Dutch designers Peter van der Jagt, Erik Jan Kwakkel and Arnout Visser have developed a system of kitchen tiles that fit round corners to cover all surfaces of a kitchen without breaking up the grid of grouting. Called DTILE, the product features various corner pieces and ties that integrate fixtures like plug holes and sockets. The designers were unable to find a suitable manufacturer and event..
Architects: pvanb architecten Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Client: Lefier StadGroningen Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Courtesy of pvanb architecten The family homes and apartment blocks designed by pvanb architects display brick architecture applied with great care and craftsmanship. They form a tangible translation of the varied residential programme, and continue the brick tradition ..
The extension of the Mother house of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heard of Jesus in Sherbrooke is 56,680 sqf and includes a 54-room health care unit with all the attached services, a kitchen to serve 200 people, a physiotherapy room, a library, maintenance workshops and an inner courtyard designed with a garden. More photographs, drawings, and sketches of this project following the break..
Photographer Montse Zamorano has sent us his photographs of Álvaro Siza’s recently-completed auditorium for the Universidad del País Vasco in Bilbao. Called Paraninfo de la Universidad del País Vasco, the L-shaped upper storeys create a terrace at first-floor level. The project sits opposite the Nueva Biblioteca de la Universidad de Deusto by architect Rafael Moneo, opened in 2007, with the two ..
Jaime Hayón, photo (c) Nienke Klunder They say that the most important mergers and creative deals happen outside the board room. In this case one of the most creative mergers between great craftsmanship and great design inspiration commenced by a simple question posed at the Designtide Tokyo in 2009 by Maruwakaya a neo-traditional Japanese product design brand, headed by Hirotoshi Maruwaka, esta..
Architects: Huus og Heim Architecture Location: Ullensvang, Hardanger Fjord, Norway Client: Norwegian Public Roads Administration Structural engineer: Dipl. Ing. Florian Koche AS Landscape architect: Thor Sigurd Thorsen Project area: 500 sqm Design year: 2009 Images: Courtesy of Huus og Heim Architecture The project is located along Sørfjorden in Hardanger, Norway. The project is a part of the N..
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Project Title: The Black Pearl Residence Façade Design: Studio Rolf.fr i.s.m. Zecc Architecten Interior Design: Studio Rolf.fr Program: Residence and Workshop Date: 2008 – 2010 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands I think it was love at first site! That’s what I felt when we received the images from Zecc architecten. The Black Pearl, the residence of my dreams; especially for the story it carries. A..
While Louis Kahn was designing the National Assembly Building in Bangladesh in 1962, he was approached by an admiring Indian architect, Balkrishna Doshi, to design the 60 acre campus for the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India. Much like his project in Bangladesh, he was faced with a culture enamored in tradition, as well as an arid desert climate. For Kahn, the design of the inst..
Van Rooijen Architects designed the Van den Heuvel residence in Leidsche Rijn, The Netherlands. The urban history of Leidsche Rijn dates back to the time of the Roman Empire. Today the region is being transformed from a mainly rural area into a new quarter of the city of Utrecht. Along one of the old routes with its variety of architectural typologies a new house is added after demolishing an ol..
