LAVA Michael Schumacher Tower Abu Dhabi, UAE The Michael Schumacher Tower is the first in a series of seven towers to be built worldwide. Inspired by the geometrical order of a snowflake and the aerodynamics of a Formula 1 racing car, the tower encapsulates speed, fluid dynamics, future technology and natural patterns of organization. Rather than purely mimicking shapes in nature for their elega..
The whole world on your shelf In autumn 2007, Smånsk was contacted by the editorial office of Vagabond travel magazine, who were in urgent need of a new look for their travel bookshop in the hip and vibrant Södermalm area of Stockholm. With a monthly readership of 188,000, Vagabond is Sweden’s leading travel magazine, and their travel bookshop is well established and provides inspiration and hig..
Dutch architects UNStudio have unveiled their first chair design, called MYchair. The chair is upholstered in two colours and was created for German manufacturers Walter Knoll. Here’s some more information from UN Studio: – MYchair, Walter Knoll, 2008 MYchair is the first chair designed by Ben van Berkel / UNStudio and is a real architect’s chair. The architectural approach to furniture is diffe..
The Burj Dubai by SOM hasn´t been finished yet, but it´s currently the world´s tallest structure. Meanwhile, the Shanghai World Financial Centre by KPF has been opened a few weeks ago, which is (as for now) the tallest building in the world when it comes to roof height with 492m (1,614.2ft). The Taipei 101 in Taiwan is 509.2m (1,670.60ft) if you count the antenna, but its roof is only at 449.2 m..
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps + b&k brandlhuber & co Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Project Year: 2006 Project team: Dorte Mandrup, Anders Brink, Lars Lindeberg, Jesper Henriksson, Arno Brandlhuber, Asterios Agkathidis, Markus Emde, Jochen Kremer, Martin Kraushaar, Sarah Breidert Client: Copenhagen Municipality / LOA(Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities) Engineer: Jørgen..
Architects: Parasite Studio Location: Timisoara, Romania Project Team: Baldea Maja, Wneczel Attila, Toma Claudiu Project year: 2007 Constructed area: 150 sqm Photographs: Andrei Margulescu & Magazine Architectura The apartment is located on the first floor of a building raised in the last century in the central area of Timisoara, within an area of protected buildings. From the first design sketc..
Tattoo es una ampliación a una casa para brindar a una familia joven en crecimiento más espacio para estar y para cocinar. Muchas de las decisiones de diseño responden a la escasez de presupuesto. La forma, una caja simple, “es la más fuerte que un arquitecto puede lograr con poco dinero”. Cada elemento cumple varias funciones, de modo que el beneficio sea mayor, como la encimera que es también ..
Design Miami temporary structure by Aranda\Lasch DESIGN MIAMI/ UNVEILS FURTHER DETAILS ON NEW TEMPORARY STRUCTURE For the first time, Design Miami/, the pre-eminent international fair for limited edition design, has commissioned a new temporary structure to house the main body of the show. Created by emerging award-winning New York architectural practice, Aranda/Lasch, the 43,000 ft2 (4,000 m2) ..
