Designed by Javier Mariscal, this wall/ceiling piece is composed of two overlapping, decorative panels made of handcrafted, rolled glass. Against a glowing glass diffuser, the panels emit a unique, partially subdued brilliance, like that of a half or quarter moon. Panels are available in combinations of grey/black and silk white/opaque white. + Design facts Product: [...]
The Museum of Architecture and Design has launched an international Call for Entries for the 23rd Biennial of Design – the deadline is 30 March 2012. They are inviting designers, commissioners, manufacturers, academic tutors, students or design organisations to apply the latest design works. If you are interested in this event, visit www.bio.si for more [...]
The recently built Catalyst parking garage, designed by Inbo, is trending within an ambitious international development at Science Park TU/e. The continuous façade of framed stretched metal elements enables natural ventilation of the garage. Influenced by the ever changing daylight, the representation of the semi-transparent skin provides the building with a welcome dynamic expression. Leading [...]
Emotional Architecture in Casa Gavión, Following the Path set by Luis Barragán I believe in an emotional architecture. Luis Barragán Barragán reinvented Mexican modern architecture with sensuous aesthetics, vivid colors, attention to spaces and light, while accentuating the building’s natural surroundings. Casa Gavión by architectural studio ColectivoMX tries to evoke that emotional architecture. The use [...]
Nestled in amongst the banksia trees and coastal scrub on the Silverleaves foreshore is a pair of glistening red fins – a bold response to the client’s brief for a “grand gesture on limited means.” Reminiscent of a Richard Serra sculpture, the two striking red glazed-brick blade walls slice through the site, organising program into [...]
.PSLAB and Architect Pier Giorgio Antonetti collaborate on renowned Pier Luigi Restaurant, Rome, Italy. Site-specific response by .PSLAB to bring together the different areas of the recently renovated Pier Luigi Restaurant Wall-mounted products inserted in the box-shaped seating area engages passers-by Lighting concept, the result of the open dialogue between .PSLAB, Pier Giorio Antonetti and [...]
The new university building unites the past and the future by extending the lines from the historical surroundings into an innovative structure pointing towards future study and work life Uppsala University has more than 500 years’ of history and thus is one of Sweden’s most established institutions, complete with traditions and an esteemed regard. At [...]
The fractured tectonic of the Santiago Ydañez Museum, in the town of Puente de Génave expresses the relationship between the work of the artists, the site and the building program. Conceptually a jazz improvisation, the intersection of the integrated and sculpted grids is conceived as a musical rhythm where the new museum becomes a reactive [...]
The house was built in the recently parcelled suburb area of a provincial town, intersected by vineyards. Designed by Polla Bauer and András Ónodi, this building with its sharp contour and discrete elegance at the same time stands out immediately from the neighbourhood. Intercepted into the slope the house constitutes a two-storey elevation towards the [...]
South Korean studio MONOCOMPLEX recently has created a Floor Lamp Scene #01. A skinny branch is reaching over a window. Suddenly the moon emerges making a picture within frame that is called window completed. The branch is fixed, and moves as time goes. Through this, the plane view on the window represents ‘momentary instant’ within [...]
AALBORG WATERFRONT – LINKING PORT & CITY The master plan for Aalborg Waterfront links the city’s medieval centre with the adjacent fjord, which has previously been difficult for citizens to access due to the industrial harbour and the associated heavy traffic. By tying in with the openings in the urban fabric, a new relationship between [...]
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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 [...]
