Archive

3XN wins architecture competition for university building in Uppsala, Sweden

The new university building unites the past and the future by extending the lines from the historical surroundings into an innovative structure pointing towards future study and work life Uppsala University has more than 500 years’ of history and thus is one of Sweden’s most established institutions, complete with traditions and an esteemed regard. At [...]

Museum Santiago Ydanez \ Matteo Cainer Architects

The fractured tectonic of the Santiago Ydañez Museum, in the town of Puente de Génave expresses the relationship between the work of the artists, the site and the building program. Conceptually a jazz improvisation, the intersection of the integrated and sculpted grids is conceived as a musical rhythm where the new museum becomes a reactive [...]

Armchair Paszcza \ WAMHOUSE

Poland-based design studio WAMHOUSE recently has created the armchair “paszcza”.

House in a Hungarian Town \ Bauer Polla & ZOA architects

The house was built in the recently parcelled suburb area of a provincial town, intersected by vineyards. Designed by Polla Bauer and András Ónodi, this building with its sharp contour and discrete elegance at the same time stands out immediately from the neighbourhood. Intercepted into the slope the house constitutes a two-storey elevation towards the [...]

Floor Lamp Scene #01 \ Monocomplex design studio

South Korean studio MONOCOMPLEX recently has created a Floor Lamp Scene #01. A skinny branch is reaching over a window. Suddenly the moon emerges making a picture within frame that is called window completed. The branch is fixed, and moves as time goes. Through this, the plane view on the window represents ‘momentary instant’ within [...]

AALBORG Waterfront \ C. F. Møller Architects

AALBORG WATERFRONT – LINKING PORT & CITY The master plan for Aalborg Waterfront links the city’s medieval centre with the adjacent fjord, which has previously been difficult for citizens to access due to the industrial harbour and the associated heavy traffic. By tying in with the openings in the urban fabric, a new relationship between [...]

Led Lamp Spring – Studio Toer

Studio Toer recently has created the Led Lamp Spring. Spring is a directional LED spot, that can be moved easily in all directions. By pulling or pushing the metal wire the lamp will change it’s form and will point its light suitable to your needs. Toer is a Dutch design studio that focuses on designing [...]

BLOOM: A design jewel for your home \ Giovanni Tomasini

Bloom draws inspiration from the blossoming and blooming of nature’s elements, as well as from Lucio Fontana’s reinterpretation of flat volumes in art: Like Fontana’s slash on canvas, in fact, Bloom goes beyond the two dimensions. Designed by Giovanni Tomasini as an explicit reminder of the universe’s organized chaos and primordial crystalline forms, Bloom wants [...]

Kindergarten In Jiading New Town \ Atelier Deshaus

The kindergarten is located in the Jiading new town of the northern suburb in Shanghai, it is neither countryside nor urban in the traditional sense. Face to the ambiguous and uncertain surrounding, the architecture emphasizes the self-improvement, directly intervening into the site, and making a very clear juxtaposition of the architecture and the site. Compare [...]

House at the Edge of a Forrest \ HILBERINKBOSCH architects

The house, situated on a beautiful lot at the edge of the forest, consists of two different volumes: an L-shaped base on which an oblong volume balances. Together they form a sculpture which resembles a fallen tree on a pile of earth. The public functions of the house are situated in the L-shaped base. The [...]