London-based artist Gayle Chong Kwan has created a fantasy landscape out of used plastic food packaging for an exhibition in London. The exhibition, called Atlantis, is commissioned by Arts Co. Atlantis is at 29 Thurloe Place, SW7 until 6 December. The exhibition also features photographs of previous incarnations of Atlantis completed by the artist. The following text is from Gayle Chong Kwan: –..
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Gunma, Japan Principal Use: Residence Project Year: 2005 Structure material: Wood Site Area: 144.47 sqm Constructed Area: 90.82 sqm Photographer: Daici Ano & Sou Fujimoto Intoned Open-Plan : Architecture of “Distance” Site is within a calm residential suburb in Maebashi, Gunma, JAPAN. Being a housing for a family of four, this is also a place to disp..
Architect: ARTEKS Arquitectura Location: Lleida, Spain Architects in charge: Gerard Veciana Membrado & Elisabet Faura Pavia Arteks Collaborators: Carlos Cobreros, Gemma Roca, Andrea Furlan External Collaborators: Casa O_David Tapias & Nuria Salvador Constructed Area: 270 sqm Project Year: 2007 Structural Engineering: Pascual Sandalinas Facilities Engineering: Ateci_enginyeria installations Photo..
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Location: Dusager, Aarhus N, Denmark Client: NRGi a.m.b.a. Ingeneering: Consult - Consulting Engineers Contractor: H. Hoffmann & Sønner Project Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Constructed Area: 5,067 sqm Photographs: SHL NRGi’s new corporate headquarters is situated in an area marked by a number of freestanding buildings. NRGi stands out from i..
The guys from OFIS sent us the their latest won competition in Paris, France. Architect: OFIS arhitekti Location: Paris, France Project Year: 2008 Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Videčnik Design Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Robert Janez, katja aljaz, Andrej Gregoric, Javier Carrera Structural Engineering: Matjaz Pilic - Elea IC Mechanical, Electrical engineering & sustainability: Menerga d...
Architects: Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA Constructed Area: 558 sqm Project Team: Jeffrey S. Lee, FAIA; Jennifer Olson, AIA Associate Architect: SFL+A Architects Client: City of Fayetteville Structural Engineers: Fleming & Associates Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineer: Stanford White & Associates Contractor: Ellis Walker Construction Co. Project ..
Italian designer Riccardo Giovanetti has designed a pavilion to host the premier of new Walt Disney movie Trilli. The 130 square meter structure is made from shiny, white, plastic disks and houses an exhibition for children about plastics and recycling. It was commissioned by the Italian Institute of Plastic Recycled and will travel to several cities over the coming months. The following is from..
Boston- and Hong Kong-based Rocker-Lange Architects have designed a villa called Inside Out - Outside In for the Ordos 100 project in Inner Mongolia, China. The house is one of 100 private residences, all designed by different architects selected by architects Herzog & de Meuron for the Ordos 100 project, which is master planned by artist Ai Wei Wei. “Especially in the widely varying Mongolian c..
Spanish designers Discoh have created a sex toy inspired by the aloe vera plant. Called Aloe, the product comes packaged in a “pot” and its function only becomes apparent once removed. Here’s some text from the designers: – ALOE Physical stimulation. Aesthetic pleasure. A complicit wink able to be a natural part of our daily environment. “Aloe” reimagines the role of erotic toys, becoming itself..
More from UNStudio: the Dutch architects have completed Star Place department store in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The structure centres around a 10-storey atrium, where each escalator spirals up to the next floor. Called Ta Lee Plaza during development, the completed building has been renamed Star Place. More information about the project in our previous story. Photographs by Christian Richters. More in..