Currently a hot contender in the running for the new V&A at Dundee building, New York-based practice REX was asked to design a residential complex in Songdo Landmark City, Incheon, Korea in which every apartment offers direct southern exposure, cross-ventilation, and views. Korean zoning guidelines and local building practices typically produce towers that fail to provide these three key, locall..
Architects: Colboc Franzen & associés Location: Sèvres, France Client: Private Associates : Benjamin Colbos, Manuela Franzen, Arnaud Sachet Project manager : Arnaud Sachet Project team: Florianne Bataillard, Benjamin Colboc, Manuela Franzen, Nadège Lachassagne, Anne Merlio Project Year: 2008 Project Area: 879 sqm Photographs: Cécile Septet The house consists of three separate sets: the amenities..
With the intention of framing a new cultural center within the iconic identity of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, STL has designed a complex program that will revive the cultural atmosphere of the city for the Kaohsiung Competition which is to be submitted by January 10, 2011. More images and architect’s description after the break. The Kaohsiung harbor is truly at the heart of the Kaohsiung urban lands..
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a transparent mobile phone. Called X-RAY, the design was created for telecommunications company KDDI and will be on show KDDI Designing Studio in Tokyo from 19 October. See all our stories about Tokujin Yoshioka » Here’s a little text from the designer: X-RAY for KDDI iida by Tokujin Yoshioka Apart from arranging visual appearance, I have pondered a..
Upon receiving first prize in an invited competition, Enota, the Slovenia-based architecture firm, shared with us their project, Podjunska House. More images and architect’s description after the break. The Podjunska residential house is located in a quiet urban area of individual houses. It is situated on a corner inbound plot; two sides opening toward the street, the other two to the neighbori..
No matter how stylish, bicycle helmets have the nasty habit of mussing up hair while making you look like a dork. That often keeps cyclists from wearing helmets altogether--a habit that prompted Swedish designers Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin to design Hövding ("Chieftain"), a bike helmet that doesn't look much like a helmet at all. Chieftain, which has been in development for the past six years,..
The British design agency Cxpartners has a nice little infographic showing the phylogeny of video game controllers since those prehistoric days of Odyssey and Atari. The diagram maps key design transformations, from wireless control (Atari’s 2600) to motion detection (Mattel’s disastrous Power Glove), against time. The conclusion: Innovation doesn’t necessarily mean "better." Take the Power Glov..
The team of Atelier Big City, Fichten Soiferman et Associés and L’ŒUF has just been selected as winner of the architectural design competition for the future Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Cultural Centre in Montreal, Canada. The jury noted that the selected project stands out for the way the indoor and outdoor spaces are organized and activities are distributed, for its understanding of the needs of the v..
Architect: Hohyun Park + Hyunjoo Kim Location: 248 Seochang-dong, Jochiwon-eup, Yongigun, Chungchongnamdo Korea Project Team: Yonggoo Lee, Seong gon Cho Client: Korean Institute for Archaeology & Environment Construction: COA Construction Site Area: 4,298 sqm Building Area: 847.99 sqm Total Floor Area: 2,497.02 sqm Project Year: 2009-2010 Photographs: Jungmin Seok & Hohyun Park Korean Institute ..
Gaeta Springall Architects designed the 4 Casas (4 houses) project in Mexico City, Mexico. The project involves two towers that each contain two houses that have been built on the side of a steep ravine. from contemporist
