Month: June 2019

Snøhetta reveals masterplan for 1960s Blaisdell Center in Honolulu

June 27, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled a plans to renovate and extend a mid-century arts and performance complex in Honolulu, Hawaii. Snøhetta designed the plan for the Neal S Blaisdell Center, a 22-acre (nine-hectare) complex on the island of Oahu. Constructed in 1964 as a living memorial for Hawaii’s veterans and war heroes, today the centre

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Australian Islamic Centre / Glenn Murcutt + Elevli Plus

June 27, 2019 Paula Pintos 0

Text by Ewan McEoin. The Hugh Williamson Senior Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. As perhaps the first truly contemporary Australian mosque, the Australian Islamic Centre in Newport, Melbourne, is an architectural and social marker of a new perception of Islam in Australia. By respectfully recalibrating historical Islamic design conventions for contemporary Australia – a country with a well-established and growing Muslim population – this project heralds a new interpretation of mosques as a future part of our suburbs.

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Re-Fracted / reMIX studio

June 27, 2019 Martita Vial 0

The project site is nested in a well preserved hutong area in Beijing Xicheng District. Both the main office and a small residential part had to be integrated within a limited footprint of 200 sqm with minimum interventions on the original layout and the client requested a flexible spatial organization that could accommodate different uses in the future.

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25 Mountain Wall Art Designs To Decorate Your Walls

June 27, 2019 Erin 0

  Normally, mountains are best enjoyed outside, but when you’re at home and want to be reminded of the outdoors, you can hang mountain wall art on your walls. Here are 25 different ways you can introduce mountain wall art to your home. 1. ArcliteFabrication have created metal wall art that showcases a geometric pattern […]

OMA designs angular extension for SANAA’s New Museum in Manhattan

June 27, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
New Museum extension by OMA

The New York branch of architecture firm OMA has unveiled its design for the extension to the city’s SANAA-designed New Museum. OMA has designed an angular addition to double the size of the contemporary art museum, which Tokyo-based architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA completed in 2007 in Lower Manhattan. Measuring 60,000 square

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Conecta House / Ticiane Lima Arquitetura & Interiores

June 27, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

‘Planeta Casa’ was the motto chosen by CASACOR São Paulo 2019 to unite affectivity, technology and sustainability. Through these pillars, the architect Ticiane Lima, who runs an office of the same name in the city of São Paulo, makes her debut in the show, which takes place from May 28 to August 04, in the Jockey Club, with Casa Conecta, an environment of 125 m² divided in living room, bathroom and terrace, which provides visitors with moments of relaxation, connection and reflection.

Universal Design Studio and Map relocate to office that showcases their process

June 27, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
Universal Design Studio Map Project Office office interior

Architecture and interior design practice Universal Design Studio has completed its own office interior and that of its sister company Map Project Office. The offices for both companies have relocated to the third-floor of a Clerkenwell block where they share an open-plan 1,020 square-metre space. Universal Design Studio and industrial design consultancy Map created the

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