Zira Island Masterplan, Baku, Azerbaijan
Mimicking and blending in with a region’s topography is a trick that most architects are familiar with, but Danish firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) take the art to the highest level.
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Ligne Roset: Cineline
Komód, étkező és íróasztal egyedülálló kombinációja Pagnon & Pelhaitre tervezőktől. Variálhatósága lehetővé teszi a tér maximális kihasználását, a megoldás egyszerűsége pedig elkápráztat. Otthonunkban a magas fényű fehér lakk tisztaságában és az ébenfa nemes eleganciájában élvezhetjük.
Forrás: Ligne Roset Budapest
Iceland’s Gorgeous Passive Solar Hof House
Deep in the northern chill of Iceland, just outside the arctic circle, the Hof House sits snugly within its landscape. Built on an existing estate, Studio Granada Architects salvaged whatever materials possible from the site to be incorporated into the new residence, converting telegraph poles into a sun screen and basalt pillars into stepping stones.
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Kymyka Store, Maastricht – Netherlands
Lovely shoes and bags will literally be on pins and needles this Saturday, when the Kymyka shoes and bags boutique opens in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The beautiful store, established by Chantal Hermans and Jurgo Muthaan, begins its life with an impressive line-up of brands, including Dolce & Cabbana, Etro, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, YSL, Giuseppe Zanotti, Luciano Padovan and Theory. Jimmy Choo will join the list soon, as will other brands.
Via & more: The Cool Hunter
Clo Winebar by 2×4
New York studio 2×4 have designed Clo Wine Bar, a self-service wine-tasting bar in New York City.
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Rimini seascape by JDS architects
Julien de Smedt architects have designed a new seascape for the coastal town of Rimini, Italy. They have developed the project as an urban filmstrip, a linear sequence of urban frames all intertwined in a boardwalk of interior and exterior activities.
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Real Modern II. – auction at Rago
Early 20th century decorative arts and furnishings, featuring work from the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. Lighting by Tiffany, Handel, and Pairpoint. Furniture by Gustav Stickley and the Roycrofters. Ceramics by George Ohr, Grueby, Rookwood, Newcomb College, Saturday Evening Girls, Rhead, Zsolnay. Glass from Tiffany, Loetz, Durand, Galle, Steuben, Argy Rousseau, Lalique, wrought metal, woodblock prints, textiles and accessories and more. The first specialty at Rago’s and the most successful Arts and Crafts auctions in the field.
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Real Modern I. – auction at Rago
Sollo Rago is an international leader in modern design, patronized by such great interior designers as Juan Montoya, Amy Lau and Alexander Gorlin. Each auction includes furnishings; ceramics, glass, and other decorative art; lighting and fine art. Sollo Rago champions studio work from craftsmen George Nakashima, Paul Evans and Wharton Esherick to ceramics by Gertrude and Otto Natzler and Peter Voulkos to metalwork by Albert Paley. It is also responsible for the resurgence of interest in furniture by interior designers including Tommi Parzinger, James Mont and Paul Laszlo. Much of the most important Modern design to come to auction has been sold by Sollo Rago.
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Ramses restaurant in Madrid by Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck recently designed the interior of Ramses restaurant in Madrid, Spain, with a medieval touch.
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