Architects: fabriK·B / Benjamin Scharf, Gonzalo Elizarraras Location: Hvar, Croatia Collaborator: E. Mussche Project Area: 1,200 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Courtesy of fabriK·B The project is located on the island Hvar, Croatia in the Adriatic Sea. The concept was born to create a Multi Activity Centre inside the ruins of an old chapel and castle. The aim was to unified pragmatically di..
The Nogg is a modern chicken coop that has been designed in the shape of an egg. Urban chicken keeping has become a growing trend, and The Nogg is designed to house 2-4 chickens in an aesthetically pleasing coop to compliment any garden. The nogg is a modern chicken coop that has been designed in the shape of an egg. It has been designed to house from 2-4 chickens and is to encourage domestic fa..
The ‘Iris’ inspired leaves are elegantly curved at three sets of angles and distanced to produce a perfectly proportioned pendant feature. The ambient light casts pleasing shadows and glows warmly against the sets of leaves giving them definition and character. from contemporist
What do you think of Tony Owen Partners’ latest luxury apartments? The design will shortly enter its construction phase on Elizabeth Street in Sydney’s CBD in prestigious Hyde Park. With only 19 apartments, this exclusive development intends to define the new standard in luxury and contemporary design for Australia. On the exterior, the units’ varied facades are the product of parametric exercis..
UNStudio shared their new pavilion for the 29th Art Biennale in Sao Paulo, Brazil with us. The project is intended to encourage interaction between the participants and visitors by creating a place for display, discussion, and debate. An artistic expression that also functions programmatically, the pavilion embodies the dynamic geometry and spatial qualities common in the firm’s work (to compare..
For Thomas Phifer + Partners’ latest residence, the firm takes inspiration from the envisioned Long Island site’s proximity to the water. The seemingly repetitious simplistic form is actually one continuous surface that undulates to carve spaces underneath it. ising gracefully from the sand dunes, the form fluidly defines different programmatic elements, and its free flowing nature embraces the ..
Our collection of extraordinarily beautiful lights created using ultra high-tech Digital Manufacturing technologies continues with the Tulip.MGX table light. Part of the 2009 Bouquet Collection by MGX featuring flower shaped laser sintered lights, Tulip.MGX takes its shape from intriguing organic forms – forms that are so far unknown and yet seem so familiar. Rather than translating something fr..
New York architecture practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual extension to the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan, featuring a giant lattice structure. The existing museum is a 1960s concrete building by Marcel Breuer and Axis Mundi claim the extension’s exposed concrete frame would be a continuation of Breuer’s brutalist aesthetic. The extension would have an irregular floor pla..
London designer Charlotte Kingsnorth will present a collection of fat chairs at Designersblock in London next week. Called Hybreed, the project involves creating one-off pieces by upholstering reclaimed chair frames with bulging upholstery. The alterations are meant to represent the rolls of flesh on each chair’s obese owner. The series is a development of Kingsnorth’s graduation project from 20..
Istanbul-based outfit Nuvist Architecture & Design have shared with us their entry to the Izmir Opera House Competition. Art has a great role in showing what happens in human beings' life. Soul, intelligence and the emotions are the reflections of the community, and Art forms the social identities of communities. It also shows us the difference between the various social identities. Global influ..
