Esrawe Studio has recently created this MiTOTEM Bookshelf. Visually light but structurally strong; the piece’s expressiveness comes from the supporting elements that play with tension and compression. The metal frame is topped with wooden surfaces that have different designs, which in turn are reflected in the mirrored surfaces. + Facts Design: Esrawe Studio Material: Powder [...]
Seoul-based Monocomplex design studio recently has created the ‘After Image’ Floor Lamp. ‘After Image’ was inspired from the scene of mouse fire play (‘Jui-bool-no-ri’ in Korean languege which is one of Korea’s traditional customs. It expressed the fast afterimage of the fire as the natural curve by using wires, and steel pipes which were combined [...]
Elegance and conviviality merge under The Arch in Mandal, Norway Historic white wooden houses, charming narrow streets, a river running though the center and beach and forest nearby. The town of Mandal is the essence of southern Norwegian idyll. Danish practice, 3XN, has designed the town’s new cultural center, a project which required great sensitivity [...]
BIG’s residential towers in the Yongsan International Business District revitalize the Han riverfront into a new commercial and residential center for the citizens of Seoul. Situated at the south-east edge of the Yongsan master plan designed by Studio Liebeskind for the Korean development group Dreamhub, BIG’s Cross # Towers will contribute to the developing skyline [...]
At the Milan Design Week 2012, the brand Enzyma develops table theme, which was absent from the collection, offering a model with a high emotional impact. Fuckiro, designed by Gianluca Sgalippa, is a table of small size and simple shapes. Shocking, however, is its contribution decorative. It belongs to the type of “side table” or [...]
UNStudio and EE&K a Perkins Eastman company, and Jacobs Engineering have submitted a proposal for a scope of work to develop a Master Plan of Los Angeles Union Station. Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, along with Jonathan Cohn of EE&K, presented their ‘Vision Board’ – a conceptual rendering in the year 2050, showing Los Angeles [...]
MMEB architects have recently completed a lawyer head office called “Carmo Advogados” built in the city of Cuiabá, Brazil.
Shared by Portuguese photographer David Pereira of d10photo, this is a refurbishment project located in Lisbon and was design by Marisa Lima, MLEP (Portuguese architect). + Photographer: David Pereira of d10photo | http://www.d10photo.com/ + All images courtesy d10photo
David Baker + Partners worked with Community Housing Partnership and Mercy Housing California to develop the Drs. Julian & Raye Richardson Apartments, which will provide permanent supportive housing for a very-low-income, formerly homeless population. The building is named in honor of Drs. Julian and Raye Richardson, local activists and founders of Marcus Books, the oldest [...]
This project is preparing with ARUMJIGI Culture Keepers Foundation for discovering practicality in tradition. Beauty in Everyday Living Furniture : Discovering Practicality in Tradition In the process of discovering the identity of Korean furniture while working on this project, I found it very interesting that the archetype of tradition ironically has elements of contemporary design [...]
When Silicon Valley auto dealer Adam Simms chose a site on busy El Camino Real for his Fisker Automotive and McLaren Automotive dealerships, the new buildings had to stand out in the same way that the manufacturers’ cool, cleanly tailored vehicles stand out from the competition. Valerio Dewalt Train Associates designed two showrooms, each designed [...]
Historically significant Hambach Castle has been modernised and extended for restaurant use by architect Max Dudler. Max Dudler’s idea was to turn the accessible castle wall into a usable space. This he achieved through his choice of building material – using the same type of stone for the facades as had been used for the [...]
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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 [...]
