Car brand BMW will unveil its Vision EfficientDynamics concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. The hybrid-engined car features 2+2 seating, polycarbonate windows and gull-wing doors. It has an anticipated top speed of 250 kmh (155 mph) and can reach 100 kmh in 4.8 seconds. Fuel consumption is 3.76 litres per 100 kilometre. See our story from June 2008 about BMW’s GINA Light Visionary ..
Copenhagen architect Morten Emil Engel has won a competition to design stools that will furnish an exhibition building by Japanese architects Atelier Bow-Wow at the Krabbesholm Højskole in Skive, Denmark. Manufactured by PP Møbler in Denmark, each stool is carved from one piece of solid oak. The design will be on show at CODE 09 and Danish Design Centre SHOWHOW as part of Copenhagen Design Week,..
Architects: Kristin Jarmund Architects Location: Tjuvholmen, Oslo, Norway Building Type: Office building Project Scope: Full Contract Client: Tjuvholmen KS, Eitzen Group Size: 5000m2 Schedule: Completed 2007 Project Team: Kristin Jarmund, Ola Helle, Nils Herland, Patrik Larsson, Leif D.Houck, Marlene F. Andersen, Geir Messel, Line Strand, Aud Randi Astad, Arild Eriksen The area of Tjuvholmen, on..
Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects Location: La Jolla, CA, USA Client: Congregation Beth Sholom Project team: Stanley Saitowitz, John Winder, Michael Luke, Charles Shin, Benny Ho Structural Engineering: KPFF Consulting Engineers Mechanical, Electrical, Lighting & Plumbing Engineering: Randall Lamb Associates Landscaping: David Reed Landscape Architects General Contractor: DPR Cons..
The Japanese design group has created a super-visual childrens sofa in steel and fabric. The furniture is made with a fresh yellow frame which provides a nice contrast to the dark seat. A piece of furniture would like in an "adult version" as well. Should soon come into production, and we hope a Danish importer takes it to heart. The chair is called Lotta Kids Chair. from dagensdesign
Japanese Toru sākumā has designed a stylish house with a wooden and plastered facade. The house is a one-family house and has beautiful graphics properties, and a well balanced color composition. The warm dark wood gives a delicate contrast to the white plastered facade. Normally in Denmark you place the windows near the facde, but in this case they are withdrawn from the facade which gives a ni..
Architect: Kiyonobu Nakagame & Midori Omori Structural Engineer: S.FORM structural design office Contractor: Kikushima Co.Ltd Structure: Reinforced Concrete Partialy Steel Structure, 3 stories Photographs: Katsuhisa KIDA Description The house is located in the urbanized area in a suburb near downtown Yokohama city, the Japan’s second largest city. After walking though the small shopping district..
Architect: BIG Client: Kazakhstan Presidential Office Collaborators: ARUP AGU Size: 33.000 M2 Location: Astana, Kazakhstan Partner-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Leader: Thomas Christoffersen Team: Amy Campbell, Jakob Henke, Johan Cool, Jonas Barre, Daniel Sundlin BIG was recently awarded with the first prize on an open international design competition for Kazakhstan’s new National Library in ..
Architect: Kiyonobu Nakagame Architect and Associates Structural Engineer: Structural Environment Contractor:Kanesho Photographs: Structure: Wood structure (partly steel structure), 2 stories Description The house sits right across the street from the park that has relatively large open space. The client requested us to design a house that as if it had a one big room containing bedroom and even ..
Kiyonobu Nakagame & Associates designed a villa on the Boso Peninsula, east of Tokyo. Even though the residence is less that two hours from the city, the natural setting surrounding the home could not be any more different from the chaotic streets of the downtown Tokyo area. The secluded setting allows the home to take full advantage of the landscape and provide a great space for relaxation. The..
