When I opened my studio in the early 80ies I was working, as many architects in Italy, from spoon to city, from micro to macro. Eversince, this has not changed. Today, after having founded Matteo Thun + Partners in 2001…
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Scribit, an intelligent small writing robot that ushers in a new way of presenting digital content, and makes it possible to instantly reconfigure and personalize a wall. Scribit, a small write & erase robot capable of drawing any preprogrammed design,…
Flavor Paper's innovative display encourages visitors to become active participants in the world of wallpaper.…
What will the city around us be thinking, seeing and feeling in the near future?…
Events
BATIMAT is the place where construction and architecture professionals meet to share and select the innovative products and solutions…
As the leading international trade fair for the modern working world, ORGATEC has never been as relevant as it is today…
GOLDEN PLUMB International Building Catalog Awards, which was held between 1991 and 2017 hosted by Building-Industry Center and…
World Architecture Festival is where architects and designers meet to share ideas and set the future agenda…
GLASS & ARCHITECTURE
Sketch to Real
After an eight-month renovation, the Biesbosch Museum reopened to the public. The museum has been completely transformed and extended with a new wing that opens to its beautiful surroundings and houses a restaurant and temporary exhibition space for contemporary art. The permanent exhibition that explains the historical development of the region has also been totally revamped. A large water model…
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The National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts symbolizes the transformation of Kaohsiung,…
Huangshan, located near the ancient villages of Hongcun and Xidi in China’s…
The new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee will bring together 500…
Products
A contemporary sofa inspired by the iconographic version of the Gispen collections from the beginning of the 20th century. Studio Smeets gave it a more…
Highlight Hemp is a series of elegant and minimalist suspension lights designed to suit any room at home or commercial areas. The lampshades are made from industrial hemp harvest leftovers which are…
A design that has truly stood the test of time, the 675 Chair is one of the most recognised of the 20th century. Originally created in 1952, this Robin Day chair’s most prominent feature is its curved walnut-veneered plywood back…
The collection was inspired by the designer's great passion for travelling and exploring the world. The nostalgic daydreams one experiences when recalling great journeys of the past, the excitement one feels while packing for a…
Outlier
Since I can remember, design is my passion and the way I can express myself. Driven…
In 1993, after graduating at the Academy of Industrial Design in Eindhoven, I founded the Jongeriuslab…
I studied Industrial Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and did my degree…
During my school time, I always used to draw cartoons; they got the attention of my…
Concept Focus
Jewel represents an innovation in the world of lifestyle / retail design with a one-of-a-kind relationship between garden and marketplace. Jewel Changi Airport re-imagines the center of an airport as a major public realm attraction. It offers a range of facilities for landside airport operations, indoor gardens and leisure attractions, retail offerings and hotel facilities, all under one roof. Where…
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The capsule, “Quintero One” is constructed almost completely out of HyperloopTT’s Vibranium™,…
As the first large-scale park to be built in Moscow in the…
Tenri’s urban boundaries include a number of ancient Japanese tombs, known as…
Comfort's Equation with Three Unknowns
When beginning HVAC planning for a space, our engineers are focused on the wellbeing of the future occupants. The team considers thermal comfort, interior air quality, energy performance, and space quality.…
Hearing is one of our primary senses and the acoustic environment has a strong if sometimes subconscious
impact on our experience of space. So, thinking about acoustics in architecture is about first acknowledging the
powerful effect that acoustics has in our experience of space,…
Light has the power to shift one’s focus on someone or something. But in architectural lighting, deciding where to place the focus on, is not as clear-cut… A lighting designer should have an understanding of architecture, sculpture, art, and physics. They should…
Redefine
We work exclusively, with historic buildings and define ourselves as a specialist "conservation" consultant. Although the word conservation can embody the repair and refurbishment of a building, we see it as a dynamic creative process, through which buildings maintain relevance and vitality for each generation, whilst retaining all that keeps them special to the society they serve.…
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Recycling is a process where we change our waste streams into new…
The beauty and the significance of our living environments, our place on…
Adaptive reuse projects can be illustrated in many different ways, from re-functioning…
The concept of sustainable development was introduced in the 1987 Brundtland Report,…
Feed Forward
2018 was a great year for architecture. The building industry is booming in Norway, a lot of public money is going into cultural buildings and infrastructure and the sale of new housing projects are up after a small dip in 2017. We…
In 2016, we saw great advancements in AI and robotics capabilities, and began working on several projects that will help define how these new technologies will be integrated into the mainstream. This year, we'll see a number of these ideas come to…
We fortunately had a busy and successful year at SevilPeach and 2016 saw the completion, the commencement on site, and the beginnings of a number of exciting projects all around the world. 2016 has also been a year of fruitful collaborations…
I had just relocated from Atlanta to Chicago so my focus in the beginning of 2016 was primarily on renovating our new home, an inner city 450 sq meter "brownstone" townhouse. I have a few new clients scheduled, kitchen design for…
