An Expression of Subtle Strength for KPMG’s Danish HQ A balance between a thoughtful blending into the surrounding scale and an elegant, yet significant expression has been the driving thought behind Danish practice 3XN’s design of the new Copenhagen Headquarters for accountancy and consultancy firm, KPMG. The company is certain that their new building gives [...]
The project is the design of the new ‘Sweet Alchemy‘ pastry shop in Athens Greece. The store is located in the up market suburb of Kifisia in the northern region of Athens. The client is Stelios Parliaros who is considered to be the best Patisserie in Greece, author of many culinary books and host of [...]
Rotterdam-based design studio Reinier de Jong Architecture & Design recently has created the REK Coffee Table. REK is a coffee table that grows with your coffee needs. When you have visitors, just get some chairs and extend the table any way you like. Enough space for all those coffee cups and store your book or [...]
Can a building ever be compared to Lady Gaga? Most experts may say no, but they obviously haven’t seen the New Museum, one of the best looking museums ever made according to Delaine Isaac. The New Museum, founded as the New Museum of Contemporary Art by Marcia Tucker in 1977, is the only museum in [...]
The young Mexican-German Architectural and Interior Design studio Manadaº has been awarded with the Interior Innovation Award 2012 by the German Design Council at the imm Cologne. Manadaº received this prestigious award for their design of the Bed 42, along with the Interior Innovation Award Winners 2012 Patricia Urquiola, Konstantin Grcic, and Ronan & Erwan [...]
SITE Extreme Extreme is the word that keeps coming back on the table at the time of the study. Extreme but necessary is the choice to implement life and activity in the region. Extreme is the site, the climate, the drought, the light, the horizontal dimension of the territory. Extreme is also the way the [...]
The new lamp by SEMdesign is called Vektor. This wall lamp got his name because of his powerful geometric shape. Vektor can be hanged in all different directions, so you can hang the lamp either horizontal or vertical. Apart from in white, this lamp comes also in the strong primary colors red and blue. Although [...]
Image courtesy Margot Krasojevic Margot Krasojevic shard with us her design proposal for the Pushinsky cinema competition. Balcony Illusion Facade Cinema presents us with choreographed narratives, perceptions of life, symbolism, realism, surrealism, a plethora of convictions. The facade should recognise and embrace this. The facade negates from the preciousness of the iconic as it de-realises [...]
Foster + Partners recently have completed Jameson House, it is the first mixed-use project in Canada. Lord Foster said: Vancouver has a spectacular location, surrounded by mountains and the sea. The design makes the most of the city’s fantastic natural setting, with balconies and deep bay windows looking out towards the landscape. Jameson House further [...]
AQSO arquitectos office has designed the high density residential complex in Guangyuan, China. The project is conceived as a strong element in consonance with the surrounding hilly scene. The buildings rise over the landscape becoming a milestone, a sober and expressive landmark solving the program requirements: archive the desired plot ratio and increase the green [...]
The user-experience consultancy firm Netlife Research commissioned Eriksen Skajaa Architects to rethink their offices and create new spaces for reflection and creativity. The challenge of low headroom and deep, dark office spaces inspired the architects to choose lightness as the basis for their concepts. These included white, natural rubber floors and a white ceiling as [...]
L.A. DESIGN GROUP SHOWS ITS “WILD” SIDE WITH SNAIL PAVILION COMPETITION ENTRY FOR THE CERAMIC TILES OF ITALY TRADE SHOW PAVILION Snail Pavilion is a competition entry for the Ceramic Tiles of Italy trade show pavilion. The purpose of the pavilion is for the trade association to represent its member companies’ products at a series [...]
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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 [...]
