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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use Tags: Australia NewZealand, Competition, Peddle Thorp Architects, Random pattern
Australian Architectural Review (AR) recently awarded Peddle Thorp Architects, Melbourne and Sustainable Built Environments (SBE) a commendation for their finalist listed entry in the Proposition 2065 design competition. Jury report The major strengths of this scheme related to the way scale and connectivity have been handled. The fractured volumes of the key buildings were seen [...]
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Category: Installation, Lighting Tags: Butong, Lighting concept, Sweden, White Arkitekter
Titled ‘Hot Pants Smokin‘, referring to the song by James Brown, this sculpture of concrete and light was executed by White arkitekter and Butong for the biannual Uppsala Lighting Festival (a.k.a. Allt Ljus på Uppsala). Uppsala is situated in northern Europe, as far north as Alaska or Greenland. Through the dark month of november this [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Contemporary architecture, Courtyard architecture, Stair, Za Bor architects
«House of mister R.» is a clear manifestation of the ‘aesthetic of chaos’, which Arseniy Borisenko and Peter Zaytsev are so fond of discussing with colleagues and journalists. But ‘chaos’ has a limited presence here. «The accidental rearrangement and (self) organization of form» (as the architects say about their method) turns out to be the [...]
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Category: Interior, Selected Tags: Contemporary design, Russia, Timber, Za Bor architects
Moscow based architectural office Za Bor Architects recently has completed the 4th internet company office for Yandex. The Yandex in Yekaterinburg is the 4th office followed by 1st – Yandex Saint-Petersburg, 2nd – Yandex Moscow, and 3rd – Yandex Novosibirsk. Yandex is the the biggest and most popular internet service and company in Russia and [...]
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Category: Architecture Tags: Minimalism, PAR, Restaurant, USA architecture
A young American architectural studio Platform for Architecture + Research designed the Restaurant 659 located in one of LA’s boutique districts, spanning the ground floors of two adjacent retail buildings at 659 La Brea Boulevard, a new 4,800 square foot restaurant and lounge will occupy a currently vacant storefront. North of the juncture of Wilshire [...]
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Category: Design, Industrial Tags: Creative design, Kassen, USA
Kassen Lifestyle Creates the Definitive, Modern Cat-Scratch Post with Skiitch. Kassen Lifestyle has has proved with the Skiitch that the modern lifestyle can finally coexist with the cats in your life, all without sacrificing modern aesthetics and great design. The Skiitch cat-scratch post provides 28 inches of vertical and nine inches of horizontal scratching area, [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Industry, Selected Tags: Cladding, Color architecture, Concrete, Exhibition, Germany, HHF architects, Random pattern, Skin, Stair, Waterfront architecture
The fashion center Labels Berlin 2 is a concentration of showrooms for international fashion brands in one building including public spaces such as an event hall, a restaurant and a lounge at the top floor. The design strategy is based on the adjacent warehouse building Labels 1. The interior spaces of this historical building are [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Residential Tags: Australia NewZealand, Competition, Courtyard architecture, Green architecture, Plazibat + Jemmott
Queensland Courtyard House is a recent residential competition submission by Brisbane, Australia based architecture office Plazibat & Jemmott Architects. + Project description courtesy Plazibat + Jemmott architects Concept The intent of this project is to go beyond the pragmatics of the proposed program and investigate a new potential model for suburban housing. This model takes [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture Tags: Finland, Kayiwa, MDF, Modern bookcase
You may use both AAKKOSET’s obverse and reverse to hold books, CDs, magazines et cetera. As a room divider, you may also choose to leave it empty. The meticulous 4-week process to make just one AAKKOSET uniquely combines the very latest manufacturing technology with traditional craftsmanship: In brief, Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) is fed through [...]
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Category: Architecture, Industry Tags: Concrete, COR-TEN, ESD design, Foster + Partners, Landscape architecture, Nigel Young, Spain, Winery
Faustino Winery by world-renowned architect Foster + Partners recently opens in Spain. Bodegas Portia is our first winery, so we had no preconceptions about how it should work. It was an opportunity to start from first principles – to examine the different stages of wine production and to try to create the ideal conditions for [...]
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