Finnish designer Timo Hoisko has created the Farmline chair out of a single metal tube and locally-produced hemp fiber. I believe in sustainable development, and in the design our products we should promote nature-conserving renewable materials. I wanted to design an ecological chair using locally-produced hemp fiber, a rare material in the furniture industry that I believe would create new oppo..
Architect: STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS Architect of Record: Loewenberg & Associates Owner: Magellan Development Program: Hotel and Residential High-rise with retail and commercial spaces Size: 1.9 m SF including parking, 823 feet high Completion: Summer 2009, currently under construction In an increasingly dense city like Chicago, views from a new tower must be negotiated between existing buildings. ..
Description: Our project is in a privileged topographic situation, due to its visual condition of greater height in relation to the surrounding neighbors. This allows the house to enjoy excellent vistas towards the National Park of Chipinque in the south, as well as towards all of the east, which is dominated in the horizon by the “Cerro de la Silla”, an emblematic hill in the boundaries of the ..
This vortex-shaped, temporary outdoor installation at Materials & Applications in Los Angeles warped the flow of space with a featherweight rendition of a celestial black hole. Hovering over M&A's courtyard, Maximilian's Schell was a spectacle the size of an apartment building constructed in tinted Mylar resembling stained glass. The piece functioned as a shade structure, swirling overhead for t..
“Vertical Confluence”, a skyscraper in Paris designed by Jiang Yuan and Xu Yang from Y-studio received a special mention in the 2010 eVolo skyscraper competition. A skyscraper at Paris: At a local scale, it is a fundamental element of a radically rethought urban space. It is imbued with a desire to reform. At the scale of the city, it assumes a role in punctuating the city. The site The tour is ..
In the open international competition for the planning and design ofa museum complex for the National Museum of Art, Architecture andDesign at Vestbane in Oslo, Norway the jury has selected three winners: 1st prize: #164 Forum Artis: Kleihues and Schuwerk Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH (Naples, Berlin) 2nd prize: #147 Urban Transition: JAJA Architects ApS (Copenhagen) + Jakob Rolver 3rd prize:..
Lace Apartments by Ofis Arhitekti The location of the apartment block is in the centre of Nova Gorica (population 32.000) – Nova Gorica is situated in the west of Slovenia, adjacent the Slovene – Italian border. It lies 92 meters above sea level. The town has also very specific climate conditions – it is renowned is the hottest town in Slovenia in summer and very strong winds in winter. The obje..
Photographer Slimane turns his eye and camera lens towards Rolls Royce, while Beck records the car engine for a Dazed Digital Exclusive He might have been far too young to drive one, but Hedi Slimane's obsession with the affluent car make Rolls Royce started when the photographer was only six years old. Sketching the car over and over in his note pad, little did young Slimane know that the car e..
program 750 Apartments, Commercial, Hotel, Cinemateque, Kindergarten, underground parking client Modern Hongyun Real Estate Development Co. LTD. Beijing, China size 210,000 sm status Design Development Filmic urban space; around, over and through multifaceted spatial layers, are the central aims of this Hybrid Building complex sited adjacent to the center of Beijing. The aspiration of the develo..
