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..
Still image from generative software Process 16 2006 Software Variable SizeProcess 16 is a text that defines a process and a software interpretation of the text. The text can be read in the Process Compendium. QuickTime Movie The text is displayed next to a dual projection surface. The process executes simultaneously on both sides. The mechanisms are exposed on the right and the process surface ..
A photography studio-residence currently being designed by davidclovers is the subject of a collaborative research between davidclovers and artist C.E.B. Reas. 07 MASSES explores the specific impact of luminosity and texture on mass and massiveness through a series of scaled prototypes. from reas
White-box renovation of 2000 sf. office space, including design and manufacture of desks and conference table. Completed 8/2005.
Architects: Francisco Portugal e Gomes Location: Santiago/Penafiel, Portugal Collaborators: Fernando Gabriel, architect / João Alexandre Abreu, practice architect Structure and Foundations: Fernando Gonçalves, engineer Water Supply and Water Installations: Fernando Gonçalves Electric Installations and Communications: MEGAVAR - Engenharia, Lda Project leader: Sónia Almeida, engineer Constructed A..
Architects: Charles Pictet Architecte FAS SIA Location: Colony, Switzerland Collaborator: Anjéla Aubert, architecte DPLG Engineering: ESM, Jérôme Ponti, Genève Project Year: 2003-2005 Photographs: Francesca Giovanelli Standing on a steeply inclined plot of land, this house articulates its layout of over 800 sqm in two volumes. The two-level residential area in light-colored masonry is set on a d..
Architects: Enrique Browne y Asociados Arquitectos Location: Concepción, Chile Associated Architect: Patricio Browne Collaborators: Enrique C. Browne, Sebastián Morandé, Davor Pavlovic Project year: 2003-2004 Site Area: 1,096 sqm Constructed Area: 3,789 sqm Structural Consultants: Ruiz y Saavedra Ingenieros Contractor: Ignacio Hurtado y Cia. Technical Inspection: Juan Eduardo Mujica Photographs:..
A competition was set up to rehabilitate the Ground Floor of this emblematic Palace in the outskirts of the city. The Palace was constructed as the local residence for the Kings of Spain during 1929'World's Exhibition in Barcelona, and stayed as their local habitation in the city until it was trespassed to the local government a few years ago. It was build under an eclectically thinking, where s..
Greek architecture practice KLab architects have transformed an existing industrial building into an office space for digital media company F-zein. The interior consists of a sequence of open-plan spaces using simple structures, which can be easily dismantled and rearranged if needed. Commonplace or inexpensive materials are used to keep costs to a minimum, such as partitions constructed from st..
