London Design Festival 2010: designer Paul Cocksedge has installed a large buckled disc outside the Southbank Centre in London. The piece is magnetic, meaning passers-by can attach their unwanted pennies to its golden surface. Once the installation closes on 8 October, one pound will be donated to children’s charity Barnardo’s for every penny attached to the disc. Called Drop, the project was co..
For Thomas Phifer + Partners’ latest residence, the firm takes inspiration from the envisioned Long Island site’s proximity to the water. The seemingly repetitious simplistic form is actually one continuous surface that undulates to carve spaces underneath it. ising gracefully from the sand dunes, the form fluidly defines different programmatic elements, and its free flowing nature embraces the ..
Architects: Architectural Bureau G.Natkevicius & Partners Location: Utriai, Vežaičiai, Klaipėda, Lithuania Partners in Charge: G.Natkevičius, A.Adomaitis, R.Babrauskas Structural Engineering: V.P.Čiras Site Area: 3,000 sqm Project Area: 424 sqm Project Year: 2006 Photographs: R. Urbakavičius The client is an entrepreneur in the agricultural production business (chickens(eggs), pigs rearing). His..
The Art Directors Club recently announced the 50 young creatives from 14 countries to claim the prestigious ADC Young Guns 8 title. Winners were selected from entries received from 37 countries in this international, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies today’s vanguard of young creative professionals age 30 or younger. The field includes young talent in the fie..
London Design Festival: designer Stuart Haygarth has installed picture-frame offcuts in stripes either side of a marble staircase at the Victoria & Albert Museum for the London Design Festival. Called Framed, the installation leaves a ziz-zag path between the painted frames, which were collected from art framers John Jones. The installation remains in place until 26 September. See all our storie..
Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners Location: Fishers Island, New York, USA Managing Partner: Thomas Phifer AIA Project Partner: Donald Cox AIA Project Architect: Andrew Mazor Collaborators: Adam Ruffin, Eric Richey, Jonathan Benner, Lisa Tilney, Rebecca Emmons Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Mechanical Engineers: Ambrisino, DePinto&Schmieder Lighting Designer: Office for Visua..
This office building in Shanghai punctuated by rectangular apertures is a renovation by Chinese firm NHDRO. The existing building is situated in the former Shanghai French Concession, and original features such as timber joists and structural walls have been left exposed. The first of five storeys is a shop for retailer Design Republic while the floors above form offices for Design Republic and ..
Architects: Supermachine Studio Location: Varinchuprap, Ubonratchathani, Thailand Client: Prakit Chaisongkram Project Area: 500 sqm Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Jaroonrat Vithoosuwan & Pirak Anurakyawachon The villa is built around the exciting core idea of the young couple owner. The husband would like to make his working and living life even more inseparable by placing his working room hove..
Here are some more of the villas from Athens developer Oliaros‘ project on the island of Antiparos, Greece including designs from Tokyo architects Atelier Bow-Wow, Swiss firm Harry Gugger Studio and Greek firm decaArchitecture (see our earlier story). Above and top: Panagia I&II by Katerina Tsigarida Architects Antiaros Design Properties comprises 24 residences of which seven have already been b..
Our collection of extraordinarily beautiful lights created using ultra high-tech Digital Manufacturing technologies continues with the Tulip.MGX table light. Part of the 2009 Bouquet Collection by MGX featuring flower shaped laser sintered lights, Tulip.MGX takes its shape from intriguing organic forms – forms that are so far unknown and yet seem so familiar. Rather than translating something fr..
