Jean Nouvel presented in Barcelona, Spain, the Centre de Poblenou Park, a gigantic sustainable garden of 5,5 hectares designed as “meeting point” and “acoustic microclimate” playing with light and shadows. The main garden of the park has a forest very well organized ending at one end of the park with a ramp of volcanic soil. In the second […]
The B60 designed by Luca Brenta, in collaboration with John Pawson, who designed the interior, and built in Kiel, Germany, is the ultimate day racing yacht built for recreational rather than competitive purposes with the highest levels of manoeuvrability. The aesthetic expression of these functional aspirations is embodied in the sleekest of carbon-fibre hulls surmounted by the geometric purity of a triangular white sail. The B60 is […]
Casa 11 Mujeres by Mathias Klotz is build on a cliff-top near Santiago de Chile. The brief was to provide a second home laid out on three levels for a couple with eleven daughters, whose ages rangefrom four to twenty, and to provide all services, a master bedroom and spaces for entertaining and guests. Divided in three floors, the house was […]
The Harbour Bath, designed by PLOT = JDS + BIG, emerges out of the desire of extending the surrounding park onto the water as a terassed landscape. The pool replaces the loading dock, now transformed into a recreational space for the city. The urban beach were the wood represents the sand, defines a public enclosure, accessible and safe to enjoy […]
Bella Italia is a wine store as well as a restaurant designed by ippolito fleitz group. Owned by a typical warmhearted Sicilian woman who sells the products of her home country and offers a creative home-style cuisine on an upscale level while she transfers the Italian spirit to Germany. The restaurant, located in Stuttgart West, is highlighted by a ceiling mounted […]
Volume B, designed by Marcio Kogan, is the retail furniture store for Vitra located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Marcio Kogan used the materials in their extreme condition, such as visible concrete executed without any concernabout precision or finishing, or the skin of the back volume where they used various layers of a steel frame which is usually used […]
With only 21 rooms the Limes Hotel is an intimate and friendly hotel designed by Alexander Lotersztain and the first in Australia to be a member of Design Hotels. Located in Fortitude Valley, known for its trendy cafes, shops, bars and restaurants, the Limes Hotel has been created to include a completely open air roof top bar and roof top cinema (in hibernation for winter). […]
TNA Architects designed a weekend house in Karuizawa, Japan, that merge with the nature. The huge wall of glass allow you to look straight into the forest, making the relationship between inside and outside stronger. Originally Posted On Coolboom
ISSHO Architects projected the Fudomae apartment to make the most of a limited volume while creating a comfortable urban living space. Each 18 square meter unit fits a living room, kitchen, bathroom and storage. The tight arrangement is transformed into a design expression, particularly through the location and shape of the window, which designates the placement of the bed and […]
Simone Micheli designed Acquadulza, a complex with a lounge-bar, a wine cellar and a restaurant. The design is meant to be take conceptual inspiration from the colors of nature, intentionally turned into different, displacing, non-camouflaging expressions. An ostentatiously contemporary language permeates the interiors. The lounge-bar covers 70 square meters and extends lengthwise with exposed stonework wall surfaces treated in white […]