Palette
Colour has played an integral role in the evolution of humans, such as recognising nature's warning signs of red or yellow in animals / plants, or the intensity of dark grey rain clouds before a downpour. The earliest colours used by humans in history came from indigo (taken from the leaves of the tropical plant Indigofera tinctoria), red ochre (from…
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Color is a design element and one of the characteristics of materials…
I use colour when it is brought or suggested by materials, I…
Color is one of the most important factors affecting the perception of…
I believe that the combination of color with form ensures the integrity…
Landscape
Ikebana: Japanese flower arranging art dating back to the 15th century. Art form that reinterprets the beauties of nature with an elegant aesthetic understanding. the art of flower arranging Basically, we must have love and respect for nature as well as a…
If you ask who designs the landscape best; I think all living creatures in nature except humans. They are more successful than us. They determine their own habitats without harming our planet. We humans, on the other hand, destroy the heavenly piece…
There is nothing more enjoyable than creating a classical garden by arranging only materials that could be found in the natural world. There is no greater joy for me than expressing Japanese aesthetics and values in a limited space and experiencing first-hand…
Literature
If we sum up the first and second chapters of the book so far; the focus is on the functioning of classical architecture as a language. The mechanical aspect of the work is described with examples. The nature of the five orders,…
Architecture students should read the publications accepted as a masterpiece of architectural history, from the early years of their education. This is one of those mustread classical books. John Summerson (1904-1992) who is a British art and architecture historian has a long…
In "The Five Orders of Architecture" which is the key part of the book that focuses on the details of the five orders. Chapter 2, "The Grammar of Antiquity", describes how these five orders are used in architecture. The issue is adding…
Forefront
Window displays are incredibly important because this is the first point of contact for the consumer – so it needs to be cohesive and in line with each specific brand. Press campaigns, advertising, online presence, collaborations, store design, and window displays all…
To me, design excellence in window design is giving form to ideas with beauty and emotional power. Great window design aesthetics for any brand should be imaginative and explanation free. The audience should be engaged by experiencing the design.…
The created spaces proved to be quite a challenge: There is live moss, programmed artificial fog and water running down permanently on the inside of the façade. All of which had to be mocked up, tested and carefully fine-tuned.…
Nature Friendly
Sustainability has always been at the forefront of our work. Our approach to sustainability revolves around our focus and emphasis on local context-ecology, location, history, geography, etc. as the basis for design. Our plans enhance the foundation for sustainability through the various key values that bind a design to its location, cultural context and implicitly, the end-user.…
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We are striving for a form of architecture that is equal to…
For me, sustainability relates to social interactions. I believe architecture now is…
Biomimicry involves learning from the many remarkable adaptations found in biological organisms…
Urban design for sustainable cities starts with remembering what the primary outcome…
Actual
World Architecture Festival and World Festival of Interiors 2022 is open for entries. The entry deadline for WAF is the 27th May 2022 and the entry deadline for INSIDE is 20th May 2022. World Architecture Festival will take place in Lisbon, from…
When beginning HVAC planning for a space, our engineers are focused on the wellbeing of the future occupants. The team considers thermal comfort, interior air quality, energy performance, and space quality.…
As confidence grows in autonomous forms of mobility, a new stage of automobility will come into existence. It will bring with it inverse commutes, where working spaces come closer to where people live.…
Hearing is one of our primary senses and the acoustic environment has a strong if sometimes subconscious
impact on our experience of space. So, thinking about acoustics in architecture is about first acknowledging the
powerful effect that acoustics has in our experience of space,…
As we look ahead, we see self-driving delivery trucks – we call them 21st century mules – delivering everything from your new jeans to a hot lunch, almost instantly.…
Window displays are incredibly important because this is the first point of contact for the consumer – so it needs to be cohesive and in line with each specific brand. Press campaigns, advertising, online presence, collaborations, store design, and window displays all…
If we sum up the first and second chapters of the book so far; the focus is on the functioning of classical architecture as a language. The mechanical aspect of the work is described with examples. The nature of the five orders,…
Light has the power to shift one’s focus on someone or something. But in architectural lighting, deciding where to place the focus on, is not as clear-cut… A lighting designer should have an understanding of architecture, sculpture, art, and physics. They should…
To me, design excellence in window design is giving form to ideas with beauty and emotional power. Great window design aesthetics for any brand should be imaginative and explanation free. The audience should be engaged by experiencing the design.…
We work across so many different disciplines so everything we do has a different context and we like to bring many new references and inputs to a project. Our research is in the form of drawing, studying changes in modes of living…
How will tomorrow be different from today? We’ll live longer and move faster. Our resources will dwindle while our technological capacity grows. But our basic needs to sleep, eat, work, and get from place to place will stay the same. That last…
