Architects: TANK Architectes / Olivier Camus & Lydéric Veauvy Location: Proville, France Client: City Hall of Proville Architect Chief of Project: Mathieu Berteloot Site area: 531 sqm Constructed area: 610 sqm + 90 sqm of terrace Project year:2008 Photographs: TANK Architectes The new mediatheque of Proville has to open onto the village and become a place of exchange and culture, a public librar..
Architects： DnA Location： Ordos, Inner Mongolia Project team： Tiantian Xu，Guillaume Aubry，Yingnan Chen Program： Museum Client： Ordos Jiangyuan Water Engineering Co. Ltd Design year： 2005-2006 Construction year： 2006-2007 Site area： 420 sqm Building area： 270 sqm Photographs： Savoye/Ruogu Zhou, Iwan Baan Ordos Art Museum is the first building of Ordos’ new civic center on a stretch of sand dunes ..
London Design Festival 09: Berlin design studio Osko+Deichmann will present a range of seating inspired by a pebble at The Dock in London next week. Designed for Swedish brand Blå Station, the Pebble range are based on a stone found in the designers’ studio. The range includes an armchair, two- and three-seater sofas, and a footstool. Pebble will be shown at VORBOTEN: 7 Studios from Berlin, at T..
London Design Festival 09: an exhibition of six extruded aluminium furniture pieces by British designer Thomas Heatherwick has opened at Haunch of Venison in London. Heatherwick’s Extrusions series is produced using the world’s largest extrusion machine, with each piece consisting of a single piece of aluminium polished for 300 hours to achieve a mirror finish (the images here show the pieces be..
Brooklyn, New York based designer Daniel Michalik has created the Tilter Chair. Tilter is a chair made from solid recycled cork. The backrest features relief cuts that allow it to tilt and spring, giving additional support and comfort to the sitter. from contemporist
The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects has announced that their 2009 Fall Home Tour will take place on October 4th, featuring a variety of architect designed homes in the picturesque community of Manhattan Beach. For one day only, architecture and design fans are welcome to wander through some of the most striking modern Manhattan Beach homes, including the Kuhlhaus 02 h..
Architects: Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Site: Mainz, Germany Client: Wohnbau Mainz GmbH Structure: Knippers Helbig beratende Ingenieure Total area: 9,000 sqm Budget: 14M Euro Project Year: 2003-2008 Photographs: Moreno Maggi The building complex is located in the middle of the city center of Mainz, Germany. Its existing “historical” facade shown to the Cathedral in Mainz and its new facade to ..
Architects: PIQUE llc Location: Tumalo, OR, USA Structural Engineer: Elemental Engineering llc Contractor: R&H Construction Project year: 2009 Photographs: Peter Jahnke This residence sits on a remote 10 acre site comprised of Sage & Juniper trees in Central Oregon. Conceived as two simple cubes in the landscape, one box for sleeping and one for living, the structure offers two distinct means of..
Nicolas Tye Architects is an award winning company that pushes the very boundaries of design to create timeless and inspirational architecture; not only in creating exclusive and persistently high quality environments for all people, but by recognising that the world around us is ceaselessly changing. Central to the philosophy of Nicolas Tye Architects is that design is generated by the needs of..
The Bamboo Lantern designed for the Gwamgju Design Biennale in Korea by Atelier FCJZ (a prominent chinese firm who is also designing the Shanghai Corporate pavilion for the Expo 2010) appears to be a solid heavy mass. Yet, as visitors separate its two halves and occupy its interior, the mere cubic form turns into something else completely. The lantern is a “ dialogue between opposites” , as its ..
