We’ve featured the riotously beautiful work of Belgian conceptual artist cum interiors/architecture guru, Arne Quinze before… here, and here – and we’ve been patiently waiting for more from Belgium’s finest for some time. Conceived to entice visitors into Shanghai’s Jing’an Sculpture Park, Quinze’s Red Beacon is typically unrestrained, with 55 tonnes of wooden planking, seemingly slung in fury at a canopy structure. It’s of course this wonderfully haphazard style that gives the finished installation it’s mystical, alluring quality… we just pity the fools who have to put it all together…
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Arne Quinze’s Red Beacon, Shanghai
typically enigmatic installation from Belgium's finest...
September 9th, 2010
Urban Station, Buenos Aires
super-cool office cum coffee shop reinvents the workspace...
September 3rd, 2010
It claims not to be an office, or a coffee-shop, but sitting in the Palermo Soho area of Buenos Aires, Urban Station is a decidedly cool, perfectly executed amalgamation of the two. Bright, airy and cool – Urban Station provides a real working environment for the mobile worker… you know, the one who’s on the seat you’re eyeing up in Starbucks but has no intention of moving… but then that’s the beauty of this place, there’s no old women prodding you for taking too long on that last email, no screaming kids spilling their frappuccinos all over your Mac Book. Cool vintage armchairs next to tables of art and business magazines… projectors, LCD screens, printers and fax machines (yes, you remember them)… coffee, breakfast and super-fast WiFi… Urban Station is rethinking the office space, for the better, and with plans for international expansion, this is one to watch…
Employing Solidspace’s revolutionary new housing typology, London’s Groves Natcheva Architects have designed a truly unique space for their client. Solidspace’s groundbreaking internal structure is a split section structure that breaks the boundaries of traditional Victorian and Georgian terraces – to “meet the demands of contemporary lifestyles”. Essential a prefabricated, concrete interior structure – from which the exterior can be suited to it’s surroundings – the Solidspace typology results in a fluid, flowing internal space where the concrete acts as both structure and industrial-chic internal finishing. Progressive, exciting and wildly innovative… expect to see many more Solidspace homes…
V&A Palindrome by Troika
beautiful kinetic installation brings iconic monogram to life....
August 11th, 2010
If you head into London’s famous Victoria & Albert Museum from the tunnel at South Kensington tube station, you’ll now be greeted by this bewitching cylinder of acrylic, aluminium, brass and steel that, thanks to some phenomenal work from art and design practice Troika – you may recall us featuring their Shanghai Expo installation recently – has been transformed into a spellbinding installation that sees Alan Fletcher’s elegantly simplistic logo de-construct, then reconnect, with each half turn of the 3 revolving pieces. As graceful and classic as the original logo, and of course the museum itself, Troika’s unique installation adds a sophisticated contemporary edge whilst also tasteful fitting in with it’s Grade II listed surroundings….
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010
beautiful photographs of Jean Nouvel's bold red temporary icon....
July 15th, 2010
One of our favourite architecture photographers, Lille based Julien Lanoo, sent through these beautiful images of the Serpentine Gallery’s 2010 Pavilion that, this year, has been designed by world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel – whose buildings include Barcelona’s wonderful Torre Agbar. The shocking red structure, set in London’s beautiful Kensington Gardens, is in stark contrast to it’s green surroundings, yet never jarrs thanks to it’s graceful geometric form. Bright red to symbolise London’s icons, Nouvel’s temporary structure was unveiled last week, and will operate as a public space, a café and as a venue for the gallery’s acclaimed Park Nights programme until October…..
The 21st Century Window Brothel
Dutch architects re-imagine Amsterdam's infamous windows....
July 14th, 2010
With much of Amsterdam’s famous De Wallen facing closure and gentrification, there has been considerable focus in the last few years on the city’s most notorious lure – it’s intriguing then to see the modern vision of local architecture agency Concrete. Looking perhaps more like a room in a ‘design hotel’ than the traditional perception of a sex den, Concrete’s intentions are to produce a calm, glowing capsule of light that enhances the beauty of the worker, whilst indulging the fantasies of the punter. Whether it’s enough to convince those whose hearts are set on gentrifying the area remains unclear, but you can make your own mind up at the Amsterdam Historical Museum until 29th August…..
Frank Gehry’s Center for Brain Health
Ohio photographer's beautiful shots of new masterpiece...
June 17th, 2010
As the ’starchitect’ behind hugely famous, titanium-clad behemoths such as Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum and LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall – 81 year old Canadian-American, Frank Gehry and his practice – Gehry Partners, LLP – rarely shy from delivering truly awe-inspiring buildings, that become instant icons. Their latest offering, Las Vegas’ The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, is no different – as we see in this beautiful set of images from Washington D.C. born photographer, Matthew Carbone. Unmistakably Gehry, the centre is quite literally a vision of twisted genius, with it’s warped façade carried through into a fantastically distorted interior, this is an icon for Vegas that is truly like no other…..
South Africa’s 2010 World Cup Stadiums
we showcase the coming month's most important architecture....
June 11th, 2010
As the world’s greatest competition is set to roll into action, we’re beginning our football – soccer for our fans across the pond – tinged content with a little look at the architecture that will be most watched in the coming four weeks…. forget iconic skyscrapers, bridges and contemporary homes, the world’s eyes are going to be firmly fixed on 10 steel structures, packed to the rafters with excited fans, and…. those fucking vuvuzela’s….
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