Architects: BIG Architects Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Architect: Jakob Lange Project Leader: Finn Nørkjær Project Manager: Jan Borgstrøm Construction Manager: Henrick Poulsen Contributors: Annette Jensen, Dariusz Bojarski, Dennis Rasmussen, Eva Hviid-Nielsen, Joao Vieira Costa, Jørn Jensen, Karsten V. Vestergaard, Karsten Hammer Hansen, Leon Rost, Loui..
The site is located in Kanagawa Prefecture on a mountainside that overviews a sea and a city. The client couple, who are friends of mine, and I visited there, when the project was initiated. Walking around in the pre-project site, where too many tall trees stand on, views changed variously, because of the slanted land’s height differences. The experience was comparable to a pleasure of wandering..
Danish design studio BLENDWERK have created a Radiator Bench and Bed Table/Stool. The Radiator Bench The Radiator Bench is as decorative as it is versatile. Hiding the radiator, it not only has the potential to function as a window sill for potted plants or as an extra seating space (with a view), it is also handy when entertaining guests, when you need an extra stool or a small table on the bal..
The concept of Casa G is based on reading and feedback to the landscape it exists on. The characteristic landscape situation and view differences distinctively in each direction. Towards south the view to the sea and islands, towards north the characteristic triangular mountain, towards east the glacier and towards west the river and canyon. Those elements are the creator of the project, the tra..
Alila Villas Hadahaa, is the first luxury resort in the Gaafu Alifu (North Huvadhoo) Atoll in the Maldives’ new southern frontier. Ten kilometres away from its nearest neighbour, Alila Villas Hadahaa promises guests the original tranquillity and unspoilt beauty of the Maldives which first drew travellers to experience the natural charm of the destination so many years ago. All villas were orient..
Architects: Plan B - Felipe Mesa, Alejandro Bernal + JPRCR - Camilo Restrepo, J. Paul Restrepo Collaborators: Viviana Peña, Catalina Patiño, Carolina Gutiérrez, Lina Gil, Jorge Buitrago Location: Botanical Garden, Medellín, Colombia Client: Medellin Botanical Garden Builder: Ménsula S.A. Project start: 2005 Completion: 2006 Budget: 523 US$ / m2 Constructed Area: 4.200 sqm Materials: Wood, Steel ..
The city that never sleeps is notorious for its energy, diversity and relentless nature of thriving culture and innovation. A hot spot for pushing retail and hospitality experiences, the city perpetually finds ways to surprise you and inspire you. As a frequent New York City visitor, I often try to explore new urban veins in order to maintain New York as the "never-ending story." Although every ..
“Designing is my natural state. I am normal”. That’s how Martin Huberman defines his work for Normal™ studio, a design and architecture office based in Argentina that is involved in numerous design projects that have caught our attention. Huberman and his collaborators are trying to explore what is considered as normal, principally through the kind of things that surround us and are perceived as..
Melbourne, Australia based Yellow Diva, have designed the M Series of seating. A sumptous seating collection comprising MC1 armchair, MO1 ottoman, MCL chaise longue and MS1 sofa. Taking inspiration from Eastern and Western traditions the M Series harks back to the understated elegance of the early nineteenth century, marrying rhythmic buttoning and tactile piping with decidedly contemporary join..
A few weeks ago I watched the movie Twilight, and noticed that the house of the vampires was actually very interesting, with separated volumes and big openings that potentiate the views into different directions of the surrounding woods. This house in Portland´s Forest Park was designed by US Architects Skylab Architecture. Project description by the architects after the break. M1 is a private r..
