“Six Architects,” Posters by Roosterization
“Six Architects” conceived and created by Roosterization is a series of minimalist posters showing the major architects and main principles of modern architecture. Read More…
The Cube Restaurant by Park Associati for Electrolux Pops Up in Brussels
Electrolux has opened the doors of the Cube designed by Park Associati, a unique restaurant with a very exclusive view.
Crowning the beautiful, 30-hectare Parc du Cinquantenaire, the Arc de Triomphe is the perfect home for The Cube in Brussels. Erected in 1905, the intricately carved arch commemorates the 50th anniversary of Belgian independence in 1880.
The Cube’s location atop the arch will offer diners once-in-a-lifetime views over the park and the Brussels skyline beyond.
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1978 Airstream Renovated by Hofmann Architecture
Matthew Hofmann, founder of Hofmann Architecture, put his skills to work in remodeling a 1978 25-foot Airstream. The 158 sq. ft. trailer is now his office/home, and a great way to enjoy the outdoors. Green thinking heavily influenced this project. The trailer is now a beautiful home sporting bamboo, aluminum and recycled glass tiles.
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Woodpile Hut by Noa Biran + Roy Talmon
The WOODPILE has been designed by Noa Biran and Roy Talman from Tel Aviv. WOODPILE hut serves as a place for that act, while transforming it into its construction material: the hut’s walls are constructed as a spatial metal frame which contains firewood. Using the firewood through time constantly changes the hut’s appearance. As winter begins and firewood is stacked, the woodpile’s level is at its maximum.
This closes the hut from its surroundings and isolates its inner space from the winter cold. Looking through the cracks between the wood, one can see the campfire inside. As spring approaches, the woodpile’s level is lower and the hut’s interior space is gradually revealed and exposed to the outside. At summertime the hut’s naked construction could also serve as a shaded pavilion along the river. Read More…
John Curtin School of Medical Research Stage by lyons Architecture
Australian architecture firm, lyons Architecture has completed John Curtin School of Medical Researc’, a research laboratory designed to enhance interactivity and collaborative research.
The body of the JCSMR-ANU building is formed of layered, linear bars of offices, support spaces, corridors, small controlled laboratory spaces and large PC2 Containment Level laboratories. These bars are graded across the section of the building in terms of their intensity of use, with the shared laboratory spaces and open-plan academic offices claiming the privileged perimeters.
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Shu Shop in Valletta, Malta by Chris Briffa Architects
The site designed Chris Briffa Architects for a new shoe shop in Valletta presented a very limited volume (a 7x3m room at street level with an underlying basement) with a considerable challenge; the client’s brief demanded a display of 75 pairs of shoes and to store another 600. From the early sketches a vertical design approach was adopted, where space was conceived purely as access and consequently fragmented into one giant staircase combining display, seating, storage and all services into one element. We imagined clients walking up, down and around the stairs, picking their favourite shoe, sitting next to it and trying it on. The experience of being surrounded by the products, together with the constantly changing vistas while exploring the shop enhances both the shopper and the shopped in a surreal, stepped space.
Colourful Kameleon by COEN!
Kameleon Jeweller has chosen COEN! to take care of its design management. A chameleon has the unique ability to change its colour. Dutch jewelry store ‘Kameleon’ has changed its colour and appeal by a new interior. Banners in different shades colour the floor and the walls. A black ceiling supports these stripes. Bright white showcases attract the attention to the modern jewelry in an appealing way. The whole shop is illuminated energy efficient. COEN! signs for the right interior that sparkles and glows in changing colours.
Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate, England by David Chipperfield Architects
On Saturday 16 April 2011 our landmark new gallery, designed by Stirling Prize Winner David Chipperfield Architects, will open. The new two storey gallery maximizes both the dramatic setting between see and land and the extraordinary light condition unique in this area. The gallery rises from the site of the boarding house where the artist JMW Turner studied the play of light on the sea here that inspired many of his greatest paintings.
The gallery comprises six interconnected two-storey boxes arranged on a staggered plan. Each has a mono-pitch roof with the incline facing south. Its concrete frame is uniformly clad in narrow panels of obscured, acid etched, laminated glass selected for its ability to withstand the stormy North Sea.
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“Land of Giants” by Choi + Shine Architects
Architecture firm Choi+Shine have received for their concept “Land of Giants” the honorable mention award from Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition as well as Award Winner of 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture. The concept behind Land of Giants is to transform electrical pylons into 150 foot tall statues to ‘walk’ on the Icelandic landscape.
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M Coffee by Hooman Balazadeh
Hooman Balazadeh has design the interior of the M Coffee based in Tehran, Iran. The concept was to present a significant solid mass that connects the entrance of the hall to the serving counter and also illustrates the roof and the walls as a continuous element. To avoid multiplicity of materials only two basic materials were selected to create the spatial quality and flow of relaxing light in the space. The form was generated through morphing two curves over each other that creates variety of different perspective views and diverse experiences in each spot.
