Architects: b720 Arquitectos Location: Barcelona, Spain Architect in Charge: Fermin Vazquez Project Chiefs: Peco Mulet, Fernando Luna, Andreas Moser Project Team: Pablo González, Laura Marticorena, Carles Martínez-Almoyna, Eduard Miralles, Manuel Rivas, Giussy Ottonelli On Site Team: Andreas Moser, Eduard Miralles Client: Layetana Inmobiliaria Developer: Layetana Inmobiliaria General Contracto..
Architects: x Architekten Location: Oberösterreich, Austria Client: Voestalpine Stahl Service Center Construction: Steel Construction Constructed Area: 7,750 sqm Project Year: 2004-2008 Photographs: Paul Ott The building functions as an interface between road, rail and waterway transport. The delivery and outgoing goods sections embody the dynamism and efficiency of the company voestalpine SSC. ..
Bone, Bridge and Together, are three coffee tables created by Austrian designer Daniel Meise. Meise creates the sculptural pieces by using a special concrete that hardens quickly and remains strong despite their thin walls. The pieces appear to be quite heavy, but looks can be deceiving. Meise’s T-shaped “bone” table with only 8 to 10 millimeters wall thickness weighs only 25kg. The Bone Table: ..
PROJECT 53 Albert Street CLIENT Nettleton Tribe Architects LOCATION Brisbane, QLD, Australia ARTIST Jennifer Marchant ARTWORK TITLE Landlines ART MANAGEMENT Urban Art Projects YEAR 2008 Jennifer Marchant's map installation of Cunningham's Gap and the Main Range veils three elevations of a car park, creating a pedestrian viewpoint of the view to the south. They wrap counter clockwise around the s..
When mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he wanted to make New York the foremost eco city in the USA his announcement was met with a certain amount of incredulity. At first glance supplying the major energy needs of a city with a population of ten million by wind power sounds like a rather foolhardy dream. However, it shouldn't be forgotten that this is the United States, a place where the 'A..
Architecture: VHM I Departamento de Arquitectura: Jorge Sodré Albuquerque, Ana Luísa Almeida, José Magno Coordinator: Jorge Sodré Albuquerque Team: Isabel Flamínio, Rui Silva, Eduardo Brito, Carlos Sousa, Pedro Couto Structure: A400 Services: VHM, Gestão e Coordenação de projectos Landscape: Nuno Viterbo Construction Management: Vítor Hugo Leal Gomes, Carlos Xavier Contractor: Europa Arlindo, Sc..
Swedish design studio Form Us With Love have created the Ogle pendant lamp for the Swedish lighting manufacturer, Atelje Lyktan. Ogle has the functionality of a spotlight combined with the elegance of a pendant lamp. from contemporist
From the designers: Anima was bud from observation, from the special link created between a man and a chair, between a soul-body and a furniture-body. Following a line of contact points between the body and the chair, the sensation is of an infinite and fluid line. Anima is made of 3 mm of stainless steel plate in self production. from contemporist
The YAS Hotel in Abu Dhabi was recently completed, and its curvilinear grid-shell which is covered with over 5,300 diamond-shaped steel panels, containing nearly 5000 LED fixtures is being announced as the world’s largest LED project controlled through RDM (Remote Device Management). New York based lighting designers Arup Lighting worked with Germany based e:cue lighting control to create lighti..
