Friday, 27 September 2013

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013

                                Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013
                                        Designed by Sou Fujimoto
                                           Until 20 October 2013

"It is a really fundamental question how architecture is different from nature, or how architecture could be part of nature, or how they could be merged...what are the boundaries between nature and artificial things." Sou Fujimoto

The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 is designed by multi award-winning Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.

He is the thirteenth and, at 41, youngest architect to accept the invitation to design a temporary structure for the Serpentine Gallery. The most ambitious architectural programme of its kind worldwide, the Serpentine's annual Pavilion commission is one of the most anticipated events on the cultural calendar. Past Pavilions have included designs by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei (2012), Frank Gehry (2008), the late Oscar Niemeyer (2003) and Zaha Hadid, who designed the inaugural structure in 2000.

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Wednesday, 25 September 2013

TURNING ORDINARY PLACES INTO AMAZING SPACES

London based architectural practice offering a rare blend of practical, hands-on experience and creative design flair. They don’t design offices, skyscrapers, bridges and other large scale structures, but concentrate on what we’re really good at – turning ordinary places into amazing spaces.

A team of architects with offices on the banks of the Thames in Putney with great views of the river. design philosophy – a way of approaching architecture and interior design which puts the dreams and aspirations of the client at the very heart of business. call it ‘Design from the Inside Out’ because the starting point for all their work is flesh and blood not bricks and mortar. Put simply it means they spend a great deal of time with clients trying to understand their vision and discussing how they can translate that into beautiful, yet practical spaces.

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Dynamic facade

The Kiefer technic showroom

This facade changes continuously, each day and each hour shows a new " face" The facade is turning into a dynamic sculpture.

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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Modern Residential Architecture in Hollywood

A modern style statement visible from afar, the contemporary Openhouse by XTEN Architecture is nestled on a steep slope in the Hollywood Hills with the iconic Sunset Boulevard at its feet. The bold residential design features retaining walls that are built into the hillside, placing the main living area within the landscape and allowing for two levels of garden terraces. Glass is a major player in this unique home design. A total of 44 sliding glass panels, each measuring seven by 10 ft., allow the front and rear facades of the house to slide open, blurring the boundaries between indoors and out. Additional fixed panels of glass and mirror reflect the cool, contemporary ambiance of this trendy spot where nature meets contemporary urban living. “Openhouse appears as a simple folded line with recessed glass planes, a strong sculptural form at the scale of the site. The minimalist logic of the architecture is transformed by direct and indirect connections to nature,” explain the architects. Supporting the expanses of glass are solid elements of stone, concrete, dark-stained oak and plaster, which really ground the house and lend it an all-enduring quality. XTEN Architecture

Celtic Museum

Gerrman architects Kada Wittfeld Architektur have completed this metal-bodied museum in Glauburg, Germany, that cantilevers out towards a historic Celtic burial mound.

Similar to an excavated archaeological find, the metal body of the museum juts out from the landscape and forms a counterpart to the burial mound. More of a mysterious object itself rather than architecture, the museum should be stumbled upon by its visitors as a marker of landscape discovery.