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$Office Square \ five AM$

Office Square \ five AM

Jimmy M. | May 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

five AM recently has recently completed the Office Square. To create an airy and nice place to work, without any excesses, for the finance and accountancy department: that was our task. As to not get trapped in the conventional office set-up, we decided to create a square-like atmosphere, by surrounding the space with houses. These [...]

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Five AM gives shipping containers a second lease of life

Jimmy M. | January 5, 2013 | 0 Comments

At the end of 2012, printing office Drukta and mailing company Formail moved into their new building. Not a new build, but a former textile company’s warehouse, spanning 4.000 sqm. For their office space, both companies were looking for a solution which needed to fit their needs and budget. At the same time, they really [...]

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$Suivez le guide \ 5AM$

Suivez le guide \ 5AM

Jimmy M. | April 24, 2012 | 2 Comments

This concept was designed for a design competition organized by the province of West Flanders.The assignment was to fill up a large empty space (+ – 900m2), which is in the middle of several offices, with furniture where the users could gather. These offices are let to young starting companies. Given these existing offices are [...]

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$OSBox \ 5AM$

OSBox \ 5AM

Jimmy M. | January 12, 2012 | 1 Comment

This space was designed for a studio where several creative starting companies work together in an openspace office. They needed a space where they could retreat to brainstorm, informal meetings, presentations, … Because this building is situated in a busy shopping street, this design serves as a showcase for the various companies. The box, which [...]

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$Beursstand \ 5AM$

Beursstand \ 5AM

Jimmy M. | January 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

5AM is founded by 2 young Belgian designers OLIVIER CALUWIER & MATHIEU BELLENS, who are active in interior & furniture design. In every project they are searching for the perfect combination of function and design with creative touch. 5AM recently have created a creative booth at a fair nearby Kortrijk. They designed a little cocoon, [...]

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$Fagerström House \ Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects$

Fagerström House \ Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects

Category: Architecture, House Tags: Ake E.son Lindman, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Sweden, Timber

David K. | June 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects recently has completed the Fagerström House in Edsviken, Sollentuna, Sweden. A curved L-shaped house with a distinctive facade colour. The vertical boards are painted in different Falun red shades and the inspiration for the color mixture was taken from the Swedish children’s book “Where’s the Tall Uncle’s Hat?”. + Project statement [...]

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Effortlessly Elegant – Natural Cowhide Rugs

Category: Design, Industrial Tags: Carpet

Jimmy M. | June 18, 2013 | 0 Comments

In larger and smaller rooms of your home alike, there is an aesthetic need to add a floor covering to the same. Area rugs are a wonderful way to incorporate additional style into the space and to define areas of the room while also adding a touch of comfort and softness to the space. While [...]

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$Adobe Global Headquarters \ Valerio Dewalt Train Associates$

Adobe Global Headquarters \ Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

Category: Interior Tags: Color, LEED, Stair, USA, Valerio Dewalt Train, Workplace

Jimmy M. | June 19, 2013 | 0 Comments

Adobe asked Valerio Dewalt Train Associates to reinvent the workplace strategy and customer interface spaces at its global headquarters in San Jose. The watchword is interaction. The new customer experience center (CEC) on the first and second floors immerses clients in the company’s latest digital offerings with interactive displays in a warm, comfortable environment modeled [...]

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$Fence design for Peach Sports Complex in Durazno \ jaf architecture + design$

Fence design for Peach Sports Complex in Durazno \ jaf architecture + design

Category: Landscape Tags: Color, Fence, Uruguay

Jimmy M. | June 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

Uruguay-based architectural firm jaf architecture + design recently has completed the colorful fencing for the Peach Sports Complex in Durazno, Uruguay. + Design statement by jaf architecture + design Peach Sports Complex is a campus of about 40,000 m2 in which develops a variety of sports such as soccer, basketball, swimming, biking and skate boarding, [...]

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$Competition entry: Setubal Public Library \ AND-RÉ$

Competition entry: Setubal Public Library \ AND-RÉ

Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Competition, Concrete, Courtyard architecture, Fluid form, Library, Portugal

David K. | June 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

AND-RÉ recently has designed a design proposal for the competition entry for Setubal Public Library. + Statement from AND-RÉ SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY A project that depicts the essential foundations of the current office philosophy and our vision of architectural and methodological approach facing the contemporary reality. A project developed based on concepts that favour a social [...]

