Month: December 2019

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Border Crossing House / simone subissati architects

December 15, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

DESIGNED BY SIMONE SUBISSATI ARCHITECTS, THE BORDER CROSSING HOUSE SITS ON THE HILLS OF THE MARCHE REGION IN ITALY, LETTING THE LANDSCAPE TAKE CENTER STAGE. A SHORT FILM DIRECTED BY FEDERICA BIONDI TELLS ITS SPACES AND ITS PHILOSOPHY.
Proudly standing on the hills in the Marche region of Italy, the “Border Crossing House” by Simone Subissati Architects is a private residence that recovers the essential orthography of local rural houses, while evoking the experimentations of some of the protagonists of the Italian radical avantgarde. A building that works with the environment and takes cues from the landscape. A new film by Federica Biondi, set during a day of harvesting, narrates its essential and unique qualities of the house.

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Studio Shamshiri designs pink-hued jewellery shop in LA for Sonia Boyajian

December 15, 2019 Kristine Klein 0
Sonia Boyajian studio and store by Studio Shamshiri

Los Angeles jewellery designer Sonia Boyajian has hung oversized replicas of her creations as light fixtures in the pink-toned flagship store she designed in collaboration with Studio Shamshiri. Pamela Shamshiri, founder of Studio Shamshiri, worked alongside her long-time friend Sonia Boyajian to realise the 5,000 square foot (464.5 square metre) space at 357 North La

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reptilia house by antony gibbon evokes material characteristics of reptiles

December 15, 2019 macnadusa 0

antony gibbon presents an architectural translation of the formal and material characteristics of reptiles with his latest project, reptilia house. while gibbon often works with undulating, organic geometries envisioned in concrete — including his twine and mobius house — this most recently imagined residential work comprises a singular, sharply faceted volume expressing nested materials. an outer […]

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Espelho D’ Água Space / DC.AD + Victor Vicente

December 15, 2019 Karen Valenzuela 0

In 1940, Portugal commemorated the tercentenary of the restoration of its Independence and the 800th anniversary of its birth with a programme of events culminating in the Exhibition of the Portuguese World. Staged in Belém and centred on the specially created Praça do Império (Empire Square), the exhibition aimed to promote the most notable events and achievements of the nation’s past.

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Zeimuls, Centre of Creative Services of Eastern Latvia / SAALS Architecture

December 15, 2019 Cristian Aguilar 0

“There is a legend about King’s daughter Roze who still lives underneath the Rezekne castle mound and waits for the one to bring her into the world… Meanwhile a wizard came on the other side and lifted the earth up. A free space was left there for every little kid in Rezekne to grow up tall, wise and special. And the wizard stuck the pencils into the ground. The teenagers came and climbed up there to show themselves and their great works. Let the gentlemen of Riga to admire!”

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The 10 Most Popular Basements of 2019 (10 photos)

December 15, 2019 Becky Harris 0

This Trending Now story features the most-saved basement photos uploaded to Houzz in 2019.Basement renovations pose a specific set of challenges — low ceilings, a lack of natural light, egress requirements, utility storage, awkward ductwork and more….