Hong Kong studio Design Systems have completed the interior of the control room at Hong Kong international airport. Called Functional Aesthetic, the project was designed to accommodatetwo teams – one to carry out daily operations and a second to deal withemergencies. Lighting is installed on the sides of triangular blocks that formthe room’s ceiling, in order to reduce reflections on the workers..
Bark Design Architects, a small Australian practice, have designed a studio for themselves that showcases their philosophy of design and provides a great space to work. The “workhouse”, an elevated steel, glass and plywood studio, “explores the notion of a mixed work / house typology.” The architects intended for the project to expresses lightness in its modular structural form, transparency, te..
Paris practice LAN Architecture have designed a 142m high “mirror tower” for Beirut, Lebanon. The tower is part of 486 Mina El Hosn, a development also consisting of a shopping centre and five blocks of housing. Located in the port area of the city, the tower will be clad in glass and steel mesh, reflecting views of the surrounding city. Here’s some more information from LAN: – 486 Mina El Hosn ..
The city council of Weilburg, Germany, a dense medieval city, organized a design competition upon the demolition of an existing parking structure. ACME’s terrace design is a contemporary spin on the Baroque terraced-landscape building typology found nearby in the Weilburg Castle Gardens. The form becomes an integrated part of the landscape, allowing the project to blend into the surrounding cont..
client : Christophe Lemaire, Avant Co architecte et designer : Franklin Azzi consultant design : Robert Carr superficie : 240m² coût : 250 000€ HT ouverture : janvier 2007 activité : boutique, showroom, bureau de création emplacement : 28, rue de Poitou 75003 Paris France LEMAIRE IS BACK Tout en continuant son activité de directeur artistique chez Lacoste, Christophe Lemaire relance l'activité d..
By Ethel Baraona Pohl — Filed under: Institutional Architecture , Interiors , Glass, Netherlands Size: 250 m2 Design: Tjep Project team: Frank Tjepkema, Janneke Hooymans, Tina Stieger, Leonie Janssen Production: Hypsos Location: Amsterdam What do you do when Heineken asks you to design their first shop? Do you place furniture and displays into a given space? At Tjep, they thought it would be rat..
The Jerde Partnership’s Namba Parks, in Osaka, Japan, was just named one of the winners of the Urban Land Institute’s 2009 Awards of Excellence: Asia Pacific competition. When asked to create a gateway to redefine Osaka’s identity, the architects responded with this project that would become a natural intervention in Osaka’s dense and harsh urban condition. The rooftop park offers a sloping park..
Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects Location: Hamburg, Germany Architect on Site: Imhotep, Donachie und Blomeyer Sturctural Engineers: Lydia Thiesemann, CBP Building Services: Energiehaus, Sineplan Light Engineers: Andres – Lichtplanung Landscape Architects: Breimann & Bruun Project Year: 2007 Constructed Area: 5,436 sqm Photographs: fotografieSCHAULIN, Hiepler Brunier, Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubv..
Barber Shop / Lior Vaknin & Sabi Aroch Architects: Lior Vaknin & Sabi Aroch Location: Rehovot, Israel Project year: 2007-2008 The hair strand project started its way by considering the idea of what a hair strand is and what kind of insights it can provide for designing the interior space of the barber shop. Hair has a particular geometry and dynamics derived from natural law. The strand geometry..