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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Henning Larsen architects, Iconic architecture, Landscape architecture, Nigeria
Danish architectural firm Henning Larsen Architects has won the international architectural competition for the new Calabar International Conference Center in the southeastern part of Nigeria. The Calabar International Conference Centre consists of four adjoining, sculptural volumes which are situated on top of a hill and has a panoramic view from the foyer. We visited the [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Events/News, Foster + Partners, UK
Directed by Carlos Carcas & Norberto López Amado, the architectural film “How much does your building weigh, Mr Foster?” will be released on this coming 28th January. The film traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design. Portrayed are [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: Austria, Balcony, Cladding, Color architecture, Folding architecture, Glass, Paul Ott, Pichler & Traupmann, Random pattern, Stair
Austrian architectural firm Pichler & Traupmann Architekten recently has completed a new office for the Raiffeisen Finance Center in Eisenstadt, Austria. The design of the building playfully responds to the restrictions imposed by the building regulations as well as to the schedule of accommodation for the different floors, and develops an encasing figure that encloses [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Berlin, Events/News, Germany, Interactive
During this coming 28th January – 16th February 2011, Zirkumflex is delighted to present ‘BotoxCloud‘, an interactive Installation by SAQ. ‘BotoxCloud‘ is Zirkumflex’s fifth exhibition in Berlin and will be organized in partnership with Chromolux® and Zumtobel on the occasion of the first edition of DAS weekend and Transmediale 2011. The Installation SAQ has developed [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected, Sport Tags: Landscape architecture, Lattice screen, Multiplan, Refurbishment / Extension, Slovenia, Stair, Timber, Waterfront architecture
In Bled – Slovenia, this newly renovated rowing centre designed by MultiPlan arhitekti is recently completed and it will be used to host the World Rowing Championships this year. The building is well integrated into the sloping site, while providing a huge viewing platform and seating area following the terrain down the slope. Viewing platforms [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential, Selected Tags: Balcony, Folding architecture, Italy, Tisselli studio architetti, White
VC1 is the latest completed residential project by Italian architectural practice Tisselli studio architetti. It is designed to accommodate 1 level of basement car park, 8 apartments in first 2 floors and a garret apartment. Beyond a mere functional description of the intervention, action focus is still the wish to reinstate the architectural quality to [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture Tags: Holder, Modern coffee table, Oneto/Sousa, Peru, Recycle
This magazine holder is a cardboard multi-purpose magazine holder designed by Peru-based design firm Oneto/Sousa Arquitectura Interior. Made out of cardboard, aluminum and wood, its primary use is to be a magazine stand, but it can also be used as a bench or mini table. It consist of 46 cardboard pieces, with a same form [...]
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Category: Design, Lighting Tags: DZstudio, Italy, Pendant light
Clamp is a pendant lamp designed by Enrico Zanolla and Andrea Di Filippo of DZstudio. The inspiration comes from the pattern of Chesterfield sofas (Capitonné) applied to the exterior surface of the lamp. It was hard to define the right size of every rhomb and find the quality of leather that could fit the radius [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected, Transportation Tags: Glass, Iconic architecture, KGP, Refurbishment / Extension, Steel, USA, USA architecture
Washington-based architectural firm KGP Design Studio recently has completed the Bicycle Transit Center (BTC) at Union Station, Washinton DC. It is designed to store 150 bicycles as well as a locker/shower and a repair rental store. While “differentiating” itself from Union Station itself, the Center does merge with its surroundings adapting the vocabulary of the bronze [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture, Lighting Tags: Creative design, modern bench, NunoErin
American design studio NunoErin has been commissioned by the Mississippi Children’s Museum to design the Lightning Bench. The bench is able to interact with the users via its hidden network of sensors installed below the translucent surface. This project was inspired by a child’s ability to turn a functional world into an imaginative journey. + [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: Concrete, Oneto/Sousa, Peru, Stair, White
In Lima Peru, Interior Design firm Oneto/Sousa Arquitectura interior recently completed a modern and compact design project for a small apartment. This time the design process was different since the owner already had the concept so Oneto/Sousa Arquitectura worked together and collaborated in the whole interior of the apartment. The kitchen is a big white [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Atelier 11, China, China architecture, Refurbishment / Extension, Stair
In Beijing, China-based architectural studio Atelier 11 has successfully converted the 30 years old factory building into the contemporary Inside-out Art Center. A simplistic aesthetic was adopted for the interiors of the Art Center with the intention to keep some characteristics of the previous industrial building, as a reflection to the history of the site. [...]
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