Hannakaisa Pekkala Has Designed The Circle Pendant Lamp For Northern Lighting

April 27, 2017 Erin 0

  Currently completing her final year at the Institute of Design & Fine Arts in Lahti, Finland, designer Hannakaisa Pekkala has worked together with Northern Lighting to create Circle, a simple dark grey pendant lamp.   Inspired by graphic lines, Hannakaisa started with a circle and added graphic lines to create a is contemporary pendant light […]

Massachusetts island home is clad in charred cedar and textured concrete

April 27, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

US firms Gray Organschi Architecture and Schiller Projects took cues from the natural terrain of Martha’s Vineyard, a vacation island off the coast of Cape Cod, to create this holiday retreat. The Chilmark House sits on a 4.25-acre (1.7-hectare) site that is surrounded by farmland and overlooks the sea. “We worked with the family to search for

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Massachusetts island home is clad in charred cedar and textured concrete

April 27, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

US firms Gray Organschi Architecture and Schiller Projects took cues from the natural terrain of Martha’s Vineyard, a vacation island off the coast of Cape Cod, to create this holiday retreat. The Chilmark House sits on a 4.25-acre (1.7-hectare) site that is surrounded by farmland and overlooks the sea. “We worked with the family to search for

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Floating Pavilion / Shen Ting Tseng architects

April 27, 2017 Valentina Villa 0

“Floating” was a temporal architecture exhibited in the TFAM plaza which lasted for three months. The plaza is situated on the edge of urban center, adjacent to riverbank on the north side, hence causing frequent wind across the plaza. Due to the unbearable gusts of wind and subtropical sunlight on this plaza, people visiting the museum usually hurry inside the museum building, leaving the plaza a space lacking vitality.

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Zen Weeding: The Smart Way to Weed Your Garden (8 photos)

April 27, 2017 Susan J Tweit 0
Do you hate to weed? Love to weed? Are you confused about what’s a weed and what’s not? Weeding may not be what most excites us about gardening, but it is an integral part of the practice of bringing beauty to our nearby spaces, and restoring nature and our connection to it.
Practice involves…

IKEA refugee shelter to be redesigned following safety fears and design flaws

April 27, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

Deployment of IKEA’s award-winning refugee shelter was put on hold due to concerns over a range of design issues including accessibility and fire risk, Dezeen has learned. Better Shelter, the social enterprise that produces the product, said a new version of the shelter was under development to address the issues and would be launched later this year. “Following

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Patom Organic Living / NITAPROW

April 27, 2017 Rayen Sagredo 0

Tucked away in Thonglor’s prime residential neighbourhood, the newly constructed building serves as a shop/showroom for Patom body care products, a small 25-seat café and a place for raising ecological awareness and sustainable living through a series of workshops and farmers market held in the garden, selling fresh produce from the local network of organic farmers.