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Contain Yourself by Heterarchy Studio
A recent competition set by the NRW Forum in Dusseldorf called for contestants to design homes using a single shipping container. The concept for the design was to literally turn the container on its head, allowing the compact home to be assembled on the smallest of infill sites in any city. Selected submissions will go on display at the NRW Forum from June until September 2011.
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Eco-Silicon Valley in Bejing, Project Eriksson Architects
This is the design by Helsinki-based design studio, Eriksson Architects for an Eco-settlement in the Mentougou Eco Valley in China. Currently awaiting permission from the Chinese government, the project still has to step over legal red tape. Once done, this will be an Eco-Silicon valley in itself and will use different types of raw materials, unlike the conformist architecture, making the city unique.
The city will span a 100 square meters and will include nine environmental research institutes and companies, one city center and several smaller residential villages with enough roof for 50,000 people!
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Jamie Norton’s Apartment by Atmos Studio
Studio has transformed the cramped North London apartment of musician Jamie Norton into space that can be enjoyed. The organic curves flow through the apartment, integrating built in furniture in many places to take advantage of the limited space. Wood accents and a brick fireplace add wonderful accents to a white, minimal interior.
Alex Haw has made the most of utilizing this natural light which floods from the central staircase, and has assembled the architectural design of the house around the open stair. The staircase has been designed in such a manner that timber strands grow upwards towards the light, releasing dainty strands to frame each step, a single thin metallic line eloquently moves across the lines to offer the lightest of additional support to the hands that seek it. Spaces have been transformed in, around and about the stairs, as bathroom storage below or the underside of the desk above, whereas to the right steps support and spread out into various surfaces for the living room. Read More…
“Smack,” Bar at Leamington Spa by Steve Smith and Adrian Baynes
The UK based “Restaurant & Bar Design Awards” rewards Steve Smith and Adrian Baynes designers and operators for design excellence.
The LED room was an idea I’d had for years. The fact the rest of the club was black and white, made it a perfect time to do it and to make a complete contrast to everywhere else. There is a product on the market, but it was hideously expensive. We spent months online tracking someone down who could make what we wanted for a price we were willing to pay.
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Department Store in Uppsala, Project by Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter
Building permission has been granted for Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekts‘ new department store in Uppsala, Sweden. Read More…
Santorini Grace Hotel
Located in the beautiful setting of Imerovigli in the northwest of the island, high above the Caldera, the Grace Santorini is the perfect vantage point from which to view the famed Santorini sunsets that envelop the Aegean Sea, and the Cyclades Islands.
This graceful boutique property with its individually styled suites and rooms, appeals to those seeking a relaxing and romantic escape.
The hotel has two beautiful swimming pools including a new infinity pool offering uninterrupted views.
There are 20 rooms total at the Santorini Grace and all face the same direction for optimal views. Some have private plunge pools, some are honeymoon suites with his and hers sinks in the bathroom. The hotel is sprawled out over several different levels playing on the “cave” aesthetic.
While there are nooks and alcoves for privacy, there is a general communal vibe amongst everyone lounging by the pool, or the bars, or in the restaurant. Only recently opened in 2009, The Santorini Grace has already been given many accolades and awards: Shortlisted in the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2011, Included in Tatler Travel Guide’s 101 Best Hotels in the World, 2011, Shortlisted for The European Hotel Design Awards, 2010, Selected for Conde Nast Traveller’s Hot List of the World’s Best New Hotels, 2009, and at the World Travel Awards, it won Greece’s Leading Boutique of 2009.
“AGe House” by Marco Bernardini
AGe Houset by Marco Bernardini has been build in a hill and seamlessly becomes part of its natural surroundings using supplies that seamlessly unify the construction to its natural surroundings.
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Alam Family Residence by ID-EA
This house has been designed by ID-EA for the Los Angeles-based ‘s Alam Family in Jakarta, Indonesia. The residence hosts two generations and three households in a single three-storey building. The frontage of the house is in a way antithetical to the surrounding, in which houses are mostly covered with massive fences and guard booths. Alam Family Residence prefers sharing the front yard and pushes the privacy screen onto the façade. 
The highly articulated concrete wall acts as graphical breathing brise-soleil, preventing overheating on building skin, filtering abstract light qualities while transforming space throughout the day and night. The roofscape geometry is driven by maximizing roof accessibility that connects the two-storey to three-storey portion of the house which ends on a spectacular view to the east of the site, a marina that is more than just a pier with its recreational, scenic and historical value. The roof deck works as an alternative outdoor space for play and interaction or simply a place to enjoy the sunrise, while the extensive green roofs help serving the enhancement of urban ecosystems. 
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