Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed two villas for private island Dellis Cay in the Caribbean. Called Maison H (top image) and Maison S (above), each has a pavilion over the water called Maison O (below). Architects David Chipperfield, Carl Ettensperger, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma, Piero Lissoni, and Chad Oppenheim have also dsigned villas for the island. See all the villa designs on the Del..
Architects: KWK PROMES Location: Poland Project Architect: Robert Konieczny Structural Engineer: Marian Goczoł Design Year: 2001 Construction Year: 2002-2004 Site Area: 972 sqm Constructed Area: 102 sqm Photographs: KWK PROMES The building is situated in an industrial area of Poland. It’s been designed for an indigent family, which appreciates its functionality, as well as low maintenance and co..
Designers Keiko + Manabu have created an installation called Heart of Shapes at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. Vertical tubes with sections in the shape of hearts, diamonds and stars fill the gallery. The tubes are made from recycled paperboard and will be recycled once the exhibition closes. The installation will remain in place until 8 February. Photographs by Takumi Ota. The..
More from DCPP Arquitectos: the Mexican architects have recently completed a private residence in Mexico City. The 360 square metre house consists of two concrete volumes. Timber used for pouring the concrete was reused for interior elements. See our earlier story about DCPP’s warehouse and offices for textile company Bayon Artell. Here’s some more information from the architects: – CASA PARACAI..
Clarence House is considered the foremost style-setter in thedecorative fabric industry and is the first choice of many of theworld's top interior designers. The company was founded in 1961 by New York interior designerRobin Roberts on the premise that design integrity was a goal thatcould be achieved through uncompromising artistry and technicalquality. Eventually, Clarence House became involve..
Architects: aum Location: Lyon, France Principals: Edouard Minassian, Yves Duvernois, Pierre Minassian, Gilles Peillon, Jean-Claude Rerolle Constructed Area: 260 sqm Project Year: 2008 Photographs: aum The house is located in a small village in the area of Lyon on a very steep slope and facing an open landscape. It is situated on the fringe of a natural reservation where no house can be built. T..
Tabanlioglu Arhitects Dogan Medya Center Ankara, Turkey The Dogan Medya Center on Ankara-Eskisehir road, planned as a distinctive media figure, houses TV channels and the newspapers Hurriyet and Milliyet. Respecting the square site the architects decided on the cube as the main form. Building from the surface up the straight cube deformed and restructured with the addition and subtraction of cub..
Les Bains des Docks is an aquatic centre in Le Havre, France, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. The 5000 square metre complex comprises 12 pools, including a 50 x 21 metre outdoor pool, several leisure pools, a sauna, hammam, spa and fitness room. The interior is covered in white tiles; brightly-coloured foam blocks form a children’s play area. “It is a paradox, a building on a harbour s..
London-based designer Yu Jordy Fu has produced a range of hand-cut paper lampshades called Cloud Lamps. The designs are cut freehand from recycled paper, then folded around a light source. Three Cloud Lamp chandeliers by Yu Jordy Fu are on display as part of festival In From the Cold at the Southbank Centre in London. More information on Yu Jordy Fu’s blog. The Cloud Lamps are available to buy f..
Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Client: Kvaterloft Copenhagen, Loa Fund Collaborator: JDS ARCHITECTS, BIRCH & KROGBOE Constructed Area: 2,000 sqm Project year: 2004 Budget: US $1,950,000 Photographs: Julien de Smedt, Mads Hilmer, Esben Bruun, Paolo Rosselli How do you turn the problem of a polluted site into an architectural potential? A third of our budget was allocat..
