Architects: Ramirez Buxeda Arquitectos Collaborators: Jorge F. Ramirez-Buxeda, Francisco Matta, Nelson Cotto, Robin Planas, Beatriz Fernandez, Bryan Copp, Migda Colon, Luis Maldonado, Hanelore Freer Location: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, USA Structural: Jose Espinal Vazquez y Asociados Electrical: Juan R. Requena y Asociados Mechanical: Torres y Velez Contractor: Maridian Construction Corp. Site Area:..
Milan 08: Cube 6 by designer Naho Matsuno turns from a cube into six stools and back again. Matsuno showed the project in the Salone Satellite at the Milan furniture fair. The stools are made from birch plywood and maple and the cube is 350 x 350 x 350mm when slotted together. A version with three stools is also available (see below).
Portrait is an installation at Somerset House in London, created by designers Fredrikson Stallard for champagne brand Veuve Clicquot. The steel structure, which represents the grain of a block of timber, is illuminated from within at night. The installation was part of the London Design Festival and will be open to the public until the end of this month. Here’s some more information from Veuve C..
Careyjones architects and Jefferson Sheard Architects have completed Soundhouse, a rubber-clad music studio designed for the University of Sheffield. “The overall aesthetic of the black rubber quilt is intended as a literal translation of the need to acoustically contain the building’s use,” explains Mike Harris of Careyjones. The three-storey building is covered with four 14 x 8 m rubber shee..
The Limes Hotel by Argentinian designer Alexander Lotersztain opened at the end of last month in Brisbane, Australia. The hotel incorporates a roof-top bar and cinema and is the first Australian hotel to join the Design Hotels organisation. Here’s some info from the hotel: – First Australian member of Design Hotels opens Designed by award-winning designer, Alexander Lotersztain, the first Aust..
The Els Colors kindergarten, designed by RCR Arquitectes, exhibits a simplicity in its composition that is achieved through the juxtaposition of sections that differ only in colour. The classrooms, communal areas and cafeteria are spread across two rectangular, single level sections, which are connected by a covered passageway that also gives access to the internal courtyard. A taller section ..
Dutch architecture office FARO architecten bv sent us this amazing experimental house, where the main idea was to give big spaces to the client. Be sure to check out the lounge hanging from the ceiling. Architect: FARO architecten bv Location: Steigereiland, Netherlands Construction Year: September 2006 - February 2007 Contractor: Kerkhofs montagebouw Finishing: Dick Caarls Technical advice: P..
Architects: ssm Architekten ag Location: Solothurn, Switzerland Project year: 2004 Construction year: 2005 Engineering: H. Katzenstein AG Constructed Area: 1,720 sqm Photographs: Hansruedi Riesen When the critic, in his early forties, already while leafing through the programme on the website, begins to feel like snow white in the forest - mesmerised, but also without a clue and any orientation ..
French architects O-S created this temporary installation at Hotel Saint-Côme in Montpellier, as part of the Festival des Architectures Vives 08. The installation is made of cardboard boxes, as you can see. Here’s some info from the architects: – This small scale temporary project underlines and sublimates the intimate character of the Hotel Saint-Côme’s courtyard, emblem of the 18th century arc..
Architect: Pilar García A., Carolina Portugueis W., Martín Labbé P. Location: Zapallar, V Región, Chile Contractor: Belco S.A. Structure: Joel Contreras Site area: 5,000 sqm Built area: 396 sqm Project Year: 2006 Construction Year: 2007 Building materials: Concrete, Stone, Wood Photographs: Carolina Portugueis, Martin Labbe The house is located in the north hillside of Zapallar’s bay, on the c..
