When I first got all the info to write my article on it I was soconfused! Just amazing architecture, different design ideas which areso distinctive and different from one another, yet they all tie upreally well! I felt like a kid left alone without any restrictions in FAO Schwarztoy store and candy shop simultaneously! I just didn’t know where tolook at, what to comment on, and I was definitely ..
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Nagoya, Japan, featuring a room dedicated to plants. The house, situated on a narrow plot surrounded by neighbouring houses, accommodates the client’s desire for a vibrant garden by including a landscaped “garden room” bordering the main living space. The architects aimed to treat the rooms and garden in the same way. Object..
UNIQLO MEGASTORE in Tokyo has opened Tokyo based design studio, Curiosity has completed the design of the Uniqlo Megastore that has opened near Shinjuku station in Tokyo. The new design is strongly influenced by the Tokyo urban landscape and the large entrance, marked with three display towers, recreates a mini-Shinjuku city. As the lighting floor wraps the towers in a glow of light that illumin..
Architects: Antonio Eraso Co. Location: One Fullerton, Singapore Client: Mr. Loh Lik Peng and Chef Yong Bing Ngen Design Team: Antonio Eraso, Andres Atela, Akira Kita, Narisa C.watananun, Sharon de Guzman General Contractor: Cheng Meng Furniture Co Pte Ltd Electrical Contractor: Emac Pte Ltd M&E Consultant: Bescon Consulting Engineers Pte Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Derek Swalwell Jing is a ..
Architects: TYIN Tegnestue Location: Min Buri, Bangkok Collaborator: CASE Studio Architects Project team: Pasi Aalto, Andreas Grøntvedt Gjertsen, Yashar Hanstad, Magnus Henriksen, Erlend Bauck Sole Client: Old Market Community Project: Community house Cost: 27,000 NOK Project year: March 2009 - May 2009 Photographs: Pasi Aalto TYIN tegnestue is a non-profit organization working humanitarian thro..
Dutch interior architects i29 have completed an office suite for an advertising agency using used furniture bought from online auction sites and charity shops. The offices, for Gummo in Amsterdam, will only be used for two years so i29 persuaded the client to go for an affordable and sustainable solution. The second-hand furniture has all been painted dark grey while all the walls are white. See..
Israeli architects SO have completed an ice cream and yogurt parlour in an old carpentry shop in Ramat Ishay. The shop features two linear elements that rise and fall to form benches and tables to draw customers towards the seating area at the rear. Graphic design is by FIRMA. Photographs are by Asaf Oren. – Here’s some info from SO Architecture: – In the industrial zone of Ramat Ishay northern ..
The project developed from one of the most simple and antique components on our dining table – bread. This bakery was created inside a railway station, the modern symbol of speed and progress. The precise desire for integration and dialogue with the architectonic context is obvious from the very beginning. It shows that Vyta is totally projected towards the outside, and separated from it by a si..
Italian architects Iosa Ghini Associati have completed a bar, breakfast room and conference centre for Boscolo Exedra Nice hotel in Nice, France. The interior features tree-like columns and wood-paneled walls. The bar is made of Corian and the floor of the conference centre is dotted with red, glass inserts. Photographs are by Nicola Schiaffino. Here is some more text from Iosa Ghini Associati: ..
The Istanbul, Turkey based Erginoglu & Calislar Architects designed a contemporary restoration and conversion of a historical stone walled salt barn, so it could be used as the offices of the advertising agency Medina Turgul DDB. from contemporist
