MAD’s mountain-shaped tower complex nears completion in Beijing

May 11, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

New images by photographer Edmon Leong offer a first look at the nearly completed glass volumes of MAD’s Chaoyang Park Plaza – a commercial and residential complex based on rock formations in Beijing. MAD’s 120,000-square-metre complex of skyscrapers, office blocks and public spaces is located in Beijing’s central business district, which sits on the southern edge of Chaoyang Park –

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Private House in Tel Aviv / Bar Orian Architects

May 11, 2017 Rayen Sagredo 0

Functionality and simplicity of materials were the starting points for planning this villa in a northern neighborhood of Tel Aviv. The house was planned as a basic geometric structure– a combination of two raw-concrete boxes on top of each other. Each box has seemingly random openings, and an external shading system that rotates and opens electronically, so that the dynamic façade change with residents’ needs, the time of day, and the weather.

Let’s Take A Look Inside Italy’s First Capsule Hotel

May 11, 2017 Keely 0

Photography by BenBo – BednBoarding   Italy’s first capsule hotel, BednBoarding (shortened to BenBo), has opened at the Naples Capodichino International Airport. Designed by Carlotta Tartone of Studiotre of Naples, together with marketing manager Carlotta Tartarone of hotel brand Dorelan, the airport hotel is made up of 42 capsule rooms that also includes a lobby, a […]

This Sculptural Pendant Light Was Inspired By Microscopic Ocean Diatoms

May 11, 2017 Keely 0

  Inspired by the microscopic organisms living in our oceans, New Zealand-based designer David Trubridge has created Navicula, a light fixture made from CNC cut bamboo plywood. The curved pieces of cut wood and the way they’ve been arranged on the fixture give Navicula a skin or shell-like appearance similar to that of the ocean […]