Archive for June, 2007

June 24th, 2007

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RCA summer show: Diffusion Vessels are a series of bowls designed by digitally recreating the fractal growth patterns of natural phenomena such as lightning and snowflakes. More »

June 24th, 2007

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The Zaha Hadid – Architecture and Design exhibition opens at the Design Museum in London this Friday, and we’ve updated the exhibition blog with more material about the show and about Zaha Hadid Architects in general. More »

June 24th, 2007

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RCA summer show: here is the first of our posts from The Great Exhibition 2007 – the Royal College of Art Summer Show, which is on at the RCA in London and a temporary venue in Kensington Gardens. More »

June 22nd, 2007

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The Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto, Portugal, by Office for Metropolitan Architecture has won the European Award at the Royal Institute of British Architects awards, held in London tonight. More »

June 22nd, 2007

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Ostel is a new budget hotel in Berlin that celebrates Communist retro chic. More »

June 21st, 2007

Designer Ilse Crawford has completed the interiors for two new restaurants at Grand Hotel Stockholm in Sweden. More »

June 21st, 2007

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Basel update: Milanese gallery Nilufar presented a limited edition series of Bookcase by Martino Gamper at Design Miami/Basel last week. More »

June 21st, 2007

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We’ve finally got hold of a photo of the interior of Thomas Heatherwick’s just-opened East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, England. Just the one though. See our earlier post for more images and links.

June 21st, 2007

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David Chipperfield Architects have presented new designs for the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate, England. More »

June 20th, 2007

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Spanish architects Estudio Barozzi Veiga have won first prize in a competition to design the new Szczecin Philharmonie concert hall in Szczecin, Poland. More »

June 19th, 2007

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Basel update: Galerie Kreo of Paris showed new furniture by Hella Jongerius (above) and the Bouroullec brothers (below) plus work by Front and Fernando Brizio, among others, at the Design Miami/Basel fair last week.

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Top image: Backpack Sofa by Hella Jongerius. Above: Rice Field table by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

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Above: Painting with Giotto #3 by Fernando Brizio More »

June 19th, 2007

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Developer Urban Splash has completed the first phase of Chimney Pot Park, a project to revitalise streets of unwanted century-old terraced housing in Salford, England.

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June 19th, 2007

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Here are some more photos of East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, England, designed by Thomas Heatherwick. More »

June 18th, 2007

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Basel update: British artist/designer Barnaby Barford presented a new range of porcelain figurines with David Gill Galleries at the Design Miami/Basel collectors’ fair that ended on Saturday. More »

June 18th, 2007

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SANAA Houses is a new book about the cult Japanese architectural practice headed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. More »