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The Q-bo collection RUGIADA

The new Italian brand Q-bo is the innovative and new generation of material reinterpreted with reliefs, design decorations and surface treatments. The Q-bo collection RUGIADA is the irregular ring pattern on the surface of marble and natural stones, designed to create a harmonious and animated texture on the wall / floor surface. It is available [...]

Urban Mediaspace | Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

Denmark-based Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects‘ winning proposal for the international competition to design “Urban Mediaspace”, the largest public library in Scandinavia, is part of a wider plan to regenerate the old cargo docks on the harbour front in the Danish city of Aarhus. The building’s distinctive heptagonal-shape design will be a landmark in Aarhus. Urban [...]

Drops Chair | Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen

Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen has designed a “Drops Chair“, which was inspired by the process behind making tassels. + Design statement courtesy of Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen Drops consists of legs of stainless steel and an inner tube covered with recycled upholstery material. The seat is not permanently fixed to the underframe, but the inner ring in [...]

41 Cooper Square | Morphosis Architects

41 Cooper Square is the Advancement of Science and Art building for the Cooper Union designed by Morphosis Architects. The project has won the Best Green Design of 2009 Awards from the New York Construction. Built with sustainability goals, 41 Cooper Square is the first LEED certified academic laboratory building in New York City. For [...]

Phase 2 Darwin Centre | C. F. Møller Architects

The new phase 2 of the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum by C. F. Møller Architects had the grand opening on 14 September 2009 and unveiled to the public on 15 September. The new Darwin Centre features a huge eight-storey concrete cocoon surrounded by a glass atrium, this iconic form expresses the enormous [...]

Japanese Tori-Tori Restaurant | Rojkind Arquitectos + Esrawe Studio

Japanese Tori-Tori Restaurant in Mexico City by Mexico based architect firm Rojkind Arquitectos in collaboration with Esrawe Studio is now under construction. The building features the organic façade and landscape that become an extension of the restaurant to create a strong relationship between the inside and the outside. + Press release courtesy of Rojkind Arquitectos [...]

“Selfportrait” Chair | Ka-Lai Chan

Selfportrait, image courtesy of Ka-Lai Chan Selfportrait, image courtesy of Ka-Lai Chan The young designer Ka-Lai Chan has designed an innovative chair “Selfportrait” in her graduation project. In 2009, she established her own design studio. + Design statement courtesy of Ka-Lai Chan “Selfportrait” is a graduation project based on the emotions and suppressed feelings what [...]

Granatum – Granada Performing Arts Centre | AH Asociados in collaboration with Kengo Kuma & Associates

Spanish architecture studio AH Asociados in collaboration with Kengo Kuma & Associates have won the design competition of the Performing Arts Centre for Granada located in Spain. + Project description courtesy of AH Asociados Granatum – A building that evokes the structure of a symbolic fruit for Granada. A geometry inspired on the nature. The [...]

Juxtaposed: Religion | blankblank

Juxtaposed: Religion bookshelves is designed by California-based design studio blankblank which will allow private bids at www.blankblank.net from September 16 to 26, 2009. The auction offers the last 3 limited edition of 50 since 2007 production. The objective of the Juxtaposed series of bookshelves is to give books new meaning by juxtaposing them with other [...]

Libeskind Villa | Studio Daniel Libeskind

Libeskind Villa designed by Daniel Libeskind will be unveiled to the public on September 29. The Libeskind Villa is a piece of art with its own unique atmosphere. For the first time, Daniel Libeskind has devised a home which can be erected anywhere in the world. + Press information courtesy of proportion A Libeskind for [...]