Archive for July, 2007

July 18th, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: RAK Gateway is a masterplan by Office for Metropolitan Architecture for a large urban development at Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost of the United Arab Emirates. More »

July 18th, 2007

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Studioilse, the design studio of Ilse Crawford, has designed the Club Room at the Wellcome Collection centre for medical science and art in London. More »

July 18th, 2007

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Here are some snaps taken at Things I have Learned in My Life So Far - an exhibition of the work of legendary graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister at the SuperSpace gallery in Belgrade. More »

July 17th, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture has sent images and text of its Kuwait Al-Rai Development Masterplan - a study for a major mixed development in Kuwait City.

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The masterplan features a central open-air pedestrian mall called The Avenues, which aims to reintroduce the idea of promenading to the car-dependent city.

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Over the next few days we’ll be publishing more OMA projects in the Middle East and providing links to those we’ve already published, to present a comprehensive directory of the firm’s activities in the region. More »

July 17th, 2007

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Nobody Chair by Danish design company Komplot is made out of recycled plastic water bottles using a manufacturing technique borrowed from the car industry. More »

July 17th, 2007

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4D Glass is a project that uses a computer-generated wireframe model as decoration on a physical object. More »

July 17th, 2007

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Bar Code is a low-energy bar and night club in London that runs on “about the same amount of energy it takes to make a cup of tea”, according to its designers, architects Woods Bagot. More »

July 16th, 2007

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J Mayer H architects have completed an extension to the Danfoss Universe science park in Nordburg, Denmark.

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The extension consists of two new buildings: a Curiosity Center (top two images) and a cafe (below, foreground).

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July 16th, 2007

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Shoreditch House, the latest private members’ club in the Soho House group, has opened in Shoreditch in east London, with interiors by Tom Dixon. More »

July 16th, 2007

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New Designers 07: Ty-bihan is a combined dining table and storage system designed by Gaël Horsfall, a graduate from the contemporary design course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in England. More »