Belgian designer and artist Arne Quinze created a temporary installation at five-star Parisian hotel Le Royal Monceau last month, before the hotel’s closure for a year-long refurbishment. The installation, called Rebirth, lasted just one night as part of Demolition Party, a VIP event on 26 June at which guests were invited to help destroy fixtures at the hotel. Le Royal Monceau will reopen next ..
Another winner from our Dezeen x Design Association container design competition - KT: the listening room by designers MAT Studio and Elastik. The 20 foot shipping container was filled with CNC-cut layers of corrugated fiberboard and compressed-polyester foam panels, which cut out noise and vibration from the outside while the occupant listened to classical music. Fifteen speakers were oriented ..
Bridge of Aspiration conecta la Royal Opera House y la Royal Ballet School de Londres, atravesando Floral Street a la altura del cuarto piso. El diseño expresa el movimiento de los bailarines, que son los principales usuarios del puente. 3D modelling was necessary to define the geometry which was made more complex by the slope and skew of the alignment. El diseño pertenece a Wilkinson Eyre Archi..
Architects: Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA Constructed Area: 558 sqm Project Team: Jeffrey S. Lee, FAIA; Jennifer Olson, AIA Associate Architect: SFL+A Architects Client: City of Fayetteville Structural Engineers: Fleming & Associates Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineer: Stanford White & Associates Contractor: Ellis Walker Construction Co. Project ..
Italian designer Riccardo Giovanetti has designed a pavilion to host the premier of new Walt Disney movie Trilli. The 130 square meter structure is made from shiny, white, plastic disks and houses an exhibition for children about plastics and recycling. It was commissioned by the Italian Institute of Plastic Recycled and will travel to several cities over the coming months. The following is from..
Japanese architects SANAA will create an installation at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain, this month. The project will consist of acrylic curtains arranged in a spiral within the pavilion, reflecting and distorting views through the structure. “We decided to make transparent curtains using acrylic material, since we didn’t want the installation to interfere in any way with the..
Hudson River Park Trust Commission Hudson River Piers 26 and 25, New York, New York, 2006 33 units 9’ wide Marine vinyl, steel, polycarbonate plastic, foam. Hudson River Park Nature does not stop in the city. The Hudson River, brushing against the concrete and glass of the urban fabric, rises up and down twice a day with the eternal clock of the tides. This tidal activity connects us to the ocea..
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia PA, 1990. 275’ x 150’: 3’ blown-glass rain gauges mounted on 18’ galvanized steel poles with 11’ pollen-yellow windsocks, 2’ x 2’ sandblasted slides of pollen samples set into 8’ x 4’ x 2’ steel booths, mowed trail connecting the four slide booths and five windsock/rain gauge poles. Installed from July to December. This piece explores the natural forces which have cr..
mOCEAN 2004mOcean investigated the phenomenological and constructional possibilities of movement and thick space. It was designed for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Contemporary Extension (SFMOMA CX) summer event, entitled Diamond Dust. The event theme was based on the work and production of Andy Warhol's Factory. Drawing from Warhol's Silver Clouds, the installation attempts to capture ..
The “Oca” was developed as a temporary pavilion for the event “Resistance and Tradition”, which was part of the World Cultural Forum that took place in São Paulo in 2004. As a center of discussion about Brazil’s indigenous culture, it sheltered many ceremonies and meetings of representatives from the country’s various native communities. Architect: Königsberger Vannucchi - Jorge Königsberger and..
