Just like there was a time all I could see were great projects by A-Cero, it seems now SAOTA are just breeding beautiful residences in Cape Town, South Africa. Their designs have become very popular because of their use of several complementing finishes, such as stone, concrete, wood, and massive glass areas which allow plenty of light inside. This is their Glen 2961 Project, completed in 2012.
Capital Hill residence, is a one of its kind project designed by Zaha Hadid Architects for Russian finance magnate Vladislav Doronin. The residence is located in Moscow and the interesting part is that it will be a wedding gift to his diva future bride Naomi Campbell!
Brad Pitt is debuting a furniture line in collaboration with Frank Pollaro known for his reproductions of Art Deco furnishings. The unveiling will take place November 13 through 15 in New York.
Almost all of us have heard of Brad's passion for architecture and design made clear through his Make It Right foundation which focused on providing housing after the Katrina catastrophe. He admits that his love for architecture started when he registered for a 2-point credit course in college.
Architectural Digest interviewed Simon Doonan who explained the steps he undertook with well known American interior and product designer Jonathan Adler in building their island getaway shelter. For the architecture they hired Lisa Gray and Alan Organschi of the Connecticut firm Gray Organschi Architecture, in addition to Hamptons builder Carlos Routh.
Dame Zaha Hadid, 62, the very first female winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and one of the most accomplished architects on earth, has now been announced as the “Woman of the Year 2012” by Glamour Magazine, a magazine centered around fashion, beauty, & celebrity news.
From Glamour magazine:
Part of the problem? She was a woman in a man’s job—Hadid still thinks that’s a reason she lost out on early commissions. But she kept her studio alive with teaching, interiors projects, and furniture design. In 1993 she got her break: She was commissioned to build a fire station in Germany. Then an art center in Cincinnati. And finally more and more buildings in capital cities all over the world, including this year’s aquatic center for the London Olympics, lauded for its epic, sweeping design and deemed by one critic to be the 2012 Games’ “most majestic space.”
What sets her structures apart is their grace. Her inspiration: “Rivers, dunes,” she says, “the fluid landscape of the Middle East.” Her friend and 2007 Woman of the Year Donna Karan, for whom she designed a perfume bottle, says, “Whatever the medium, Zaha imparts lyricism and sensuality.”
Hadid is working on 43 buildings with her 360-person studio. “What haven’t I done yet?” Hadid asks. “A skyscraper in New York and,” she adds, not kidding at all, “a house of my own!”
Zaha Hadid is a Woman of the Year because… “She’s an extraordinary force of nature that came out of the blue and whacked us all on the back of the head and said, ‘Wake up, kids, there’s more stuff to do.’ ” —architect Frank Gehry
For more details check out Glamour Magazine
Famous designer Philippe Starck has just unveiled ‘Venus’, the high tech yet minimalist yacht that Steve Jobs had imagined before his death. At around 80 meters long with light weight aluminum exterior, the yacht includes seven 27-inch iMacs.
Roche Bobois Paris is presenting a preview of its new TV commercial, entitled ‘Jubilation’ (New film to run on French screens from 3rd November).
Created by BETC, a Roche Bobois roster agency since 2007, the film illustrates “L’art de vivre by Roche Bobois”, the new communication platform for the brand. It underpins the core Roche Bobois values of quality craftsmanship, creativity and a certain contemporary idea of luxury ‘à la Française’.
Directed by Christian Larson whose choice of powerful rhythmic music blends classical influences with electro beats, ‘Jubilation’ shows a gang of elegant young Parisiennes passionately transforming an 18th century salon into an uber contemporary and sophisticated Roche Bobois interior.
You can check out Roche Bobois’ beautiful collection at their showrooms in Creative Design Center in Shoueikh. You can also follow them on facebook.
Roche Bobois’ phone number in Kuwait: +965 222 58 68 0
Around 3 Million Muslims from around the world gathered this year in Mecca for the Hajj (pilgrimage) which is considered the 5th pillar of Islam and this year was observed between October 24-29, 2012.
The Atlantic compiled beautiful photos taken by Hassan Anmar of AP Photo and Amr Abdallah Dalsh of Reuters showing the holiness of this event and its traditions and the steps and emotions that occur during this sacred journey. The long exposure shots show the flow of the pilgrims around the holy Kaaba.
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