From Dezeen

Skyscrapers in Seoul: American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have designed a skyscraper with glazed triangular facets for emerging...

From Designboom

two functions, diverse yet often intertwined, are combined in a design which reflects the changing notions of what it means to be still.

From Notcot

Catch up on fashion’s finest in this week’s roundup from Notcouture. To find out more about each post by clicking on its individual image.

From Plusmood

AND-RÉ WINS THE IBERIAN URBAN EQUIPMENT DESIGN PRIZE / LARUS – ARQUITECTURAS 2012 WITH THE DESIGN OF PACMAN RECYCLING BINS.

After winning the award in 2011, with “Verso” lighting system in the lighting design category, the office now wins, for the second consecutive year, the Iberian Urban Equipment Prize – Larus /Architectures, this year in the category of urban furniture with “PACMAN“, a pioneering design that is changing the mindset of citizens in their relation with recycling.

Image courtesy AND-RÉ

The Award, that aims to publicly recognize the best projects and pieces of urban infrastructure developed over the past five years, is organized by the Journal Architectures in partnership with Larus – Urban Design, with institutional support from the Portuguese Design Centre and DIMAD – Designers Association of Madrid.

The jury was composed of:

• Francisco Providência – Designer.
• Guta Moura Guedes – Director, Experimenta Design.
• Gloria Escribano – General Coordinator, Ibero American Biennial of Design (BID).
• Henry Cayatte – President, Portuguese Center of Design (CPD).
• Peter Feduchi – Vice – President, Asociación Diseñadores Madrid (Dimad).
• Leonor Cheis – Landscape Architect, NPK.
• Victor Vajão – President of the Board, Center for Portuguese Illumination (CIE).

PACMAN is a pioneering project of recycling bins design, which after three years of research and development saw the beginning of a large-scale implementation in Vilamoura / Portugal in 2011.

The...

From Arthitectural

During the Salone del Mobile, Swedish design studio Form Us With Love launched the “Lace Metal” lamp, the studio’s first collaboration with Italian design icon Cappellini.The idea behind the Lace metal lamp came up while visiting a Swedish metal working industry called Häfla Bruk – one of Sweden’s oldest companies, established in 1682.“When we visited Häfla, they had just invented a new technique of manufacturing expanded metal with gradient sized holes. This struck us as something...

From Arthitectural

History:

One day someone made a wall, it was cold, sad and dead,

over time, the sparrows made it his home.

They lived there, raising, flying, singing,

and the wall became something joyful and full of life!

But one day, someone decided to restore the wall,

and plug all the holes where they lived sparrows,

Wall turned to gray, cold and sad!

Then we showed up,

and decided to put colored nests where it were the holes,

and asked the sparrows to come back,

and they have came back!!

We give them the nests,

they...

From Yatzer

Leivatho Hotel in Kefalonia, Greece

Kefalonia is one of Greece’s most idyllic islands, and when a hotel like no other exists in such a place, it becomes a Must Go To Destination.  The Leivatho Hotel is the place to be.

From Arthitectural

The Sweet hocker is the smaller counter part of the Sweet Sofa. Sweet hocker is coated in a layer that is both durable and delicious. In combination with a solid wooden frame, providing comfortable, eye-catching seating for any interior.

Designer: Spell | Sander van der Haar

From Archdaily

Nørreport Train Station - Courtesy of COBE

Skandinavia’s largest architecture prize, Nykredit’s Architecture Prize of DKK 500,000, is this year awarded to the architectural practice COBE based in Copenhagen represented by architect, Dan Stubbergaard. In its choice the jury emphasised the fact that COBE spans the full professional spectrum from minor construction and urban space design to strategic planning and research. Currently, COBE is most renowned for the design and realisation of the new Nørreport Train Station and is currently detailing the development of the Nordhavn harbour area – one of Scandinavia’s largest and most ambitious metropolitan development projects, says the chairman of the prize jury, Mette Kynne Frandsen, Architect and CEO.

From Designboom

the moving, audio-responsive work is comprised of two fan-like sculptures situated across a small room from one another-- the reverberations of their emitted tones move the other in a ceaseless loop.

From Homedsgn

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From Plusmood

Highly insulating. Crystal clear. Safe.
Copenhagen’s new architectural highlight ‘The
Crystal’ creates intricate light effects with SCHOLLGLAS products

In Copenhagen, while industrial and logistics companies are increasingly relocating to suburban areas of the city as a result of economic change, the attractive city-centre areas around the harbour are becoming service sector hubs. The Danish Nykredit Bank moved also with its headquarter to the habor district and expanded it additionally by one building this year. The eye-catching sculptural design is also from the Danish architectural office Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects as well as the main building.

Image © SCHOLLGLAS | Photographer: Adam Mørk

Prominently located with a view over the harbour, the struc-ture, emblematically named ‘The Crystal’, nestles between historical brick buildings and modern glazed architecture. Harmonising with the neighbouring buildings in terms of height and volume, the dynamic appearance of the structure, dictated by its glazed façades, is a real eye catcher. Depending on the incidence of light, the façade elements produce a reflective or transparent effect. The building envelope itself rises in a dramatic tilt above a hexagonal, gemstone-shaped floor plan. In contact with the ground at only a single point and a single line at its base, the structure culminates in an elevated apex stretching out towards the city. Below is the generous main entrance, where an impressive staircase leads...

From Architravel

From Desiretoinspire

Got a problem? Need some help? Just standing there shaking your head? Don't know what to do? You're not alone. Send us a link to photos of your design quandary and let the Desire to Inspire design crew help you .... that's you lot ... the readers! This week's problem is from Leslie and she really needs your help!

I am moving to a new 2-bedroom apartment - with no roommates - and I'm really excited about designing it the way I want. However, I came across a problem that plagued me in my old apartment as well, and which I am unsure how to solve. I have workout equipment - a treadmill, yoga mat, and exercise ball - and I don't know where to put it. Initially I wanted to sort of 'merge' it into the second bedroom, which will be a guest bedroom. But the square footage in there is small enough that I am worried the equipment would crowd and annoy any guest I had staying over in there. Not to mention mar the design. I want the guest room to be inviting. But I just don't know where else to put the stuff. Is there a solution for placing exercise equipment in an apartment where there is no dedicated exercise room? Could I put it in my main living area (a small double parlor) without ruining that design - which will be seen more often - as well?

Attached are pictures of the living room, dining room and bedroom. The living room and dining room are adjacent. None of the furniture in there is actually mine - it's the current tenant's. So we sort of have to imagine there's nothing in there...

From Espritdesign

Le samedi c’est Flashback Design, un peu de repos et de nostalgie ! Une belle façon de juger si des concepts et réalisations étaient éphémères ou non…

Une sélection des articles présentés lors de la semaine qui vient de s’écouler, mais cela les années précédentes.

>> tête d’affiche

FAUTEUIL CONFESSIONNAL PAR ARIK LEVY

>> 2008

LE MOBILIER REVISITÉ PAR ANNA JAMES ET GUIDO CREPAX

CONCEPT CHAISE + TABLE PAR MELVIN ONG

>> 2009

>> 2010

>> 2011

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