Green design collective [re]design presented a range of sustainable lights from various British designers including Julia Lohmann, Jericho Hands, Rawstudio, bluegreen&co and others at 100% Design in London last month. Here is a selection of the lights that were exhibited. Top image: Firewinder by The Firewinder Company. Above: Circa light by Rawstudio Above: The Bakelite telephone lamp, made fro..
Innsbruck-based architects Astearchitecture have completed a mountain-top viewing platform above a glacier in Tyrol, Austria. The steel structure, completed last month, cantilevers nine metres over a ridge on Mount Isidor. The following text is from Astearchitecture: – Top of Tyrol by astearchitecture The viewpoint platform on Mountain Isidor in Tyrol, Austria is a drawing in the snow, it forms ..
LAVA Michael Schumacher Tower Abu Dhabi, UAE The Michael Schumacher Tower is the first in a series of seven towers to be built worldwide. Inspired by the geometrical order of a snowflake and the aerodynamics of a Formula 1 racing car, the tower encapsulates speed, fluid dynamics, future technology and natural patterns of organization. Rather than purely mimicking shapes in nature for their elega..
Norwegian architecture studio Fantastic Norway have completed a holiday cabin at Fosen in Norway. The timber dwelling is located on a hilltop in a remote coastal area. The following information is from Fantastic Norway: – Cabin Vardehaugen Fantastic Norway Short Project information: Name: Coastal Cabin (by “Fantastic Norway) Category: Residential/recreational The cabin is situated on the top of ..
Cabin Vardehaugen by Fantastic Norway Short Project information: Name: Coastal Cabin (by “Fantastic Norway) Category: Residential/recreational The cabin is situated on the top of a rocky hill at the outermost coast of Fosen (Norway). The building is carefully placed and designed in relation to the local terrain, the panoramic view and the specific climactic conditions in the area. A variety of s..
Situada en el borde de un acantilado de setenta metros de altura, la casa ofrece una serie compleja de espacios de estar fluidos, inscriptos en un perímetro conformado por una serie de curvas y contracurvas que se extienden en respuesta al paisaje y al sol. Las áreas de día componen un voladizo sobre el océano permitiendo excelentes vistas de la costa. La planta más baja forma una base construid..
June 15th, 2006 This competition entry was submitted with Hannah Tribe and myself and was awarded first place. Let’s hope they go ahead with the suckah. This proposal aims to serve the dual purpose of consolidating North Sydney’s major public transport interchange and providing North Sydney with a tangible and defining marker. The scheme comprises a thin steel roof that links the three sites and..
La ubicación de la casa, sobre el borde de un impresionante acantilado de 300 metros con vistas a una playa de arena negra, al volcán Teide y a una gran extensión de la costa norte de la isla de Tenerife, ha resultado decisiva para la propuesta arquitectónica. La idea de la casa consiste en insertar una pieza monolítica de hormigón y vidrio sobre una plataforma de madera en el borde del acantila..
Addition to Residence Koenigswarte, Sesto- Italy completed November 2007 Located on a steep hillside in the Italian Dolomites this new-built hotel has been developed as the interweaving of the free-flowing topography- indexed and organized by series of timber strips- and the serial sequence of apartment units perpendicular to it. Skin organisation as strata Since the overall shape was developed ..
Architects: ARAD - Bahram Kalantari, Kourosh Dabbagh Location: Tehran, Iran Design Team: Majid Pazhuhi, Niloofar Niksar Technical Team: Anoushiravan Kharrazi, Mehdi Holakouie, Mona haddadi Project Manager: Eskandar Hadjizadeh Structural consultant: Behrang Baniadam (Afarinesh consulting co.) Site Area: 10,500 sqm Constructed Area: 4,200 sqm Project year: 2006 Photographer: Kamran Adl, Ali Daghig..
