“Syn Chron” is an installation designed by Carsten Nikolai back in 2004. He wanted to create an integral sculpture of light, sound and architecture. The crystal-shaped object has a translucent skin on which lasers beam animations insync to the sounds. You can also go inside the object to get the whole light, sound and space experience. Indeed it’s that big. Gestalten.TV has a video where Carsten..
Architects: Pushak Location: Nordkynnhalvøya, Finnmark, Norway Project Year: 2007 Program: Roadstop, benches Photographs: Pushak The site is in a steep slope with views to the Torskfjord valley and the fjord in the west. The siting area is on a lower level than the road and parking. The back of the bench is shielding from the winds blowing from the mountain in east. from archdaily
Architects: Ensamble Studio Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Principal in Charge: Antón García- Abril Collaborators: Bernardo Angelini, Eduardo Martín Asunción, Arantxa Osés, Débora Mesa, Andrés Toledo, Guillermo Sevillano Quantity Surveyor: Javier Cuesta Developer: Santiago de Compostela´s Consortium Construction Management: O.H.L Project year: 2002 Constructed Area: 1,700 sqm Photograph..
Architects: Luis Izquierdo W., Antonia Lehmann S.B., Rodrigo Searle G. Structural engineering: Luis Soler P. y Asociados Main contractor: Nahmías Location: Calle Alvarez Nº 2360,Viña del Mar, Chile Plot area: 17.169m2 Built area: 4.439m2 Project: 1997 Construction: 1997 Casa González, Santiago-Chile, Casa Guerrero-Radic, Cachagua-Chile. Ampliación Fundación DUOC Viña del Mar-Chile. En: XIII Bien..
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Here’s a fourth house by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects: House of Depth in Shiga, Japan. FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects also designed the House of Diffusion, House of Inclusion and House of Vision in our previous stories. This house is built on a deep plot, with open space in front sheltered from neighbouring houses on one side by a high wall. Photographs by Takumi Ota. Here’s some text from FOR..
Architects: Antonia Lehmann S.B., Luis Izquierdo W. Structural engineering: Luis Soler P. y Asociados Main contractor: Constructora Jorge Carrasco Location: Punta Pite, V Región, Chile Built area: Casa 1: 430.45 m2, Casa 2: 396.13 m2 Project: 2006 Construction: 2007-2008 from izquierdolehmann
German design student Elisa Stroyzk has created a rug made of wood-veneer offcuts. The geometric pieces are laser-cut or cut by hand then bonded to a textile backing. Stroyzk is currently studying at Central Saint Martins college of art and design in London. Photos are by Sebastian Neeb. Here’s some more information from Elisa Stroyzk: – I am currently graduating from Central St. Martins College..
Eric Owen Moss Architects created a mixed use tower that neighbours the capitol building in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The republic square is part of a large-scale development across the city of Almaty. The tower itself is 126,000 square feet that will be divided up between retail, office, hotel and residential spaces. The building is a long tower which is anchored to the ground by a 38 meter diameter ..
Spanish architects Camprubí i Santacana have completed a hotel consisting of timber-clad rooms set on a rocky ridge near Teruel, Spain. Hotel Consolación features ten “kubes” - cabins set in the landscape - plus communal facilities housed in a converted hermitage building. Photographs are by Jaime Font Furest. The following text is from the architects: – HOTEL CONSOLACION The luxury of the essen..