The world is becoming increasingly urbanized. Since 2007, more than half the world’s population has been living in cities, and that share is projected to rise to 60 per cent by 2030. Cities and metropolitan areas are powerhouses of economic growth—contributing about…
I'm wondering what architecture will look like after the coronavirus pandemic. Will there be a profound change, or will everything continue as before? How should we design places in the future? How should social housing change so that we are better equipped…
We have seen the effects of the pandemic in architecture and building products as a change in scale and the appreciation of outdoor space. At least the demand for high rise buildings has decreased, for now…
Two years ago, we hugged. Do you remember? We kissed - kisses on the cheek, two or three… maybe more, kisses on the hand, kisses in the air… public expressions of intimacy, friendship, respect, gratitude, governed by codes of conduct, customs and…
The climate crisis is one of the most important problems of our time and it increases its influence day by day. Forest fires, flood disasters and drought in our country are perhaps just the beginning. Unplanned urbanization, rapid population growth, destruction of…
The pandemic, which started in 2019 and continues, has mobilize us faster than ever before to understand the changing daily life practices. Social groups evolving into a singular, yet inclusive community indicate that we need to better understand autonomous living and adapt…
There were many cities in Turkey that needed to be conserved. Because our local architectural traditions are very rich. Even the smallest towns had unique architecture and urban fabric. In the past, material, population size, being on the trade route were decisive.…
Silk Tree Park is the first public domain area in Tehran designed in accordance with spatial guidelines for deaf and HOH individuals. The design was premised around how responding to special needs can enrich the design, and how the design of natural…
Leaving a better world to our children shouldn’t be only a wish but should be action of items. We have less time. In my opinion we should focus on the areas where we can increase a better impact which are big buildings…
The city of the 20th century was a city of large numbers. It is what industry on modern urban planning had been responding. The city of the 21st century is going to be one of climate crisis, which is also a crisis…
We basically heard that protection of the environment, the mitigation of climate change will cost a lot of money. It will require a lot of sacrifice. Less mobility, less construction, less growth, less comfort… Of course, people don’t want less, they want…
I think that the informal dialogues we have outside of the office during the learning and self-development process are beneficial for both of us. In addition to the experience, I have the office's 30-year archive at hand. The only disadvantage of working…
The design for an ice cream cake, sold at the Häagen-Dazs shop on the Champs Élysées in Paris at Christmas time. Japanese design studio Nendo has created an ice cream cake, featuring a group of small chocolate houses intended to remind people…
Innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Only well-executed objects can be beautiful…
We envision Harbin Opera House as a cultural center of the future – a tremendous performance venue, as well as a dramatic public space that embodies the integration of human, art and the city identity, while synergistically blending with the surrounding nature…
The BioSkin concept was inspired by traditional Japanese techniques to cool the air such as bamboo shading screens, called Sudare, and a water spraying technique called Uchimizu. The system comprises specialized ceramic louvres which funnel rainwater through the system. In effect, the…
I’m always impressed by Umut's never-ending positive attitude. He may be very difficult to convince but once he is, you can trust he will be there when you need. Murat is a great visionary and futurist. However, you can see his choosy…
2018 was a great year for architecture. The building industry is booming in Norway, a lot of public money is going into cultural buildings and infrastructure and the sale of new housing projects are up after a small dip in 2017. We…
The regeneration of the East Wing of the 'people’s palace' has breathed new life into a much-loved cultural icon, integrating a new technical infrastructure while retaining the unique character of its historic spaces.…
Height-adjustable Timetable Lift table designed by Andreas Störiko is mobile, flexible and ideal for boardrooms. The Timetable family is considered the origin of all mobile flip-top tables that nest into one another. Thanks to its perfect combination of a superb aesthetic and…
Easy Nest is an unenclosed but somewhat secluded seat. A clean cut, high back easy chair, functioning as a comfortable and heartfelt Nest for privacy and for profound conversations. The walls humbly embrace a widened seat, leaving plenty of space for pillows…
The new product by Norman Foster for Walter Knoll. A flexible upholstered bench system - six seating sections for never-ending design combinations. A symbol of the collaboration over the last two decades…
Modular seating system designed by Baldanzi & Novelli offering an infinite number of different compositions, ensuring maximum flexibility thanks to the potential for creating innumerable different layouts…
Greatest comfort, modular units, versatility: these are the main features of an extremely flexible system that gives a new flair to high-frequency areas, making them essential and elegant…
QuickStand Eco utilises minimal parts and pieces, limiting its environmental footprint and maintaining a minimal, clean aesthetic. It features simple setup and is easy to transport, making it a flexible option for both corporate and home offices…
Space designed by Stefan Brodbeck, is a furniture concept designed for today's and tomorrow's way of working, meeting and storing. The well-designed modules in the Space range are available in a large range of materials, colours and finishes. The modules are connected…
Alplus designed by Marco Zito is the new ideal furniture system to create relaxing areas and workspaces where you can meet and work with other people, responding to the specific needs of environments like hotels, airports and private or public waiting areas…
