New “Aro” Pendant Among the Elite Chosen Leucos USA is hitting the ground running in 2012. The company is pleased to announce that it has been recognized for excellence by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture and Urban Studies. The prestigious organizations bestowed their GOOD DESIGN award [...]
Designed by award-winning designer Steven G., Trump Hollywood is a luxury residential building located on the beautiful beach of Hollywood, FL. The project is one of the most prestigious condominiums in south Florida. It holds 200 residences which all feature floor-to-ceiling windows, large balconies to take in the view of the ocean and top of [...]
CHALLENGE: In the heart of the meat packing district in New York, turning a meat storage space into a luxury flower shop SOLUTION: The solution was based on the juxtaposition of the program and urban changes in the area. One’s memory is carved with images of cows skinned hanging on large steel overhangs required to [...]
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 [...]
Guillaume Gentet was given the task of converting a 1 bedroom, 2 bathroom luxury loft apartment into a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom unit. The total area was also increased by 500SF from 2,673 to 3,073 through the extension of the upper mezzanine. + Project Highlights One bedroom, two bathroom loft apartment converted into a three [...]
MDO recently collaborated with Janis Leonard Design Associates for the new Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMOCA) Lounge space- lounge grand opening is just before Halloween – October 28. A redesign of existing gallery space- the client needed an area that would serve to contrast yet mirror the modernity of the art on the walls, [...]
Installation Design by Zaha Hadid Creates Dynamic Setting for Exhibition of Her Recent Product Designs Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion (September 17, 2011 – March 25, 2012) Exhibition Gallery, Perelman Building Zaha Hadid, one of the most innovative architects of the twenty-first century and the first woman to receive the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize in [...]
Curtain Window is a façade renovation of an historic building in Downtown Los Angeles. The original building, constructed in 1906, was designed in the Chicago School Beaux-Arts style, although this style is most apparent in the top five stories. The building previously rested on a style-less foot at the street and mezzanine levels that were [...]
The first permanent Sergio Rodrigues shop-in-shop, featuring a full range of furniture by the iconic Brazilian designer, including an extensive selection of re-editions available for the first time in the US. ESPASSO is pleased to announce ESPASSO SERGIO RODRIGUES – the first permanent Sergio Rodrigues shop-in-shop, featuring a full range of furniture by the iconic [...]
Designed and installed by Future Cities Lab, TRILUX is an experimental construction of three vertical wooden lattice structures that create an illuminated beacon anchoring the corner of the site and invite the neighborhood to participate in the museum activities that take place inside of it. TRILUX is fabricated by combining traditional steam-bending techniques with CNC [...]
“Architects.Doing Other Things” art exhibit is organized and curated by the Chicago Women in Architecture. This exhibit is part of Chicago Artists Month 2011, the sixteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community. The opening is on Thursday, October 6, 5:30pm – 9 pm, at Ross barney architects, 10 W Hubbard Street, Chicago. It [...]
In a penthouse space in a historic building at the center of Chicago’s River North neighborhood, Whirlpool Corporation, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of kitchen and laundry appliances, has opened a training center, meeting space, and showroom that embodies its commitment to innovation. The facility includes buyer showrooms for brand collections targeting several different [...]
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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 [...]
