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Charlie Davidson in 100% Design 2009

Is this the coolest chair ever made? is our previous featured chair designed by British designer Charlie Davidson, the chair will be exhibited at 100%Design in UK on 24 – 27 September 2009. + Press release Charlie Davidson is to exhibit at 100%Design this year with a new design he considers to be his finest [...]

Morphs L5 | Peter Donders

Belgian designer Peter Donders has designed a lighting series – Morphs L5, which is available in 3 sizes and 3 colors – white, red, green and blue. + Design description The unique clips system (patent pending) allows you to connect 2D surfaces to form a 3D shape. By using either 3,4 or 5 skins you [...]

Drive-In Automobile Museum | 3GATTI

This is a project winner of the international invitation competition for the construction of the Automobile Museum in Nanjing, designed by Italy-based architecture studio 3GATTI to explore the relationship between car and museum. The competition was organized last year by the government of Nanjing and Jiangsu Head Investment Group. A building to be dedicated to [...]

Inside Out Cabin | Reiulf Ramstad Architects

Inside out cabin by Norway-based firm Reiulf Ramstad Architects is located on top of the hill in Hvaler – Norway, overlooking the ocean and the horizon. The house was designed to harmonize with its surrounding, by the choice of the raw material and big glasses, it blurs the edge between inside and outside. + Project [...]

Finderup Park Mix-use Complex | C. F. Møller Architects

Finderup Park project is a new mix-use complex with 92 housing units and 1500 m2 commercial space at ground level designed by  C. F. Møller Architects. + Project description courtesy of C. F. Møller Architects Located next to the western ring road of Aarhus, Finderup Park is a new mix-use complex with 92 housing units [...]

Herning Museum of Contemporary Art | Steven Holl architects

Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark is a first prize winning project designed by Steven Holl Architects to accommodate exhibition galleries, 150 seat auditorium, music rehearsal rooms, restaurant, media library and administrative offices. The museum will open to public on September 9 2009. + Project description courtesy of Steven Holl architects The Herning [...]

Knut Hamsun Center | Steven Holl architects

Steven Holl Architects has designed the Knut Hamsun Center located in Hamarøy, Norway. This is an historical museum for writer Knut Hamsun including exhibition areas, library, reading room, cafe and 230 seat auditorium. The concept for the museum, “Building as a Body: Battleground of Invisible Forces,” is realized from inside and out. Here the wood [...]

Astana National Library | BIG

Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group has won the first prize in an open international design competition to design Kazakhstan’s new National Library in Astana. The Astana National Library has been designed and developed as a Möbius strip interlocked by a perfect circle and a public spiral. + Project description courtesy of BIG BIG [...]

Hotel V – Wanchai | studio OFF

This project is a full-scale conversion & façade modification of Hotel V from a 30+ years old office block located in Wanchai, Hong Kong. It was designed by studio OFF with an idea of roughness as a metaphor. The wall finished with a special mosaic expression tile – Tri-tonal Tile® to give different visual expressions [...]

Kortrijk Central Library (Kortrijk LLLibrary)| REX

Kortrijk Central Library in Belgium is a competition winning project designed by New York-based architecture firm REX. The design combines functions of Library, Life-Long Learning Center and Music Center. The new combination was named the project “LLLibrary”. + Project description courtesy of REX REX and Principal in Charge Joshua Prince-Ramus have been named the winner [...]