XVSTUDIO (Xavier Vilalta Studio) shared with us their Alpha Project, which won an international competition for a mixed-used development in Doha, Qatar. The ALPHA PROJECT´s is a completely self-reliant, innovative development. The project aims to sensitively capture the essence and culture of the city of Doha, with ancient design traditions forming the fundamental basis of the plan and modern bu..
FAZ is a collection of modular outdoor furniture and flowerpots, designed by Ramón Esteve for the Spanish manufacturer VONDOM. Ramón Esteve, architect of the harmony, serenity, timelessness and the universality has created mineral and expressive shape that makes FAZ a design that contextualizes with the homes and installations. Atmosphere, encircling as a result of the happy combination of the m..
Israeli lighting and furniture designers Aqua Creations have opened a new flagship store in Tel Aviv. from contemporist
Dutch designer Bram Geenen has a follow-up piece to the Gaudi Stool that he introduced in 2009, the Gaudi Chair is made by the same principles, but includes a small backrest. The Gaudi Chair is the follow-up of the Gaudi Stool which was created in 2009. It was designed using the same method as Antoni Gaudi, who made models of hanging chains, which upside-down showed him the strongest shape for h..
client: The municipality of Kolding place: Vonsild, Denmark year: 2009 function: Design Kindergarten size: 13,500sqm commission: Competition _1st.prize from cebra
In 1954 Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill were commissioned to design the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. Located in El Paso Country, Colorado, just outside of Colorado Springs, the chapel is of the training center for officers of the United States Air Force which is a large self-contained community. At an elevation of 6500 feet on the East of the Rocky Mountains, the 3,000 acre Academy ..
Here’s another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten (see our earlier stories here and here) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting this week in South Africa. Above photograph by Bruce Sutherland Called Green Point Stadium, the project is located in Cape Town and has a capacity of 68,000 on three tiers. Once the 2010 FIFA World Cup is over 13,000 of these seats will be removed and repl..
Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture shared with us their project ‘Flying Carpet’, a colorful carpet laid out on a central square in Örebro, Sweden. Above people have a coffee under their own mirror images. More images and architect’s description after the break. THE SITE The cafe pavilion is placed in the Våghus square. Lines of sight from the square entrances define its shape. The building is cut s..
Last year, BIG completed Mountain Dwellings (winner of the Building of the Year 2009 Award under the Housing category), showing us new approaches to a complex typology. Along this line of innovation in housing, we now present you a sneak peek of the soon to be completed 8 House a 62,000sqm project located in Copenhagen with an interesting approach to mixed use. Over 540 units for different confi..
Industrial designer Alvaro Uribe has created the Celebration Lamp. Celebration Lamp is a project aimed to transmit to the world the most profound spirit of Latin American culture; the celebration of life through dancing. Dance, is the one human activity where conjunctively we get together to rejoice about our existence. Through dance, our senses are activated, our bodies stretch, our eyes and ea..