House H - Vienna, Austria by syntax architektur

The task of the architects was to transform a nineteenth-century inn a family home while retaining the spirit of place and could be open to people of the village once or twice a year as a tribute to the place it was. The new building was carefully fitted between existing mature trees. The position of the restored building offers the best views and optimum use of the garden. Two volumes, bound by the entrance, containing a public and a private area. Due to very cold winters and warm summers typical of the area, the thermal insulation was essential in the design. The white walls, glass and the peculiar shape of the copper-clad roof defines the building and its relationship with the landscape.

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House in Tenerife by Corona and P. Amaral Architects

The location of the house on the edge of an impressive 300 meters cliff overlooking a black sand beach at Teide volcano and a large area of the northern coast of the island of Tenerife, has been instrumental the proposed architecture. The idea of the house consists of inserting a monolithic piece of concrete and glass on a wooden platform at the edge of the cliff, thus emphasizing the geography of the farm. You enter from the top to a double-height volume that provides a space free with direct view to the Teide. From there, the sea appears as a vertical wall. A Ipe wood deck surrounding a black pool on the edge of the cliff. The sheet of water merges with the sea. Wood and water stress the great terrace landscape, while it is enriched by the architecture.

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EXPOSURE AKIO HIRATA HATS BY NENDO

The Japanese design studio Nendo has designed an exhibition of hats for the first major retrospective in Japan, the internationally known designer Akio Hirata, in his seventies work. For the exhibition space, hats stand Hirata, produced carefully crafted, float and transmit an attractive look as real ghosts or shells exposed.

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DECORATION AND ART BY MARIA BRUNO CAMPOS AND GONÇALO NÉO

Gonzalo Campos and Maria Bruno Neo recently created a collection of porcelain candlesticks, made ​​in a very unusual, called Pano. They are made using fabrics of cotton as the structure for temporarily storing the porcelain and at the end of the process is burned tissue, leaving only the fine china. The process of making these objects starting with the immersion of the piece of fabric made ​​of porcelain, and artist may then molding it. Once dry, it is cooked like any other object made ​​of porcelain. In the process, leaving only the tissue part firing porcelain Gentle Art

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MUSEUM IN FINLAND FOR STUDIOBANG

StudioBang developed a renovation project, in what was originally built as a large residence, before being converted into a museum with 500 square meters of exhibition spaces. Due to the original plan of a house, even though large, the facilities were inadequate services, and office areas inadequate. The program, the times required, and its integration with the landscape, led to the idea of accumulating functions to minimize the floor area of the building and keep the landscape intact as much as possible

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PROPOSAL FOR THE PROJECT'S SUPER STADIUM BY ALAN LU

Super-Stadium is a proposal designed by Alan Lu for a complex for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which seeks to integrate the multitude of Olympic arenas and villages in one continuous entity, allowing a smooth transition between programs and events. As the economic burden of hosting the Olympics is a key issue in local and global economies, the proposal seeks to inject the current model of sports arenas, with a social and cultural initiative. Thus, the building itself becomes a series of typological layers, with the ground floor set as a cultural landscape with libraries, museums, convention halls and exhibition halls.

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INTERIOR CANTINA AT NIKE HEADQUARTERS IN AMSTERDAM BY UXUS

Developed by Uxus in collaboration with the design team of Nike, the canteen or dining room contains individual tables and booths decorated with logos of the brand in decorative objects, located in the seat of Nike in Hilversum, Holland. Athletes are illustrated by a pipe wall orange. Colorful chairs and picnic benches provide additional seating in the cafeteria. Each element was developed considering the efficiency and capacity of staff to create a personalized experience when eating.

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