Architecture News
Archive for February, 2011
Papela by Meirav Barzilay
Feb 28th
Product designer Meirav Barzilay of Tel Aviv has designed this crumpled papery pendant light that comes scrunched up in a ball. (more…)
BarberOsgerby to design Olympic Torch for London 2012 Olympic Games
Feb 28th
Dezeenwire: London designers BarberOsgerby are to design the Torch for the London 2012 Olympic Games . More details below. (more…)
Moon by Tokujin Yoshioka for Moroso
Feb 28th
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present this chair called Moon for Italian brand Moroso at their showroom in Milan this April. (more…)
Boomerang Wok by Nikolaï Carels for Royal VKB
Feb 28th
Designer Nikolaï Carels of The Netherlands has designed a wok for Dutch brand Royal VKB with a cupped edge at the front to prevent food spilling out of the pan. (more…)
2011 Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards category winners announced
Feb 28th
The Design Museum in London have announced the seven category winners for this year’s 2011 Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards , including the Plumen 001 low energy light bulb by Hulger and Samuel Wilkinson (above). (more…)
Design Council and NHS join forces to tackle violence in A&E departments
Feb 28th
Dezeenwire: the Design Council have launched a competition to design ways of tackling violence and aggression in National Health Service Accident & Emergency wards in the UK. (more…)
House In Bohermore / Boyd Cody Architects
Feb 28th
© Courtesy of Boyd Cody Architects Architects: Boyd Cody Architects Location: Bohermore , Ireland Project area: 100 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Paul Tierney / Boyd Cody Architects © Courtesy of Boyd Cody Architects This small rural dwelling, 100m2, is located in the corner of a field on the edge of the village of Graiguenamanagh, on a south-facing hill overlooking mount Brandon. Two boundary walls one retaining the other freestanding form a forecourt off the public road and anchor the building to the site
Schertz Public Library / Kell Muñoz Architects
Feb 28th
© Courtesy of Kell Muñoz Architects Architects: Kell Muñoz Architects Location: Schertz, Texas , USA General contractor: O’Haver Contractors MEP Engineer: DBR Engineering Structural Engineer: Datum Engineers Civil Engineer: Brioñes Consulting Landscape Architect: Laffoon Associates Project area: 30,600 sq.
School Centre In Opfikon / e2a
Feb 28th
© Radek Brunecky Architects: e2a – Wim Eckert, Piet Eckert Location: Opfikon , Switzerland Project Team: Susanne Mocek, Markus Giera, Hans-Peter Kistler, Thorsten Haack General Contractor: HRS Real Estate AG , Zürich Landscape: Hager Landschaftsarchitektur AG , Zürich Construction Management: Caretta Weidmann Baumanagement , Zürich Structure: Dr. Lüchinger + Meyer AG, Zürich HVAC: Basler & Hoffmann Ingenieure und Planer AG, Zürich Building Physics/Acoustics: Leuthardt + Mäder, Brüttisellen Façade Engineering: Müller Buri GmbH , Muri Photographs: Radek Brunecky © Radek Brunecky The School Centre is part of the extension of the school campus Lättenwiese, which was built in the 70ties. The extension foresees two buildings added on the edges of the campus connecting the old town of Opfikon with the emerging area Zurich North, and thus creating a new urban orientation of the school campus.
House in Nasu by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
Feb 28th
Japanese studio Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a weekend house in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, where two gabled structures are separated by a walled courtyard. (more…)
