Beta, which springs from an ethnographic research on the workplace from the design of Pierandrei Associati and from the technological skills of Tecno, is an operating system designed to meet the requirements of a creative office and to grant a new shape to space, while adjusting to people’s behaviours and evolving over time. The creative office represents the novelty in workspaces. By reducing r..
Eastern Design Office have sent us one of their latest projects, the Mountains & Opening House in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan. This building is a design room for a Japanese sneaker brand as well as a residential house. The site is in Takarazuka-city of Hyogo Prfecture. It is located in an exclusive residential district that commands an entire view of the Osaka Plain. The architecture is built on th..
Pantone Inc’s claim to fame began 45 years ago with its revolutionary color matching system that allowed designers to reproduce accurate color anywhere in the world. Currently, the company is branching out and moving into lifestyle- oriented industries using the same color numbering system to guarantee an exactness of hue. As the company began expanding, Pantone decided to construct a hotel as p..
Architects: Moomoo - Jakub Majewski, Lukasz Pastuszka Location: Wilga, Poland Collaborator: Tomasz Bierzanowski Project year: 2008 Constructed Area: 130 sqm This house features a dynamic skin, a curtain that covers the long side of the elevation. The intermediate space changes during the day due to the winds of the area. House for a photographer, Szymon Szczesniak. A textile elevation of the hou..
A new branch of the Swedish Museum of Modern Art in Malmö. Public opening on December 26th 2009. Moderna Museet Malmö is the first branch of the main museum in Stockholm. The former Electricity Station dating from 1900 and once the Rooseum gallery, has been refurbished to meet international museum standards. Seen from the exterior a new extension marks the arrival of the new museum. The extensio..
Location: Rua da Velosa, 121, Carreço, Viana do Castelo, Portugal Preliminary Design: 2000; Final Design: 2001 Construction: 2002-2005 Architecture: Nuno Grande (1966) and Pedro Gadanho (1968) Collaborators: Rita Cantante, Cristina Silva, Mariana Martins, Matilde Seabra Engineering: NEWTON, Consultores de Engenharia, LDA (Structural); ENGILIMA, Projectistas e Consultores, LDA (Water and Sewage N..
Architects: Morrison Seifert Murphy Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Architect in Charge: Lionel Morrison, FAIA Project year: 2007 Constructed Area: 250 sqm Engineering: David Bowick, Blackwell Engineering Construction: Kropf Industries, Penfold Construction Photographs: Morrison Seifert Murphy This was the first house completed in new Dallas neighborhood devoted entirely to Modernism. As our client..
Architects: at103 / Julio Amezcua + Francisco Pardo Location: Queretaro, Mexico Project Team: Jorge Vazquez, Arturo Peniche Constructed Area: 400 sqm Project year: 2005 Construction year: 2006 Photographs: Rafael Gamo The proposal responds to an specific program for a 4 members family. The design is developed out of an existing foundation, from which it was necessary to define clarity on the vol..
Architects Standardarchitecture-Zhaoyang Studio have completed a visitors centre next to a river in Tibet. The building was constructed using local vernacular techniques and brightly coloured pigments from local minerals have been painted directly onto the stone walls of the interior. Called Niyang River Visitor Center, the building contains a ticket office, changing room and bathroom. Photograp..
The Dan Pearlman creative agency, created a holistic dreamland for young patients with psychiatric issues at the ‘Evangelisches Konigin Elisabeth Krankenhaus’ Hospital, in Berlin, Germany. The patients of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the ‘Evangelisches Konigin Elisabeth Krankenhaus’ Hospital (KEH) in Berlin will never feel alone again. In addition to doctors and nurses th..