Month: May 2019

Eames House preservation plan launched 70 years after residence was completed

May 9, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Eames House Conservation Management Plan

The Eames Foundation has released a plan to maintain the modernist Californian residence that Charles and Ray Eames built for themselves to make it look like the designers “just stepped out for the day”. The Eames House Conservation Management Plan was published last month, following over a decade of research and preservation work on the

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‘the tide’ is a linear park in london designed by diller scofidio + renfro

May 9, 2019 macnadusa 0

new york-based firm diller scofidio + renfro has unveiled plans for ‘the tide’, a linear park in london that will run alongside the river thames. conceived as a ‘destination for art, design, and well-being’, the project is being developed in collaboration with neiheiser argyros and will feature artistic contributions from damien hirst and morag myerscough, […]

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Cressy Road House / H2o architects

May 9, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The Cressy Road house is an addition to an existing heritage bluestone farmhouse designed for a mature couple upgrading the existing facilities. Since the owners acquired the property 15 years ago, the farm has undergone a process of adaptive change to the client’s lifestyles concluding with this contemporary piece of architecture.

Nike app uses AR and AI to scan feet for perfect fit

May 9, 2019 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0
Nike Fit app

Nike has launched an app setting that provides “hyper-accurate” sizing recommendations for each of its shoes by scanning your feet with a smartphone camera. Called Nike Fit, the tool – available as both in-store and at-home options – aims to address the problem of customers ordering and wearing the wrong-fit shoe. “Three out of every five people

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Camilla & Marc Calile Hotel Store / Akin Atelier

May 9, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The CAMILLA AND MARC James Street boutique speaks to a design-led, yet homelike interior. The spatial strategy intended to shape the brand’s retail vernacular by fusing a classic approach with the avant-garde, promoting an architectural format.

Vincent Callebaut proposes a roof that generates energy and food for Notre-Dame Cathedral

May 9, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Notre-Dame roof and spire proposal by Vincent Callebaut

Paris-based architect Vincent Callebaut wants to give Notre-Dame Cathedral a new roof that generates energy and contains an aquaponic farm. The proposal by Vincent Callebaut Architectures sees the historic cathedral transformed into an eco-friendly building, generating more energy than it consumes, while producing 21 tons of fruits and vegetables a year. It would also give the gothic structure a “new face” for

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