Leather Loops | Studio Pepe Heykoop
These things are pretty cool. I can't profess to know exactly how they are made, but that might be half the fun. I would surmise that there is probably a hidden 'washer' acting as a base for the ...
Complex House | Hata Tomohiro Architect & Associates
Complex House Hata Tomohiro Architect & Associates Alright, a few points to start with. Firstly, I must thank both Google Translator and Babelfish for truly imaginative translations for the Hata ...
7 Chairs in 7 Days | Ineke Hans
7 Chairs in 7 Days Ineke Hans I am still unsure of what, if any, category this project/ experiment/ thesis fits into. On one hand it is design in that it is the designing of 7 chairs in seven days, ...
Elevated Market and Culinary School | Ayrat Khusnutdinov and Gemawang Swaribathoro
Elevated Market and Culinary School Ayrat Khusnutdinov and Gemawang Swaribathoro Let me just say- What a neat and refreshing idea for a culinary school. I have spent my entire professional life, ...
Opera House Design for Izmir | Nüvist
Opera House Design for Izmir Nüvist This competition entry for an Opera building, designed by Nüvist, is set in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir. The embodied energy of the Gulf, which fronts the ...
Networks | Irene Anton
The Network series by Irene Anton is an investigation of materiality, ductility, movement, direction and poise. Set in a myriad of disparate locations, the network seems to trace unseen connections ...
Metropol Parasol | J. Mayer H. Architects
Metropol Parasol, When I went to Seville, I got food poisoning. If only I had been out sitting under this magnificent homage to simple beauty, and not eating that pasta with the blue cheese sauce, I ...
Nine floating Fountains | Isamu Noguchi
Nine floating Fountains Isamu Noguchi Again, it is not an optical illusion, but it is a good example of how to think differently! Isamu Noguchi’s latest work for the World Expo in Osaka, Japan is ...
Wave of Matter | Tommi Grönlund + Petteri Nisunen
Look out! Here comes wave/ particle duality at 'ya! This installation piece by the architect/artist/record producing duo from Finland, Tommi Grönlund + Petteri Nisunen blurs the line between wave ...
International School/Museum of Flamenco | MUS Architects
International MUS School/Museum of Flamenco MUS Architects Dim the lights, let us set the mood... Movements and gestures of dancers are full of expression and tension. Dancers bring the ...
Busan Opera House Proposal | Task Architects
Task Architects' submission for Busan Opera House is a construct of many, striving towards one. This 'one' as put forth by the Egypt based firm, is the Korean concept of Chun (天) which means ...
Topographic Paper Landscapes | Noriko Ambe
Topographic Paper Landscapes Noriko Ambe The Japaneses artist Noriko Ambe revealed a new work for him, Topographic Paper Landscapes, in the first sight you may think it is a laser cut or CNC, but ...