GVAL is a product that brings surprising and playful use to an object as ordinary as everyday’s chair. This is the first prize of the category Making Chairs of the interational competition Art On Chairs, awarded by the Paredes Center of Furniture Design. In doing so, it pays homage to the most archetypical of all [...]
Two-Tree House was designed by Tel-Aviv based practice Golany Architects. The house is constructed among mature Jerusalem pine trees. Two of the trees have grown in the exact place where the house was to be located. The site was tight, and this led to the decision to integrate the two trees within the perimeter of [...]
Design bureau concern is jointly responsible for the interior of upc’s new office and callcentre in leeuwarden; one of the most ecologically sound buildings in the netherlands (leed platinum and breeam-nl certification), designed by architectural firm paul de ruiter. Upc plans to raise the quality of the organisation and it’s properties with this high value [...]
The house interior design has been created with a young, modern family in mind. The building has a lot of glazing, which made it easier to achieve the effect of spaciousness. An additional factor which influences reception of space are bright colours. An element which joins all interiors is whiteness and wood – bleached oak [...]
We all occasionally fantasize about our dream home, but few of us ever manage to make it a reality. And how does the architect himself live? In this case, the private home of architect Hans van Heeswijk led to a spacious and light-filled house full of special details. The client and architect Van Heeswijk was [...]
Over the last decade, coffee shops have been serving up more than a cup of coffee to loyal patrons. From a friendly meeting place to a quiet study room, coffee shops have become an extension of our living room, a place we feel safe to harbour for a few hours while incessantly checking our email, [...]
The design is the renovation and the union of two separate neighbouring apartments located in the seaside suburb of Alimos in south east Athens metropolitan area. The design process initiated with extensive talks with the client regarding his life style habits, desires, goals and attitude. The client is an Athenian bachelor with many professional obligations [...]
Jangir Maddadi Design Bureau has come out with a new product, The Butler: The Impeccable Bin with Character. Only Jangir Maddadi could design a waste bin that can truly be described as elegant. But that is exactly what he has done. Elegant and unassuming, a butler provides all your needs before you even have to [...]
+ BRIEF Liberty Promenade was purchased by Liberty Properties in 2004. The existing development consisted of a number of separate buildings on a 22.9 hectare site bounded by AZ Berman Drive to the east and Morgenster road to the north, with the railway line forming the western boundary. The existing shopping centre had a GLA [...]
Most of people, except Korean, may not be familiar with the name of Ahn Chang Ho (1878-1938), also known as Dosan, who was one of many Korean independence activists during Colonial Era. However, the small city in east of USA, Riverside commemorate him along with Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. by providing statues [...]
Just like a brand new trip, we investigate and look for new realities, new uses, new sensations. The restyling concept for the place where we book this trip aims to transmit to the traveller a different vision from the usual travel agency polychromy and clutter, hardly forcing on shapes, colors and contents simplicity. A simple [...]
A digitally crafted ornamental timepiece designed by Angela and Mark Gilbert from Manchester based design studio Gilbert13. “Fable” is a sculptural mantle clock which displays the time in an engaging and captivating way. The classically shaped domed cage frames a tranquil scene, the rotating tree moves with every second gently swaying the swing as time [...]
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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 [...]
