Architect: Armon Choros Architects / Eleftheria Serghidou, Vasilis Pashiourtides Location: Nicosia, Cyprus Structural Engineering: Nicos Kalathas, George Demetriades Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Giannos Zempylas, Kyriakos Ioannides Budget: US $13.5 M Design Year: 1999 Construction Year: 2006 Photographs: Christos Papantoniou The design for the Olympic House and Park sought to achieve an ..
The Yas Hotel by Asymptote architects is nearing completion in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The building forms part of the Yas Marina development accompanying a new Formula One circuit. The race track will pass through the complex under a bridge linking the two towers of the hotel. A canopy made of steel and diamond-shaped, glass panels will be supported over the towers and bridge. The 500-room hotel is due ..
Dutch architects Mecanoo have unveiled their masterplan for a new business centre in the Longgang district of Shenzhen, China. The development will include 8,000 residences and 400,000 square metres of commercial space including a hotel, shopping mall, offices and small businesses, linked by boulevards, promenades and squares. Here’s some text from Mecanoo Architecten: – Masterplan Longgang City..
Milan 09: champagne brand Veuve Clicquot present an exhibition called Out of The Box, showing work by Tom Dixon, Front and 5.5 Designers in Zona Tortona. The three exhibits include Comet Lamp by Tom Dixon (top image), Chaise Lounge by Front Design (above) and VCP cellar by 5.5 Designers (below), all made from Veuve Clicquots’ newly-designed paper gift boxes. A limited edition of 500 Comet Lamps ..
Wabi House is an understated, down-to-earth residence inspired by time-honored Japanese design. Located in Carlsbad, California, this contemporary home designed by Sebastian Marsical Studio is described by the architects as “a modern and introspective take on an old tradition.” Street side, the house is barely visible through a densely planted garden, which conceals the home from the public view..
This modern contemporary home designed by Australia’s Wright Architects is as exotic as its location, steps from the beach of Port Douglas. The only thing that rivals this picturesque property is the contemporary design of the house itself, which subtly infuses water influences into its bold concrete, steel and core-filled clay brick masonry. Wooden “waves” make their way down from the home’s ro..
Sluice is a site specific installation by Kate MccGwire. She used pigeon feathers, felt, glue and polystyrene. from todayandtomorrow
image courtesy designboom.com image courtesy designboom.com 완 벽한 하나의 방이다. 욕실, 화장실, 책상, 침대, 심지어 해먹까지, 그 모든 것이 작은 정육면체 속에고스란히 들어 있다. 조 나가사카+스키마타 건축사무소(Jo Nagasaka & Schemata Architecture Office)가 선보인 ‘파코(Paco)’다. image courtesy designboom.com image courtesy designboom.com 가 로, 세로, 높이 3m의 입방체 형태로, 채 1평이 되지 않는 공간이지만, 생활에 필요한 최소한의 요소들이 모두 이 백색 상자 안에 들어 있다. 창문이 없어 갑갑해 보이지만, 개폐식 지붕을 열어 창을 대신할 수 있다. 방 안..
Architects: Hauvette & Associés Location: Cayenne, French Guyana Design project manager: Christian Felix Site project manager: Stéphanie de Lajartre, interior designer Collaborators: Pierre Champenois, Laetitia Delubac, Stéphanie de Lajartre, Marie Menant and Elena Ranaletti Client: Ministry of National Education Engineering: CERA Ingénierie Project year: 2007 Constructed Area: 5,520 sqm Photogr..
Latvian architects Substance have built a sports hall in Jurmala, Latvia, inspired by chunks of amber washed up on the Baltic coast. The centre is used for athletics, basketball, volleyball and handball in the summer, and transformed into an ice rink for ice-hockey and skating during the winter. Translucent polycarbonate cladding was applied inside the framework in order to reduce the building’s..
