The Push Button House by Adam Kalkin is a shipping container until you push a button that turns the container into a house. The container has motorized walls that unfolds like a flower, revealing a fully functional house, complete with refined, understated furnishing. Until December 29 at the Time Warner Center in New York, you can rest, relax and sip a […]
Tom Ballhatchet designed a television packaging that becomes a playful TV stand once you get home. The TV packaging stand is made from expanded polypropylene which can be moulded in virtually any color and with any surface texture. Originally Posted On Coolboom
Holz Box designed functional modules for the Passail Camp. The camp is composed by three tipes of modules, one basic module of 20 square meter, another of 30 square meter and an apartment module of 40 square meter. The bathroom (wc, washbasin and shower), furniture and finishing are the same in each module. Originally Posted On Coolboom
With this project, Shiyuan explores a new definition of decoration which brings life to design. He created a heat-sensitive wallpaper which the flowers on it will be blooming when the radiator is on, and a calendarwhich ink will fade when it gets darker; the day disappears and so does the ink. Originally Posted On Coolboom
NU Architectuuratelier projected this building with a double function: an advertising agency today with scope for conversion to housing tomorrow. This called for an open, flexible layout. Set on a white concrete plinth, the black sculpture is reminiscent of a modern villa, yet the north-light roof construction has the character of industrial architecture. Daylight enters through four north-light roofs, […]
Dos Robles House, projected by Diego Aguilo and Rodrigo Pedraza, is located between Pucón and Caburga in Chile, near the Trancura River. It is a weekend house for a couple with grown children, that has more than one room to receive guests. The big living area is lofted to two mezzanines that are connected through a suspended […]
Denefes Inc. designed the Spiral Court House located in Saitama, Japan. The house is absolutely private and closed off from the public, and yet completely open, airy and filled with light thanks to the inner ward. Originally Posted On Coolboom
The National Grand Theater located in Beijing, China, is composed by an opera, a concert hall and two theaters joinedunder a titanium and glass shell that covers the public area. Paul Andreu designed this cultural complex conceived as a “city of theaters” surrounded by an artificial lake in a new urban park. The exterior is a shell in the shape of […]
The new Dolce&Gabbana Headquarters, designed by Studio Piuarch, is composed by two buildings from the 20’s and 60’s in the center of Milan. Studio Piuarch projected the new glass facade for the 60’s building that covers three sides of the building and certifies natural illumination every hour of the day. The 20’s building contains a representation space, reunion rooms and offices, while the […]
Jaime Hayon designed the spectacular new look of La Terraza del Casino Restaurant. This project explores the balance of an aesthetic link between past and future using a style that connects harmoniously with the imaginative and innovative kitchen of the outstanding chef. I have to admit that I’m not a big fan of Jaime Hayon‘s industrial design, but i love his interior […]
