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Locally produced tiles clad walls and table in Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Nagoya

May 17, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design sourced local materials for the design of Blue Bottle Coffee cafe in Nagoya, Japan, which features tiles across its surfaces and lamps made from pottery plates. The studio used tiles across the walls, floors and tables of the cafe, which were all produced by local manufacturer Ceramic Olive Bricks. “This

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Space as a Collaborator for Design: Get to Know the Works of Davidson Rafailidis

May 17, 2024 Paula Pintos 0

There’s something quite exciting about imagining how a particular space within an existing built form can dictate its use and vice-versa, how the function of a determined space can shape the space’s appearance, and the endless possibilities that this entails. This reciprocal process is a concept we often find in the works of the experimental architecture duo Davidson Rafailidis, whose projects evidence a thorough understanding of the existing form that results in a careful and thoughtful ensemble of dynamic architecture.

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Bentway Staging Grounds / Agency-Agency + SHEEEP

May 17, 2024 Paula Pintos 0

Bentway Staging Grounds is a new type of public infrastructure that blends art and education, public space and experimentation, repositioning unused space beneath the Gardiner Expressway as a site of environmental regeneration. The design team, led by architectural designer Tei Carpenter (Agency-Agency, NYC) and architect/artist Reza Nik (SHEEEP, Toronto), transformed the vacant site into a living laboratory that educates visitors about urban ecology and stormwater management.

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A Holistic Design Solution Within a Modular Wall System: The Qbiss Notch Designed by Pininfarina

May 17, 2024 Rene Submissions 0

In a new collaboration, Trimo and Pininfarina have introduced the Qbiss Notch Wall System, setting a new standard in architectural design. This partnership marries Trimo’s expertise in engineering with Pininfarina’s legacy of design innovation, presenting a prefabricated modular metal wall system that promises to redefine the aesthetic and functional landscape of modern architecture.

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Raw House / Todot Architects and Partners

May 17, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

The site is located on the mountainside with a view of the ridge in the distance, and the mountain terrain in the front with the sun behind gives off a bright and colorful light that allows people to feel nature intact. The first thought the design team had when looking at the site was what the attitude of accepting nature as it is without damaging it would be, the attitude of living in nature, and what the architecture reflecting them would look like. The height difference of the site was more than two stories, and it accesses the road at the higher side, but the flat ground suitable for building a house was small. The site was barely big enough for a yard, and it was a hill.

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Frame House / Théque Atelier

May 17, 2024 Paula Pintos 0

A new house appeared with its black framing porch and facade in Szőreg, the oldest district of Szeged. The house breaks with the bad traditions in the neighborhood that created dark closed interiors close to the woods. The main goal of this new project was to let nature as close as possible to the house, regarding the plot takes place on a loess hill next to nature conservation woods, next to the context of front-gabled houses.