Architects: Nomena Arquitectos + Ximena Alvarez Location: Bridge to Manchay, Cieneguilla, Lima, Peru Client: De la Piedra Family Contractor: Americo Chavez Structure: Luis Yeckle Site Area: 15,000 sqm Project Area: 85 sqm Project Year: 2009-2010 Photographs: Ronald Harrison The de la Piedra Chapel is located at the margin of the Lurín river and beside the Lomas de Castilla hill, in the district ..
Rome-based practice OFL architecture has shared with us their project Silk Road Map Evolution that just won them the First Prize in the international competition "New Silk Road Map". The competition was organized by New Italian Blood and was open to Italian and Chinese professionals and students. New Silk Road Map invited participants to develop innovative ideas-projects, material or immaterial,..
British car brand Aston Martin are to launch a luxury compact city car, called Cygnet, next year. The vehicle will be three metres long and offer personalised materials, colours and finishes to make each one unique. “Luxury is not constrained by scale,” claims Aston Martin’s director of design Marek Reichman. Aston Martin Cygnet to become a production reality in 2011 Designed and built at Aston ..
Marcy Wong & Donn Logan Architects designed a recreation building for the Orange Memorial Park in San Francisco, California. Orange Memorial Park is the most important public recreation venue for the citizens of South San Francisco, and is the context for the new 6,400 sq. ft. recreation building which is encircled by soccer, basketball, picnic and other outdoor amenities. The facility’s functio..
Nema Workshop have completed the interior design for a small cafe in New York City, where they took the concept of a library and turned it sideways. Located on Madison Avenue, the espresso bar conceptually and literally turns a normal room sideways, creating a striking identity for the emerging brand. The client approached nemaworkshop with an ambition to build a unique espresso brand and to dev..
A few months ago, we featured a conceptual house designed by group of young Greek architects, Dimos Moysiadis + Ioannis Oikonomou+ Xaris Tsitsikas. The three, plus Kostas Panopoulos and Grigoris Vegliris, have just shared their latest conceptual project, a façade renovation of an old public theater in Corfu and a new urban plan for the adjacent square. The intent was to re-establish the public t..
The Tanjong Beach Club on Sentosa Island in Singapore is a refreshing presentation of clean, modern architecture by way of the 1960’s. The simplicity and restraint in the details succeeds in a first impression that stuns; the light wooden slats all facing in one direction, the skylights that allow sunshine to soak the room, and the ocean blue cushions that line the banquets in the all-day dining..
Marcus Tremonto is a usual Yatzer suspect and after his magnificent work for Kidrobot and his customized, brighter than ever Munnies (see our Lightbotz special) strikes back with his latest creations for Moss gallery New York.This time Marcus presents for the “Make me” exhibition four limitededition lighting sculptures (Flor, Pipe Spill, Spill II and Steam),inspired by his original Spill series,..
Studio Guilherme Torres designed the GT House in Londrina, Brazil. The young Brazilian architect Guilherme Torres chose to live in a small studio in Londrina, Brazil. The place would lodge an artist’s painting atelier and was under redecoration for over 10 years by the architect himself. The present project came to life due to several problems found in the building such as electricity mains and ..
Amsterdam-based Laura Alvarez Architecture has been awarded with the second prize in the International Competition for the realisation of the New Cultural Centre in Hernani, Basque Land. The competition was launched as an open european tender organized by the municipality of Hernani. More images and architect’s description after the break. The design brief consists on 4.600 m2 of cultural spaces..