A matching set made for one another. In the A family, no one piece looks individual, together they look like a set. This is due to the characteristic A shape of the frame which merges harmoniously and discreetly with any environment. With…
We work exclusively, with historic buildings and define ourselves as a specialist "conservation" consultant. Although the word conservation can embody the repair and refurbishment of a building, we see it as a dynamic creative process, through which buildings maintain relevance and vitality…
Recycling is a process where we change our waste streams into new valuable resources. In our case, we scale up several resources, and bring them back into the economy. We make sure that every furniture design we make contains at least 90%…
The beauty and the significance of our living environments, our place on the map of life, so to speak, is everywhere. But land is too often considered by urban planners and developers more in terms of a commodity, sold by square meters…
Artstone is an innovative and pioneering brand in its sector which develops its product range day by day in terms of technology, design and functionality. It serves both natural stone, wood, brick, concrete and multicolored and unlimited textured models embroidering iconic figures…
Adaptive reuse projects can be illustrated in many different ways, from re-functioning of an old industrial building to converting containers into shopping malls. In fact, the main issue is to transform an old structure with a new function. Adaptive reuse can give…
The concept of sustainable development was introduced in the 1987 Brundtland Report, by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). It defined sustainable development as: "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to…
To me adaptive reuse means thinking strategically about the available spaces and how these might be best suited to new uses. Pairing back the original building structure to its essentials and adapting the spaces in a legible way. Our work to transform…
For me, adaptive reuse means spatial sustainability. Adaptive projects aim to maintain their locations and habits which they used to have before the adaptation of the space, it is also quite a useful approach in terms of economy, the use of environmental…
Paravan designed by Lievore Altherr is sculptural in form and architectural in execution, both articulating and creating space. Like parentheses to enclose a conversation, Paravan creates intimacy in open areas with sound absorbing panels to support focus, concentration, and collaboration…
Reuse projects enclose multi-dimensional works that provide the transformation of old buildings and sites whose partially or completely lost their original purpose to fulfill today's needs. Renovation of civil and monumental immovable properties which are important in terms of location, quality of…
I can summarize the concept of adaptive reuse (in terms of architecture) as the revival of abandoned structures that have lost their function over time with new function(s) to meet today's needs and make them add value to both themselves and their...…
Ikebana: Japanese flower arranging art dating back to the 15th century. Art form that reinterprets the beauties of nature with an elegant aesthetic understanding. the art of flower arranging Basically, we must have love and respect for nature as well as a…
If you ask who designs the landscape best; I think all living creatures in nature except humans. They are more successful than us. They determine their own habitats without harming our planet. We humans, on the other hand, destroy the heavenly piece…
There is nothing more enjoyable than creating a classical garden by arranging only materials that could be found in the natural world. There is no greater joy for me than expressing Japanese aesthetics and values in a limited space and experiencing first-hand…
In my landscaping works in residential projects, I generally prefer to be inspired by the surrounding textures of the building. I reflect the plant and arrangement details that best match the design I created from the existing texture to the project. comparison:…
The most important and perhaps the most valuable difference of landscape from other design disciplines is the extraordinary privilege of creating spaces and establishing time with alive, natural plants and also inanimate materials. Whereas in architecture, this can be possible only with…
Public space is a medium that always open to surprises. Often what you designed may not correspond to what actually happened. In this sense, public spaces are very dynamic spaces in terms of usage diversity. This is perhaps the best part of…
In a project where the building density is very high and the landscape areas are limited, it becomes a bit difficult to associate the building with the landscape. In such cases, it can be a valid method to inject the landscape into…
Colour has played an integral role in the evolution of humans, such as recognising nature's warning signs of red or yellow in animals / plants, or the intensity of dark grey rain clouds before a downpour. The earliest colours used by humans…
Color is a design element and one of the characteristics of materials in architecture. It makes things visible; differentiates an object from its environment; identifies elements within a composition; adds a new dimension; recalls a new…
I use colour when it is brought or suggested by materials, I never try to force the tone. I love desaturated colours, like the ones you can only obtain with natural ingredients. I'm always looking for natural palettes that blend into one…
Color is one of the most important factors affecting the perception of space. The color you choose for design is very important for the user's perception of space. For example; for some, a place dominated by dark colors may have a depth…
I believe that the combination of color with form ensures the integrity of the design, and therefore I prefer to use bold colors most of the time, of course, to the extent that we can convince our clients. The most important point…
Social and cultural projects, in particular our schools and education buildings employ colour to good effect. Whether to recognise and respond to local context, to aid wayfinding, or to offer a sense of cohesion and belonging, considered…
