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Earth-Scraper: A 65-Story Building Which Plunges 300 Meters Below Ground | Architecture

Architecture firm BNKR Arquitectura, have designed an incredible 65-story ‘earth-scraper’ which plunges 300 meters below ground in Mexico City. The upside down pyramid will house10 stories each for homes, shops and a museum, as well as 35 stories for offices, and a cultural center.

A glass floor covers the massive 240m x 240m hole in the city’s main square to filter in natural light from the world above. The earth-scraper is flooded with natural lighte and will have many green areas, to act as a “run-to” area from every day noises. This has to be one of the most creative and beautiful architectural projects one could come across.

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12 Oct ’11

Marcel Wanders Designs A Bath Line For Bisazza Bagno

And he does it again. One of the world’s most talented interior designers, Marcel Wanders, has teamed up with the newly launched Bisazza Bagno by Bisazza to create a beautiful range inspired by the “soap”. Introduced during the Cersaie 2011 exhibition, this line had exhibition visitors in awe. Bisazza Bagno was established this year, this is only their second collection after their collaboration with designer Jaime Hayon. Check the collection in the photos below, and the designer’s words on his work.

12 Oct ’11

An Architect Designs His house Using Hi Macs Acrylic Stone

For the past couple of decades, designers have been going for products that are more flexible in incorporating their designs, yet with durable finishes and a variety of colors. Thus the popularity of non-porous acrylic based surface materials such as Corian and Hi Macs are being used almost everywhere. In the project architect Karl Dreer incorporated the HI MACS® for his own private house. “HI-MACS® provides the opportunity of creating nearly any design in nearly any building — regardless of unusual weathering conditions, high degrees of moisture or enormous loads. It exceeds the standard material limits.”

Window frames made out of HI-MACS® Arctic White, the grey pedestals are made from the material.

A fitness and wellness area and family office are located on the upper floor of the left cube. A shower, wash basin, shelves and small seating options made from HI-MACS® are also included here. Temperature, lighting and shading of the house are controlled via BUS system — central, but individual. The operation and visualization of all details takes place via touch panels which are installed in every room. This HI-MACS® house exists without fossil fuels and sets standards for environmental protection and efficiency. Finishing touches like self-designed garden furniture made completely from HI-MACS® complete this story.

The dining room table is the central feature of the first floor and the link between the living room and dining area. The ability to thermoform HI-MACS® was critical in implementing the designed table.

In the kitchen all furniture including cabinet doors, worktop and sinks are made also from HI-MACS® with a special detail on the front milled cabinet doors.

Hi-macs House, by Karl Dreer and Bembré Dellinger, photography by dirk wilhelmy

project: private house, ammersee, germany
period: 2010
design: karl dreer
fabrication: dreer gmbh – klöpfer surfaces, germany
project implementation: felix bembé & sebastian dellinger
material: hi-macs® arctic white, concrete grey
photographer: dirk wilhelmy

via: designapplause

5 Oct ’11

WikiLeaks Headquarters In Sweden | Office Design

According the Architect’s website, this office was constructed for an internet service provider 30 meters down under the granite rocks of the Vita Berg Park in Stockholm. Known as Pionen – White Mountain, the space was designed by Albert France-Lanord Architects, with the concept of considering the rock as a living organism crawling into the actual workspace. After destruction of the former office and blowing up the rock to create extra space, they reinforced the cave, and made all the technical installations required for running the servers hosting their data. As you can see, not much “visual enhancements” were needed, the location itself just needed the lighting effects, in addition to what looks like an “operations” room, due to the sensitivity of the works of the famous WikiLeaks founder and team. It is without a doubt the best option for who was for a brief time, one of the world’s most powerful and wanted persons.

Architects: Albert France-Lanord Architects
Location:Stockholm, Sweden
Program: Datacenter
Collaborators: Frida Öster and Jonatan Blomgren
Geology Consultant: Geosigma AB
Construction: Albert France-Lanord Architects
Client: Bahnhof AB
Construction Area: 1,200 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman

Source: ArchDaily

3 Oct ’11

Boxing Life Penthouse in Italy | Residential Design

Ufficio di Architettura has designed the interior of a 300 sq.m penthouse apartment in Turin, Italy in 2009 inspired by the oriental sensibility of the "box as a container full of instruments for the unfolding of human life". This house is the perfect concept of how architecture can organize the different zones and yet remain functional, transparent, and coherent. The use of neutral tones adds to the elegance of the volumes.

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2 Oct ’11

Black and White Hotel in Singapore | Hotel Design

The Club Hotel in Singapore is a 22-room luxury boutique hotel where its design is based on patterns in black and white. There are no other colors, yet a fascinating way of use of different shapes, oversized sculptures, and a magnificent balance within every space.

Looking at the photos you can sense the purity, the beautiful designs with no reliance on color whatsoever, a blend of contemporary minimalism with antique elements to give it life.

You can check more details on the hotel’s website.

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20 Sep ’1121 Sep ’11

Marcel Wander Designs Collection For Marks And Spencer

It seems the new trend is creating affordable luxury , household department stores are now collaborating with famous designers and creating beautiful designs similar in style to the brand’s own designer line. After Missoni collaborated with Target, Marks & Spencer announced their collection designed by Marcel Wanders just in time for Christmas. The announcement took place yesterday at The London Design Festival 2011. The launch will take place on October 12,2011, the collection is a whole line of tableware, home accessories, make up, men’s & women’s accessories, and more.

This is the first time M&S has worked with a single designer to create a collection that spans a range of product areas encompassing food, clothing and home. Marcel was selected for his international reputation, as one of the world’s most influential product and interior designers his work is shown in some of the world’s most important collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco and the V&A in London.

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19 Sep ’1120 Sep ’11

L’Opera Restaurant In Paris | Restaurant Design

At 6 million Euro, and three year construction time, The Opera Garnier’s first ever restaurant has opened in July 2011 becoming one of Paris’ hottest spots.The design of the project was assigned to Odile DECQ Benoit CORNETTE – Architectes Urbanistes after a contest. The Phantom restaurant is located at the Opéra Garnier, more commonly known as the Paris Opéra, a 1,600-seat opera house on the Place de l’Opéra in Paris, France, which was the primary home of the Paris Opera from 1875 until 1989. The condition of processing the designs was a bit limiting since they were not allowed to make any irreversible alterations, no visible structures were allowed, and no alterations whatsoever were allowed on structure, pillars, walls or ceilings.

One of the most interesting features is the undulating glass curtain on the restaurant’s façade, sliding between the pillars.Their chairs are all from Poltrona Frau, when combined with the bench and floors, they produce a theatrical character reminiscent of the phantom of the opera which was once performed within the auditorium.

Project Info by ODBC
Project name: Phantom – Restaurant of the Garnier Opera
Client: GUMERY
Author: Odile Decq // Odile DECQ Benoit CORNETTE – Architectes Urbanistes
Structure engineering: BATISERF Ingénierie
Facade consultants: Odile Decq – Odile DECQ Benoit CORNETTE – Architectes Urbanistes / HDA – Hugh Dutton Associates
Building services engineering: MS Consulting
Acoustics engineering: Studio DAP
Fire security engineering: SETEC
Kitchen consultants: C2A Architectes
Project responsables: Peter Baalman, Giuseppe Savarese, Amélie Marchiset
Site : Garnier Opera, Paris, France
Program: Implement of a restaurant in the Garnier Opera
Surface: 1100 M2
Budget: 6 M€ excl. VAT
Dates: 2008 – 2011
Opening: July 2011
Digital views: Odile Decq
Realization pictures: Roland Halbe – ODBC

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