Design: JSª. Located in the west wing of the “Jose Vasconcelos” Library in Mexico, the personal library of Carlos Monsivais is a space where the personal collection created by the writer’s mind is safeguarded for public use. The architectural project´s starting point is a selection of specific characteristics of Carlos Monsivais.
Location: Milan, Italy. The focal point of the UK Pavilion, designed by Wolfgang Buttress, will be a delicate and ethereal golden orb structure made of fine steel lattice based on an abstracted analogue of honeycomb
Design: NBJ architects. Situated in a pine forest on a plot with a steep, the first job was the creation of an enabling environment for the establishment of a home. The slope is both the first constraint and the major asset of the place to embrace an open landscape on the horizon.
The client approached Rolf Ockert Design architects to create house of their dreams on a site perched high over the Pacific Ocean, a home that was to make them feel like being on holiday every day.
Design: JSª. Casa Valna is a single family home in a real estate development in the Santa Fe area in Mexico City. The first determining factor was to give the client a project that would make the most of the built surfaces without sacrificing the program.
RIBA Competition for a Major Mixed Use Development in the Town Centre of Maidenhead
Shortlisted architects unveiled: The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) invited design competition on behalf of Ryger Maidenhead Ltd/The London & Aberdeen Group with their long-term associates, Smedvig Eiendom AS of Norway.
A new and exclusive manufacturing technology, innovative solutions for our increasingly digital society, the fascination of translucency with advanced lighting and electronics systems. Take all these elements and combine them with high quality design and furnishing solutions and the result is “Corian® 2.0”, a design exhibition demonstrating the evolutionary capabilities of DuPont™ Corian®, which will take place during the 2014 Milan week of design.
Design: Colwyn Foulkes & Partners. Colwyn Foulkes & Partners have received planning consent from the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea for a new luxury residence on Palace Green, London W8. Conscious of the architectural quality of the neighbouring Kensington Palace, the external façade will have classical detailing and use bespoke materials.
Design: Maxime Jacquet, This contemporary oasis located in Beverly Hills is the the vision of Maxime Jacquet. It is a modern space with the unexpected comfort of its high wood ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, rock work, and large art murals of legends like Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley.
EUR Architecture Competition. Italy
Escape the downtown Rome crowds and head off the beaten track to discover one of the city’s most infamous districts. The Esposizione Universale di Roma (better known by its acronym, EUR) was commissioned by Italian dictator Benedito Mussolini in the 1930s to showcase architecture that portrayed his fascist ideologies. Today, it is a thriving commercial suburb.
Benoy, international award-winning Architects, Masterplanners, Interior and Graphic Designers, has unveiled the design for Taiwan High Speed Rail’s (THSR) Hsin Chu Station Mall. Presented at the February contract signing for the scheme, Benoy has revealed a green architectural design that melds into the landscape of the site.
Design: Peter Ruge Architekten
Commissioned by the buildings owner, the brief called for a unified interior de-sign throughout the common areas that included an upgrading of the main lobby, foyers, corridors and amenities. The 3 story high entrance hall spans approxi-mately 450 square meters to form the central reception, waiting and information area of the overall complex.
View Terrace and Pavilion Latvia memorial park design by Didzis Jaunzems. Garden of Destiny, area of Consolation, a place for all souls that have been lost to the country in last century
DuPont™ Corian® launches an international award for design creativity with dark colours
This international design award, called “Shape The Future Of Black”, is open to professionals and students in the fields of architecture, furnishing, interior design, industrial design, general design, decorative arts, engineering and similar disciplines.