Month: March 2019

Elemental ends internships amid growing row over unpaid work in architecture studios

March 27, 2019 India Block 0

Chilean architecture studio Elemental has announced it is ending internships after getting caught up in an escalating row about the practice of unpaid labour in architecture. Elemental, headed by Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena, wrote to Dezeen today to announce the decision, saying that “given the current state of the debate … we have decided to close our

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Collective Dwelling C.F.Row / Woods Bagot

March 27, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

C.F.Row at 237 Napier Street sits within the rich urban fabric of Melbourne’s oldest inner city suburb of Fitzroy, a bricolage of building types and scale, a collective body of dwellings marked by the patina of time. The site was the home of a premier furniture maker in the postwar years, which visitors and residents can see in the exterior, which uses the original brick façade of the former building.

Brani & Desi designs Breakfast With Mondrian apartment

March 27, 2019 Ali Morris 0

Bulgarian studio Brani & Desi has designed a concept for an apartment that would translate Dutch artist Piet Mondrian’s abstract paintings into 3D form. Shown in a series of renders the Breakfast With Mondrian apartment features bold blocks of primary colour intended to evoke positive emotions. Considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Mondrian

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The Ranch Mine’s Weave house in Phoenix draws upon work by Georgia O’Keeffe

March 27, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0
Weave House by The Ranch Mine

American studio The Ranch Mine has completed a modern courtyard home in Arizona that alludes to Georgia O’Keeffe paintings and prioritises “simple materials, distinctive geometries and the desert sky”. Located in Uptown Phoenix, the Weave house was built atop a former parking lot in a historic district. The project’s name stems from the weaving together of

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Interiors That Use Color Blocking To Segment Space

March 27, 2019 HD Staff 0

These two unusual interiors, both designed and visualised by LIS design studio, foster a unique style in which color and texture is used to boldly segment space. Color coordinated furniture and colour block wall paint meld together as if one seamless volume. The ‘blocks’ allow small rooms to be broken up into separate uses, like […]

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Ibis hotels – New concept / FGMF Arquitetos

March 27, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

FGMF Arquitetos, led by the trio Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz, went to AccorHotels headquarters in Paris to present its new project, winner of the Americas stage of a global contest organized by AccorHotels’ Design area to renovate ibis hotels. In addition to the design created by FGMF, two other layouts, one by Innocad (Europe) and one by Soda (Asia) were also selected, as part of the brand’s new flexible, personalized approach to turn its hotels into vibrant spaces. The concepts presented by these firms may be used by ibis hotel worldwide, instead of following a single standard as they have done until now.

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Noor Completes Reconstruction of the Mirror Palace in Iran

March 27, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Noor Art & Architecture Studio has completed a digital reconstruction of the Ayine Khaneh Palace of Isfahan, Iran. Based on historic plans and written documents, the project visualizes one of the most important buildings in the city. In 1891, the palace was destroyed by Zello Soltan, governor of Isfahan. The reconstruction was made to create a cultural structure that brings awareness to Safavid era building and Persian architecture.