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Black Accents Contrast The Wood And White Material Palette Of This Home

December 4, 2023 Erin 0

Design and interior architecture firm EntreQuatreMurs (EQM) has completed the contemporary interiors of a home in Quebec, Canada, that was originally built in 1959. The house had not been renovated for several decades and featured typical enclosed rooms and small, narrow, dark hallways. The clients decided to work with EQM to create a home that […]

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Aldeia Temple / NEBR Arquitetura

December 4, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

As for you, have you ever noticed how the world seems to be made up of edges and sharp corners? Have I drawn your attention to the scarcity of gentle outlines in things? Everything is tough and sharp. I observe, do you observe how it moves without collisions through the edges? Does it seem docile to you, so sinuous, avoiding touches that could hurt it? Well, to me, it seems false; I know its intricacies well and I know every time it has yielded so as not to be hurt by the outside. Look, listen, observe: these sinuosities belong to a snake, not a bird. – Caio Fernando Abreu

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Be Advisor Headquarters / depaolidefranceschibaldan architetti

December 4, 2023 Paula Pintos 0

BeAdvisor headquarters arises from the encounter between a visionary entrepreneur and the rural landscape of Veneto, described by an abacus of simple figures: the geometric surfaces of cultivated fields; the straight lines of avenues, hedges, and vine rows; the bumps and hollows of embankments, canals, and reservoirs. Here, on a site of approximately 10,000 square meters on the border between a residential neighborhood and the open countryside, is where the owner of a financial consultancy firm decides to move his offices, previously located in the historic city center.

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Pezo von Ellrichshausen creates lookout tower and sunken shelter in Chilean landscape

December 4, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has installed a pair of concrete pavilions, named Lama and Rosa, in the Chilean countryside. Lama is formed of a vertical staircase tower, offering views out over the Andes Mountains, while Rosa is a glass room set into a hillside beneath a horizontal concrete roof slab. Both are located on

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Shigeru Ban designs Infinite Maldives resort around landscaped gardens

December 4, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed Infinite Maldives, a “resort residence” in the Maldives that will feature gardens and rows of houses on the water made from timber and locally sourced materials. The five-hectare resort will be located within the Malé Atoll and designed to “embrace the Maldivian vernacular,” Shigeru Ban Architects said. It will comprise

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Diébédo Francis Kéré named among Time’s 100 most influential climate leaders

December 4, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

Several architects and designers have made it onto the inaugural Time100 Climate list, which recognises “true changemakers” who are making “measurable, scalable” progress in fighting climate change. Compiled by Time magazine in collaboration with a panel of 10 prominent climate experts, the list includes business leaders across different industries ranging from singer Billie Eilish to

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TOP 10 pavilions of 2023

from an intricate pavilion forming through interconnected bubbles to a floating structure, serving as a peaceful sanctuary, we have compiled the TOP 10 pavilions featured on designboom in 2023.
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Christian Louboutin and Madalena Caiado create “most extravagant and most traditional” hotel in Portugal

December 4, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Fashion designer Christian Louboutin and architect Madalena Caiado’s 13-room boutique hotel in the village of Melides, south of Lisbon, celebrates craftsmanship and has been “designed at the scale of the hand”. Named after the French designer’s signature colour, Vermelho, which is Portuguese for red, is Louboutin’s first hospitality project. The hotel features 13 rooms – all

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Urban Cabinets Series (1) / Beatriz Arroyo + Lys Villalba

December 4, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Urban Cabinets is a series of housing rehabilitation projects that explore design strategies around the concept of furniture architecture. In each of them, a family of furniture-that-turns-into-spaces configures domesticities halfway between these two scales. The furniture grows, becomes XXL, and is thought architecturally. It values ​​handmade and custom-made materials, artisanally made in small companies, and in whose final execution, different construction trades from both areas will enter into dialogue on-site.