London architects dRMM have designed a house with mobile walls and roof that can be moved to cover and uncover parts of the dwelling. The house, in Suffolk, England, features a sliding structure that fits over the static main house, guest annexe and greenhouse. The mobile element, which is 28 metres long and weighs 50 tons, move along rails set into the ground. As it moves, the sliding element c..
Tenerife architects Menis Arquitectos have designed a music hall in Torún, Poland. Two separate music halls, of 3000 and 1000 seats respectively, can be joined together to create one space for large performances. The site is located on a plot of land between the medieval old town and a modern development. The architects used white concrete for the exterior and red brick for the interior, which t..
Cinimod Studio is pleased to announce the successful opening of their first ‘SNOG’ store in London. ‘SNOG’ is a specialist food outlet that exclusively sells pure frozen yogurt, and is the first one of its kind in the UK. The design brief was to create a new high-end interior that was uniquely British and wholly original. Working closely with the client, StudioUribe, and the branding agency ICO ..
(photo: Peter Turo) The UFO flew in along the coast from the nearby town of Sopot, and then circled the centre of Gdansk. The UFO made its startling and surprising appearance soon after sunset. It appeared to be covered in lights displaying a series of geometric colour patterns. “ (photo: Peter Turo) “Untitled (UFO)” is an art project conceived by established New York artist Peter Coffin. Cinimo..
Architects: Vallo & Sadovsky Architects Location: Pekná Cesta, Bratislava-Rača, Slovakia Construction Year: 2006 End section house constructed area: 162 sqm Terraced house constructed area: 138 sqm Photographs: Pato Safko, Vallo Sadovsky Architects Our client’s requirement was to create a hybrid between a larger more comfortable dwelling with 4 parking places and a family house with a small gard..
Amsterdam designers UXUS have completed a bar for beer brand Heineken at Newark International Airport, New Jersey, USA. The bar opened last month. The interior uses custom designed leather sofas, Heineken green anodized aluminum tables and atmospheric lighting. Below is some more information from UXUS: – Amsterdam, 16 December 2008 – First Heineken Lounge opens at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Int..
Architects: Oyler Wu Collaborative Location: Los Angeles, USA Project Team: Dwayne Oyler, Jenny Wu, Chris Eskew, Brad Goldpaint Lighting Design: Thomas Paterson, Luxpopuli Photographs: Art Gray Photography Located approximately 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, this backyard intervention sits within a community of traditional suburban homes. Some of our initial interests grew out of looking..
A group of graduate students called Team 01Para, from the MArch Design Research Laboratory course at the Architectural Association in London have sent us these images of a conceptual design called Snap! - Bistable Structure. The team consists of Stella Nikolakaki, Sevil Yazici, Jesse Chima and Eugene Leung. According to Leung, the project proposes a workspace that can be reconfigured using “the ..
Los Angeles-based architects Studio Shift have designed Miyi Tower as part of a new town south of Miyi County in China. According to the architects, the tower is “designed as an educational building for residents and the multitude of tourists that visit every year,” and will comprise an auditorium, exhibition spaces and restaurants. These enclosed elements will make up half of the building, alte..
The fifth of our Design Miami Chat Shows filmed in Miami last month features British designer Ross Lovegrove. The fifth of our Design Miami Chat Shows filmed in Miami last month features British designer Ross Lovegrove. Filmed at Design Miami in front of a live audience, Lovegrove talks about the five images (which all happen to be of his own work) he selected in response to the Design Miami Cha..
