Baltasar Portillo, a Salvadoran Sculptor, has created the Black Dove Chair (wrought iron powder coat), which will be on exhibit by Outdoorz Gallery during Paris Design Week. Baltasar Portillo, intends to intersect between art and design by creating sculptural functional pieces. Transparency is a major characteristic in his work creating pieces that are subtle accents [...]
Kee’s Chocolates has established itself as a premier destination for chocolate in NYC. After nearly ten years as a neighborhood staple, Kee’s has commissioned Architects slo.vis and et al. collaborative with a complete redesign of the Soho store. A vertical wood panel system lines one wall from floor to ceiling. A series of offset wooden [...]
TRES-ARCHITECTS OFFICE had a design of the entrance hall in Shibuya, Tokyo. Float in the air reception counter. Reception counter in the entrance hall of 4 companies share related to mobile communications. These companies have been developing software and hardware for the expansion of mobile communications in the future, while there are some elements that [...]
The project of a dwelling house in Mascotelos sees on its terrain a conceptual opportunity as well as a circumstance to which it cannot escape: a narrow lot with a slope of three meters between the two fronts, in a relatively rural environment. The accessibility is solved in fronts, an automotive access to the ground [...]
The shape of the building’s footprint is a direct result from wind studies. By combining the different wind charts, we arrived at the conclusion that the proper orientation and exterior shape should be modeled according to the direction of prevailing winds. This method prevents the structure from acting on strong wind loads, therefore avoiding friction [...]
Bongo Design has designed the Heavy Rabbit. The Heavy Rabbit is a exceptional piece of modern furniture. Each of the 31 steel elements is hand bended and welded together into a structural form with storage capabilities. + Designer: Bongo Design
Situated in the midst of the Brecon Beacons, South Wales, this new build house was designed as an exemplar model of sustainable domestic architecture. It combines a passive solar design strategy, locally sourced materials and a vernacular form. The site lies within a conservation area and Green Field site on the border of the Brecon [...]
A house designed for a four-person family (two plus two). For people who value privacy and dream of a cottage which would be in harmony with the surroundings, but modern and unique at the same time. The house has been designed on a parcel of 2,000 square metres, adjacent to an old orchard to the [...]
Ben van Berkel / UNStudio have designed the new UIC building, ‘V on Shenton’, in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District. The former UIC Building dominated the city skyline as Singapore’s tallest building for many years since its completion in 1973 and was part of an important collection of towers located along Shenton Way [...]
Dover Street Market has commissioned Zaha Hadid to design a site-specific installation to be showcased in their London store during the 2012 Olympic Games. Entitled “Aqua”, the concept references the formal language of Hadid’s renowned London Aquatics Centre. Designing for Dover Street Market is an exciting opportunity to install a piece inspired by the fluid [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
