“Coordinate” is a collection of assemblable furniture. “Coordinate”; because, in order this designs be assembled all parts must be moved simultaneously and coordinated. Once assembled, the whole structure is very stable and can not be destroyed by moving just one or part of its elements. The inspiration comes from the interlocking burr puzzles where no [...]
What is Hipster? Hipster is a subculture of a man or woman in his/her 20′s or 30′s that thrives off of indie-rock, vintage furnishings, ironic/off-beat/untraditional art, skinny jeans, and liberal politics. If you are hipster or want to be a hipster, how would you decorate your living spaces? There are some what you would call [...]
For approximately 300 years cities have been growing, assimilating territory previously reserved for other functions like industry, warehousing/logistics, agriculture, etc. As this process develops, moving around these areas becomes more and more difficult: traffic becomes chaotic; polluting activities are forbidden close to residential and service areas; the price of land goes up. Existing functions tend [...]
The house is privately owned prestigious residential development overlooking Gleneagles’ famous Queen’s Golf Course, sold by the world-famous five-star hotel and golf resort in Perthshire. The site, overlooking the third fairway of the Queen’s Course, is one of 13 in an exclusive gated development called Queen’s Crescent. At 21,000sq ft, it will be about five [...]
In this edition of Construmat 2011, the Glass Foundation of Barcelona stresses new potentials and future challenges of glass, researching and trialing new possibilities, both for its integration into the architectural field as for the development of new ways in order to move towards a more sustainable architecture. Structures of glass: traditionally, glass has been [...]
Designed by Raptaki Iro, Plastirasn Nikolas, Paschalidis Stavros & Klepkos George, the proposal of Water Cube was listed among the 20 finalists in the National competition “designing the upcoming public water-transport stations / Thessaloniki“. The competition brief asked the participants to design 4 stops in the city of Thessaloniki in Greece, in order to be used by waterbuses [...]
This study for the treatment of the future subway extension to North Beach takes into consideration the historic value of the neighborhood and existing park, and attempts to create an improved pedestrian experience while minimizing the impact on the community. The proposed plaza replaces a small, inaccessible landscaped area and a short section of Powell [...]
Astarte Suites Design Hotel is suggested place to stay in Financial Times (2007), NY Times(2010) and Conde Nast Traveler(2009), while on 2007 became member of Boutique Hotels & Resorts International, and won 3rd place as “Greece Leading Boutique Hotel” 2011 World Travel Awards. Astarte Suites is a spectacular 9-room complex designed by Aygoustis Krousis and [...]
Live Work Home Achieves LEED Platinum Certification NEW YORK, NEW YORK – November 21, 2011 – Live Work Home, a winning design proposal from Cook+Fox Architects in the From the Ground Up Competition in Syracuse, New York, has been awarded LEED-NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for New Construction) Platinum certification, the highest possible [...]
The launch of the collection of furniture under the brand name Enzyma (www.enzyma.it) includes, from the outset, a number of models belonging to various types: cabinets, tables, sideboards, carpets and libraries. However, the “Gola” table, designed by Gianluca Sgalippa, is chosen as the most representative model of that new design world. “Gola” is formed by [...]
Given the fact that the client was a newly arrived surgeon in Thessaloniki (Greece), we were handed the task of creating a memorable office space, providing an experience as distant as possible from the usual image one associates with a visit to a doctor’s studio. In order to separate the medic’s office and exam room [...]
The installation “Wandern im Wissen” (Wandering in Knowledge) represents current inquiries and transports the information of different scientific fields visually to the stairway between the four floors of the The State- and University library Bremen. The State- and Universitylibrary Bremen (SuUB) invited the University of the Arts Bremen to contribute to the 350th year [...]
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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 [...]
