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This Sculptural 3D Printed Art Installation Is Made From 30,000 Recycled Water Bottles

December 10, 2019 Erin 0

Photography ©NAARO MEAN* (Middle East Architecture Network) was recently commissioned by DIFC to create a sculptural installation in Dubai, that showcases 3d printing and uses a polymer made from discarded water bottles. The design of the pavilion creates an experience for the visitor that’s reminiscent of walking through an abstracted botanical form. Photography ©NAARO Named […]

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Medhurst Cellar Door and Winery / Folk Architects

December 10, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Cellar Door
Medhurst Wines is a bespoke family-run winery in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. The Cellar Door is an extension to an existing building that seeks to expand the tasting experience and address the site in a broader context. The brief focused on immersing visitors in the Medhurst Wine experience whilst providing a clear connection with the surrounding landscape, vines, and wine production facilities. Through master planning, site analysis and extensive consultation with the client, it was established that a linear extension to the existing building was an effective intervention.

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Partisans to turn Canadian town into “city of the future” The Orbit

December 10, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
The Orbit by Partisans

Architecture studio Partisans has unveiled plans to transform a Canadian town into a smart community, combining fibre optics, autonomous vehicles and drone ports within a rural setting. The Toronto firm has developed the proposal for Innisfil, Canada, a primarily agrarian and residential town 60 kilometres north of Toronto. Called The Orbit, the proposal aims to

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Strøm Spa Vieux-Québec / LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design

December 10, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Laid on the banks of the St. Lawrence, it evokes the harbor history of the site
Right from the exploratory and development phase of the project, the first source of inspiration was the St. Lawrence River, the majesty and quiet strength that emanates from it. Then, considering the geographical location and the maritime history attached to the site, the latter a major contributing factor to the development of the city itself, the decision to anchor the project in both its physical environment and its history was taken without question.

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UNStudio’s ‘looking glass’ façade in amsterdam mimics billowing fabric

December 10, 2019 macnadusa 0

UNStudio has completed the renovation of a façade on the P.C. hooftstraat, an elegant shopping street in amsterdam. the avenue is home to leading international and dutch designers, flagship stores, and boutiques, including ‘crystal house’, the Hermès boutique. taking cues from nearby museums for framing dutch art, UNStudio’s design — titled ‘the looking glass’ — […]

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Bcredi Office / Arquea Arquitetos

December 10, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Bcredi is a loan technology and solutions company that aims to make this process easier and uncomplicated for its clients. It is distinguished in its field by its ideals of creativity and innovation. The new office is located on a corporate floor inside a downtown shopping mall. With an increasing number of employees, the opportunity arises for the renovation of the property to meet its growth demand and to express the way they work. The company’s ideals are reflected in an open-space office architecture. It was demolished some walls that compartmentalized the floor plan, and removed the ceiling leaving exposed the instalations of the property and bringing the feeling of spaciousness.

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Serpentine Galleries appoints Frieze Los Angeles’s Bettina Korek as CEO

December 10, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
Bettina Korek Serpentine CEO

American arts administrator Bettina Korek has been appointed CEO of London’s Serpentine Galleries following Yana Peel’s resignation earlier this year. Korek, who is currently executive director of Frieze Los Angeles, will move to the UK capital to take up the position in March 2020. She succeeds Peel, who resigned in June after three years in

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House in Lamego / António Ildefonso Arquitecto

December 10, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

The plot is a 70mx40m rectangle with a difference of 5m between high and low elevations. Starting at the low elevation, an existing path to the east gives access to a contiguous house to the north which was the reference to the chosen site. It was decided to build the house against the driveway, the volume is adjusted until it slightly turns its back on anyone who arrives and the house also manages to carefully protect the view of the surrounding landscape, in this position. It is in this game of hide and seek that the surprise increases, we start wanting to climb, to understand, to arrive, to enter, to discover.