This house in the hills above West Hollywood, California was designed by architect Angelo Cassiello, with interior design by Luis Ortega Design Studio. from contemporist
Architects: Lyn Rice Architects Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Architects in Charge: Lyn Rice, principal, with Astrid Lipka, associate principal Project Architect: Ivan Chabra Project Designer: Benjamin Cadena Design Team: Karl-Erik Larson, Steven Chen, Daria Supp Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009-2010 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, I..
Singapore-based design firm Design Act was a finalist in the competition for the World Expo 2010 Singapore Pavilion organized by the Singapore Tourism Board (for the winning pavilion design by Kay Ngee Tan Architects, click here). Titled “MY DREAM, OUR VISION”, Design Act’s competition entry uses permutated cubes to generate a spectacular sculpture that is visually stunning and celebrative. Fina..
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Location: Pamplona, Spain Project manager: Daniel Galar Irurre, architect Lighting: Anton Aman - ALS LIGHTING Builder: Ignacio Huarte - Construcciones CLEYS S.L. Client: Danieli Joyeros Project year: 2006-2007 Photographs: Jose M. Cutillas Project picks archaic magical conception of the universe that surrounds the value of jewel..
“Smell the newness, smell the wood, smell the aliveness of this place… To begin, I just want to invite you to open your imaginations today… When we built this, we were not absolutely certain how it would be used because we are a church and we don’t determine the use of our lives and the use of our materials and the use of our abilities. We leave that to God. I just heard this little one here ste..
Our friends from L.E.FT (previously featured on AD Futures) just shared with us an interesting vertical landscape project, a joint work with norwegian architects STUDIO hp AS. The project is located in Holmestrand, Norway, and consists on a public elevator that connects the old lower part of the town across and 85m high cliff to the newer part of it. The infrastructure acts as an articulator of ..
Australian architect Paul Burnham has sent us photos of a house he’s recently designed. The house is located in the beachside suburb of Cottesloe in Perth, Western Australia.
Amidst financial buildings and high-rise apartments, Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has redefined the conventional skyscraper. His 132 story complex for the south edge of Roosevelt Island addresses the pressing need for environmental and ecological sustainability. This conceptual design focuses on creating a completely self-sustaining organism that not only utilizes solar, wind, and water e..
Architect: KOZ Architectes / Christophe Ouhayoun – Nicolas Ziesel Location: Saint-Cloud, France Project team: Ambrus Evva, François Kharatt Structural Engineers: EVP Ingénierie Contractor: Delta Fluides Acoustic Consultant: Delphi Acoustique Budget: $3.8M Euro Project Area: 1,600 sqm Project year: 2007-2009 Photographs: © Stephan Lucas Sports and Leisure Center in Saint-Cloud / KOZ Architectes f..
Touted as Singapore’s answer to W Hotels, Quincy aims to fill the niche of providing sleek, ultra modern contemporary digs for the consummate urbanite. A place discreet yet chic and luxe – 400 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets, top of the line balms and potions are de rigueur, service impeccable and intuitive. Each bathroom is designed to ensure complete rejuvenation to the tired executive wit..
