Interior Design

New designs unveiled for Norwegian government headquarters following 2011 terrorist attack

July 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The part of Oslo’s government quarter damaged during the 2011 terrorist bombing will be replaced by one of two proposals – one by a team including Haptic and Nordic, and another by a team featuring A-Lab and LPO Architects. Statsbygg, the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property, organised a competition calling for proposals to redevelop the Regjeringskvartalet, an area containing several ministry buildings,

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studio elmo vermijs designs skaeve huse on the outskirts of eindhoven in the netherlands

July 20, 2017 Elmo Vermijs 0

skaeve huse are basic homes built at a distance from other houses for people who have difficulties living in residential areas and often cause disturbances or disputes between neighbors.
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How Earthbags and Glass Bottles Can ‘Build’ a Community

July 20, 2017 Fabian Dejtiar 0

A design by C-re-a.i.d. for a Maasai village in northern Tanzania, is a morphological response to the imposed need to settle, using sustainable, local and accessible materials to redefine its construction culture.

2 Arper Pavilions / MAIO

July 20, 2017 Cristobal Rojas 0

MAIO’s spatial concept for Arper is defined by a set of geometric elements that can be freely assembled and recombined. A set of simple geometric frames allows an infinity of possibilities and spatial reconfigurations as well as using different finishings, textures and colors. The system, consisting of 5 basic elements, allows to create reusable, self-supporting and simple-to-build structures.

FR-EE’s Museo Soumaya Photographed by Laurian Ghinitoiu

July 20, 2017 AD Editorial Team 0

The Museo Soumaya, which opened to the public in 2011, is one of the more striking cultural landmarks on the skyline of Mexico City. Designed by FR-EE / Fernando Romero Enterprise, the space accommodates and displays a private art collection of nearly 70,000 works spanning the 15th to the mid-20th Centuries, including the world’s largest private collection of Auguste Rodin sculptures. In this photo-essay, photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu has turned his lens to this – a rotated rhomboid clad in a skin of 16,000 hexagonal mirrored-steel panels.

Skissernas Museum / Elding Oscarson

July 20, 2017 Rayen Sagredo 0

Since Art Historian Ragnar Josephson started to gather an archive documenting the artistic process, about 80 years ago, Skissernas Musuem, Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art, has gradually grown to a large cluster of buildings that, apart from housing the world’s largest collection of sketches, is an important carrier of the identity of the Museum. This is the first extension in the museum’s history that solely addresses its interface, with foyer, restaurant, shop and a multi-purpose hall.