Snøhetta and Heatherwick Studio unveil designs for Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto neighbourhood

February 19, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Quayside at Sidewalk Toronto by Snøhetta and Heatherwick Studio

Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has tapped Thomas Heatherwick’s studio and architecture firm Snøhetta to develop proposals for the smart, mass-timber city that the company is developing on Toronto’s waterfront. Renderings by Snøhetta and Heatherwick Studio were used to illustrate a document outlining the updated concepts and proposals for Sidewalk Toronto, a project under development by Sidewalk Labs – a subsidiary

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Cholla Vista Home by Kendle Design Collaborative

February 19, 2019 Erin 0

Photography by Jon Reid – Arch.Photos   Kendle Design Collaborative have completed a home in Paradise Valley, Arizona, that features angled ceiling planes that radiate out towards the expansive city and mountain views, while also defining the various volumes of the home.   Photography by Jon Reid – Arch.Photos The home is open to the landscaped yard […]

Jinyoun Kim Has Designed The Lightning Lamp

February 19, 2019 Erin 0

  South Korean designer Jinyoun Kim has created the Lightning Lamp, which was inspired by an old Korean phrase, “Being struck by a thunder out of blue sky”, which describes people confronting unexpected catastrophic events.   The designer shares that the “…we want to become individuals watching the scene above the clouds, not helpless victims […]

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Encore Dunhuang Theater / BIAD-ZXD ARCHITECTS

February 19, 2019 Milly Mo 0

The Encore Dunhuang Theatre is located in the suburbs of Dunhuang, Gansu. With a construction area of 65,000m2 and a gross floor area of 19,900m2, it is a theatre dedicated to the theme of drama. The architect had to give more consideration to the connotation and denotation of the building, keeping the theme expressed by the theatre consistent to the drama, the environment and the history. Only in this way can the architect create a piece of unique and relevant work.

Digital platform 1st Dibs opens showroom in New York warehouse

February 19, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
1stdibs Gallery

Online marketplace 1st Dibs has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in a former warehouse in New York City, where customers can peruse new works by Fernando Mastrangelo Studio and Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, as well as antiques. The e-commerce platform – which sells furniture, jewellery, fashion, art and homeware sourced from acclaimed dealers and current designers –

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Pyeong Chang Dong Brick House / June Architects

February 19, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

A Home for Both the Young Parents and their Children
There is an image that comes to mind when we talk of a house where children live and a house in Pyeongchang-dong. We built a home that transcends both stereotypes. We tried to conceive a place that simultaneously offers sample room for adults to live and spaces as well as circulations children can like, play, and grow; a home where children can bear witness to their parents’ happiness and later mirror that happiness in their adulthood; a dignified and comfortable home for adults with kind gestures toward children (Low windows and basins, spacious bathtubs, interesting circulations, varying distances between the ceiling and the floor etc.) spread across the premises.

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ORIA’s office / Shanghai ORIA Planing & Design

February 19, 2019 Collin Chen 0

time+space=experience
The work of an architect is actually an experimental career about time and space. From infinite concept sketches to implementation, from the various minds of people involved to the choice of one idea, from the light to the atmosphere of a building, from the sketch paper to the computer hard drive left with all the records about the design process; the completed buildings end up providing a physical object or place that make the architect’s ideas come to life for the user to experience and leave a trace on their life.

new robot science museum (RSM) will construct itself in seoul

February 19, 2019 macnadusa 0

turkish practice melike altınışık architects (MAA) presents the winning entry for an international competition for the robot science museum in seoul, south korea. hosted by the seoul metropolitan government, the competition called for the design of the world’s first pioneer robot science museum (RSM) to support public education in robotics and increase public knowledge and interest […]

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