The first of a proposed international chain for the Italian fashion house famed for it’s colorful fabrics and knitwear, open the Missoni Hotel in Edinburgh, UK. The six-story structure at The Royal Mile and George IV Bridge is square in the middle of some of the most breathtaking Old Town architecture.
Their signature Missoni patterns, zig-zags, stripes and bold colors are everywhere from bed sheets to table cloths, everything has been meticulously thought. Read the full story
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As a Parisian, I can tell you that L’Eclaireur is THE best concept store in the French Capital – If you told me “and what about Colette?” I would tell you, Colette’s got the hype, L’Eclaireur got the class! Nothing comes close to them in Paris. Owned by French fashion connoisseur Armand Hadida and his wife Martine (owners as well of Parisian tradeshow Tranoi ). They already have 5 stores in Paris and 1 in Tokyo – This one is their 6th one, and they went pretty far into the concept, designed by Belgian Designer Arne Quinze. They decided to create a space different than any other boutiques, they wanted to prove that for selling fashion, it is not obligatory to show it, and this is why they decided to hide part of the clothes, leaving room for the percievers imagination.
Here is the review about the opening of their 6th store in 40 rue de Sévigné 75003 Paris.
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With a mix of Art, luxury brands and technology like the Microsoft Table Touch or the 147 screens on the walls made of wood, cartons, polystyrene and aluminum, as well as the surprise walls that rise and fall, to accede the garments, the new l’Eclaireur store will definitely be THE new shopping destination spot in Paris…Can’t wait to see it !
Colors and geometric shapes are the main theme of this amazingly cool cafeteria designed by Tobias Rehberger in collaboration with Finnish furniture Artek – He actually won the Golden Lion as best artist at the 53rd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, for the “Cafeteria of the Palazzo delle Exposizioni della Biennale ” – More Info : www.artek.fi/projects/fairs/57
An air raid bunker in Berlin was constructed in reinforced concrete in 1942 during the second world war, for the German railway company. In 2003 Christain Boros bought the bunker and commissioned Realarchitektur to design a place for him and his family to live in and house his collection of contemporary art. The existing spaces seemed appropriate to be used by the art and artists represented in the collection. On each of the five floors a route connects the eight major rooms and the surrounding sub spaces.The strict symmetry and uniformity of all spaces created a general feeling of disorientation. The building was separated from its urban context by post war additions such as walls, loading bays, an elevator tower and outhouses. So austere and cold, but incredible. Since 2008 it has been opened for the public to view (by appointment only) his collection of artworks, including the likes of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas. Much more information about the conversion and extension here.
Emmanuelle Moureaux recently revealed his new collection in Tokyo of designs for offices and showrooms. Taking inspiration from a kaleidoscope, Moureaux used over 1150 colors to create stunning office spaces. If you look closely at the pictures you can see it isn’t just one or two glass windows. There are multiple layers of glass panels that are carefully layered to give that kaleidoscope effect. The yellow one is my favorite.
You know we love creative offices, and when we stumble over some, we have to show it to you – Like this Dinahosting Offices designed by O Anti?doto. The 8,600 square feet space that used to be a gym facility now contains offices, social space for employees, a board room, auditorium, cafeteria and exhibition hall spread over two floors. Designed for Spanish internet company Dinahosting, with robust, spacious, and easy-maintenance materials as Industrial containers (our favorite).
Check out these creative and unusual bus stop designs that make the time you spend waiting for the bus a bit more bearable.
Futuristic public transport bus stop in Curitiba, Brazil. [link]
Football goal posts were placed in bus shelters around Sao Paulo, Brazil to promote the World Cup. [link]
Yummy strawberry bus stop from Japan. [link]
Check out this amazing tree house restaurant in Japan.
It features a realistic imitation of a Banyan Tree. Towering above the surrounding town, it is a spectacle to see.
According to their website, the Naha Harbor Diner claims to offer “farm-fresh vegetables, juicy chickens and pork” and “native salts.” Their menu boasts delicious sounding meals such as: Swimming Crab Tomato Pasta, Carpacio of beef with salad of green papaya, and Smoked Duck Breast with fruit.
Yum!!!!!!!!
The story behind this really cool project of The School Food Trust is to encourage healthy eating and improve the well-being of students, their goal is to create new school dining environments across the UK. This cool idea was designed by SHH architects. The 4,000-square-foot interior now has a relaxed cafeteria feel with areas zoned for eating and for casual hanging-out. I wish i could had a cafeteria like this in my school !
Magnun Larsson, an architecture student from London has proposed an idea to transform the Sahara Desert by creating a 6,000 km wall of sandstone. His proposal was awarded the top prize at the Holcim Foundation’s Awards for Sustainable Construction. The purpose wall would not only create an oasis by providing to create an oasis by providing shelter, water, and vegetation within the harsh Sahara Desert, but it would also stop the Sahara Desert from expanding.
Amazingly, the limestone needed for the 6,000 km wall would be created entirely by utilizing bacillus pasteurii, which is a bacteria that when combined with regular sand turns into hard limestone.
In a time where being “sustainable” is the new fad, it’s nice to see some truly unique and amazing ideas.
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Wow, How cool is the Selgas Cano Architecture Office in Madrid ! I really love the fact that you are working in the middle of the nature, looks like such a peaceful environment, where you can really concentrate on your creativity ! Love it, soon TrenLand Office in the middle of Topenga mountains =). See more pics via Arch Daily
Can you believe that Amsterdam based Creative Agency Nothing have their office almost entirely built out of cardboard !!? Created by talented designers Joost van Bleiswijk and Alrik Koudenburg…The Nothing team took the idea behind the company name (taking nothing and turning it into something) as the starting point for the physical design of the office; which included creating walls, signage, beams, tables, shelving and even a set of stairs out of cardboard. Then Illustrator Fiodor Sumkin was the first to customize Nothing’s brown color walls.
After the Cardboard Pop Art here, It seems that cardboard design is pretty trendy right now!
The Hemeroscopium House located in Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain is an Amazing architectural work by Ensamble Studio. It took them a year to engineer the project but only seven days to build the structure, thanks to a total prefabrication of the different elements and a perfectly coordinated rhythm of assembly. The house materializes the peak of its equilibrium with what they ironically call the “G point”, a twenty ton granite stone, expression of the force of gravity and a physical counterweight to the whole structure. More info on Archinect.com
After the Daft Punk/ Obama remix, let’s now talk about the Justice house : Paris/NY based architects PLANDA designed this house based on the cover of Cross, the album by Justice, by inserting a residential program on the iconic shape of the Cross. The Cross is placed on a cliff at Santa Catalina island, California. I guess it’s a project, I’m not sure it will come to reality?!
Sick 11,000 sq-ft Concept Store/ Event Space by Puma (created by Lot-Ek) – Twenty-four shipping containers are retrofitted and transformed into PUMA CITY, a transportable retail and event building that is traveling around the world along with the 70-foot long Puma sailing boat – il Mostro – during the one-year long 2008 Volvo Ocean Race, just started in Alicante, Spain in early October.
The building is fully dismountable and travels on a cargo ship along with the sail boats; it will be assembled and disassembled a number of times once it reaches the different international harbors.
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