The New York City based graphic designer Christopher Dina shared with us his new work of a graphic representation of London‘s striking skyline featuring its historic and modern day architectural icons. Illustrated landmarks include the Millennium Dome, London Eye, Palace of Westminster, The Shard, London City Hall, Tower Bridge, “the Gherkin” and Saint Paul’s Cathedral. [...]
Leading experiential design agency MET Studio has created an exciting 3D brand experience exhibit for EDF, the official partner of and electricity supplier to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, housed in a purpose-built Pavilion (designed by architects Schmidhuber) within the London 2012 Olympic Park. MET Studio joined a team of leading European creatives on the [...]
Dover Street Market has commissioned Zaha Hadid to design a site-specific installation to be showcased in their London store during the 2012 Olympic Games. Entitled “Aqua”, the concept references the formal language of Hadid’s renowned London Aquatics Centre. Designing for Dover Street Market is an exciting opportunity to install a piece inspired by the fluid [...]
Squire and Partners has completed a mixed use development occupying an entire urban block facing Baker Street, London W1. The scheme comprises a strongly modelled concrete and glass office building addressing Baker Street, and two predominantly brick residential buildings to the rear which flank a private courtyard garden. The office building was constructed using a hybrid [...]
An urban installation as part of the London Festival of Architecture A neglected cut-through in King’s Cross was transformed into an inviting picnic garden this weekend, in response to a brief set by the London Festival of Architecture to transform a forgotten corner of King’s Cross into a space for people to enjoy. The large [...]
RRA AT RIBA IN LONDON EXHIBITION OPENING APRIL 17TH – TILL JUNE 15TH 2012 (UK) Reiulf Ramstad Architects and Jensen Skodvin Architects will show separate exhibitions at RIBA, The Royal Institute of British Architects in London april-june 2012. Contemporary Norwegian Architecture Exhibition– “Landscape and Intervention” explores the work over the last 10 years, notably buildings [...]
A 13,000 sq ft new-build modernist house, located within the Highgate Conservation Area and designed by architects SHH, has now started on site, with completion due in Summer 2012. The scheme, called ‘Fitzroy Farm’, is located on a 0.45 hectare site bordering Hampstead Heath and was approved by the Camden Planning Committee without a single [...]
A Penthouse in Paddington becomes ‘Hotel-at-Home’ for International Family After purchasing the 14th and 15th floors of a new development adjacent to Paddington Basin, together with a roof terrace, the private owner of the empty shell duplex space commissioned renowned London architects and designers SHH to transform it into a luxurious, cool and contemporary penthouse, [...]
Nopi is the name of the latest project behind Ottolenghi’s team. Nopi was designed by Architect Alex Meitlis and was recently winner of the Gourmet Award by “Condé Nast Traveller“ in its annual competition Innovations & Design Awards. This Soho based restaurant described as a “brasserie with a twist” is split between two levels. The [...]
London- and Hong Kong-based experiential designers MET Studio have been commissioned to create the new War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition at London’s National Army Museum in Chelsea. The exhibition is initially scheduled to run for a one-year period from Autumn 2011 and is aimed at a family audience. ‘War Horse: Fact & Fiction’ will [...]
Interior Designer Susan Knof of London-based architects and designers SHH has created a new home for private clients in Hyde Park, London, which combines understated elegance with practical and flexible spaces for real family usage, set within a classic, white stucco Victorian townhouse. SHH’s client – an international family with a suite of homes (including [...]
Award-winning London based designer Timothy Schreiber is pleased to announce the launch of a carbon fibre version of his Plooop Chair at 100% Design London, 22-25 September 2011. With an eye for fusing state of the art technology with hyper contemporary design Timothy has teamed with Fi-tech Ltd, the UK’s leading aerospace and motorsports carbon [...]
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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 [...]
