Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Glasscrawler...

Disgusting creatures...







This looks like a beautiful piece of architecture...




George Lucas' headquarters for Lucasfilm Animation Singapore will be completed mid-next year, but it's already developed a nickname: The Sandcrawler. Based on the pictures here you can see how it resembles the famed vehicle from the original Star Wars film.




Construction started in October 2010 on the facility which will consist of eight floors of office space, a retail shopping space located on the first floor, a lush public park area, elevated public gardens, a state-of-the-art data center and production capabilities as well as a 100 seat theater. The structure will be located in the country's Fusionopolis Development Complex.




It is expected to house the company's growing animation unit that is working on a secret feature film project. Apparently the creative elements of the story will still be developed in Marin County, back in Skywalker Ranch, but the visual construction of that tale will take place in a glass Jawa transport. The projects that are being done here are in addition to anything yet to be announced from ILM and their attempts to become a full fledged animation studio.




The Empire grows...

5 comments:

Dark Mall said...

Wow, that's kind of cool.

How about they build a Death Star themed building in Shanghai?

An X-Wing designed structure in Paris?

An R2-D2 shaped building in New York? The top could even rotate with a restaurant inside!

Connie Moreno said...

WOW....

Grand Moff Tarkin said...

Maybe the new project there is to handle the computer effects for the live-action series?

Anonymous said...

Great to see an all American company building a new fancy office for its employees.

Anonymous said...

Apparently the feature is a fairy tale musical Lucas' young daughter wrote about an old man and a fairy he befriends. It will be Lucas' first animated feature (they were only a service company for rango, which didn't even turn a profit--hence it all being made in Singapore to save money.