Colour is a versatile tool that can be used to adjust the energy of a space. It is all around us and is influencing our energy patterns every day. In feng shui design, colour can be applied in a simple and straightforward…
Color is one of the most beautiful phenomena of our existence. Color is life and for me, color is a way of dealing with and touching our emotions, our psyche, and our spiritual being. Some colors are strong, some are soft…
Colour is used to influence us through our behaviour and mood, making us move more quickly or slowly, feel more relaxed, eat more, increase productivity and even spend more…
Using a combination of colors is essential for me in order to feel the depth, rhythm, and of course emotions. That's why I use a multicolor palette in all my projects. The first thing I decide when I start a new design…
In feng shui, working with colours and materials allows us to attune the energetic flow in spaces to the needs of their inhabitants. We use colours and materials to influence and harmonize the flow of energies. We look at what the underlying…
Color is a way to achieve a certain feel and look of the space which communicates the brand, the design and creates an atmosphere that suits the area's purpose. For individual work rooms, we always choose a muted color palette in order…
An integrated work with the landscape provides a direct contribution to the spatial spirit created in addition to the other technical requirements of the architectural project. Landscape is a direct part and complement to architectural design. comparison: architecture, landscape The relationship of…
Landscape is a very broad and deep subject. Regarding the size, it means the place where a person can perceive the light, air, flora, fauna, seasons, wind, heat in which he can exist and integrate with it; that is, first of all…
The created spaces proved to be quite a challenge: There is live moss, programmed artificial fog and water running down permanently on the inside of the façade. All of which had to be mocked up, tested and carefully fine-tuned.…
Sometimes the simplest schemes are the most effective. The use of one colour to saturate an entire space, the use of a single object repeated multiple times in one display, or one single object scaled up to gargantuan proportions can have real…
As ride and car-sharing increase in popularity, those creating tomorrow’s vehicles have the opportunity to streamline and enhance shared mobility experiences through thoughtful vehicle design.…
The link between colour and emotion entails the assumption that there is a well-known established fact: colours have the power of influencing everyone and their moods in the same way…
Interior space is like a painting, where everything is connected. The color palette and the function of the space are together on this white canvas. Choosing "the right color palette" and bringing balanced and harmonious space is like a play…
Sustainability has always been at the forefront of our work. Our approach to sustainability revolves around our focus and emphasis on local context-ecology, location, history, geography, etc. as the basis for design. Our plans enhance the foundation for sustainability through the various…
We are striving for a form of architecture that is equal to the challenges of our time. A form of architecture that is mindful of the way it reflects our responsibility towards our children. Such architecture must have a positive relationship with…
For me, sustainability relates to social interactions. I believe architecture now is positioned to sustain better living conditions by reorganizing urban fabric, designing flexible systems, redistributing wealth and resources, increasing time-efficiency, reducing environmental impact, influencing institutions, lifestyles…
Biomimicry involves learning from the many remarkable adaptations found in biological organisms in order to inspire new design solutions. It is based on the way functions are delivered in biology rather than just looking at forms and in many cases can lead…
My first steps were my studies in “Fine Arts” in which I´ve been graduated. In this school I used to draw observing live human models in 1 to 1 scale; this was an opportunity to connect myself directly with the human body,…
Urban design for sustainable cities starts with remembering what the primary outcome of a sustainable design is. It is about the creation of human environment. We have to remember all the technical tools and processes we use are "vehicles" to get an…
We are seeing many global problems. Climate change, designing for climate resilience, having enough food for people in the world, transportation, clean water. Biomimicry can contribute any of these. Our approach is not just about the designs that we can do but…
Biomimicry provides us with a design process, evaluation criteria, and endless examples of sustainable design alternatives that can address our most pressing problems and work together to create a sustainable future. As a side benefit, we can use nature's rules for creating…
Environmentally conscious and sustainable design demands integrative thinking. Sustainability in use and production... I attempt to bring this philosophy closer to the end-users, by working at the intersection of beauty and sustainable design. The products should be of lasting quality, easy to…
I can't remember how many times I had answered and given interviews about sustainable architecture so far. At the end of the day, we have come to today's situation since for years we kept discussing the sustainability of buildings rather than the…
In 2016, we saw great advancements in AI and robotics capabilities, and began working on several projects that will help define how these new technologies will be integrated into the mainstream. This year, we'll see a number of these ideas come to…
My interest in art and art history began at an early age. I was fortunate to travel around Europe a lot as a child and teenager. The architectural treasures I saw on my travels made a lasting impression and were a formative…
We fortunately had a busy and successful year at SevilPeach and 2016 saw the completion, the commencement on site, and the beginnings of a number of exciting projects all around the world. 2016 has also been a year of fruitful collaborations…
