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Category: Architecture, Residential Tags: Foster + Partners, Lebanon, Skyscrapers
3Beirut – the first project designed by Foster + Partners to break ground in Lebanon – is revealed on 9 June. Responding directly to the site and culture of Beirut, the scheme will create a sustainable residential and retail development of international quality. The development will also strengthen Beirut’s role as a centre for tourism, [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture Tags: Egypt, Modern Chair, Modern coffee table, Modern table
Launched in June 2010, &CAIRO is a collaboration between the new HardWood Furniture Co. generation and Alchemy Branding & Design Management under the Art Direction of Karim Mekhtigian. The new furniture brand is created for a relaxed lifestyle that holds simplicity and comfort. &CAIRO’s first official appearance took place at Furnex and +20 Egypt Design, [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Indonesia, Swimming pool, Tropical architecture
The Residences at hu’u is pleased to announce the unveiling of 10 individual private villas located in one of the most desirable addresses in Seminyak, Bali, and available for ownership, beginning today. Each of the 10 residences – one-bedroom lofts, dual-level two-bedrooms and a penthouse villa – enjoys a private pool with tranquil landscaped gardens [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Landscape architecture, Margot Krasojevic, South Africa
Llandudno Beach in Cape Town, situated on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, is surrounded by large granite boulders and overlooked by mountains. The infinity pavilion beach house balances on the cliffs overlooking the town of Llandudno in cape town, the design directly engages with its context. the main open plan accommodation area consists [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: Color, Studio O+A, USA, Workplace
AOL launched a company-wide initiative to adapt to changes in online culture – which the company had been instrumental in creating in the first place. As part of this effort, AOL moved its West Coast headquarters to a new corporate space in Palo Alto and brought in Studio O+A to give the office a fresh [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Balcony, Division1, USA architecture
The W Street Residence is organized into three levels: the first level functions as an office, guest quarters, or rental studio with access from within the main house and the street; the second level comprises the main living/social space and is defined by an open plan that extends beyond the perimeter wall to become an [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Division1, Refurbishment / Extension, USA architecture
Designed by American architecture firm Division1, the ¾ acre site of the Roberts Residence is bound by, a residential street along its west edge, single-family detached residences on adjacent lots to the north and south, and a wooded park towards the rear. At the front of the site along the street edge the site drops [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: Bar Lounge, Manada, Mexico, Timber
Mexican architectural firm manadaº has recently completed the Qi Urban Lobby, it was designed to archive a harmony and balance sense to new wellness centre in Mexico City. As Chinese philosophy teaches, “qi”, the circulating life energy, is inherent in all things. The balance of negative and positive is believed to be essential for good [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential, Selected Tags: Courtyard architecture, France, LAN Architecture, Random pattern, Stair, Wood
French architects LAN (Local Architecture Network) recently has completed 5 buildings complex of student accommodation located in Paris, 18 Arrondissement. The driving idea guiding our project stems from the challenge of responding to the necessity for urban integration and creating optimum comfort for the residence’s occupants in a convivial and intimate environment. LAN The context [...]
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Category: Design, Lighting Tags: .PSLAB, Installation, Lighting concept, London, Outdoor lamp, UK
‘STREETLIGHTS‘ is a lighting installation of 220 vintage headlamps created by .PSLAB on DOSarchitects studio‘s external façade for Clerkenwell Design Week in London, United-Kingdom during 24th -26th May 2011. It will remain in place until June, 30th 2011. On the occasion of the 2011 Clerkenwell Design Week, multi-award-winning design company DOSarchitects and creative lighting firm [...]
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Category: Architecture, Education Tags: C+S Associati, Courtyard architecture, ESD design, Glass, Green architecture, Italy, School
In Ponzano Veneto, Italy, C+S Associati designed the Ponzano Primary School for 375 children aged from 6 to 10. It has 15 classrooms and special classrooms for art, music, computer, language and science, a gymnasium, a canteen and a library. Inside the sprawl of the Veneto Region, where Ponzano is settled, this Primary School constitutes a [...]
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Category: Design, Industrial Tags: UK
When it comes to dressing your windows, you have all sorts of choices these days, have you ever thought about blinds? Blinds offer an attractive alternative to curtains, although aren’t always considered. They are economical, easy to care for, and offer superior privacy. Stylish blinds suited to both contemporary & traditional environments. They come in [...]
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