London-based designer and curator Rabih Hage has opened a hotel in a Georgian terraced house in London, UK. The hotel has nine rooms and incorporates partially sanded walls, chipped paint and bare floorboards alongside opulent furnishings chosen by Hage. Murals created from photographs of interiors by artist Massimo Listri cover some of the walls. “The rough texture of the walls now celebrates t..
Italian designer Riccardo Giovanetti has designed a pavilion to host the premier of new Walt Disney movie Trilli. The 130 square meter structure is made from shiny, white, plastic disks and houses an exhibition for children about plastics and recycling. It was commissioned by the Italian Institute of Plastic Recycled and will travel to several cities over the coming months. The following is from..
Boston- and Hong Kong-based Rocker-Lange Architects have designed a villa called Inside Out - Outside In for the Ordos 100 project in Inner Mongolia, China. The house is one of 100 private residences, all designed by different architects selected by architects Herzog & de Meuron for the Ordos 100 project, which is master planned by artist Ai Wei Wei. “Especially in the widely varying Mongolian c..
Spanish designers Discoh have created a sex toy inspired by the aloe vera plant. Called Aloe, the product comes packaged in a “pot” and its function only becomes apparent once removed. Here’s some text from the designers: – ALOE Physical stimulation. Aesthetic pleasure. A complicit wink able to be a natural part of our daily environment. “Aloe” reimagines the role of erotic toys, becoming itself..
Mapuche es un condominio cerrado en Pilar, localidad cuyo espectacular desarrollo en los últimos años se debe a la proliferación de este tipo de núcleos suburbanos. A éste en particular los años le han sumado el valor de una espléndida forestación. Los propios arquitectos asesoraron en la selección del condominio y del lote. “Cada obra es una oportunidad de investigación. En este caso profundiza..
Belgrade-based design studio 4of7 and London-based practice Superfuisonlab have completed the conversion of a former restaurant in Belgrade, Serbia, into a gym and spa. The former communist building is cantilevered 15 metres above the river. Approximately 390 translucent, triangular, back-lit panels are suspended from the ceiling’s steel structure. More information about the project on the 4of7 ..
At Design Miami next week, Dutch designers Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets of Studio Job will exhibit a collection of furniture decorated with marquetry at New York gallery Moss. The pieces are made from Indian rosewood and decorated with farm imagery using laser-cut inlays. The range comprises a bench, table, mirror, cabinet and screen. The furniture will be produced in a limited edition of six pi..
client : V.W. architecte : Franklin Azzi Architecture superficie : 60m² superficie du terrain: 1600m² coût estimatif de l'opération : 150 000 euros HT date de livraison : decembre 2007 délais d'exécution : 8 mois activité : maison individuelle entreprise de construction : MRC : Denis Le moine emplacement : Yport Normandie France La maison est entourée de deux extensions en toile qui seront des c..
Architects: Arnoud Olie, Bureau B+O Architecten Location: Oldeholtpade, Netherlands Project Team: Remco Siebring, Klaas Kloeze Site Area: 4630 sqm Constructed Area: 545 sqm Project Year: 2008 Photographer: Harry Cock Light, space, landscape, modern, and romance are a few of the themes that have served the foundation for the creation of this house. Bureau B+O has managed to combine all these them..
Architects: Lavin Arquitectos - Alejandro Lavín della Ventura, Francisco Miguel Lavín della Ventura Location: T.M. Los Silos, Isla de Tenerife, España Collaborator: Alfredo Vilagut Capriles Client: Cabildo Insular de Tenerife Contractor: CLECE S.A. Competition Year: 2002 Construction Year: 2005 Area: Construction: 310.26 sqm, Landscaping: 143.10 sqm Rigger: Isabel Nichaldas Nazco Graphic Design:..
