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Network connections \ Complex City

A media library, space which preserves and gives access to audio-visual contents, sound documents and video recordings, material considered as cultural testimony with the same value than written documents. Divided between paper and virtual information, it characterizes a reality of a modern way to use space, these places will evolve in a parallel manner to [...]

Hocky \ Marcin Wielgosz

Hocky is a project economical in terms of form whose main goal is to ensure high functionality and comfort in domestic use. In couches and armchairs an innovative solution consisting in movable armrests was adopted, which can also be used as backrests or tables placed anywhere on the piece of furniture. This creates the possibility to configure the leisure [...]

WATER VILLAGE- SHARJAH \ Office of Architecture

Introduction: At the northern edge of the emirate of Dubai, lies the neighboring emirate and city of Sharjah. Historically one of the wealthiest towns in the region and an important trading centre due to its strategic location in the gulf. While Dubai’s economy is mainly focused on free trade, finance, and tourism, Sharjah plays an [...]

The Alemdag Housing \ Baraka

The 6.000 m² plot is located on the edge of the city of Istanbul on the exact interface between the city and the surrounding forest. The first input for the housing complex was the location itself. This spot has been an important dynamic. It is where the urban texture starts to dissolve and the built environment [...]

Evry’s project \ Beckmann-N’Thepe Architects

This project is part of the scheme to reconsider urban identity in the Centre Urbain, the new neighbourhood that is the emblem of the future Evry. Rows, set back buildings, an interplay of terraces, and “urban windows” create an openness towards the heart of the small island. The heart of the development is a landscaped [...]

Single Family House in Rue de Nice \ Beckmann-N’Thepe Architects

Designed by Beckmann-N’Thepe Architects, this is a three-storey private house with basement, facing east/north-east on the rue de Nice and west/sout-west across its courtyard. It is clad in puttycoloured concrete from top to bottom, which makes it look as if it is cut from a single block. Its colour, echoing that of the stone or [...]

Altaya Etc Wine Shops \ Kokaistudios

Kokaistudios designed the two thematic Etc Wine Shops, a new brand created by high end wine distributor Altaya in Hong Kong, China. The intent of the brand is to create an innovative way to support wine culture in Asia where the fast rising interest in wine has led to a proliferation of wine retailers characterized by very traditional [...]

Stedelijk Museum opened by the Queen Beatrix

The new levitated superstructure contains exhibition space, a restaurant, a shop and the new entrance. Arup is responsible for the structural design and the lighting design. Designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects, the new building, popularly called ‘the Bath Tub’, adds over 9,000m2 to the historic museum building. This includes programme space as well as 3,400m2 [...]

Patchwork City Masterplan \ OOIIO Architecture

Madrid-based OOIIO Architecture has developed a large Masterplan Project to organize the future growth of Linkoping, a 100.000 inhabitants city in the South of Sweden. Linkoping is well-known for its Technological Industries and for its university, with more than 30.000 students. This is why the local authorities wanted to develop a new kind of Masterplan, [...]

Grid Sofa \ Kim HyunJoo studio

‘Grid’ sofa shows modern style with the grid line instead of classic style with embossed leather sofa. The bright, highly saturated color of it makes a cheerful atmosphere. An unstructured cubic feet provides a visual pleasure such as blocks or Tetris game. It has been installed on the lobby of SK group PR building in [...]