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Design - Events - Giving - InspirationMoon Hoon’s Conan House
South Korean architect Moon Hoon designed a home with missing corners for a figurine collector and his family. He designed the house for an empty plot beside a lake in Bangdong, an area of South Korea popular with tourists. Polygonal facades are created by slicing the corners off a narrow cuboid. On each wall these outlines are repeatedly scaled ...
Read MoreThe Luchtsingel / ZUS
Decades after their separation, the Luchtsingel is open. The 400-meter-long pedestrian bridge has reconnected three districts in the heart of Rotterdam. The Luchtsingel was initiated and designed by the Rotterdam-based architects ZUS and is the world's first piece of public infrastructure to be accomplished mostly through crowdfunding. Together with the new public spaces ...
Read More3XN’s Olympic Committee Headquarters in Lausanne
The International Olympic Committee‘s latest conference revealed the first renderings for the organization’s new and consolidated headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The building is being designed by Danish architecture office 3XN, who won a multiphase competition earlier this year to earn the commission. The facility is shaped with curving ...
Read MoreNBK Residence by Bernard Khoury – Beirut.
N.B.K Residence, home and project of well-known Lebanese architect Bernard Khoury, is proof that the city of Beirut continues to be part of the global design map. Sitting in the Green Line – where the West/ Muslim and East/ Christian areas of the city intersect - the project is a collaboration with local artisans and design experts ...
Read MoreContainer Kiosks at Dongdaemun Plaza
In the past several years, architects and designers have widely explored applications for shipping containers, with results ranging from humble animal shelters and changing rooms to high-end retail spaces. Ten studios were invited to conceive kiosk structures in the spaces surrounding the Dongdaemun Plaza in Seoul, Korea ...
Read MoreSala Ayutthaya Hotel – designer Onion Studio
This striking hotel is named after the indigenous orange-flowered Sala tree and the location in Ayutthaya. Across the Chao Phraya river is the historic city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes the Putthai Sawan Temple built in 1353 AD. Thai-based firm Onion designed this 26-room hotel boutique hotel as a study in ...
Read MoreMelbourne’s ‘Mixed Architecture’ EPORO Skyscraper
A new high-rise structure in Melbourne is about to change the most urban city’s skyline in Australia and take the term “mixed-use” architecture to another level. The 44-storey Eporo tower, owned by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Australia and designed by the Buchan group, will include 31 residential floors and a 3- storey church and Theological College. Located in the heart of the city the investors are aiming at creating a new ...
Read MoreIIDA ATLANTA – DRESSED 2016
We were thrilled to be part of Atlanta IIDA DRESSED 2016. Always the highlight of the Atlanta design industry’s social calendar, this is an annual celebration of design and giving back - local design offices create a custom outfit with materials donated by sponsoring manufacturers with proceeds going to a local charity. This year’s theme was “For The Record – A Night of Fashion and Finishes’ – raising money for the amazing ‘Dressed For Success’ organization. With a fantastic inspirational mash up of ...
Read MoreA Different View of Istanbul
Thoughts of Istanbul recall familiar imagery; Ottoman architecture, the mosques and bazaars. It is a traditional Middle Eastern city with an abundant historical and cultural heritage and oriental color schemes. However, there is so much more to this Turkish city of 15 million. A minimalist street photography profile on Instagram, Cimkedi, reveals this historic metropolis in an entirely different light, presenting a surprising ...
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