I had just relocated from Atlanta to Chicago so my focus in the beginning of 2016 was primarily on renovating our new home, an inner city 450 sq meter "brownstone" townhouse. I have a few new clients scheduled, kitchen design for…
Ronan was the first to be interested by art, mainly because he was older and had made the early decision, after trying different media (photo, etc.), to focus on design. He thus made some design studies and began a designer carrier…
Key elements of lighting include the interplay of dark and light, decorative, ambient, accent and task lighting. However, the importance of these elements varies significantly by project and site. A higher-level consideration is whether to use lighting to aesthetically blend with…
I started out with a small exhibition right after school exhibiting an experiment. The lamp experiment was the silicon lamp. That was picked up by a producer and exhibited in Milano. That is how my career got started. The studio was founded…
2016 has been another important year for my design projects but also for the ones of Lightweight Architecture. In 2017 I am presenting some projects that are the result of a hard work and a deep collaboration with great companies and I…
Nikolino, in Russia was the most important project to me in 2016. From the outset, the client’s brief was to design with no limitations. ARRCC is currently working on several luxury residential projects in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Angola, Australia, UAE, The…
Sound and acoustics are everywhere: from the resonant, immersive sound in a grand concert hall or a cathedral to the hopefully intimate sound of our offices, schools and homes. Sound and music are used to signify and celebrate important events in our…
Last year our focus was in the field of educational architecture and we did some interiors and two TimeShare kindergartens. My personally favourite project is TimeShare kindergarten and School Podgorje. The priority for 2017 will continue to be in the field of…
Lighting connects all things within any space. It generates the shape, gives form, creates shadows and ultimately provides ambiance and sets the mood. The best lighting usually does not stand out, but rather lets the architecture take the center stage. From an…
2016 was a year of research for the studio: I organised Salons in London exploring the future of furniture design and the changing position of the designer. An important project for this year though will be my solo exhibition in Kunsthalle Vienna…
My education was both technical and artistic: in high school I received an electrotechnical training, then I studied Fine Arts (“Les Beaux Arts” in French) and eventually Applied Art at the French National Higher School of Applied Arts and Arts Crafts in…
Ultimately, we can only influence the architectural elements, namely the room shape and materials. Our company philosophy is to allow the architect plenty of leeway while guiding them towards a successful acoustical result. The audience experience at a concert is influenced not…
This year, we are excited to be celebrating our 30th anniversary. When ITO Design was founded by Armin Sander in 1987, he wanted to create a holistic product design service. For him, this meant working across marketing, design…
My parents were farmers in the Marne Valley. I spent my childhood with my twin sister and two brothers in a small village of 80 people in the Marne department. Design came straightforwardly from what I learned at the Higher school of…
In the U.S. we have gone from an average house size of 700 sq ft that was home to 4.6 people in 1900, to 2,400 sq ft with 2.4 residents today. So larger homes, fewer people. Over time, as technology improves, we…
I was exposed to furniture design early on as my mother was a passionate interior designer who had a small furniture workshop at the back of our house, where I would build my own toys. I would show them to her, and…
2017 was our first year in our new office, which we built ourselves exploring ways of building. Building processes will move towards and become more streamlined and product-based with prefabrication coming to the fore…
When I first came in contact with 3D printer technology in 2001, it was a very expensive toy. 10 – 15 years later, home variants are available at affordable prices. This enables everybody to design and produce their own products. This trend…
There seems to have been an increasing focus on good design for social housing, especially in Asia and South America, which is a good thing. I do think architects will show more social responsibility in the future. Perhaps they may begin by…
We work to understand the core brand values and key messaging at that time, be it Christmas, a brand anniversary or the launch of a new collection. We look for opportunities to break out of the mold of the brand's traditional window…
We, as Marcel Wanders, during 2017, saw a real shift toward consumers wanting immersive, multisensory experiences. That's why we crafted our interior designs to be destinations where guests can be transported within a journey of the senses. I think one of the…
2017 was all about digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence on the one hand and human-centered solutions, invisible technology and experience design on the other. Interestingly, two opposing trends, yet both emerged at the same time and have a different importance depending on the…
I'm not sure how to describe 2017, it's often easier to get the picture many years after an event. Thought, it seems there was a tendency towards more daring, bold, extravagant look than before. And, on the other hand, a direction pointing…
2017 was a pivotal year for my firm. We were awarded to be the global design architect for Avenues, a very prestigious private school company based in New York. We are now commissioned to design their Shenzhen campus in China. 2017 was…
The SmartFlower is a fully integrated, all-in-one solar system that automatically rises and moves with the sun each day using dual-axis tracking technology. As a result, SmartFlower produces up to 40% more output than static solar arrays, making SmartFlower equivalent…
Vision and sound are our most important means of perception. Architecture is very focused on the visual aspects. Acoustics is ignored in many cases. Nevertheless, sound has major impact on our wellbeing and our communication. Acoustics in spaces is determined by size…
