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Project • By BoysPlayNice • Residential Landscape

Černá Voda mountain lodge

Černá Voda, a small mountain lodge, is situated next to the “old” ski run near the Pomezní Boudy border checkpoint in the Krkonoše mountains.The original lower ski-lift station was replaced with a new wooden structure on the confluence of Kolben and Černá Voda streams, the latter of which the chalet is named after. The owner’s wish was to have a small structure to serve as a lodge for short-term guests of the owner of the nearby Tereza mountain chalet.The mountain lodge is a wooden structure of approximately 5.3 x 5.6 m, with an adjacent steel structure terrace of approximately 5.3 x 2.5 m. The lodge has a hallway, living room with kitchen facilities, bathroom and a toilet. The sleeping space spans the upper level of a part of the living ro... More

Project • By Saunders Architecture • Watch Towers

Aurland Lookout

Aurland Lookout was designed by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen. We won first prize to in an invited competition in 2002. This project is part of a national program on tourist routes commissioned by the Norwegian Highway Department. The pictures actually say more than a thousand words. More

Project • By YH2_Yiacouvakis Hamelin architectes • Private Houses

La Luge

Mostly dedicated to the enjoyment of Quebec’s winter, La Luge is a secondary home lying in the midst of the forest. Nestled on its site, surrounded by dense vegetation preserving the house’s privacy, La Luge integrates a private spa which occupies almost a third of the useable area, adding on to the traditional countryside living spaces. While La Luge is as a compact scheme meant to accommodate a large number of guests, the house’s spaces can be reconfigured into diverse geometries: using large sliding doors, the users may transform the children bedroom into a playground or a guest bedroom, more or less opened onto the main living spaces. The project is made out of two embracing volumes set on different levels –one dark, one light, th... More

Project • By Tjep • Exhibitions

Clockwork snow

Mechanical gears seem to drop from heaven like icy snowflakes, crystallizing into a magical machine frozen in time. The gears represent our rational world, but here they transcend the purely utilitarian to become a romantic, haunting dream. Tjep. was invited amongst six other international artists and designers to create a Christmas window for Italy's most famous department store: La Rinascente on Piazza Duomo in Milano. More

Project • By LAVA Architects • Exhibitions

MILAN RINASCENTE WINDOW

The ‘origami coral reef’ Christmas window used 1500 recycled and recyclable cardboard molecules. It played with space climbing walls and ceilings to create coral caves, animated with dynamic lighting and sound. LAVA created a window installation for the Italian department store la Rinascente for its Vetrine di Natale 2010 [Christmas Windows]. LAVA’s origami coral reef used 1500 recycled and recyclable cardboard molecules and explored the intelligence of natural and architectural systems. The sculpture played with space by climbing up walls and arching over to create coral caves. Based on the geometrical structures of sea foam and corals, the colourful reef came to life through dynamic lighting and sound. LAVA was one of seven designer... More

Project • By Saunders Architecture • Offices

Atelier Haverkamp

An atelier for the artist Reinhard Haverkamp.The atelier consists of one large room as a working space and a small lifted loft as an office space. The atelier windows are placed so that the space receives a variety of light and shadows throughout the day. More

Project • By Tamizo architects group • Private Houses

E-house, Rasonow

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Project • By UGO architecture and design • Apartments

frame house

Holiday house on polish seaside. It was very important to us to ruin boundaries, between an inside -home and an outside -wild beach. Living room thanks to fully opened glass wall is completely integrated with natural environment. The view from the driveway is framed by small roofing in front of main entrance. More

Project • By Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS, architects & engineers • Research Facilities

International Polar Foundation

The International Polar Foundation (IPF), led by the civil engineer and explorer Alain HUBERT, was commissioned in 2004 by the Belgian Federal government to design, construct and operate a new Belgian Antarctic research station. Princess Elisabeth, the world’s first “zero emission” polar station, stands now at 72°S 23°E on top of a granite ridge, north of the Utsteinen Nunatak in the Sør Rondane Mountains. Several factors influenced the final form of the station developed by the Foundation design team led by Johan Berte and Nighat Amin, in particular: 1) The environmental conditions: extreme wind speeds, stable wind direction, very dry atmosphere, sub-zero temperatures, snow erosion and accumulation, and the potential "blasting"... More

Project • By Hollmen-Reuter-Sandman Architects • Sculptures

The Snow Show

The Snow Show explored issues related to Art and Architectural investigation by creating works from the ephemeral materials of snow and ice. An artist was partnered with an architect and invited to develop a work together - this dialogue created a bridge between the worlds of art and architecture. The idea was conceived in 2000 by the independent curator Lance Fung. Hollmén-Reuter-Sandman Architects were invited to participate and were partnered with the visual artist Robert Barry. Lanterns of Ursa Minor Five meditative spaces, each accommodating one person, each exuding the distinctive scent and taste, acoustics and intimacy of ice and snow. The miniature scale of the world of ice was brought close for discovery. The five ice lanterns w... More