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NM Apartment \ Paul Kaloustian Architect

The basic approach is to eliminate the existing layout of the apartment and to focus on intensifying its potentials. The NM apartment enjoys unique views on to the Mediterranean sea from one side and the dense fabric of the Gemayze district from the other, which we enhanced by opening up the facades to allow total [...]

Lath Lamps for Atelier-D \ Jonathan Dorthe

Montreal based Jonathan DORTHE designed the Lath Lamps for Atelier-D. These architectural lamps are made from a thin laser-cut plywood, assembled to create volume. The horizontal bands can be made from dark leather to contrast the light structure, or can be made of a wood veneer, which creates a warm lantern effect. The lamps are [...]

HARANG BISTRO \ PQNK

Los Angeles-based PQNK recently has completed the HARANG BISTRO.     + Design statement Perception is everything in architecture. The way you feel and visualize something present and know that it will be everlasting is what attracts people to architecture. Our concept of Harang Bistro incites from this idea of arousing the audience with perception through [...]

My Cousin’s House \ Martin Mostböck

A Single-family residence with garden. 150 m2 living area, terrace, office, carport. House with controlled living space ventilation (passive house). The residence was designed for doing-it-yourself. Shape, geometry and internal organisation are inspired by the movement of the inhabitants, the sun and the moon. The body and shape of the house are designed on one [...]

MS_SM House \ msX2

msX2 has completed the MS_SM House. Sensible project wandering for a staid relationship between functional spaces and interior design aesthetic answers. A running structured surface, strongly emphasized in its materiality, surrounds the living space and constitutes the daytime – nighttime frame, with sliding doors pointing out links between areas and functions. The boundary is highlighted even [...]

Design desk lamp “Maridalen” \ Max Ptk

Ukraine based designer Max Ptk recently has created the design desk lamp “Maridalen”. It’s designed for 90% ecologically friendly materials. Ease produced parts of this lamp can save time and energy for it produce. This desk lamp is very universal. It’s will look stylish and naturally at the working table of young designer, on the [...]

Urban Life Collection \ Studio 06

2012 collection from Steel Life brand was created by the designers Roberto Guadrini, Massimo Guglielmotto and Paolo Mattiolo from Studio 06, who centered the whole concept on the idea of Urban Life. This theme is linked to strong intelectual, emotional and social interactions, for it mirrors modern cities, kindles emotions and creates a sense of [...]

El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center \ Noll & Tam architects

In 1972, a group of El Cerrito residents decided to create a recycling center and asked the city council for a small patch of land that had previously housed a rock quarry and then a landfill. The operation was so successful that it outgrew its volunteer roots, and the city took over operations in 1977. [...]

SunPower \ Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

When SunPower Corporation, a provider of solar cells and panels, chose three existing single-story concrete tilt-up buildings in San Jose to house its new headquarters, Valerio Dewalt Train Associates was called on to transform the grounds and buildings with photovoltaics and cutting-edge product development technology while enhancing opportunities for creative interaction among employees—all on a [...]

Merritt Crossing \ Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

Merritt Crossing is a new high-density, transit oriented development by a non-profit providing affordable apartments and services for low-income seniors in downtown Oakland. Located at the edge of Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood near the Lake Merritt BART station, the project transforms an abandoned gas station site by an interstate highway into a new community asset. The [...]