encloses a complex series of volumes. Nouvel said of his project (via wikipedia):

"I propose to materialize the context by creating an exceptional urban building respecting the planned layout of the site. It will be a volume, a mysterious parallelepiped that changes under the light of day and night whose interior can only be guessed at. At night the volume will come alive with images, colors, and lights expressing the life going on inside".

The interior is a world in itself, complex and diversified. An interior street lined with shops follows the path of the urban canal; a restaurant and bar spill into it. The restaurant is dominated by a covered square, a large empty volume beneath the wooden “scales” cladding the concert hall above. It is a world of contrasts and surprises, a labyrinth, an interior landscape. On one side, the world of musicians, with courtyards and exterior terraces, and vegetation. On the other, Piranesian public spaces link together the different performance halls, the restaurant, and the street. The abstract is invaded by the figurative; the permanent is complemented by the ephemeral. The facades are diaphanous filters permitting views of the city, the canal, and the neighboring architecture. At night these facades become screens for projecting images. The architecture asserts itself through details - doors, lighting, ceilings, and staircases - a testimony of respect for the buildings' visitors, concertgoers, and artists. Each room becomes a discovery, each detail an invention, lessons learned from Theodor Lauritzen and Hans Sharoun whose certain kind of architecture should never be forgotten, and to whom this project is a discrete homage. Architecture is like music; it is made to move and delight us".

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Surface Beauty

Moschinos darling Elisa Sednaoui takes a break from campaigns to star in this sultry editorial for Novembers issue of Surface magazine shot by Dan Martensen. Stunning close-ups, vintage inspired clothing and playful poses give these shots an intimate feel and memorable quality....we’re hooked!

Ordrupgaard Museum, Copenhagen Denmark

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Zaha Hadid designed the Ordrupgård Museum extension at Jægersborg Dyrehave north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The project was completed in 2005. The Brutalist design doubles exhibition space for the museum's Danish and French art from the 19th and 20th century.

The form of the addition folds from the natural landscape with glazed and structural elements that relate it to the existing museum. Terraced loops provide visual connection back to the existing building. Like many modern museum, the courtyard entrance leads to a foyer that navigates to various wings. Overhead lighting points visitors to further spaces.

Though different in concept, the form is similar to the De Young museum in San Francisco.

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