Rural Church Community Hall Malawi / Architecture for a Change
The community of Chimphamba have been gathering for years in a church building that was near to collapse. The community has also outgrown the dilapidated building.
Month: May 2017
Jaime Hayon combines Caesarstone with stained glass to create colourful Stone Age Folk pavilion
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon explains how traditional marquetry techniques informed his Stone Age Folk pavilion in this movie Dezeen filmed for Caesarstone during Milan design week. Caesarstone’s Stone Age Folk exhibition, which ran from 4 to 8 April during Milan design week, featured a pavilion by Hayon constructed within the ballroom of Palazzo Serbelloni, a
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monadnock finishes brick-built atlas house outside eindhoven
the striking graphic pattern of the private home is achieved by combining the use of brick with plaster influenced by dutch neo-renaissance architectural techniques.
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House in Mantiqueira / Una Arquitetos
The house is built on top of Mantiqueira, a 500 km mountain range that crosses the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
5 Architectural Landmarks and Their Identical Twins
Architectural landmarks can define a city. A mention of Paris conjures images of the Eiffel Tower, whilst no description of Sydney is complete without mentioning its inspiring Opera House. How disorientating it must be, therefore, to encounter a familiar architectural wonder far removed from the city, or country to which it belongs. As it happens, many of our most famous structures have identical twins you may not have been aware of.
Silver & Co transforms London garden shed into multifunctional studio for artist couple
A sunken bed and folding ping-pong table feature in this studio converted from a derelict garden shed for a pair of artists in west London. London-based studio Silver & Co renovated and refurbished the garden shed for a sculptor, a painter and their child, creating a self-contained studio that can also be used as a gallery or a guest bedroom. Most of the
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Be a Voyeur in Christian Grey’s Revamped “50 Shades” Penthouse With This 3D Model
The interplay of tantalizing eroticism continues within Christian Grey’s luxury tower in the recently-released film sequel, Fifty Shades Darker. In the first film, Grey’s plush apartment played an integral role in undressing the personas of Anastasia Steele, who liberates herself from her chaste existence, and Christian, who exposes the seething and fiery carnal desires and fetishism behind his glorified masculine beauty, charm, and appearance.
Spotlight: Jane Jacobs
Throughout her career, social activist and urban writer Jane Jacobs (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) fought against corporate globalization and urged post-war urban planners and developers to remember the importance of community and the human scale. Despite having no formal training, she radically changed urban planning policy through the power of observation and personal experience. Her theories on how design can affect community and creativity continue to hold relevance today – influencing everything from the design of mega-cities to tiny office spaces.
concrete completes mama makan, a dutch-indonesian grand café in amsterdam
located within the spinoza hotel by hyatt regency, the green-filled restaurant is influenced by the journeys on the ancient trading routes between the netherlands and the far east.
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