The giant Mutagenesis installation by Belgian designer Arne Quinze opened at the Abitate Il Tempo design show in Verona, Italy this weekend. The show closes tomorrow (Monday 24 September). For more info on the exhibition, see our earlier story. More Dezeen stories about Arne Quinze. Below: Arne Quinze
Belgian designer and artist Arne Quinze created a temporary installation at five-star Parisian hotel Le Royal Monceau last month, before the hotel’s closure for a year-long refurbishment. The installation, called Rebirth, lasted just one night as part of Demolition Party, a VIP event on 26 June at which guests were invited to help destroy fixtures at the hotel. Le Royal Monceau will reopen next ..
Design Miami 08: An exhibition of sculptures by Belgian artist Arne Quinze is on show at Wolfgang, Roth and Partners Fine Art as part of Art Basel - Miami Beach in Miami, USA. Quinze describes the Bidonvilles as “shanty towns competing with skyscrapers… Social gravity pushes up the social mass, into the sky.” “The houses will extract all the energy they can from wind, water, sun or frequencies t..
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Gunma, Japan Principal Use: Residence Project Year: 2005 Structure material: Wood Site Area: 144.47 sqm Constructed Area: 90.82 sqm Photographer: Daici Ano & Sou Fujimoto Intoned Open-Plan : Architecture of “Distance” Site is within a calm residential suburb in Maebashi, Gunma, JAPAN. Being a housing for a family of four, this is also a place to disp..
Architect: ARTEKS Arquitectura Location: Lleida, Spain Architects in charge: Gerard Veciana Membrado & Elisabet Faura Pavia Arteks Collaborators: Carlos Cobreros, Gemma Roca, Andrea Furlan External Collaborators: Casa O_David Tapias & Nuria Salvador Constructed Area: 270 sqm Project Year: 2007 Structural Engineering: Pascual Sandalinas Facilities Engineering: Ateci_enginyeria installations Photo..
The guys from OFIS sent us the their latest won competition in Paris, France. Architect: OFIS arhitekti Location: Paris, France Project Year: 2008 Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik Design Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Robert Janez, katja aljaz, Andrej Gregoric, Javier Carrera Structural Engineering: Matjaz Pilic - Elea IC Mechanical, Electrical engineering & sustainability: Menerga d...
At Design Miami next week, Dutch designers Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets of Studio Job will exhibit a collection of furniture decorated with marquetry at New York gallery Moss. The pieces are made from Indian rosewood and decorated with farm imagery using laser-cut inlays. The range comprises a bench, table, mirror, cabinet and screen. The furniture will be produced in a limited edition of six pi..
client : V.W. architecte : Franklin Azzi Architecture superficie : 60m² superficie du terrain: 1600m² coût estimatif de l'opération : 150 000 euros HT date de livraison : decembre 2007 délais d'exécution : 8 mois activité : maison individuelle entreprise de construction : MRC : Denis Le moine emplacement : Yport Normandie France La maison est entourée de deux extensions en toile qui seront des c..
Una nueva casa contemporánea para una joven familia que se muda de una ajetreada ciudad a la Península de Momington. La casa está construida principalmente con paneles de cedro y tierra aglomerada (rammed earth), una mezcla de tierra, cemento y agua que se moldea con encofrados. La forma elemental de la casa está enriquecida por una selección de materiales, texturas y colores que se intersecan y..
Architects: Localarchitecture & Danilo Mondada Location: Hôpital de St-Loup, Switzerland Project year: 2008 Structure: IBOIS - Hani Buri, Yves Weinand Client: Deaconess Community of St-Loup Photographs: Milo Keller ©2008 In the summer of 2007, Localarchitecture and architect Danilo Mondada were awarded the contract to renovate the mother house of the Deaconess Community of St-Loup. The commissio..
