Another house that will be part of the Fall Home Tour put on by the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects is the Tree House by KAA Design Group. Located in the desirable “tree section” of Manhattan Beach, this home reinforces the viability of indoor/outdoor living along the Southern California coast. Locally sourced sustainable materials are, whenever possible and relevant ..
Architects: Max Pritchard Architect Location: Kangaroo Island, SA, Australia Engineering Consultant: Engineers Pocius & Associates Project year: 2008 Project Area: 1,548 sqm Photographs: Sam Noonan & George Apostolidis Sam noonan - Copyrighted 2009-05-6422-06-Southern Ocean Lodge-George Apostolidis Sam noonan - Copyrighted Sam noonan - Copyrighted Southern Ocean Lodge is being described as Austr..
Prajakta Bamanikar an Industrial Design student at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, has designed a bamboo chair for use by restaurants in the popular tourist region of Goa. The project aims at designing a trendy dining chair in bamboo for Goan restaurants. With the continued rapid development of the global economy and constant increase in population, the overall demand for wo..
Architects: monovolume architecture + design Location: Dörfl, Austria Project team: Juri Pobitzer & Patrik Pedó Collaborators: Rita Rabensteiner, Simon Constantini, Cecile Dobler, Benjamin Gaensbacher Client: Hydroelectric power station consortium limited company Project year: 2008-2009 Photographer: Simon Constantini & Marion Gelmini The hydroelectric power station is located near Winnebach bro..
BMW Group DesignworksUSA have created the Metro40 collection of street furniture for Landscape Forms, a Kalamazoo, Michigan based manufacturer of site furniture for outdoor spaces. The Metro40 collection includes seating, shelters, lighting, and amenities, and has been developed for use by city planners and architects to help global urban centers elevate the livability, quality of experience, de..
Architects: TANK Architectes / Olivier Camus & Lydéric Veauvy Location: Proville, France Client: City Hall of Proville Architect Chief of Project: Mathieu Berteloot Site area: 531 sqm Constructed area: 610 sqm + 90 sqm of terrace Project year:2008 Photographs: TANK Architectes The new mediatheque of Proville has to open onto the village and become a place of exchange and culture, a public librar..
Architects： DnA Location： Ordos, Inner Mongolia Project team： Tiantian Xu，Guillaume Aubry，Yingnan Chen Program： Museum Client： Ordos Jiangyuan Water Engineering Co. Ltd Design year： 2005-2006 Construction year： 2006-2007 Site area： 420 sqm Building area： 270 sqm Photographs： Savoye/Ruogu Zhou, Iwan Baan Ordos Art Museum is the first building of Ordos’ new civic center on a stretch of sand dunes ..
London Design Festival 09: Berlin design studio Osko+Deichmann will present a range of seating inspired by a pebble at The Dock in London next week. Designed for Swedish brand Blå Station, the Pebble range are based on a stone found in the designers’ studio. The range includes an armchair, two- and three-seater sofas, and a footstool. Pebble will be shown at VORBOTEN: 7 Studios from Berlin, at T..
London Design Festival 09: an exhibition of six extruded aluminium furniture pieces by British designer Thomas Heatherwick has opened at Haunch of Venison in London. Heatherwick’s Extrusions series is produced using the world’s largest extrusion machine, with each piece consisting of a single piece of aluminium polished for 300 hours to achieve a mirror finish (the images here show the pieces be..
Brooklyn, New York based designer Daniel Michalik has created the Tilter Chair. Tilter is a chair made from solid recycled cork. The backrest features relief cuts that allow it to tilt and spring, giving additional support and comfort to the sitter. from contemporist