The most important thing to us as designers at Atelier Ten is a building cannot be designed to be environmental without a keen understanding of the context and climate. In the 20th century, the so-called "international" style of architecture become the new…
Jewel represents an innovation in the world of lifestyle / retail design with a one-of-a-kind relationship between garden and marketplace. Jewel Changi Airport re-imagines the center of an airport as a major public realm attraction. It offers a range of facilities for…
On the surface of it, 2018 was a relatively uneventful, if not somewhat disappointing year for design and architecture, for all too often consumed with quantity not quality of conversation, the sectors' print and digital press tended to circulate one too many…
I'm pretty positive about the direction the whole design business is moving towards these days. There have been many great introductions and relaunches this year and most important of all, the business began to look deeper into its own footprint on the…
In 2013, the Fuzhou Government hosted an international invited competition for the Strait Culture and Art Centre with the goal of strengthening the cultural image of the city and the Mawei New Town development area. PES-Architects’ winning proposal aims to offer an…
2018 had, in my opinion, a single recurring theme, a search for curvilinear and rounded shapes dictated above all by the nostalgia for a bygone era, a reference to the sixties and seventies. Warm and natural shades - earthy colours like green…
The year of 2018 was a major milestone for me, as V&A Dundee which we designed in Scotland was successfully brought to completion and I could celebrate the opening of the building with the local people. The year of 2019 should also…
Difficult to have enough perspective to assess the state of design in 2018. Overall, I observe a smoothing of the proposals despite an increasingly prolific offer from the publishers and a growing number of designers on the market. I guess there will…
1,375,398 residential units swapped hands in 2018. This number was 1,409, 314 in 2017. Despite the economic fluctuations, housing sales in 2018 decreased by only 2,4 percent compared to 2017. I believe Turkey's economy will grow in the mid-long term into…
2018 was an amazing year for Mecanoo. The highlight was the opening of the Wei-Wu-Ying National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts in Taiwan, which is the largest performing arts centre in the world. We're looking forward to numerous upcoming openings…
The new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee will bring together 500 employees currently working in disparate offices throughout the city. The headquarter is designed around three key values / objectives: movement, flexibility and sustainability. Receiving three of the most rigorous sustainable…
2018 certainly hasn't been our strongest year to date. But still, we have done some great work. It has been a very turbulent year in the Swedish building industry. 2019 will be an even bumpier ride than 2018 in Sweden…
Rather than looking for incremental differences between architecture in 2018 and 2019 I will address the ongoing revolution in how projects emerge. This revolution has two key components: a shift from newbuild towards refurbishment and the replacement of the traditional architect-client relationship…
In general, 2018 was a year in which architecture became of larger importance again within cities. In many cities in the world the real estate market has picked up again, but it is not about enlargement of cities any longer it is…
2018 was a very exciting year for the studio. We opened the MO Museum of Modern Art in Vilnius, Lithuania. I have been lucky to have designed many museums, but this is the first museum for modern art. For 2019, I have…
Last year we witnessed a significant shift in architecture and urban design towards finding solutions that can solve pressing issues related to the future of the built environment. These included a reinvigorated and more holistic approach to sustainability, circularity and resilience…
The National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts symbolizes the transformation of Kaohsiung, once a major international harbour, into a modern, diverse city with a rich cultural climate. Mecanoo designed the National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, located on a former military terrain,…
After an eight-month renovation, the Biesbosch Museum reopened to the public. The museum has been completely transformed and extended with a new wing that opens to its beautiful surroundings and houses a restaurant and temporary exhibition space for contemporary art. The permanent…
In contemporary architectural idiom, it has been inevitable to follow western trend. Because the existing architectural education system, which is the source of questioning and forming creative minds for architecture, is rather shallow and repetitious. Still, the creative contributions as the nature…
When I opened my studio in the early 80ies I was working, as many architects in Italy, from spoon to city, from micro to macro. Eversince, this has not changed. Today, after having founded Matteo Thun + Partners in 2001 with my…
Huangshan, located near the ancient villages of Hongcun and Xidi in China’s Anhui province, is home to one of the country’s most beautiful mountains. Known for its rich verdant scenery and distinct granite peaks, the beloved landscape has long inspired artists, offering…
The capsule, “Quintero One” is constructed almost completely out of HyperloopTT’s Vibranium™, a specially made dual-layer smart composite material. The capsule will be delivered to HyperloopTT’s research and development center in Toulouse, France for additional assembly and integration into the system, before…
As the first large-scale park to be built in Moscow in the last fifty years, Zaryadye provides a public space that resists easy categorization. It is at once park, urban plaza, social space, cultural amenity, and recreational armature. To achieve this simultaneity,…
BBVA’s new headquarters, designed for 6000 employees, is located on the northern periphery of Madrid. The site faces the highway and is surrounded by newly built offices, commercial buildings, and residential developments – an anonymous urban landscape.
