Architecture
House in Atagoyama by a.un architects
Japanese studio a.un architects have completed a house clad inside and out in wood, located in Mie, Japan. More about House in Atagoyama by a.un architects
Japanese studio a.un architects have completed a house clad inside and out in wood, located in Mie, Japan. More about House in Atagoyama by a.un architects
Dezeenwire: designer Constantin Boym of Boym Partners has been appointed as director of graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. See statement from Constantin and Laurene Boym below. More about Constantin Boym appointed at Virginia Commonwealth University
Australian studio B.E. Architecture have completed a house surrounded by a steel and timber grid in coastal Victoria, Australia. More about Meakins Road by B.E. Architecture
San Francisco architects IwamotoScott have completed a design study for a tower (above, right) straddling a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. More about Edgar Street Towers by IwamotoScott
Paris design studio A+A cooren have designed a collection of lights held together with velcro. More about Borderline by A+A cooren
Milan 2010: Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai presented a collection of lights made of fabric stretched over steel wire frames in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month. More about Scaffold Lights by Lanzavecchia + Wai
Andrey Gorozhankin of Russian design studio Decolieu has completed the renovation of an apartment in Moscow by adding a low curved ceiling made of lime and wax. More about Wabi-Sabi by Decolieu
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his series of the Rolex Learning Centre in Switzerland, designed by Japanese architects SANAA. More about Rolex Learning Centre by SANAA
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has designed a conceptual transport system that would involve airships powered by seaweed. More about Hydrogenase by Vincent Callebaut
Milan 2010: Viennese designers Mischer'Traxler presented a collection of bowls cast from vegetables in Milan last month. More about Reversed Volumes by Mischer’Traxler
Milan 2010: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month London designers Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer of Raw Edges launched a collection of seats for Cappellini made of wooden veneer filled with expanding foam. More about Tailored Wood by Raw Edges for Cappellini
A window made of glass prisms by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka is on show at MUSEUM. beyond museum in Seoul. More about Rainbow Church by Tokujin Yoshioka
Scottish studio Groves-Raines Architects have completed a composting shed in Edinburgh made of the bars normally used to reinforce concrete. More about Composting Shed by Groves-Raines Architects
Brendon Carlin and fellow students at the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory have experimented with liquid plaster set in stitched lycra moulds. More about Grompies
Milan 2010: British architect John Pawson exhibited a pavilion made of stone in Milan last month. More about House of Stone by John Pawson
Berlin designers Formfjord have made concrete pebbles for stone-skipping across water. More about Ruhrsteine by Formfjord
Designer Sam Baron of Fabrica will present a modular collection of furniture full of holes at ICFF in New York later this month. More about Down Side Up by Fabrica
Spanish architects MID Estudio have converted a grain store in Palencia, Spain, into a museum by blocking up windows and door with metallic and wood boxes. More about Museo del Agua by MID Estudio
Dan Brill Architects of the UK are among 12 international practices shortlisted to design a pedestrian footbridge for Trestles Beach, a surf spot in southern California. More about Trestles Beach footbridge by Dan Brill Architects
Paris studio OFF Architecture in collaboration with Duncan Lewis Scape Architecture, have won a competition to design a cultural centre in Cugnaux, France, with their design featuring a woven wooden façade. More about Paul Eluard Cultural Centre by OFF Architecture and Duncan Lewis Scape Architecture