The cotton was a nine-ounce XX blue denim from the Amoskeag Mill in Manchester, New Hampshire. Dan Howarth: Have cotton’s historic uses influenced the way you appropriated it? This is a concept that would lend itself well for layered cotton scrims that are elastic and produce a moiré effect when moving over each other. Frank […]
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French village library by Studio 02 Architectes presents a gridded facade of wood and glass
Assistant project management: EADM Partners: Sio Cdlp Serdb Site plan – click for larger imageFloor plan – click for larger imageSections – click for larger imageElevations – click for larger image Photography is by Luc Boegly. «A quiet and meditative space, the Monterblanc library offers a simple and accessible perspective into the history […]
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Vermelha Chair by Campana brothers
«Edra started producing it in 1998. And from that moment we started to be well known.» The seat became one of the first a series of furniture pieces by the brothers made from unconventional materials, including soft toys, plastic tubes and cardboard. «He changed it completely. Catch up with the list so far » It […]
Gundry and Ducker’s Slate House is an extension clad with hexagonal tiles
Hexagonal slate tiles cover this extension to a west London home designed by architects Christian Ducker and Tyeth Gundry to create a bright and spacious new kitchen (+ slideshow). London-based Gundry Ducker extended the rear of the Victorian property in Kensal Rise, replacing a dark and narrow kitchen and bathroom with a large cooking […]
Nendo twists traditional details to enliven simple white shirts
«We made an effort to include details that would seem ordinary at first glance, but bring surprise when viewed more closely.» The first shirt in the collection gives the appearance of wearing a tie with the garment. The final design has a turtle-neck collar designed to look like a cuff, with the fastening to one […]
NASA wants to explore Venus with inflatable air-born «habitats»
«A lighter-than-air vehicle can carry either a host of instruments and probes, or a habitat and ascent vehicle for a crew of two astronauts to explore Venus for up to a month.» According to the American space agency, a mission to Venus would require less time than a similar manned mission to Mars. The moon […]
Barkow Leibinger’s Fellows Pavilion offers study spaces in a lakeside garden
A larger group study area sits at one end, while the other end houses a kitchen. This glazed garden pavilion by architecture studio Barkow Leibinger offers scenic study spaces for resident fellows at the American Academy in Berlin (+ slideshow). Six study spaces, each with an area of seven square metres, run through the middle. […]
Hawaii unveils designs for Obama Presidential Centre bid
Obama will select the winning site in March 2015, and the project is expected to cost $500 million with the president expected to begin fundraising in earnest next year. Lockridge/Bellevue Library in Washington D.C. Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel was Obama’s first chief of staff at the White House. «The genealogy of the […]
Seymourpowell’s Waste-Free Christmas Dinner Maker is an app to tackle festive food waste
«The average cost of a turkey Christmas dinner is £120 per household and 35 per cent of people admit to throwing away more food at Christmas than at any other point in the year.» Users of the app would begin by planning their dinner with a virtual plate that could help calculate portion sizes. Users […]
Architects «haven’t learned» how to connect skyscrapers to the public realm, says Safdie
There could have been 10, 17, 18 buildings forming a crescent but they all subordinate themselves to the idea of building a crescent. At the centre of the development is a triple-tower structure connected by a roof garden with a 65-metre cantilever at one end. Architecture needs to make cities have this connecting.» «Think of […]