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DORA CD-Player \ Jeong Yong

Designed by Jeong Yong, DORA is a CD player that rotates on 23.4 degree slanted axis like a globe. The front body has a speaker and the back side has a part to insert a CD. It can be used by a remote control. It has a composition of simple designs, such as a cylinder [...]

Vallée de Joux \ Atelier d’architecture Ralph Germann

Atelier d’architecture Ralph Germann recently have completed Vallée de Joux. Secret land for some, the land of the wolf for others, both wild and super industrialized, the Vallée de Joux intrigues, fascinates or repels… Roger Guignard, Journalist and editor of « Vallée de Joux, Une île à l’envers » It is in respect of that [...]

Xieira House II by A2+ Arquitectos | Photography of FG+SG

Portuguese photography studio FG+SG shared with us their latest work of Xieira House II which was designed by A2+ Arquitectos. Implemented in a slender lot from north to south, the project born with the aim of building a dwelling with a single floor. The typology was defined according to the best sunlight, as this is [...]

AND-RÉ Wins Iberian Urban Equipment Design Prize

AND-RÉ WINS THE IBERIAN URBAN EQUIPMENT DESIGN PRIZE / LARUS – ARQUITECTURAS 2012 WITH THE DESIGN OF PACMAN RECYCLING BINS. After winning the award in 2011, with “Verso” lighting system in the lighting design category, the office now wins, for the second consecutive year, the Iberian Urban Equipment Prize – Larus /Architectures, this year in [...]

SCHOLLGLAS: The Crystal by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

Highly insulating. Crystal clear. Safe. Copenhagen’s new architectural highlight ‘The Crystal’ creates intricate light effects with SCHOLLGLAS products In Copenhagen, while industrial and logistics companies are increasingly relocating to suburban areas of the city as a result of economic change, the attractive city-centre areas around the harbour are becoming service sector hubs. The Danish Nykredit [...]

Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2012: Citco with Zaha Hadid Architects

The composition of each of the three showcased works is derived from the intricate beauty of organizational systems in the natural world. These fascinating scenarios are established when energy is applied to geology–developing a geometric set of repeated growth and erosion cycles. Each piece, immaculately crafted in marble by Citco, invites further investigation; revealing formal [...]

Arnhem Central Platforms \ UNStudio

On the train station level a new 4th platform has been added and all the platform roofs have been replaced. The design concept for the new platform roofs provides a sense of light and space. Large roof lights, which together with the structural spans, add to a positive experience of the transfer platforms and surroundings. [...]

Hanjie Wanda Square in Wuhan \ UNStudio

Hanjie Wanda Square is a new luxury shopping plaza located in the Wuhan Central Culture Centre, one of the most important areas of Wuhan City. The multifunctional organisation of the master plan – which includes cultural and tourist facilities as well as commercial, office and residential components – acts as an attractor to the area [...]

Video: Elements by William Kaven Architecture

William Kaven Architecture announces release of Elements, a short film by Creative Director Daniel Kaven, that was lensed at one of the acclaimed design studio’s dwellings under construction on a dramatic perch in rural Mosier, Oregon. The picture which runs 1m 15s, visually explores Elements in the context of the Columbia River Gorge, an 80 [...]

Kokaistudios wins competition to design Tsinghua Law Library Building

Kokaistudios has been announced as the winner competition for the new Tsinghua University Law Library located in Beijing, China. The proposal stands out amount the final 5 competing firms including ECUC, RTKL, Zaha Hadid Architects and Zhubo Design Group. The project proposes a reflection on the role of void in structuring functions and programs within [...]