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Feather By Kasthall Design Studio Has A Playful Fringe Inspired By The 70s

February 18, 2019 Erin 0

  After a visit to Stockholm’s Natural History Museum, designer Ellinor Eliasson of Kasthall Design Studio was inspired to find a new playful expression for the classic rug border fringe. This resulted in Kasthall launching their first rug design called ‘Feather’ during the Stockholm Furniture Fair, as a part of their 2019 collection Soul of […]

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House-K / Atelier KUKKA Architects

February 18, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

This is a house for a family (a couple and two children). A site is located at the south foot of high mountains(3200 ft. above sea level), near Kanto plain, Japan. Originally, the site was a forest of Japanese walnuts. In many trees, there is a remarkably big and impressive one. The family hoped to leave this.

Ste Marie evokes “old-world Italian charm” in Vancouver’s Caffè La Tana

February 18, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

The owners of this weathered and cosy Italian cafe in Vancouver, designed by local studio Ste Marie, imagine it as a den for their pet fox. Caffè La Tana is a dimly lit restaurant with muted green interiors in Vancouver’s Little Italy neighbourhood. The cafe’s name La Tana loosely translates from Italian to “the den”.

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Institute at School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada / MO-OF

February 18, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, attempts to make the campus an institutional centre in the city of Vijayawada. The institutional building is a platform for debate, exchange and dissemination and becomes a deep gateway and an interface to the entire campus. The Institute draws on the austere ideologies from Brutalism as a form of expression as a response to the extreme climate, and positions it contextually in Vijayawada.

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Italian architect Alessandro Mendini dies

February 18, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

Breaking news: Italian architect and designer Alessandro Mendini, famed for designs including the Proust armchair and the Groninger Museum, has passed away aged 87. More information to follow.
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Nanshanli Hotel / Linjian Design Studio

February 18, 2019 Collin Chen 0

The project is located in the South Bank Scenic Area of Chongqing City, China. The original site is a 20 mu old courtyard, which is a few random single buildings at the end of the last century. The terrain is very undulating and the vegetation is dense. Therefore, the rich level of natural environment is our greatest advantage, and the difficulty of old buildings transformation is our greatest challenge.

Seven key projects by MPavilion 2019 architect Glenn Murcutt

February 18, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Simpson-Lee House by Glenn Murcutt

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt is designing this year’s MPavilion. Here’s a look at seven of his most significant projects. Murcutt is one of Australia’s best-known architects, and the only Australian winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize, which he won in 2002 in recognition of his innovative and environmentally sensitive buildings. Murcutt, who was a born in London in 1936 before moving to

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moon hoon installs vibrant ‘view folly’ overlooking south korea’s gwang-ju

February 18, 2019 macnadusa 0

the installation ‘view folly’ by seoul-based architect moon hoon overlooks the south korean city of gwangju. the folly is built together with the installation ‘architecture of autonomy’ (change) by berlin-based group realities:united. architecture of autonomy is an installation that forms space by defining a front and rear external surface and the resulting occupiable interior space. […]

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Photos reveal green ski slope on BIG’s waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen

February 18, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Amager Bakke and Copenhill artificial ski slope by BIG and SLA Architects

New images of BIG’s Amager Bakke waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen, taken by Danish photographer Rasmus Hjortshøj, show that the artificial ski slope on the roof is coloured in vibrant shades of green. Hjortshøj took the photographs at a preview day of the Copenhill artificial ski slope, ahead of the centre’s opening in April. The ski slope forms

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