Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge by Santiago Calatrava

by DD, March 14th, 2012, viewed 554 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Santiago Calatrava

image © gus rios

Spanning the trinity river and dallas floodway in dallas texas, the ‘margaret hunt hill bridge’ by valencian architect and engineer santiago calatrava has officially opened to the public with a ceremonious ribbon-cutting ceremony and fireworks. Read More »

Folding plug by Min-Kyu Choi

by DD, March 12th, 2012, viewed 540 time(s)
Posted in Product

The folding electrical plug designed by Royal College of Art graduate Min-Kyu Choi for his graduation in 2009 has gone into production and will be on sale in the UK from next week under the name Mu. Read More »

Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners

by DD, March 9th, 2012, viewed 571 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Foster + Partners

Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners will create a new community to the east of La Défense, in Courbevoie, that extends down to the river Seine with cafés, shops and a public plaza at its heart. Read More »

Coiled folding Chair by Studio Jenk

by DD, March 6th, 2012, viewed 428 time(s)
Posted in Furniture

Created by Oslo-based designer Thomas Jenkins of Studio Jenk, ‘coiled’ folding café chair combines modern manufacturing techniques with traditional spring-based design methods. Read More »

Taipei Performing Arts Centre by OMA

by DD, March 5th, 2012, viewed 623 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, OMA

Taipei’s new Super Theatre by OMA just started. Read More »

World’s First Invisible Tower by GDS Architects

by DD, March 3rd, 2012, viewed 579 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

After winning Phase 1 of the design competion for the supertall Cheongna City Tower (formerly known as Tower Infinity) in Incheon, South Korea, international practice GDS Architects has now also taken the Fist Prize in the invited competition (Phase 2) to do the project through design development. Read More »

Stoop by JDS

by DD, March 2nd, 2012, viewed 406 time(s)
Posted in Furniture, JDS

Stoop by JDS, is a public bench with multiple seating levels, allowing people to sit in a way that is less prescribed, more flexible and more social. Read More »

Fibrous Tower for Taiwan Tower Competition by SOMA

by DD, March 1st, 2012, viewed 539 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

Austrian architecture firm soma was runner-up in the open international taiwan tower complex competition. ‘Multiple natures – Fibrous Tower’ was their submission for the Observation Tower and Taichung City Museum, Taiwan. The proposal was strongly based on architectural forms that learn from nature and are based on the underlying principles of the structures of plant and animal life. Read More »

Sumatrakontor by Erick van Egeraat

by DD, February 29th, 2012, viewed 448 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Erick van Egeraat

Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has completed a mixed-use block in Hamburg with a facade that parts like a pair of red curtains. Read More »

Chair 107 by Robert Stadler for Thonet

by DD, February 28th, 2012, viewed 347 time(s)
Posted in Furniture

Austrian designer Robert Stadler has created a new bistro chair for Thonet, a brand famed for their bentwood chairs synonymous with cafe culture that have hardly changed in a hundred years. Read More »

Suzhou Center by SOM

by DD, February 27th, 2012, viewed 587 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, SOM

American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window. Read More »

The Kimball Art Centre by BIG

by DD, February 24th, 2012, viewed 657 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, BIG

Architects BIG have won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from railway sleepers reclaimed from the Great Salt Lake. Read More »

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