Cork: New appliances of a manifold natural material We've all experienced it at one time or another: we've been invited to dinner in a nice atmosphere and are looking forward to a promising wine. However, we wait in vain for the hoped-for 'plop' of the cork – instead the bottle is opened by the host with an unaesthetic twist of the screw top (which of course doesn't necessarily mean that the win..
Klein Dytham architecture_Sin Den Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 6.2007 Jingumae - the area has its own creative vibe,which is not quite as same as the one with Harajuku, Aoyama and Shibuya. People with their strong style and view in fashion and their lifestyle have injected the more exciting and creative feelings in the area. This project was carried out in the area for a young couple and a baby a..
Lilas PROGRAM: Temporary tensile fabric Installation consisting of 3 parasols for the Serpentine Gallery’s Summer Party located in Kensington Gardens. CLIENT: Serpentine Gallery ARCHITECT: Design Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher Project Architect Kevin McClellan CONSULTANTS: Structural ARUP Steel Fabrication: Sheetfabs Ltd. Membrane Fabrication: Base Structures Ltd. Lighting design: Zumbotel Fu..
Architects: Jose Maria Saez Collaborator: David Barragan Client: Andres Bueno and Ana Maria Armijos Location: Quito Historic Downtown, Ecuador Contractor: Jaime Quinga, Luis Pillajo Engineering: Ing Herberto Novillo Material Aspect: adobe, oxidized steel, brick, concrete, wood, glass Project year: 2005-2007 Photographers: Raed Gindeya, Jose Maria Saez A house in Quito’s Historic Old Town turns ..
march 31 - may 25 , 2007 heliumcowboy artspace, hamburg, germany http://heliumcowboy.com german grafitti- and street-artist boris hoppek is challenging every surface: taking his strong characters not only onto walls, but also on various materials from all kinds of backdrops (furniture, papers, blinds, advertising posters ...) to huge sculptures he builds from used cardboard boxes and sewing his ..
This weekend the Museum of Arts and Design opens the doors of its new home at 2 Columbus Circle following an extensive redesign of the building by Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture. The museum’s new graphic identity can already be seen throughout the city, on the sides of buses, on street banners, in print ads and in the subways. The geometric-based mark reflects the circles and squares..
Walter Towers by BIG September 30th, 2008 Danish architects and designers Bjarke Ingels Group have unveiled their design for a tower on the Walter site in Prague, Czech Republic. The building will be a combination of office and residential spaces. “What will appear as four different towers is actually one continuous building that is sliced up and pulled apart to maximize the amount of surface an..
Architects: SO Architecture Location: Israel Project Team: Oded Rozenkier, Shachar lulav, Alejandro Feinerman Project year: 2008 Graphic Design: Maya Eyal-Rozenkier Photographs: Asaf Oren The Theodore Café Bistro is a place of culture. It is a café restaurant that exudes a culinair atmosphere, while leaning on an Israeli cultural foundation that was created during the last 60 years, Exhibits in ..
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Selected , Sports Architecture , Green Roof, Japan, Steel Architects: Shuhei Endo Location: Hyogo, Japan Collaborator: Wataru Horie Project year: 2008 Client: Hyogo Prefecture Consultant: Masashi Ouji,Design-Structure Laboratory (structure) / Setsubi Giken (service) Structural System: Steel truss Site Area: 1,124,000 sqm Constructed Area: 16,168 sqm Complex functione..
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have unveiled their design for a triangular building in the Porte de Versailles area of Paris, France. According to the architects the triangular profile will prevent the structure casting shadows on adjacent buildings, and allow for optimum solar and wind power generation. The ground floor will incorporate shops and restaurants, while an open public space level wit..
