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Category: Architecture, Education, Selected Tags: Concrete, Courtyard architecture, Hoz Fontan, Lattice screen, Spain, Translucent
Faculty of Business studies of Mondragon University is the recent completed project by Spanish architectural firm Hoz Fontan Arquitectos. The university required a space in which to impart regulated and continuous education, lodge the administration’s office, a library and the assembly room. The building meets all these requirements divided in four volumes. The first three [...]
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Category: Master Plan Tags: Architecture Award, BIG, Landscape architecture, Sweden
BIG + Grontmij + Spacescape are the winning team for the Stockholmsporten master plan competition to design an inviting new entrance portal into Stockholm at the intersection of a newly planned super-junction. The planned Hjulsta Intersection 15 km north of Stockholm where two European highways the E18 and E4 Bypasses converge into a three level [...]
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Category: Book, iPhone/iPad app Tags: Architectural video, Publication
Edition29 ARCHITECTURE is an innovative app for Ipad, if you are new to this app, let’s take a quick look at the video above. Edition29 ARCHITECTURE is one of the top 10 newspaper and magazines apps sold on Apple iPad in 2010, along with other publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal [...]
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Category: Landscape Tags: Cepezed, Netherlands, Public square, Reflective pool, WES
The investigation of the site and the diverse town planning structures in the environment may be focused on two main themes: the creation of a strong identity for the Ensemble Westraven itself – it should function as an Island, as a microstructure within the city structure the attempt to achieve the most possible ‘urban Integration’ [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: Brazil, Coletivo arquitetos, Color architecture, Lattice screen, LED, Refurbishment / Extension
Brazilian architect Coletivo Arquitetos designed a temporary sales office for a real estate enterprise in the waterfront city of Santos, Brazil. To permit reuse of the same structure in other sales stands, the project conceived modulate metallic structure. The idea was to create a covered and open plaza to suggest the continuity of the boardwalk [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Events/News, Italy, Milan
From 23 March 2011 at the Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan, the new calendar of lectures with top figures of graphics and contemporary design. For the fifth edition of Design Talks, the Scuola Politecnica di Design SPD proposes a new series of encounters with well-known international designers who have been asked to recount their [...]
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Category: Design, Industrial Tags: Outdoor furniture
Birdtreehut for bird is a the latest creation by Maandag meubels. It is a comfortable home for breading, a feeding place and branches for food. Not only fun for birds, also enjoyable for people. Who doesn’t like birds in garden, balcony or terrace? This birdtreehut attracts them all year round! The house will be used [...]
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Category: Design, Graphic, Industrial Tags: Design video, Swarovski, Wallpaper
Swarovski Elements is the premium brand for finest crystal elements manufactured by Swarovski. Since 1895, these elements provide a fabulous palette of inspiration for designers in the worlds of fashion, jewellery, accessories, interior design and the lighting industry. Nothing says glamour and sophistication like revamped interiors using Swarovski Elements wallpaper. This new collection, conceived by [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture Tags: Outdoor furniture, Russia
A young Russian designer Nadezhda Moiseeva has designed the Spider Web Chair. The inspiration of the chair come from trivial spider’s web, made of plastic or aluminum, the chair is perfect for your both indoor and outdoor garden, color may vary: black, white, red, chrome or even transparent. + Recommended spider’s web inspired design featured [...]
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Category: Design, Graphic, Industrial Tags: ooo my design
The King of Pop is the latest project by ooo my design. The work is a tribute to our king of pop, the great artist who always carried a child within. Set of three ceramic sculptures representing the three major periods of the MJ (Michael Jackson) in the form of removable matryoshka doll. MJ has [...]
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Category: Book Tags: Display design, Publication
Following in the steps of Grand Stand and Grand Stand 2, the latest publication in this series, Grand Stand 3, brings readers up to date on current developments in the fast-paced world of stand design. The design of trade-fair stands has become increasingly important to exhibiting organisations, and today’s designers are playing an essential role [...]
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Category: Book Tags: José Marini Bragança, Portugal, Publication
Earlier this month, we featured one of the Portuguese architect José Marini Bragança’s (JMB) work – Party Hall, this project is actually published in the architect’s recent launched monograph, published by Caleidoscópio. For this book, it is printed in Portuguese and English versions, and is covering JMB‘s past built and competition projects from a small [...]
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