Designed by Dutch artist Rob Sweere, the “Sledge-Project” was developed together with Danish Ann Andreassen, René Kristensen and kids from the Uummannaq Children’s Home to build a residence to shelter people in different locations within the town of Uummannaq in northwestern Greenland.
Created for the Milan-based rug manufacturer cc-tapis, Patricia Urquiola’s new designs are colorful, modern and amazingly geometric.
The collection, called ‘Visioni’, consists of two rug designs with contemporary and abstract patterns that look more like technical drawings than actual everyday objects.
Made of Himalayan wool and pure silk, Urquiola’s rugs are produced manually using traditional techniques from Nepal and referring to the country’s craft.
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A concept developed by chef Maria Andrea Payne, ‘Bire Bitori’ will be a restaurant located in a dramatic surrounding in The Sierra Tarahumara Mountain Range, Mexico. TALL ARQUITECTOS, a local studio responsible for the project, has shown the renderings of the impressive property.‘
Bire Bitori’, which means ‘a plate’ in the indigenous Mexican language Tarahumara, will overlook a famous Copper Canyon, a valley deep up to 6,000 feet.
With a big terrace and a glass, transparent floor, the place will offer an unforgettable experience and a challenge for those with fear of heights. The guests will be able to immerse themselves in the breathtaking landscape and the rich culture of the region, experiencing the whole plethora of local flavors and materials.
To emphasize the restaurant’s mission, the architects made the design as simple as possible, using primarily only one building material which relates to the local rock.
All images © Biré Bitori
For those who lack a hideaway in nature but don’t want to give up on the comfort of a city life, The Autonomous Tent seems like a perfect choice, offering a luxury camping experience.
Designed by architect Harry Gesner and installed by an American startup, The Autonomous Tent was engineered as a permanent structure but can be also easily removed without leaving a single trace. Offering the visitors all the charms of camping in nature, it also provides a high level of comfort and luxury of being at home – and it does not require any foundation of utilities.
Because apart from serving in a variety of ways, from fishing lodges to luxury guest suites, The Autonomous Tent is first of all sustainable. It uses the energy generated by solar panels and has a high-tech composting toilet, among other features.
“This revolutionary new direction in sustainable living respects every aspect of our delicate ecosystems” describe the architects.
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Designed by Latvian studios Didzis Jaunzems and Laura Laudere in collaboration with Jaunromans un Abele, the wooden observation platform and pavilion are located in the Garden of Destiny, a park designed to celebrate the country’s 100th birthday in 2018 and to pay tribute to all the losses from the last century.
Almost entirely built from larch, the structure appears in the heart of a memorial park in Koknese, Latvia and offers an amazing view across the River Daugava.
Each plank was milled to create fine ridges, intended to prevent visitors slipping when the floor is wet.
The wood was also glazed at the front of the pavilion to offer shelter from strong winds and rainfall. By using the natural incline, the architects could build a pavilion that is partially buried beneath the ground. The sloping roof provides an elevated deck so visitors can walk over to enjoy the landscape, while the surrounding terrace merges into a balcony across the water.
Situated in Southbank Center, the installation catches the visitor’s eye immediately with its vibrant colours and shimmering material. Recalling heart, each of the aluminium structures is made of intertwined tubes and clad in 3M’s Solar Mirror Film.
The designers from New York-based studio SOFTlab took advantage of the material’s properties to refract and cast the light to put a woven landscape of colour into the interior of Southbank Center.
A kaleidoscope of sunlight reflections, the net-like hanging structures interprets the stories of Babylon and Eden. While the first one was a place of many cultures and languages, the second one symbolizes free knowledge and expression, which appears to be the designers’ response to the main idea of the festival.
The Louis Vuitton Fondation in Paris is currently showing a temporary work by french artist Daniel Buren, a representant of conceptual art. “Observatory of Light” is a translucent and multicoloured chess pattern, installed across the glass sails of the Museum’s building designed by Frank Ghery.
12 sails formed of 36.000 pieces of polychrome glass show the building in a new light. The 13 colours make forms appear and disappear, depending on the time of day and season. Since the 1960ies, Daniel Buren uses vertical stripes which he calls “visual tools”, alternating white and colour, to draw attention to buildings or context.
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