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Category: Architecture, Office, Selected Tags: Cladding, Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Netherlands, Random pattern, Stair, UNStudio, White
In Groningen, The Netherlands, UNStudio/ Ben van Berkel, with consortium DUO², realizes one of the most sustainable large office buildings in Europe for two governmental offices – The Education Executive Agency and Tax Offices. The design contains numerous new innovations related to the reduction of materials, lower energy costs and more sustainable working environments. It [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture, Selected Tags: Esrawe Studio, Modern table
Esrawe Studio has recently created the Mesa Field for Pirwi. Inspired by the rice fields, the Field table is constructed by means of parallel elements comprising a flat surface and structural topography beneath it. Birch plywood is certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), the table is finished with non-toxic and biodegradable finishes, there is [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Color architecture, Concert Hall, Glass, Henning Larsen architects, Iceland, Performing Arts Center, Random pattern, Theater, Waterfront architecture
In Reykjavik, Iceland, Harpa Concert & Conference Centre by Henning Larsen architects is nearly completed, the centre gathers inspiration from the northern lights and the dramatic Icelandic scenery. Situated on the boundary between land and sea, the centre stands out like a large, radiant sculpture reflecting both sky and harbour space as well as the [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Austria, Cladding, Landscape architecture, Reflective pool, Timber, YES architecture
Haus D is the low-energy private villa with a natural pond in Frohnleiten. Designed by YES architecture, the geometrical form gives the dynamic expression while also allow interaction with the surrounding nature and the beautiful scenery. + Project credits / data Project: Haus D Architect: Marion Wicher | YES architecture | http://yes-architecture.com/ Net living space: 303m2 [...]
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Category: Installation, Landscape, Selected Tags: Jesús Torres, modern bench, Spain, Waterfront architecture, Wood
In Spain, Jesús Torres Architect designed the Las Negras Waterfront in Cabo de Gata Natural Park, Almería. We are particularly interested in the architecture of supports, or elements open to uses with the capacity to include wishes, activities and creativity of public interest and which, at the same time, are related to the control of [...]
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Category: Architecture, Industry, Selected Tags: Architects Collective, Austria, Courtyard architecture, Winery, Wolfgang Thaler
Erich Sattler Winery, is just few kilometers away from the Leeb Fruit Orchard (featured in March 2010) that recently have been completed by Architects Collective. The project is located in the village of Tadten, a typical village in the Austrian wine region of Burgenland along the border to Hungary. The property is 12 x 120 [...]
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Category: Landscape, Selected Tags: Bridge, Germany, Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten, Timber, Zoo
German landscape architect Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten has designed the Zoological Garden Wuppertal. The Zoo’s character as a kind of landscape park is being emphasized and developed. Through improvement of the existing vegetation’s shaping, former view corridors are once again accentuated. The depression, which used to be cut off by the existing railroad embankment, is being generously [...]
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Category: Interior, Selected Tags: Fluid form, Modern bookcase, Studio Kawamura Ganjavian, Switzerland
Librairie La Fontaine is a historic bookstore inside the EPFL campus in Lausanne. Its venue moved in 2010 to the new Rolex Learning Centre designed by SANAA architects. Taking into consideration the architectural language of the host building the bookstore is organised around 5 “pods” that articulate thematic categories. All pods are slightly different from [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Mobile architecture, Pavilion, Studio Kawamura Ganjavian
In Madrid, Spain, Infomab10 by Studio Kawamura Ganjavian is a pavilion designed and built in record time and within record budget. It consists of an off-the-shelf 28m³ glass-fiber reinforced polyester water tank that was intervened. 100 circular perforations allow speckles of natural light to flood the space during the day, whereas during the night they [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Australia NewZealand, ESD design, Landscape architecture, March Studio, Zinc
‘Brent Knoll‘ is a new house by March Studio located on the outskirts of Malmsbury. Despite a brief to extend an existing 1850′s homestead, it became apparent that the new extension be detached. Rather than a reinterpretation of a past architecture, the resultant became a celebration of both old and new. The two freestanding structures [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture, Selected Tags: Fluid form, MAKEMEI, Modern Chair, Modern coffee table, Modern furniture
MAKEMEI has created these 3 modern pieces, the RD Table + Tipper + Koffie Table. RD Table The RD Table is a solid American walnut coffee table finished in natural oil and beeswax. The tilted area with a carved out surface is specially designed for displaying literature. Due to the precise detailing, the magazines/books sit [...]
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Category: Architecture, Commercial, Selected Tags: Color architecture, Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Lattice screen, Shopping complex, Skin, Steel, UNStudio, White
Ben van Berkel / UNStudio’s Galleria Centercity in Cheonan – “If museums are turning into supermarkets, why then should department stores not turn into museums?” The Galleria Cheonan responds to the current retail climate in Asia, where department stores also operate as social and semi-cultural meeting places. Because of this, the quality of the public [...]
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