When the bank acquired the site,…
The construction industry is at a critical juncture. Headcounts worldwide are growing and growing fast – and the projected numbers are staggering. It’s predicted there will be nine billion people worldwide by 2050, with two out of every three living in cities…
Business-wise, it has been a reasonably good year. We started to do more work in India and China. Our own research work had also progressed and advanced our ideas on creating an ecology-based architecture through the biomimicry of ecosystems which we refer…
In 2017, we, DP Architects completed Emaar Square Mall. It was part of the mixed-use development of Emaar Square. The Mall drew inspiration from lively urban streets of Istanbul. Moving ahead, we feel that mixed-use developments like these will become more prominent…
On 2016 I worked on several projects with different countries and in different areas. Office furniture for Cassina IXC (Japan), a big collection of Urban Lighting for Landscapeforms (USA) and a whole collection of home appliances for Challenger (Colombia) among others…
Tenri’s urban boundaries include a number of ancient Japanese tombs, known as “cofun”. The plaza’s landscape, richly punctuated by several of these cofun, is a representation of the area’s characteristic geography: the Nara Basin, surrounded on all sides by mountains. The Plaza…
Every structure needs to be renewed over time to meet the requirements of the day. Although it is possible to renew the buildings that retain their original function without making significant changes, radical interventions are needed for the re-functioned structures.…
"I dream of designing a magnificent vessel for Paris that symbolizes France's profound cultural vocation." Frank GEHRY…
Looking back at 2018, I would say that sustainability was certainly one of the major upcoming trends in the design world. People are more and more interested in working with materials that they perceive as authentic, as real. I believe that in…
Through the collaboration of our partners, we’ve been able to relocate the cruise terminal in an unprecedented way and design a plan that respects the cultural texture of Istanbul. It is our hope that the revitalized neighborhood will reconnect local residents and…
The core innovation is to use the root ability of the plants to grow not only in a volume of soil but also on a surface. Biodiversity in Urban Architecture Whenever roots are allowed to grow deep inside a man-made wall, they…
As the signature building of a new 60-acre suburban live-work-play development, the Museum at Prairiefire was designed as a civic hub featuring world-class traveling exhibits from the American Museum of Natural History. By engaging the local population in broader cultural and scientific…
Reputation, flexibility, comfort and work quality. Local character, elements of a narrative, design combined with functionality. These features describe the new office of Nordea. The office that will reflect both a modern organisation and its willingness to evolve. The Office Inspired by…
The CEO of “Silicon Beach” automotive information company wanted a newly inventive space, focusing on his 600+ person team first and foremost… A space where they could collaborate, team, create, define, daydream, recruit, discuss, focus and ultimately work however and whenever they…
During my school time, I always used to draw cartoons; they got the attention of my art teacher and she advised me to study design, which I did successfully at the Folkwangschule University Essen. I got my first employment in 1983 with…
Great Amber is the name of the city’s new Concert Hall. With 1024 seats, it is the largest concert Hall in the Baltics. The decision to build it was made back in 1896. Great Amber is a monolithic, cone-shaped slightly contorted structure…
The Museum Garage is located in the Miami Design District, a neighborhood dedicated to innovative art, design, and architecture. Featuring the work of five designers, the seven story mixed-use structure features ground floor retail spaces and capacity for 924 vehicles. Ant FarmWORKac…
I studied Industrial Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and did my degree in 2007. During my study, I become more and more interested in sculptors like Tony Cragg or Constantin Brâncuși rather than in designers. The intersection of…
In 1993, after graduating at the Academy of Industrial Design in Eindhoven, I founded the Jongeriuslab studio, where independent projects, as well as works for major clients are developed, including textile designs for the upholstery fabric…
MAD Architects has completed the restoration of the Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel in Japan’s Niigata prefecture.
The revitalization project sees the installation of several permanent artistic spaces along the historic
lookout tunnel, with the intention of bringing back the cultural energy that once empowered the…
Since I can remember, design is my passion and the way I can express myself. Driven by my experience and a strong sense for creativity, my studio collaborates with established brands of furniture and lighting design around the world…
Odunpazarı Modern Museum serves as a cross-cultural platform where modern and contemporary art from Turkey and abroad will be exhibited with a universal perspective. OMM has an approximate total area of 4,500 m²; featuring exhibition spaces, event venues, workshops, a café, and…