Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse Upper Class lounge, JFK International Airport Location New York Phase Completed February 2004 Size 7,000 sf Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class lounge at JFK Airport was conceived as an environment to celebrate both the power and possibility on New York City, and the excellence and irreverence of Virgin Atlantic Airways. It is an urban oasis, entered into beneath a glittering..
Architects: Ramirez Buxeda Arquitectos Collaborators: Jorge F. Ramirez-Buxeda, Francisco Matta, Nelson Cotto, Robin Planas, Beatriz Fernandez, Bryan Copp, Migda Colon, Luis Maldonado, Hanelore Freer Location: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, USA Structural: Jose Espinal Vazquez y Asociados Electrical: Juan R. Requena y Asociados Mechanical: Torres y Velez Contractor: Maridian Construction Corp. Site Area:..
Milan 08: Cube 6 by designer Naho Matsuno turns from a cube into six stools and back again. Matsuno showed the project in the Salone Satellite at the Milan furniture fair. The stools are made from birch plywood and maple and the cube is 350 x 350 x 350mm when slotted together. A version with three stools is also available (see below).
Croatian architects 3LHD have won an invited competition to design a sports and community centre at Rijeka, an industrial port city in Croatia. The following info is from 3LHD: – Centre Zamet 3LHD Architects The primary characteristic of the design of Zamet Centre is the integration of a big work project into the urban structure of this part of the town of Rijeka, with the objective of minimizin..
Venice Architecture Biennale: here are more designs for villas at the Next-Gene 20 project in Taiwan, which will feature 20 homes designed by Taiwanese and international architects. Above: Radix House by Shu-Chang Kung More info and images in our earlier story. Above: Ridge House by Hailim Suh The project was launched in Venice during the architecture biennale last week. Above: FlexiVilla by Tos..
Designersblock have curated seven window installations by designers KithKin, Postlerferguson (above), Matthew Plummer-Fernandez and other at Selfridges department store in London. The installations, on the store’s Duke Street frontage, will be in place until October 23rd. above: Postlerferguson above: Charlie Davidson above: Jim Rokos & Toby Summerskill The following is from Designersblock: – Se..
Following our story last week about Olafur Eliasson’s latest addition to the BMW Art Cars series, here are some photographs of the other 15 cars in the series, which invites leading artists to work with the marque’s vehicles. Above: Alexander Calder (1975). The collection began in 1975 when French racing driver Hervé Poulain commissioned his friend Calder to paint his BMW 3.0 CSL (above). Below:..
The GINA Light Visionary Model by BMW is a concept featuring a flexible fabric skin stretched over an articulated metal frame, meaning the car can change shape. Developed by BMW Group Design and unveiled yesterday, the concept is meant to provoke discussion about the possibilities of car design in the future. Doors open upwards and outwards, creating folds in the material that disappear when the..
Young Spanish architects CrystalZoo have designed an extension to the Seu University of La Nucia, an external site of the University of Alicante in La Nucia, Spain. The two-storey extension wraps around one wing of the existing college building and includes a new reception area and cafeteria. Photographs by Guillermo Luijk and Crystalzoo Studio. The following text is from the architects: – Seu..
Dutch architects MVRDV and Spanish architects GRAS have won a competition to design a new carbon-neutral city in La Rioja, Spain. The development will cover two hills and will include 3,000 social homes with sports facilities, retail, restaurants and gardens. The buildings will occupy 10% of the 56 ha site, with the remaining space used for energy production and as a public park. All energy requ..
