French architects Studio Bellecour have completed a pair of office buildings near Toulouse, France, wrapped in aluminum fins and connected by a twisting concrete element. The horizontal fins curve around all sides of both offices to prevent overheating in the summer and reflect light back into rooms during the winter. Between the two volumes sits a half-raised courtyard with landscaped gardens a..
Architects: SPBR Arquitetos Location: Ubatuba, Brazil Principal in charge: Angelo Bucci Project team: Ciro Miguel, Juliana Braga, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Flávia Parodi Costa, Tatiana Ozzetti, Lucas Nobre, Nilton Suenaga Client: Antônio Carlos Onofre / Regina Silveira Onofre Structural engineer: Ibsen Puleo Uvo Landscape architect: Raul Pereira Lightning design: Ricardo Heder Construction:..
These dresses by Dutch designers Studio Roosegaarde and V2_ become transparent when approached. Called Intimacy, the garments are made of electically-sensitive foils that become opaque or transparent according to alterations in current. Intimacy Black (above and below) is made from strips of black material that turn transparent as another person gets closer, while Intimacy White (top) varies in ..
Project: Spirito – Martini Location: Brussels, Belgium Designer: Puresang team Client: Franseco Ravo / entrepeneur Completion date: December 2009 A blessed club in Brussels text by Marcia Argyriades for Yatzer We at Yatzer have always been fond of radical interior re-designing, especially when the space at which we are looking at previously operated as a church. Spirito – Martini is a former Ang..
Architects: Mayslits Kassif Architects Location: Arlozorov Street, Tel Aviv, Israel Design Team: Udi Kassif, Ganit Mayslits Kassif, Maor Roytman Program: A mixed use building containing kindergarten cluster and municipal welfare offices. Client: The Tel Aviv-Yafo Economic Development Authority Ltd. Site Area: 6,000 sqm Built Area: 3,000 sqm Budget: $5,000,000 Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Iwan..
A few years ago, Jean Nouvel unveiled his plans for two towers for Sydney City, and now, the project has just received approval. Located on the site of a former brewery, the towers – one 16 stories and the other 33 – are part of the 250,000 sqm development plan managed by Frasers Property. The towers will house 563 luxury apartments above a six level retail and recreation podium. The eastern tow..
Polish studio moomoo architects have introduced mirrored columns, slanted walls and a clothes shop to the interior of this hair salon in Warsaw, Poland. The reflective columns serve as mirrors for stylists and shoppers, and open up to provide extra storage. The slanted walls have sections removed to create workspaces with integrated sinks and shelves to display hair products. The salon has rails..
Architectural Team: Fletcher Crane Architects / Toby Fletcher, Ian Crane and Sam Stevens Structural Engineer: Elliott Wood/Gary Elliott, George Georgiou Building Environment and Services Engineer: Skelly and Couch/Mark Skelly, Matthew Chantzidakis Quantity Surveyor: Quantem Consulting/Dan Watson Landscape Architects: Whitelaw Turkington/Ian Turkington ‘The Loom’ is the apparatus for weaving stra..
Slade Architecture designed the Pup Tent as a contribution to the annual auction for New York’s Design Trust for Public Space, a not-for-profit organization committed to improving New York City’s parks, plazas, streets, and public buildings. This piece was an exploration in materials and fabrication. An invitation from the Design Trust for Public Space to contribute a piece for their Annual Auct..
This wavy wall forms the east facade of an information centre designed by BCHO Architects at a Korean concrete factory. Called Hanil Visitors Center and Guest House, the information centre aims to educate visitors about recycling concrete and demonstrates different options through its own construction. Four openings in the eastern wall allow glimpses of how the concrete is produced in the factor..
