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Category: Technology
LoungeV creative studio takes the concept of relaxing decor to a whole new level with their stunning, full HD nature videos. Anyone wanting to add a calming element to a room can download high-definition videos of beaches, waterfalls, forests, lakes, mountains, underwater life or other landscapes for an instant escape to a natural, serene setting. [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Japanese architecture, Naoko Horibe
Big picture windows facing a vista of 50-year-old cherry blossom trees define this residence. A neighbor’s tall retaining wall borders the southern edge of the property, which meant that even if architect oriented ground floor rooms towards the south they would get little natural light. On the other hand, a broad road with excellent views [...]
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Category: Architecture, House
This three-story steel-framed residence for a pair of artists includes studios for both. Naoko Horibe paid particular attention to designing an exterior for the tall new structure that would blend seamlessly into the surrounding neighborhood, which was subdivided and developed several decades ago. The exterior color is close to the subdued shades of the surrounding [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Courtyard architecture, Japanese architecture, Minimalism, Naoko Horibe
This property is located in a crowded residential district, with a parking lot on the west that is likely to be developed and a newspaper distribution center to the north that operates from early in the morning. Given those circumstances, Naoko Horibe decided to design the house around a central courtyard and surround the property with [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Courtyard architecture, Japanese architecture, Naoko Horibe, White
This lot is bordered by a road on the west and boxed in by houses on the south, north, and east. Houses will also be built across the road to the west, so architect’s main challenge was securing adequate privacy and natural light. As a result, architect decided to design the building around a central [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Courtyard architecture, Japanese architecture, Naoko Horibe
Japanese architect Naoko Horibe has designed this adzuki house located in Himeji-Shi, HYOGO, Japan. This compact three-story residence is located on an 82m² lot bordered by roads on three sides. All the rooms look out on a courtyard planted with trees, bringing a sense of the changing seasons to the interior of the house. Even [...]
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Category: Installation, Landscape Tags: Design video, Fluid form, Pavilion, Public square, Romania
The project started out as an ambitious student-powered endeavor to design and fabricate at a 1:1 scale the flagship pavilion for the ZA11 Speaking Architecture event in Cluj, Romania. While at the same time integrating into its historically-charged context, the design boasts a strong representational power which was much needed in order to fulfill its [...]
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Category: Architecture, Transportation Tags: Architectural video, Bridge, LED, Lighting concept, Sanzpont
DSSH Bridge is designed by sanzpont [arquitectura] for the Building to Building Pedestrian Bridge International Challenge. DYNAMIC SHAPESHIFTING HELIX BRIDGE DYNAMIC REACTION: Being a flexible tensile structure, by applying more tension to different points, a technological dynamic deformation can be achieved in response to the people crossing the bridge. It becomes a living element that [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Competition, Events/News
eVolo 2012 Skyscraper Competition eVolo is pleased to invite students, architects, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the eVolo 2012 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through [...]
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Category: Events/News
After facebook, twitter or RSS, our connections with you have been expanding to tumblr. We’ve been requested by our readers to join tumblr for long time, it is so embarrassing and finally, [+MOOD] joins tumblr! If you’ve noticed, we placed a tumblr logo at our side bar / footter 3 days ago. Thanks to our [...]
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Category: Design, Lighting Tags: Bora CAKILKAYA, Table lamp, Turkey
Bora CAKILKAYA has recently created the Face Light. + Design statement by Bora CAKILKAYA Bora (Storm) Cakilkaya, who likes to drink cold beer during brainstorming, who amuses himself while drinking beer, who makes Amusing designs while amusing himself, is happy that I share with you the face light. We said “we are looking for a [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: Arturo, India, Random pattern
HOTEL MANISH reception was designed by Award winner designer Iqbal Azam of Arturo Interiors. HOTEL MANISH is located at Howrah, West Bengal, India. The wall is covered with paneling & batten design to give it a bit different look. The battens are placed randomly which makes the wall interesting. The batten textures also followed on [...]
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