A design for an apartment with floor area of 70m2 (for a 2+2 family) was a challenge for us, mainly because of the small surface. For the investor, ergonomics was important, as well as to make the apartment have character and not to make it boring. Hallway, living room and kitchen (39,5 m2) have been [...]
Input Creative Studio for DIFFA DBD 2012
Designed for DIFFA DBD 2012, this table is a tribute to today’s digital society where everyone is always on the move with a wealth of information at their fingertips. Input Creative Studio wanted to play on the idea of a QR code-abbreviated from Quick Response-it is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes [...]
Quai de Queyries – Bordeaux \ ECDM
Paris-based architectural firm Emmanuel COMBAREL Dominique MARREC Architects (ECDM) has recently designed the Quai de Queyries – Bordeaux. + Project facts Program: Housing and shops Owner: Bordeaux Metropole Development Project manager / Architect: architects ECDM Location: Quai of Queyries, Bordeaux (33) Land area: 23,000 m2 Built area: 45 000 m2 floor area + All images [...]
The Sky Pavilion Pop Up Opens Today – FREE to the public
The BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Sky Pavilion Imagination Project opens in Melbourne, Australia today and its free to the public. It is an interactive 4D installation which facilitates manipulation of virtual clouds and star constellations inside a pop-up space, using your body. The installation is part of an International campaign which communicates what is possible with the [...]
Woods Bagot wins China Southern Airport City Competition
Woods Bagot has won the international competition to design China Southern Airport City, a 988-acre (400-hectare), mixed-use development set on the Liuxi River in Guangzhou, China. The design, which totals 41 million square feet (3.8 million square meters), expands the traditional corporate headquarters to an urban scale, blending business and manufacturing uses with lifestyle and [...]
Hot Paper Restaurant \ WAMHOUSE
The restaurant design included not only interiors, but also the name of the restaurant, logo and elevation, that is comprehensive image setting. The leading element is a newspaper motif, which appears both in the restaurant name and in the interior itself – in the form of a wallpaper as well as “torn” walls and furniture. [...]
Nieuwegein City Hall and Cultural Center \ 3XN Architects
From Growing Pains to Growing Commitment The new City Hall and cultural center in the Dutch city of Nieuwegein, is designed to create cohesion and the foundation for a stronger local community. A modern participatory democracy requires transparency and communication at eye level in the encounter between citizen and authority. These elements have been the [...]
Branson School Student Commons \ Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects
This is a new student commons at an independent high school in Marin, California. Designed by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects, the Branson School Student Commons gives students a much-needed gathering space with an unusual degree of connection to the outdoors. Sited in a narrow glen between upper and lower campuses, the structure includes a dining [...]
The site faces the main street of the busy shopping district in Osaka Central City. The outer wall which faces the corner lot of the existing building is covered with glass, and has drawn the attention from the circumference. After calculating the efficient degree of lighting of daytime, and the height of eyes of walkers [...]
The site is located at the foot of Mt. Wakakusayama in northern Nara. Here, in a region of a historical area including Machiya – traditional wooden townhouses -, Shin-Yakushi-Ji Temple and Buddhist temples. The Intention was to create a rich relaxation place for tourists and neighbors. The building which should be repaired is an old [...]
PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
