Month: May 2021

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Skøyen Atrium III / Lund+Slaatto Architects

May 1, 2021 Pilar Caballero 0

Skøyen Atrium III (SAIII) is the last and final addition to the office complex Skøyen Atrium, designed by Lund+Slaatto Architects (1995 and 1999). Through its form and expression, the addition seeks to interpret the existing building’s structure and architectural language. With the new extension in place, Skøyen Atrium covers more than 65,000 sqm and is one of the largest office complexes in Oslo. In addition to offices, the new extension consists of a conference center as well as a restaurant.

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Curving stone walls allow Xerolithi vacation house to merge with Greek island landscape

May 1, 2021 Amy Frearson 0
Aerial view of Xerolithi house by Sinas Architects

Greek studio Sinas Architects has built a house on the island of Serifos, taking cues from local dry stone walls to make the building as inconspicuous as possible. The walls of the two-bedroom house are designed to look like the stone retaining walls that are typical of Greek landscapes. Known locally as xerolithies, these low walls

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Brincante Institute / Bernardes Arquitetura

May 1, 2021 Sabrina Leiva 0

The program of the new headquarters of the Brincante Institute includes an auditorium for approximately 80 people, a rehearsal room, an administrative area, and enough storage room for musical instruments, costumes and props. 

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Five architecture and design events in May from Dezeen Events Guide

May 1, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Silent disco at the Night Fever exhibition at V&A Dundee as featured in Dezeen Events Guide May

An exhibition about nightclubs at the V&A Dundee and the first-ever Mexico Design Fair are among the events listed in Dezeen Events Guide this May, while the Venice Architecture Biennale is also taking place after its postponement last year. Other in-person events this month include NYCxDesign, Iceland’s largest design festival DesignMarch and the debut International

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Twelve contemporary bathrooms with a spa-like feel

May 1, 2021 James Parkes 0
The bathroom has a a stone freestanding bath tub

For our latest lookbook, we have selected 12 spa-like bathrooms created by architects and designers to relax and unwind in. These bathrooms are characterised by a minimalist aesthetic that makes them resemble spas and feature open spaces, natural materials, textural surfaces, earthy hues and oversized fixtures. Keeping accessories and decoration to a minimum creates soothing surroundings

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AQUARIA Exhibition / 2050+

May 1, 2021 Paula Pintos 0

Curatorial Text by Angela Rui. After cats and dogs, fish are now the third most popular type of pet, but once removed from their natural habitat, transported around the world, and sold as domestic companions, their lives start to depend entirely on the object that contains them: a glass box designed to host living creatures unable to survive outside it. Therefore giving rise to an animal-object coupling: a self-contained world and a techno-natural assemblage, all neatly integrated into our home furnishings.

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The Future Workspace That Isn’t the Workplace

May 1, 2021 Kaley Overstreet 0

As we begin to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much speculation and debate about whether we will return to our old habits of working in the office 5 days a week, or if working from home creates equal or greater productivity. However, many believe that the future of the workforce will largely be focused on a balance between in-person and in-office working, and a form of remote working, that summates into a new, hybrid model. But if you’re not at home, and you’re not working, then you must be somewhere else- exploring the true in-between of a public and a private space. Enter the concept of the “third” place, which is used to describe everything from coffee shops to banks, and even co-working spaces. If you’ve ever studied for an exam at a bookstore, or even dropped into an airport restaurant to catch up on some work, then you too, have visited a “third” place.