Swedish architects Visiondivision have created this undulating concrete habitat for crayfish in a stream in Sweden. Cancer City was commissioned by a crayfish enthusiast who wanted to prevent crayfish emigrating to a neighbouring lake from his stream, where there was a lack of rocks, nooks and crannies. The honeycomb surface is punctured in places to allow the fish to seek refuge underneath. The..
Portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his photographs of this museum for modern art in South Korea by architects Álvaro Siza, Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim. Mimesis Museum has a flowing concrete form that wraps around a central courtyard, and was inspired by a sketch of a cat that Siza drew upon arriving at the site. The three-storey building has services in the basement, gal..
Danish designer Hanne Kortegaard has sent us the Mussel Chair that she created as her graduation project from the Danish Design School in Copenhagen. The Mussel is intended for young people but also children and adults. I have tried to visualize the symbiosis that can occur between child and adult in a cozy environment. Transferring the concept and form of the mussel, into a form where I have le..
The jury for the Museum of the Second World War Competition in Poland have recently announced the winner. Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat received 1st Prize and will design the new museum in Gdańsk, the city where the war broke out. 2nd Prize was awarded to Polish architects Piotr Płaskowicki & partnerzy Architekci and 3rd Prize to Greece-based BETAPLAN S.A. The Jury is of the opinion that the d..
Belzberg Architects have recently completed the Kona Residence in Hawaii. Nestled between cooled lava flows, the Kona residence situates its axis not with the linearity of the property but rather with the axiality of predominant views available to the site. Within the dichotomy of natural elements and geometric hardscape the residence attempts to integrate both the surrounding views of volcanic ..
This kettle by ECAL graduate Estelle Sauvage uses a light bulb to heat water for a cup of tea. The incandescent bulb is mounted on a wooden base, while the glass jug has a recess to house the bulb close to but separate from the water. It can heat water to 90°C. Here’s some more information from Sauvage: This kettle works with the heat of an incandescent light bulb 100W, which the sale is forbidd..
Danish designer Ditte Maigaard has created the Split Personality sofa. A new piece of furniture is based on the differences in a relationship. He enjoys coffee, she enjoys tea. He reads biographies, she reads thrillers. He is gray, she is colorful. She wants change, he does not… Split Personality is developed from from a view of two opposite personalities who – because of their differences – sup..
An exhibition featuring a giant pixelated cloud made of suspended cardboard boxes designed by architects Fantastic Norway has opened at the Centre for Design and Architecture (DogA) in Oslo, Norway. The installation consists of over 3000 cardboard boxes and divides the large exhibition space into smaller areas. Work by young Norwegian designers is exhibited both inside and outside the boxes. The..
아크릴 프리즘 커튼월 기존 극장에 반투명 아크릴 패턴 커튼월로 공용공간을 확보 했어요. 반투명막으로 걸려저 들어오는 태양빛은 일정한 조도를 유지하여 내부의 환경을 일정하게 유지시켜 주네요. Copenhagen-based COBE has just sent us their recently completed project for Taastrup Theater. The theater has recently been shortlisted for WAF 2010 in the group New and Old. The project for the extension and renovation of Taastrup Theatre seeks to improve the communication of the building w..
Based on the idea of Mirage, described at the wikipedia as a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky, the team that designed the Croatian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale decided to create a floating pavilion to present arts and architecture of Croatia at the Venice Biennale. Based on the idea of Mirage, descr..