$Competition entry: Sejong Art Center in South Korea \ H Architecture + Haeahn Architecture$

Competition entry: Sejong Art Center in South Korea \ H Architecture + Haeahn Architecture

Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Auditorium, Competition, H Architecture, Korea, Theater

David K. | June 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

H Architecture shared with us their competition entry for Sejong Art Center Competition in South Korea, collaborated with Haeahn Architecture. It is for the new cultural hub of Sejong city, featuring a 700 seat theater for classical concert, ballet and musical, a 300 seat black box theater, a cinema, and gallery spaces, and a 1,500 [...]

$2nd place winner: Santa Maria del Mar Basilica \ Sanzpont arquitectura$

2nd place winner: Santa Maria del Mar Basilica \ Sanzpont arquitectura

Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Competition winner, Fluid form, Religious architecture, Spain, Waterfront architecture

David K. | June 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Mexico and Spain-based architectural firm sanzpont [arquitectura] won the 2nd place of the competition for Cancun City Basilica, Santa Maria del Mar. + Design statement from Sanzpont arquitectura Design Concept Santa Maria del Mar is one of the oldest virgin avocations. She isn’t related to any apparition; instead she relates with the need that marines [...]

$SFJAZZ Center \ Mark Cavagnero Associates$

SFJAZZ Center \ Mark Cavagnero Associates

Category: Architecture, Education Tags: Auditorium, Concrete, LEED, Mark Cavagnero Associates, Music center, Random pattern, Stair, USA architecture

David K. | June 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

SFJAZZ Center by Mark Cavagnero Associates is the first freestanding building in the United States designed exclusively for the enjoyment and performance of jazz. Located in the arts district of San Francisco, the 35,000-square-foot Center provides the 30-year old SFJAZZ organization with its first permanent home and strengthens its mission to reach new listeners. The [...]

$Armchair PSINA \ WAMHOUSE$

Armchair PSINA \ WAMHOUSE

Category: Design, Furniture Tags: Armchair, Poland, WAMHOUSE

Jimmy M. | June 15, 2013 | 2 Comments

Polish design studio WAMHOUSE recently has created the new Armchair “PSINA“.

RIBA EU AWARD: Municipal Auditorium of Teulada by Francisco Mangado

Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Architecture Award, Auditorium, Concert Hall, Concrete, Francisco Mangado, Landscape architecture, Performing Arts Center, RIBA, Spain, Theater

David K. | June 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Mangado y Asociados in Pamplona is pleased to announce that Francisco Mangado’s Municipal Auditorium of Teulada has won the RIBA EU Award, an honor bestowed by the Royal Institute of British Architects on buildings outside the United Kingdom but within the European Union. The Teulada Auditorium is one of nine projects selected for the award. [...]

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$PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli$

PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli

Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]

David K. | April 20, 2013 | 1 Comment

$Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira$

Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira

Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]

David K. | April 9, 2013 | 1 Comment

Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp

Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]

David K. | April 6, 2013 | 0 Comments

Features of the week | 5am »

Office Square \ five AM

Five AM gives shipping containers a second lease of life

Suivez le guide \ 5AM

OSBox \ 5AM

Beursstand \ 5AM

ARCHITECTURE »

Fagerström House \ Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects

DESIGN »

Effortlessly Elegant – Natural Cowhide Rugs

INTERIOR »

Adobe Global Headquarters \ Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

LANDSCAPE »

Fence design for Peach Sports Complex in Durazno \ jaf architecture + design

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Competition entry: Setubal Public Library \ AND-RÉ

Competition entry: Sejong Art Center in South Korea \ H Architecture + Haeahn Architecture

2nd place winner: Santa Maria del Mar Basilica \ Sanzpont arquitectura

SFJAZZ Center \ Mark Cavagnero Associates

Armchair PSINA \ WAMHOUSE

RIBA EU AWARD: Municipal Auditorium of Teulada by Francisco Mangado

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