Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter projected a 350 square meter single family residence located in Asker, outside Oslo, Norway. The house is placed on a slope, that faces towards a field, with an entrance form the back side. One enters the house on the second floor where children bedrooms and the garage are located. The double-volume living […]
Studio O+A transformed an old lab facility into the new Facebook Headquarters, the restored complex now becomes a lab for measuring the intangibles of creativity and social interaction. The design employs color, partitions and strategic spatial mapping to the neighborhoods that make up Facebook’s city of workers. Meeting areas serve the function of a city’s […]
Artek was honored to be the sponsor of La Biennale di Venezia and realized part of the furniture and furnishing for the premises of Palazzo delle Exposizioni della Biennale. The assignment included a bookshop, a cafeteria and additional furniture elements for an educational area, that were submitted respectively by three artists, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tobias Rehberger […]
Jarmund/Vigsnaes designed this house situated in a quite dense suburban setting in the city of Strand in Norway. The house twists dynamically between sheltering for privacy and opening up for angles of views. The central space of the house stretches between the morning light between the pines towards east, and the wetter horizon of the […]
Studio Daniel Libeskind projected a new center for leisure and shopping in Bern-Br�nne, Switzerland. With its 55 shops, 10 restaurants and bars, hotel, multiplex cinema, fun bath with wellness center and housing, this mixed-use program radically reinvents the concept of shopping, entertainment and living. The concept of Westside is to create a public space with […]
Livraria ad Vila is this unique bookstore designed by Isay Weinfeild located in a refurbished house in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The hermetic volume with a pivoting bookshelf facade, contains an interesting space distributed over three levels. The inclusion of the basement allowed for an entire floor exclusive for children, in addition to a small auditorium, […]
Wim Goes Architectuur designed the beautiful extension to this residence located in the tiny hamlet of Bachte-Marie-Leerne, in the Flemish district of Belgium. The wooden addition sits above a new wine cellar and extends partly over the pond. The intentional, unpretentious simplicity with functional clarity, results in stark beauty with Japanese-Finnish undertones. An elegant facade […]
MABarchitects redesigned the interior of a flat having in mind a positive and calm environment for the gynecological clinic specialized in assisted reproduction. The 200 square meter flat is divided into two doctor offices/examination rooms, two waiting rooms, two wash closets, a kitchenette, a reception, an accounting office, and a conference room. The choice of […]
The new studio, its materiality and simplicity, gently resting in the countryside, forms an expression of Nicolas Tye Architects ideology. The studio’s building strategy is based on an elegant rectangle of predominantly glazed elevations capped and enclosed at each end by larch timber clad “book ends”. Cor-ten detailing further enhances the sense of place, reflecting […]
Deardesign have just completed the new flagship store for fashion brand Lourdes Bergada in Barcelona’s massive L’illa Diagonal. Following fashion brand’s industrial and minimalistic style, Deardesign created a vast hangar-like feel by including all of the functions of the store, both client and private room, under one roof, but separating them with a curving wall. […]
