Architects: Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp Location: Sydney, Australia Landscape: FJMT Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon Australia Structural & Civil Consultant: Taylor Thomson Whitting Mechanical & Electrical Consultant: Lincolne Scott Hydraulic Consultant: ThomsonKane Environmental consultant: Advanced Environmental Concepts Acoustic consultant: Arup Acoustics Facade Engineer: Connell Mott MacDonald..
Pantone Inc’s claim to fame began 45 years ago with its revolutionary color matching system that allowed designers to reproduce accurate color anywhere in the world. Currently, the company is branching out and moving into lifestyle- oriented industries using the same color numbering system to guarantee an exactness of hue. As the company began expanding, Pantone decided to construct a hotel as p..
The plot is located in the middle of Kojetín, close to Nový Ji?ín, on a hill with a view of the surrounding landscape. The investor’s intention was to reconstruct a former barn into a place for work and living in the first phase, and build a new family house in the vicinity in the future. The original sandstone walls and pillars from 1862 have been preserved. A reinforcing concrete ring was desi..
Architects: Sergey Skuratov Architects Location: Moscow, Russia Project Team: Skuratov S.A., Romanov A., Kuznetsova E. Client & Partners: Biznes Stroy Ltd \ Tehnologija Ltd of MR-group Structural Engineering: Tehnologija Ltd of TSN group of companies Site Area: 7,987 sqm Project Area: 40,000 sqm Project Year: 2005-2008 Photographs: Courtesy of Sergey Skuratov Architects The business center is co..
How would seating be without a chair? Quite ironic, but Vitra presented “chairless” during Milan Design Week 2010. I guess chairless is the perfect device for fidgety people who just cant settle themselves even when cross-legged! Despite the fact that chairless was designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena the seating strap is commonly used by the Ayoreo Indians, a nomadic tribe living in ..
As designers we travel around the world to new places in order to get inspired and discover the newest up and becoming artists, objects, designer furniture and all that has to do with design. In one such exclusive exhibition in London we discovered the great artworks of Petr Weigl and mission was accomplished. Son of a Czech émigré born in England, Petr Weigl is a talented artist/sculptor/graphi..
Model Citizens is an annual exhibit in New York for independent designers to show off their work. This chair is from Brooklyn-based designer Joshua Newman. from contemporist
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the world’s first Ferrari theme park and largest attraction of its kind, has announced that it will open its doors to the public on October 28, 2010, three weeks ahead of the second Formula 1™ Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will pay tribute to the passion, excellence, performance, and technical innovation that Ferrari has established over th..
German architectural firm Lynx Architecture have designed the BR House in Munich. from contemporist
As the previous pavilions we have featured on AD for the World Expo 2010 illustrate, the exhibition is, undoubtedly, a giant testing ground to experiment with the latest avant-garde design concepts. In late March, we featured Naço Architectures‘ pavilion and we have just be informed of some details of the facade treatment. The facade’s main focus was to capitalize on Monaco’s seemingly eternal p..
