A dwelling of generous proportions developed over a single storey to facilitate the indoor-outdoor connection and to make the most of the environment in which it stands. Surrounded by meadows, tree groves, chestnut, pine and oak trees and wildlife represented by stags, wild boar and roe deer, the edifice establishes a recognised link with the traditional architecture and vernacular customs. Ston..
The YAS Hotel in Abu Dhabi was recently completed, and its curvilinear grid-shell which is covered with over 5,300 diamond-shaped steel panels, containing nearly 5000 LED fixtures is being announced as the world’s largest LED project controlled through RDM (Remote Device Management). New York based lighting designers Arup Lighting worked with Germany based e:cue lighting control to create lighti..
Bored of music? So why don’t you try some new speakers? American designer Joey Roth makes it easy for you: he has created some of the most amazing speakers ever, having managed to avoid all clichés and be really original. No pseudo futurist looks then, no plastic stuff and no predictability. Joey used materials like porcelain, cork, and Baltic birch wood -raw materials that show their natural be..
Canadian Museum for Human Rights Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2010 The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is rooted in humanity, making visible in the architecture the fundamental commonality of humankind-a symbolic apparition of ice, clouds and stone set in a field of sweet grass. Carved into the earth and dissolving into the sky on the Winnipeg horizon, the abstract ephemeral wings of a white dove..
CSET/Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies by mc-architects in Ningbo, China text by Pascal Panagiotidis for Yatzer Architectural projects with minimum environmental impact are quite a necessity nowadays and we are glad to welcome every such effort. The Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET) designed by Mario Cucinella Architects meets all the requirements using all nature’s reso..
Lukas Peet, a recent graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, now living and working in Canada, has designed the Surface Tension writing desk. The desk features leather stretched over a wood frame creating a hard/soft writing and working surface, allowing a pen to easily glide on a single piece of paper, as well as being comfortable on your hands, wrists, and elbows. Concept:..
Forget the Peugeot S2 Vogue MC and all similar scooters that remind you of bitter sweet school times and the crazy seventies, just because they have a pedal to occasionally maybe push. The true beauty is a rare Derringer Cycle. Damn, it would have been nice to owe one back then! They call them the new Bentleys. Who are "they"? "They" are either ecologists, or luxists. Either way, the Derringer C..
Situated in North Toronto, where the streets are lined with neo-historical châteaus in beige brick and taupe stucco, the Ravine Residence contrasts with its neighbours. The house was created as a multigenerational home for grandparents, parents and three children, as well as for a caregiver and her husband. The objective was to build a house that would take advantage of its spectacular ravine se..
Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes Location: Linz, Austria Project Leader: Gerhard Pfeiler Competition Team: Claire Bodénez, Benni Eder, Simone Breitkopf, Barbara Feichtinger-Felber, Vicentiu Sopterean, Silviu Aldea, Markus Himmel, Ruth Pofahl, Rupert Siller Project Team: Philipp Hugo Urabl, Dorit Böhme, Roland Basista, Albert Moosbrugger, Ulli Gabriel, Andreas Trampe-Kieslich, Ralitsa ..
Robert Mills Architects have sent us some photos of the Ross Street house in Melbourne, Australia. From the architects: The new timber, zinc and concrete Ross Street home is a study in surprise. The sharp angularity of the concrete facade and zinc awning blades invoke a clean modernist aesthetic. Inside, the light and mood softens immediately with a rendered steel sculptural staircase as the piv..
