Architects: nArchitects Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project team: Eric Bunge, Mimi Hoang; Dominique Gonfard, Hubert Pelletier, Alice Wong (Project Manager), Adam Vana Engineers: Ove Arup NY; MEP (Mahadev Raman), Structures (Markus Schulte, Thomas Claassen) Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongo..
Danish designer Thomas Bentzen has designed a freestanding storage unit that looks a bit like a doll’s house on legs. Called Library, it is made of wood and powder-coated steel. The following text is from Thomas Bentzen: – Name/Library Specs Storage space and room divider Library is an extension of FBJ’s core product line furniture for receptions, offices and banks. A room divider, a cosy nook, ..
Architects group8 have completed three houses in Crans-Près-Céligny, Switzerland. The houses are constructed from red, poured concrete. Each house has a sheltered loggia on the first floor as well as an open terrace. Here’s some text from group8: – RED HOUSES The invasion of the individual villa type can be seen as a ‘plague’ or as the inevitable result of a continuous hybrid landscape; a landsc..
Our green friends over Inhabitat just tipped us on a new project by NYC/Napoli based office LOT-EK, a practice that has been doing an interesting job by reusing containers. 24 containers are put together to create a 3 storey store with over 11,000 sqf, including a bar/lounge area and 2 decks. The store is currently at the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, and it´s transported to each location (Alicant..
Architects: Spacelab architects - Luca Silenzi Location: Fermo, Italy Collaborators: Roberto Sargo, Zoè Chantall Monterubbiano Structural Engineering: Giampiero Luzi Technical Inspection: arch. Luca Silenzi, arch. Roberto Sargo Contractor: G.I.L. Costruzioni, Porto San Giorgio (Italy) Constructive System: Precast concrete + metal structure; custom made precast exterior enclosure panels Project y..
Architects: H Arquitectes - David Lorente, Josep Ricart, Xavier Ros, Roger Tudó Location: Vacarisses, Catalunya, Spain Collaborator: Toni Jiménez Anglès, interior / Montse Fornés Guàrdia, architect / Artur Gispert, technical architect / Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Nevado, architect Client: Francesc Ortega & Maria Ferriol Project year: 2006-08 Constructed Area: 132 sqm Budget: 200,000 EURO (US $273,60..
More design for London: designer Neil Barron has won a competition to design a carafe for serving tap-water in London’s restaurants, bars and hotels. Barron’s design has four spouts and a narrow neck to trap ice cubes. The carafes will be available to the hospitality industry early in 2009. Called London On Tap, the competition was organised by Thames Water and the Mayor of London, and the winni..
Car manufacturers Aston Martin and architects Foster + Partners have won a competition to design a new Routemaster bus for London. The £25,000 first prize was jointly awarded to Aston Martin and Foster + Partners (top image), and bus, coach and truck design company Capoco Design (above). Runners up included Héctor Serrano Studio in the UK, and Miñarro García and Javier Esteban from Spain with th..
Architects ONL (Oosterhuis Lénárd) have designed a whale-shaped building between two existing warehouses on the banks of the river Danube in Budapest, Hungary. The project also involves the renovation of the warehouses, which will be shortened by 20 metres to make way for a new square. The 27,000 square metre development is due for completion in 2010. Here’s some more information from the archit..
British designer Tom Dixon has completed the interior of members’ club and event space Paramount, at the top of Centre Point tower in London. The members’ viewing gallery on floor 33 (top image) consists of a champagne and cocktail bar with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city. The 32nd floor has a bar, lounge and restaurant for members and their guests (above), while level 31 hosts pri..
