'cite du design' by LIN architects was recently inaugurated in loire, france. the project situated on the historic site of the national arms manufacture in saint etienne involved the renovation of several historic buildings, as well as the integration of a new building the 'platine', an observation tower, two gardens and the place d'armes, a public esplanade. the 'platine' is an interclimatic la..
German kitchen manufacturer Bulthaup have shared with us some inspirational photos of their contemporary kitchen designs. from contemporist
Architects: Akihisa Hirata Location: Nigata, Japan Program: Showroom, Office Design Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006 Site Area: 824 sqm Constructed Area: 294.2 sqm Photographer: Akihisa Hirata This is the building for a showroom exhibiting small agricultural equipments. I tried to create a place similar to natural environment in an artificial way. People are invited to go deep into the continu..
STYRENE_PAUL COCKSEDGE STUDIO : lampshade 70cm - 150cm diameter / sculptures height vary from 10cm to 60cm – polystyrene These pieces were inspired by the concept of growth as a process. By applying heat to polystyrene, the form changes and with it the properties of the material. The result is organic and unique sculptural forms with much greater strength. Year: 2003 Photos: Richard Brine
Forest of culture Library, Cirie: Turin, Italy (ecoLogicStudio) The library sits within an existing warehouse building covered by a beautiful shed roof and enclosed on two sides by large windows opening onto public spaces. The light field and the privacy gradient quickly became defining elements of an otherwise undifferentiated space. The concept idea of the library intended as a forest of cultu..
Competition First Prize Winner, 2007 . Design Team: SERERO Architectes / David Serero, Min-Seung Shin, Julie Napoleon, Yoichi Ozawa, Louisa Gouesnard, Fabrice Zaini. Lighting Design: Atelier Vincent Thiesson, Vincent Thiesson, Sara Castagne. Landscape: Office of Landscape Morphology, Philippe Coignet, Silvia Zagheno.
For this year’s DesCours, an annual AIA event held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Francis Bitonti and Brian Osborn collaborated to construct the 500 sqft robotic canopy ‘openHouse’. The illuminated canopy fills the upper portion of a small courtyard in the French Quarter. As participants fill the courtyard the space is transformed by a field of kinetic devices. DesCours 2009 (blog) from Francis Anth..
earlier this year ryuichi ashizawa architects developed 'bamboo forest and huts with water' for the aqua metropolis osaka event. situated on a small island in the center of the city the project consisted of 7 temporary wooden buildings; one for holding workshops, one for daily art programs, one for lectures etc. the forest which was made from curved bamboo acted as a floating roof covering 1200 ..
도심 속 협소주택에게 물어 본다. 4미터, 12미터의 한정적인 대지위에 어떻게 자리 할 것인지. 그에 대답은 오히려 심플하다. 공간 구성상 적층할 수 밖에 없는 숙명을 겸허히 받아 들인 스킵플로어라고.공간확장성은 물론 연속된 공간감을 구현할 수 있다. 전면과 후면 수평적인 개방감과 수직적인 개방감을 동시에 만족시킨다. 물론, 사전에 비움으로 시작된 간결한 생활공간이 바탕이 되어야 하고, 각 개실에 필요한 공간의 최소면적이 확보되어야 한다. Describe the client and the program. We build this house for ourselves, Britt Crepain & Stefan Spaens (previously CSO ontwerpers, currently CSD Archit..
German designer Katrin Greiling has created the Bidoun collection of seating and tables.The Bidoun furniture series was inspired by the Middle East. Katrin Greilingstudied the nomadic lifestyle and used the Bedouins daily-life-objectsas her source of inspiration in creating this contemporaryinterpretation of the traditional Arabic seating, the majilis. The sofa system involves several layers of ..