February 2012
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Meguro office space by Nendo
Here’s another project by Japanese designers Nendo. This time an office space near the Meguro river in Tokyo, which they divided by creating walls with cut-outs that almost reach the floor.
The walls are meant to evoke waves or cloth sagging to the ground.
Employees move between various working areas by stepping over the lowest points of the partitions.
The office is located near the...
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Sunwell Muse by Takato Tamagami and Be-Fun Design...
A curving chasm slices off the corner of this showroom building in western Tokyo to create a passageway to its entrance.
Completed by Japanese architects Tsutomu Hasegawa of Be-Fun Design and Takato Tamagami in 2008, the five-storey-high concrete block contains galleries and a workplace for textile company Sunwell.
Glass bridges cross the narrow, timber-lined alleyway on the three upper...
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Ephemeral Architecture – Hotel de Glace
in Quebec, Canada, the Hotel de Glace is painstakingly constructed using 500 tons of ice and 15,000 tons of snow. Thirty construction professionals worked long hours to erect the basic framework, and then handed the finishing touches over to a team of 15 artists to carve the intricate decorations.It has already opened for its 2012 season, even though construction will officially be completed on...
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Dancing Trees, Singing Birds / Hiroshi Nakamura &...
Architects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan Date of Completion: 2007 Parcel areas: 770.22sqm Constructed area: 424.25sqm Materials: RC+S Exterior Wall Finish: Japanese Cypress Lining Board Photographs: Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Behavior of Trees
People that use buildings live at a location that is physically close to nature. This can serve as a...
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SUPERNOVA STUDIO DESIGNS THE 155 BOUTIQUE
They might be the new kids on the block, but they sure know what they’re doing! In just one short year of being open, London based architecture and design firm Supernova Studio already has a quite impressive and exciting portfolio, and the new 155 Boutique is just one example.
The boutique was designed by taking inspiration from port locations because the merchandise of the store is items from...
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BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE SHOP, JAPAN
Without a doubt, the most poignant aspect of the Beautiful People Shop by creative team Wonderwall, is the blanket of 10,000 intricately crafted white blooms. Nine different floral species veil the wall in a mysterious and yet sterile aura. “It emits a tranquil force and strange sense of balance, while projecting both beauty and an opposing feeling of sorrow and sadness at the same time.” The...
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BAR BOUNI: A BAR ON THE BEACH
Looking part shipwreck and part Robinson Crusoe beach shack the Bar Bouni is awash in driftwood and warm sandy hues. Crafted by K-Studio, the relaxed, salt-stained bar sits in Costa Navarino, Greece with the azure sea lapping up mere feet away a backdrop. The restaurant is situated on an elevated wooden platform, allowing for waves to break underneath it (swoon!) Huge wood columns jut out like...
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MUNGE LEUNG DOES AME TORONTO
Canadian designer Munge Leung whipped up a warmly dim lit and sophisticated design for The Rubino Brothers latest Toronto restaurant called AME. The modern Japanese spot uses natural materials, bold pattern, and dramatic lighting to create a comfortable and sensual experience for dining guests. The design team decided to use over sized screens with cut-out patterns with the lighting to cast deep...
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TEQA OPENS IT’S DOORS IN NEW YORK CITY
A few weeks ago, Teqa, opened it’s doors to Manhattan’s Murray Hill Neighborhood offering them an unparalleled selection of unique alcohol, a scrumptious celebrity chef, and an interior which embodies old world elegance with modern architectural elements. Knstrct took a moment to stop in for the grand opening of the lounge to take a first hand look at the interior design done by none other than...
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WONDERWALL’S NEW OZONE NIGHTCLUB
New to the top floor of the new Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, which will be the world’s tallest hotel, is OZONE, a spectacular nightclub designed by Japanese based firm Wonderwall! OZONE Encompassing the majority of the 118th floor and terrace, Principal of Wonderwall Studio is Masamachi Katayama, his intention was to “create a place that is full of surprises and excitement at every turn, whether one ...
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NEW YORK’S NEW HOTEL AMERICANO
New York City is in an ever-evolving, constant state of gentrification with dilapidated buildings crumbling and new ones springing up in their place. Hôtel Americano’s parking-garage-turned-boutique-hotel follows suit. The beautiful, new, 10-story boutique hotel in Chelsea is the creation of Grupo Habita, a talented team of hoteliers who recently completed their first American establishment.
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The Mantes-la-Jolie Water Sports Centre by Agence...
French architects Agence Search have completed a water-sports centre beside the Seine with a roof of undulating waves.
A screen of wave-shaped louvers shades the building’s south elevation, creating dappled shadows on the lobby walls behind.
