A personal review of design creations
Munch Museum by estudio Herreros
Over 13 floors, five time the size of the original building, the new museum on Oslo waterfront, will house more than 26,000 works that Edvard Munch bequeathed to the City.
Totomoxtle: a veneer material made with Mexican corn
Totomoxtle is a veneer material created by Fernando Laposse made with husks of heirloom Mexican corn.
Vaarnii: Brutally Finnish
Finland is a country of contrasts where the snowy white mixes with greenish forests, where typically urban-based technologies are based in the middle of the countryside… Vaarnii, a new furniture brand, takes its DNA from wood, that material that has shaped Finland’s economy, lifestyle and culture.
Waimarino Luxury Lodge
12 minute drive from Queenstown, here is a brand new exquisite and sustainable property development on the shores of Lake Wakatipu: the Waimarino Luxury Lodge. A premiere of its kinds in New Zealand.
#CabinWeek – Le Bois Basalte
In Auvergne, the volcanic region in the centre of France, a former mine site has been transformed into an eco-tourism heaven. All material, food and even the architects are locally sourced.
Season 1 - Episode 4: Le Bois Basalte (France)
Hive House
By the Tapi River, the Indian city of Surat (Gujarat) has built its fame as a centre for textiles. In Vesu, the upcoming part of the city, a metallic structure constructed as a mono-space living has recently been completed.
LJUV Collection by Nada Debs for IKEA
Nada Debs has teamed up with the Swedish Group to produce a Democratic Design Middle Eastern collection.
Bigwin Island Club Cabins
Land of indigenous population for centuries, developed as luxury retreat since 1922, the Bigwin Island hosts now brand new club cabins by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects.
Solrødgård Water Treatment Plant
This week, in over 150 countries, people are stepping up to support young climate strikers and demand a dramatic change in our way of consuming and the use of fossil fuels. But water is to me the most critical element we must preserve. In Hillerød (Denmark), a new water treatment plant combines fine architecture with efficiency.
The No Footprint House
With a passive climate control, the No Footprint House, has been designed to respond to the vast tropical rain forest along the South Pacific coast of Costa Rica.