This stool is the result of research for a project developed at an International Summer Workshop held at the Domaine de Boisbuchet in collaboration with the Vitra Design Museum. The workshop was conducted by Stephen Burks, one of the leading lights of American design. The brief? To provide support based on various frequently adopted natural postures and objectify the concept as a mechanical exte..
Architects: Vandeventer + Carlander Architects Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Structural Engineer: Swenson Say Faget Landscape Architects: Samuel Williamson Associates Lighting: dePelecyn Studio light & shadow Energy Consultant: Ecotope Contractor: Schilperoort & Brooks, Inc. General Contractors Floor Area: 5,546 sq ft Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Ben Benschneider The site for this home i..
A group of students of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Aalborg University, Denmark, finished a Digital Design Miniproject. Originally Art615 is meant as an art pavilion for a crime-related park in Aalborg, Denmark. The concept mainly focused on drawing attention from the unsafe park, and ensuring the feeling of a safer environment for the visitors. Intense work of 43 students at the De..
Architects: WOHA Location: Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia Project Team: Richard Hassell, Wong Mun Summ, Chan Ee Mun, Ranjit Wagh, Mappaudang Ridwan Saleh, Alan Lau, Lai Soong Hai, Miikka Leppanen, Muhammad Sagitha Mechanical & Electrical Engr: PT. Makesthi Enggal Engineering Civil & Structural Engr: Worley Parsons Pte Ltd / PT. Atelier Enam Struktur Ecologically Sustainable Design Consultant: Sustaina..
detailed railroad crossing 1. accessible railroad crossing 2. steel tube 3. water distribution unit 4. bench (cleaning feet) 5. drinkingwater fountain (filled by train) 6. toilet unit (wheelchair accessible) 7. waterfilter 8. toilet (flushed by train) 9. the only wave you don't want to ride (triggered by train) 'trestles 2.0' by dutch architects stefan de vos and jeroen lemans is a proposal for ..
Shanghai Expo 2010: architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre is at Shanghai Expo 2010 this week and will be sending us some of the first photos of the completed pavilions, starting with the Spanish Pavilion by Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT). EMBT’s pavilion has a wicker facade over a steel structure. The Expo opens on 1 May and runs until 30 October. All photographs are copyright Iñigo Bujedo ..
Architects: Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp Location: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia Project Team: Richard Francis-Jones, Simon Barr, Lance White, Alison Jones, Misha De Moyer, James Perry, Josephine Turner, Peter Wise Landscape Architects: Matthew Todd, Mark Brandon Structural & Façade Engineering: Taylor Thomson Whitting Contract Administrator: Altus Page Kirkland Builder: WBHO Pro Build ..
Finnish designer Tuukka Halonen has designed a range of pendant lights made of repeated interlocking parts for design brand Skandium. Called Pilke, the light shades are made of identical plywood cutouts, which interlock to form a three-dimensional shape. The shades slot together and don’t require any tools or adhesives to assemble. The collection includes two different designs that come in white..
Canadian architects Blouin Tardif Architecture have designed a home in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec from contemporist
Contribution to the Copenhagen International Wood Festival last year. Intention The intention is to create a beautiful, varied and surprisingly simple structure which shows the potential of laths, through a study of detail, form and light, that can involve the viewer. Architecture / Design A cube is built, and it's sides is opened providing access to people and lights, and opportunity to look in..
