Architects: Salto AB Location: Aseri, Estonia Project team: Maarja Kask, Karli Luik, Ralf Lõoke Client: Private Project area: 300 sqm Project year: 2006 Photographs: Salto AB Villa forms an harmonious whole together with the flowing surrounding landscape and takes into consideration the location, dimensions and proportions of the existent edifices. The house is designed to be as transparent and ..
Architects: MAD Location: Erdos, Inner Mongolia Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Yosuke Hayano, Dang Qun Design team: Shang Li, Andrew C. Bryant, Howard Jiho Kim, Matthias Helmreich , Zheng Tao, Qin Lichao, Yang Lin, Sun Jieming Yin Zhao , Du Zhijian Collaborators: China Institute of Building Standard Design and Research, The Institute of Shanxi Architectural Design and Research Site Area: 27,760..
Characterized by an organic and pleasing appearance, this room divider is about the phenomenon of light. Light is always moving, and due to reflection, refraction and shadow, leaves behind a fantastic impression. To make one feel the movement of light, I divided the wavy sides into many layers so that they reveive light from different angles and reflect it at different angles. As a result, the f..
Lenovo has let slip some official-looking (if not rendered) shots of a Vaio P-like netbook, the Pocket Yoga. Update: Sadly, it's just a concept. Granted, this is a decidedly male back pocket and not the ass-hugging skinny jeans of Vaio P ad fame. And it still looks like it's filling that zone halfway between concept and actual product (as the actual concept sketches that accompany the shots on L..
Architect: Jordi Badia Collaborators: Daniel Guerra, Rafael Berengena, Andreu Orradre Location: Salt, Girona, Spain Structure: Eduard Doce, architect Measurement: FCA Forteza Carbonell Associats Services: Consulting Lluís Duart Client: GISA. Gestió d’infraestructures S.A. - Departament de Sanitat Project year: 2004 Construction year: 2006-2008 Photographs: Pedro Pegenaute Summary The project gua..
Architects: A+F Arquitectos - Cristián Ayçaguer F., Cristián Ferrari C., Carlos Cavagnaro I. Location: Santiago, Chile Acoustics: Acusticos.cl, Mario Parma Structural Engineering: RSA Ingeniería, Raúl Sepúlveda Electrical Engineering: Incoseelig, Bruno Meneses Lighting: DIAV, Ximena Muñoz y Paulina Villalobos Contractor: Faser, Rodrigo Beltrán Total room Area: 400 sqm Lecture Room Area: 125 sqm ..
The flexible mixed use design of KLab architecture’s Emerging Landscapes allows the project’s function to change as the seasons progress. The project is a small convention center for the winter months, and switches to become a summer camp for children during the second half of the year. Located in Karpenisi, a small city in the Pintos central mountain range of mainland Greece, the project is sit..
Architects: Drost + van Veen architecten Location: Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands Project Architects: Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost Client: Bedrijventerrein De President Structural Engineer: ABT Delft Project year: 2006 Photographs: Drost + van Veen architecten Accents in a new rustic business park The business park ‘ De president’ is located in the municipality Haarlemmermeer. As an underlay ..
Belgian designer Alain Monnens has designed a leather armchair for Belgian company Durlet. The seating, called Bertus, has a metal framework that has been formed from a single piece, which acts as the support for the stitched upholstered leather seat and backrest. The upholstered elements are tilted back by the framework, making the armchair slightly reclining. Bertus comes in three colour varia..
Entering Barcelona's 5 star Raval Hotel website two words appear on the screen 'Designer Hotel' and it certainly is. An avant garde renovation acting as a paradise for design addicts. The grandest names in one space Jaime Hayon, Marcel Wanders for Mooi, Vitra and the list goes on and on. For designers the Raval Hotel is what a candy shop is to a five year old. This renovation has raised everybod..
