Young Irish artist Debbie Smyth has created a series of objects by weaving tape measures. Smyth was one of the winners of Dezeen’s competition to show work at Talent Zone at Tent London last month, where she also showed her Pins & Thread project. See our earlier story. Debbie, who graduated in textile design this year, uses techniques like knitting, knotting, basket making and origami. The follo..
June 15th, 2006 This competition entry was submitted with Hannah Tribe and myself and was awarded first place. Let’s hope they go ahead with the suckah. This proposal aims to serve the dual purpose of consolidating North Sydney’s major public transport interchange and providing North Sydney with a tangible and defining marker. The scheme comprises a thin steel roof that links the three sites and..
“Pues esa es la belleza que cualquiera quiere para su arquitectura. Una belleza desnuda, inteligente, esencial, capaz de cautivarnos por la cabeza y por el corazón.” Alberto Campo Baeza, en "A ideia Construída", pág. 47, Caleidoscópio, 2004. Este equipamiento de apoyo para eventos está en un jardín, entre árboles y arbustos que determinaron su diseño. La churrasqueira vuela sobre la fuerte pendi..
Architect: DSDHA Client: MoreLondon Structural Engineers: Jane Wernick Associates QS: David Langdon LLP Contractors: Alandale Logistics LTD Subcontractors: Martin Childs Ltd Landscape Architect: Gross Max Landscape Architects Services Engineer: ARUP
Architects: oficina de arquitectura - Emilio Marín + Nicolás Norero Location: Santiago, Chile Project year: 2007 Photography: Cristobal Palma Within the imaginary of the relatives of disappeared prisoners, not only of Chile, there are a series of recurrent images that are constituted as a sensitive alphabet. Candles put on the ground like an act spontaneous reminder, the posters of the disappear..
Off the Grid:Sustainable Habitat 2020 Today, our habitat is very dependent on the international grid of energy &water. Energy crisis, clean water shortage, global warming and environmental pollution are worldwide problems. Understanding cities as dynamic and ever-evolving eco-systems can help us to formulate strategies for a sustainable urban future. The whole project is based on the the brief t..
Bühnenbäume 2003 - 2006 Küchwaldpark 24, 09113 Chemnitz Bauherr Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz Projektleitung Susanne Hofmann Baupiloten Hendrik Bohle, Kai Grüne, Stefan Haas Entwurf Eine Baumlichtung Die Chemnitzer Parkeisenbahn feiert Ihr fünfzigstes Jubiläum ganz besonders: Im romantischen Küchwaldpark der Stadt wird eine neue, überdachte Kleinkunstbühne mit 120 Zuschauerplätzen eingeweiht. Das Bahn..
TRAM STOP Sergio Cardell Plaza. Alicante. SPAIN Light Light Alicante is a 400.000 inhabitants city of the southeast mediterranean spanish coast. Over the last years, there has been building a new tram infrastructure, using the old rails of the local train. This line connects all the towns of the coast, ending in Denia, a northern city of the province, where ships departure to Ibiza. This stop, i..
VTOL - Vertical Take Off and Landing, an installation by designers Kram/Weisshaar, went on show outside the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna this month. The 1.3cm thick concrete installation is part of Vienna Design Week, which runs until 12th October. Photography courtesy of Ditz Fejer. The following is from Kram/Weisshaar: – At the invitation of the Vienna Design Week, Clemens Weisshaar and Reed..
