Design Green Architecture
Interior design with a special focus on refurbishment and revitalisation.
13-01-2020 - Design
ARC18 in Amsterdam, intertwining work and life
The new Amsterdam office of the Dutch investment manager and developer Amvest in the Amsterdam outer suburb of Cruquius is a project by New York-based Rietveld Architects, with interior design by the Dutch creatives of Firm architects. The project celebrates the interaction between life and work that lies at the heart of contemporary urban planning.
09-01-2020 - Design
Andromeda Reimagined: A Sanctuary in Deep Playa, John Marx
As we usher in a new decade, we take a look back at 2019 and one of the creative community’s most popular events: Burning Man. With “Andromeda Reimagined: A Sanctuary in Deep Playa”, architect John Marx designed a striking installation that pays homage to heroic women, while providing respite to fellow Burning Man participants in the Nevada desert.
03-01-2020 - Design
théATRE by Sò Studio, taking tea in Beijing
The founders of Shanghai-based Sò Studio, the interior and industrial designers Jessica Wu and Mengjie Liu, are behind a new tea room in Beijing. ThéATRE is a venue that plays with shadow and light and with the elegant interior decor to craft the kind of poised, calm atmosphere that has always been associated with the tea ceremony.
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18-12-2019 - Design
Ingo Maurer Intim. An exhibition in Munich
With the exhibition “Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?” (Ingo Maurer intimately. Design or what?), Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum is presenting the work of internationally renowned lighting designer Ingo Maurer, who died just before the exhibition opened.
13-12-2019 - Design
Golden Pin Design Award 2019, and the winner is...sustainability
On 5 December, the Golden Pin Design Award - the international design award that celebrates products or projects expressly created for Chinese-speaking communities - announced the 30 Best Design winners and 2 Special Annual Award winners for Circular Design and Social Design.
11-12-2019 - Design
Kolby Wine Bar in Prague by CMC Architects
CMC Architects has designed Kolby Wine Bar in Prague. All the wine made at the Kolby vineyards in Moravia can be bought here or enjoyed on the spot paired with some culinary delights. And it’s all on display in a compact area of only 59-square metres inside the Rutonka office complex.
03-12-2019 - Design
A Pit Autobacs Shinonome for the 2019 Golden Pin Design Award
While we’re waiting to learn the winners of the 2019 Golden Pin Design Award to be presented during the awards ceremony in Taipei on 5 December, here is one of the competing projects by the Japanese firm TONERICO:INC. It is called A Pit Autobacs Shinonome - the ultimate paradise for car lovers in Tokyo - and it has been shortlisted in the “Best Design” category.
26-11-2019 - Design
YUAN Space by Towodesign, immersive storytelling
The Chinese architecture studio Towodesign is behind the conversion of a commercial space in Shanghai into a spa. Their project has made the most of the existing spatial experience, blending a retro atmosphere with contemporary elements.
19-11-2019 - Design
Park House Food Merchants, Alexander &CO
With the Park House Food Merchants, Australian multidisciplinary studio, Alexander &CO has injected new life into an old, abandoned motel in Mona Vale, on Sydney’s north shore.
