Swiss architects group8 with Guscetti & Tournier structural engineering have completed an aviary in the Bois de la Bâtie public park in Geneva, Switzerland. The aviary is situated on a separate island which limits the access of visitors, who follow a path around the aviary to view birds from all directions. The structure consists of 16 unique, tree-like, steel pillars supporting a concrete roof...
Belgian artist Arne Quinze has created an installation called The Sequence outside the Flemish Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Quinze designed The Sequence for the Festival of Politics at the Flemish Parliament last month; it will remain in place for at least five years. The following information is from Studio Arne Quinze: – ARNE QUINZE FOR THE FLEMISH PARLIAMENT The immediate environment of t..
The giant Mutagenesis installation by Belgian designer Arne Quinze opened at the Abitate Il Tempo design show in Verona, Italy this weekend. The show closes tomorrow (Monday 24 September). For more info on the exhibition, see our earlier story. More Dezeen stories about Arne Quinze. Below: Arne Quinze
[Image: The Waiting Room, Rome, by Jeffrey Inaba/Inaba Projects]. Jeffrey Inaba of Inaba Projects has a new pavilion on display now in Rome, sponsored by Enel, Italy's largest utilities provider. Because of that sponsorship, Inaba "wanted to use numerous forms of alternative energy applications," but decided, in the end, to apply "just one that was highly productive and cost effective." The pavi..
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..
