In 2002, Ned Kahn worked with the staff of Technorama, the major science center in Switzerland, and their architects, Durig and Rami, to create a facade for the building which is composed of thousands of aluminum panels that move in the air currents and reveal the complex patterns of turbulence in the wind. from jajaarchitects
Our friends from XTEN Architecture just sent us one of their latest projects. The Saphire Gallery is a residential gallery addition to a private residente in Los Angeles, California. It is designed to display a private collection of contemporary art while also providing for a home office with views to the sorrounding hills. The owners’ collection includes work by the artists Gregory Crewdson, Ut..
Architects: ONL [Oosterhuis_Lenard] Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Design team: Kas Oosterhuis, Ilona Lenard, Cas Aalbers, Sander Boer, Tom Hals, Dimitar Karanikolov, Tom Smith, Richard Lewis, Barbara Janssen, Gijs Joosen, Andrei Badescu, Maciek Swiatkowski, Rafael Seemann Engineering: ONL, Meijers Staalbouw BV, Pilkington Benelux BV Client: Projectbureau Leidsche Rijn Utrecht Production: Me..
Our friends from XTEN Architecture shared with us their entry to the ThyssenKrupp elevator competition in Dubai. The observation tower is located in a cultural park just off axis from the main skyscraper boulevard in Dubai, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Road. I. Site Strategy The site plan for the Za’abeel Park Observation (ZPO) Tower is organized according to a traditional Islamic geometric pattern ..
Architects: Kanner Architects Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Architect in Charge: Stephen H. Kanner Project team: Damian Lemons, Nicolas O.S. Marques, Jay Fukuzawa, Clare Olsen, John Mebasser, Claudia Wiehen, Lincoln Tobier, Stephane Corbel Client: United Oil Project Area: 630.8 sqm Project year: 2009 Photographs: John Linden & Nicolas O.S. Marques Situated at La Brea and Slauson avenues..
Flip Sellin of Berlin-based design group Coordination has designed a pendant lamp called Polygon Crash. Three shades comprising folded polygonal shapes are suspended from thin wire and each houses a “micro-tube light”. Measuring more than a metre across, the hand-made pendant light is made of mild steel and partially-mirrored, stainless steel. Sellin also designed the Crush sofa and NoVolume tab..
BMW Group DesignworksUSA have created the Metro40 collection of street furniture for Landscape Forms, a Kalamazoo, Michigan based manufacturer of site furniture for outdoor spaces. The Metro40 collection includes seating, shelters, lighting, and amenities, and has been developed for use by city planners and architects to help global urban centers elevate the livability, quality of experience, de..
London Design Festival 09: an exhibition of six extruded aluminium furniture pieces by British designer Thomas Heatherwick has opened at Haunch of Venison in London. Heatherwick’s Extrusions series is produced using the world’s largest extrusion machine, with each piece consisting of a single piece of aluminium polished for 300 hours to achieve a mirror finish (the images here show the pieces be..
The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects has announced that their 2009 Fall Home Tour will take place on October 4th, featuring a variety of architect designed homes in the picturesque community of Manhattan Beach. For one day only, architecture and design fans are welcome to wander through some of the most striking modern Manhattan Beach homes, including the Kuhlhaus 02 h..
Bruce Ratner originally looked to Frank Gehry to design the Atlantic Yards’ basketball arena, a 22 acre development project in Brooklyn. Gehry’s scheme looked promising as the arena and surrounding buildings were carefully categorized in different zones and then reassembled to create “startling urban moments.” When Gehry was fired early in the summer and replaced by Kansas-based firm Ellerbe Bec..