Corridors lead from here into the three swimming pools, which include a lap pool, a play pool and a children’s pool.
Chunky columns between the...
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House with Empty Lot by ON design
Japanese firm ONdesign have completed a wooden house in Fujisawa where two sliced halves are connected by a shared living area.
Resembling dollhouses, the two open facades both overlook the triple-height living room, which is called the Empty Lot.
This room is naturally day-lit from high-level windows and is contrastingly painted in white.
The side of the house containing the bathrooms...
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Hoki Museum / Nikken Sekkei
Architects: T.Yamanashi + T.Nakamoto + T.Suzuki + M.Yano, Nikken Sekkei Ltd. Location: Midori-ku, City of Chiba, Japan Completion: August 2010 Client: Hoki Museum Co., Ltd. Photographs: Noda Gankohsha , Nacasa & Partners
This is a private museum to exhibit and preserve painting and wines that Mr. Hoki has collected. According to Krzysztof Pomian, the essence of collection is not only...
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Taltal Public Library by Murúa-Valenzuela
Daylight floods into the reading rooms of this Chilean library though the high level windows of faceted ventilation stacks. Watch a movie of the building »
Designed by architects Murúa-Valenzuela, the three-storey-high library is located in the coastal town of Taltal, where it faces a public square and recently completed theatre.
The reading rooms are occupy the two lower levels,...
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Origami Building by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Manuelle Gautrand Architecture have completed the Origami office building in Paris, France.
Situated within 200 metres from the Arc de Triomphe and now hosts the French headquarters of the Barklays Capital Bank. The building was designed and developed with a strong sustainability approach. The façade is dressed in a double skin of glass and, in an origami manner, with its pleated marble pattern...
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Near House by Mount Fuji Architects Studio
Japanese firm Mount Fuji Architects Studio have squeezed a narrow gate house between two existing Tokyo residences, leading to a main house on the L-shaped site behind.
The gate house (above) faces onto the road, separated from the main house at the back of the site (below) by a small courtyard.
Both parts of Narrow House are two-storey wood frame structures.
The gate house (above) has...
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Karis by Suppose Design Office
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a boutique made of cardboard tubes in a Hiroshima shopping centre.
Called Karis, the project features tubes of different lengths suspended in clusters to create ‘caves’ within the space.
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Meat Liquor by Shed and I Love Dust
A team of illustrators and graphic artists camped out for a week in this Rococo-style dome hidden under a carpark in Soho, London, covering every surface and arch with a sinister, sprawling illustration for new restaurant and bar Meat Liquor.
Interior architects Shed of London and Singapore commissioned design collective I Love Dust to adorn the walls for food brand Meatailer, which is making...
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Philippe Starck in Beijing
Philippe Starck has completed a new restaurant in Beijing called Le Lan (viadavidreport).
The restaurant is located in the Twintowers development on Jianguowenmai Avenue in Chaoyang District.
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Leo Burnett Office by Ministry of Design
Singapore designers Ministry of Design have completed an office interior for an advertising agency that features a drawing of the company’s founder spread across the walls and floor, wielding a scaled-up model of a pencil.
Designed for advertising agency Leo Burnett and located in Singapore, the project is divided into three parts.
The first, called ‘Space to Impress’, contains the...
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VOV Building by VOID planning
Korean architects VOID planning have completed the interior of an office building for cosmetics company VOV in Seoul, Korea.
Called VOV Building, the project includes an office space, conference room, showroom, nail parlour and roof garden.
Undulating glass profiles surround the showroom and conference room, and there are 52 movable pillars containing storage.
The architects aimed to...
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Lawyers’ office by PSA
Austrian architects PSA have completed an interior project for a law firm in Vienna.
The project involved extending the firm’s existing office and providing new circulation.
The main feature is a corridor lined by walls made of 543 individually CNC-milled parts. Photographs by Hertha Hurnaus.
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Nothing office by Joost van Bleiswijk
Dutch designer Joost van Bleiswijk has designed a cardboard office interior for new Amsterdam advertising office Nothing.
Using the same method of construction as his No Screw No Glue project (see our previous story), van Bleiswijk created the interior using over 500 square metres of reinforced cardboard.
The 1500 separate pieces were slotted together using no glue or fixings.
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January 2012
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Face to Face by Ministry of Design
Singapore studio Ministry of Design have completed an office building in Singapore, which features strips of white lighting that seem to have been scribbled over exterior and interior surfaces.
Called Face to Face, the building contains offices, meeting rooms and informal meeting spaces.
In place of a reception desk, visitors are greeted at a 10 meter-long solid-surface bar.
The black...