Check out this project by London based firm, Haworth Tompkins. The firm renovated a dilapidated old building situated on the Dovecote Studio campus – an internationally renowned music campus at Snape Maltings, founded by Benjamin Britten which is currently undergoing an expansion. Nestleed within the shell of an abandoned building, the firm responded to the existing conditions with a touch of se..
The government funds an art piece that comments on advertising. Tea Partiers: Is this proof that the U.S. is run by Commies? A provocative new sculpture has opened at the U.S.-Canada border crossing near Vancouver, BC. It’s a billboard advertising...well, nothing. So instead of your usual glimpse of cheeseburgers and red-faced car salesmen, you’ve got a snarl of stainless steel rods vaguely remi..
Minervini Vandermark Architecture have sent us the 360 14th Street building they’ve designed in Hoboken, New Jersey. Designed and built by a young emerging architecture firm to house their expanding design studio, this 4 story mixed use building has been instrumental in the revitalization of the industrial urban neighborhood it calls home. The 50′x50′ lot sits mid-block down a cobble street in t..
Image Courtesy of CITROËN & LACOSTE Two names, CITROËN and LACOSTE , have come together with a shared vision to cultivate boldness, creativity and optimism. The result of these common values is the CITROËN LACOSTE concept car. The new model is an emblem of a state of mind and a lifestyle, clearly alluding to leisure and pleasure. It takes a simplified, no-nonsense approach to motoring – without ..
Urban Landscape Group have designed the Corvin Gate Public Light in Budapest, Hungary. The public premise renewal program called 3K – Köztéri Kulturális Keresztez?dés (Public premises Cultural Crossing)” will come to fruition between the fall of 2010 and spring of 2011, within the confines of which the crossing of Ferenc boulevard and Üll?i street and a part of Üll?i street will be renewed. The ..
Architects Ahmed Mito, Kamel Loqman, Hisham Alaa and artists Ayman Lotfy, Ahmed Refat, Niveen Farghaly, and Amer Abdelhakemrecently took part of the prestigious La Biennale di Venezia where they presented their work for the Egyptian Pavilion. Images and the architects description after the break. THE STORY Conflicts and wars.. Divergence and quarrels.. Are consequences of people’s short sight an..
Architects: Ron Arad Architects Ltd (RAAL) Location: Liege, Belgium Principal Designer: Ron Arad Project Director: Geoff Crowther Project Architect: Paul Madden Design Team: Joel Dunmore, Tuomas Pirinen, Marta Granda, James Foster, Julian Gilhespie Structural Engineer: Buro Happold (UK) Executive Architect: Jaspers Eyers (Belgium) Main Contractor: BPC (Belgium) Steel Roof Contractor: Iemants, (B..
American designer Christopher Stuart of LUUR Studio has created the Hopeless Diamond Sofa. “The Hopeless Diamond Sofa” by Christopher Stuart utilizes off the shelf materials from the local hardware store like copper plumbing pipe, shipping blankets, zip ties, and carpet padding. There are no difficult miters or glued joints. The form was inspired by a folding paper cup I used to make as a child ..
캔의 재발견 흔히 우리가 버리는 캔을 재활용 하여 외피시스템으로 구현하였네요. 캔 재질이 알루미늄이라 한번쓰고 버리는 일회용이라는 것이 상당히 낭비죠. 물론 2차, 3차 가공을 통하여 다른 형태로 구현되는 것도 좋은 방법이지만 현재 가지고 있는 형태를 재활용하여 만든 시스템이 돋보입니다. 재활용센터에 가보면 캔을 찌그러뜨려서 블록으로 만들어 놓은거 보셨나요? 마치 개비옹 옹벽을 만든 것처럼 재활용 할 수 있을 것 같아요 ^^ Can Cube’s facade is a system of aluminium carbonated drink cans which are enclosed in an aluminium frame. The façade saves the energy wasted during recycling..
Architects: Suters Architects Location: Churchill, Victoria, Australia Project Team: Joshua McAlister, Ian Prior, Graeme Christianson, Scott Francis, Rebecca Brewer Building Contractor: W. Parnall Constructions Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Emma Cross The Churchill Community Hub is a contemporary community centre that co-locates services within a larger building; it allows crossover of these s..
