Designers Keiko + Manabu have created an installation called Heart of Shapes at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. Vertical tubes with sections in the shape of hearts, diamonds and stars fill the gallery. The tubes are made from recycled paperboard and will be recycled once the exhibition closes. The installation will remain in place until 8 February. Photographs by Takumi Ota. The..
Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Client: Kvaterloft Copenhagen, Loa Fund Collaborator: JDS ARCHITECTS, BIRCH & KROGBOE Constructed Area: 2,000 sqm Project year: 2004 Budget: US $1,950,000 Photographs: Julien de Smedt, Mads Hilmer, Esben Bruun, Paolo Rosselli How do you turn the problem of a polluted site into an architectural potential? A third of our budget was allocat..
A photography studio-residence currently being designed by davidclovers is the subject of a collaborative research between davidclovers and artist C.E.B. Reas. 07 MASSES explores the specific impact of luminosity and texture on mass and massiveness through a series of scaled prototypes. from reas
White-box renovation of 2000 sf. office space, including design and manufacture of desks and conference table. Completed 8/2005.
German designer Hannes Grebin has created a range of living room furniture based on 1970s German domestic decor. The bizarre, angular forms are covered in patterns and detailing which Grebin claims were commonly found in German living rooms during the 1970’s. He describes the pieces as “living sculptures, which puts the traditional views about comfort and taste into question.” The collection inc..
White-box interior renovation to accomadate a new wine store. Project included planning, design, fabrication and installation of all casework and interior elements. Completed 1/07. from 4-pli
Japanese architects ARTechnic have completed Shell, a holiday villa in Karuizawa, Japan. The two-storey, concrete house comprises two tubes with oval sections, arranged around a fir tree. The floor is raised 1.4 metres from the ground; the architects intended to minimise time spent on maintaining the property by separating the house from its natural surroundings. “Being in sync with nature isn’t..
Owner: Mark Raab and Hemant Chowdhry of SOWA Restaurant Group, LLC Architect: Office dA, Inc. Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Project Design: Nader Tehrani, Monica Ponce de Leon Principal in Charge: Nader Tehrani Project Architect: Dan Gallagher (registered) Project Coordinators: Catie Newell, Brandon Clifford Project Team: Harry Lowd, Richard Lee, Lisa Huang, Re..
Here’s another student project, this time a pavilion designed by Alan Lu at the University of California. The conceptual pavilion was designed for a fictional perfume brand and would be situated at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan. The information below is from Alan Lu: – I am a forth year (last year) architecture student at University of California, Berkeley in the U.S. The work was done as ..
University of Innsbruck graduate Andreas Hoerl has sent us these images of his thesis project called Flotsam - swimming architecture. The project is a conceptual design for a floating gallery where students and architects can exhibit their designs. Here’s some text from Hoerl: – flo tSA_M - swimming architecture (function: architecture gallery) The idea is to create a stage for architects/studen..
