One of Peter Saville’s recent projects with perhaps less cult appeal than his seminal record covers, but definitely no less verve for anyone with an eye for design, is his consultancy for Danish textile giants Kvadrat. Over the last five years he’s tweaked the graphic identity of the family-run company, gently and always appropriately updating the brand for a new generation of fabric fanatics. N..
Architects: Aristide Antonas Location: Hydra, Greece Collaborators: Katerina Koutsogianni & Niki Dimopoulou Project year: 2007 Photographs: Aristide Antonas The amphitheater house is built in Hydra, a traditional small town, situated in the homonymous island, close to Piraeus, the port of Athens. The building was built above the ruins of an older quasi-orthogonal foundation wall but none of the ..
Hayfa Penthouse * Location: Denya, Hayfa * Total floor area: 185m2 * Design& build: 2005- 2006 * Program: single person apartment from pitsou
Turkish design firm Autoban, have completed the design of another location for The House Café, located in the Kanyon Shopping Mall in Istanbul, Turkey. From Autoban: The latest branch of The House Café chain at the shopping mall Kanyon, is an integration of the mall’s original architecture, The House Café brand identity and the Atutoban design approach. A site-built structure made of steel and g..
Dynamic Architecture – the New BMW Museum photographs: Marcus Buck, Birgit Kadatz, Sebastian Schroeter and Marcus Meyer The new BMW Museum by Atelier Bruecknen in Munich has a modern, dynamic language: the language of the automotive world. Opened on June 21st, 2008, it sets a new standard in the realm of brand-focused museums. Along with the BMW Welt, opened in October 2007, and the BMW factory ..
Architects: Lyn Rice Architects Location: New York, USA Architects in Charge: Lyn Rice & Astrid Lipka Project Manager: Kimberlae Saul Team Leaders: Karl-Erik Larson & Anne-Rachel Schiffmann Design Team: Leif Halverson (SD project architect), Kai Hotson, Julie Torres Moscovitz, Pamela Torres, Erik Carver, Jonathan Garnett, Joanna Gulik Structural, MEP, & Fire Protection Engineering: Buro Happold ..
‘The Breeder’ gallery in ATHENS based on the greek article by Chara Tzavara for Eleftherotypia-newspaper english translation by Tina Komninou for Yatzer The famous Greek Architect, Aris Zambikos was commisioned by George Vamvakidis & Stathis Panagoulis (The Breeders) to design the ‘The Breeder’gallery and the vague and characterless 70’s building was renovated tobecome an award winning gallery. ..
Il doppio livello della zona giorno con soppalco. La modernità del cemento a vista sposa la tradizione dei materiali locali Arredi minimali e funzionali dotazioni tecnologiche organizzano l’area living. Nel grigio della pietra locale e del cemento a vista spicca il rosso delle sedie e dei complementi di arredo Il calore dei materiali naturali usati per le pavimentazioni - pietra e legno- fanno d..
Architects: Peter Zumthor, with Marc Loeliger, Thomas Durisch and Rainer Weitschies Location: Graubunden Canton, Switzerland Project completed: 1996 THE THERME VALS BUILDING Built over the only thermal springs in the Graubunden Canton in Switzerland, The Therme Vals is a hotel and spa in one which combines a complete sensory experience designed by Peter Zumthor. ONE OF THE INDOOR POOLS Peter Zum..
Architects: Klein Dytham architecture Location: Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan Client: TBWA/ Hakuhodo Team: Astrid Klein, Mark Dytham , Yukinari Hisayama, Yoshinori Nishmura, Joe Keating Contractor: D Brian, Masaya Tanimoto Totem Project Year: 2007 The finished design for the new T/H office space was a creative adaptive reuse enterprise and a joint venture between TBWA, a global advertising company, and..
