MVRDV designs new Rotterdam skyscraper featuring pixellated walls

July 13, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Rotterdam studio MVRDV has unveiled plans to build a new skyscraper in its home city, featuring a pixellated facade made up of hundreds of bay windows. Rising to a height of around 150 metres, The Sax will consist of two towers, bridged halfway up by a large horizontal volume with a public plaza on its roof. It

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Camberwell House / AM Architecture

July 13, 2017 Daniel Tapia 0

The site is located in Camberwell, Victoria on a unique L shape block, overlooking a leafy park. The existing architecture is rendered precast at first floor, sitting on external clinker brick planes at its base. Its living areas were originally situated at first floor.

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From Halfpipe to Household (10 photos)

July 13, 2017 Annie Thornton 0
Skateboarding has come a long way since the middle of the last century, when California surfers would “sidewalk surf” on planks of wood attached to roller-skate wheels when the waves were bad. Skateboarding will make its debut in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and improvements in board construction…

Laisné Roussel creates white mesh tower featuring two plant-covered slides

July 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Dezeen promotion: Parisian architecture studio Laisné Roussel took cues from greenhouses to design this white metal tower filled with plants for the first architecture biennale in Lyon, France. Laisné Roussel’s Flower Pavilion was installed in front of the La Sucrière contemporary art building, marking the entrance to the inaugural Biennale d’Architecture of Lyon, which took place in the French

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OPEN Architecture Reveals Art Spaces for the Coastal City of Qinhuangdao Inspired by Dunes and Sea

July 13, 2017 韩爽 - HAN Shuang 0

Chinese firm OPEN Architecture has revealed their latest project in progress, a museum located on the coast of Bohai Bay in northern China. Titled “Dialogue by the Sea,” their project comprises two complementary art spaces: a cave-inspired space hidden within the beach’s sand dunes, and a second space that rises from the sea “like a solitary piece of rock.” Both projects are currently under construction, with a timeline yet to be released.

2 One-Bedroom Apartments with Modern Color Schemes

July 13, 2017 HD Staff 0

A one-bedroom apartment is just enough. It can be perfect for a single person, or a young couple. It leaves its occupants with just enough space to live comfortably and entertain a few friends, but not so much space that every weekend is filled with dusting or every holiday becomes an excuse for overnight guests. […]