Monday 7 May 2012
Dream Downtown Hotel by Handel Architects
American firm Handel Architects have completed a New York hotel with porthole windows that give it an uncanny resemblance to children’s game Connect Four.Comprising one seven-storey block adjoined to another that is twelve
storeys high, the Dream Downtown Hotel occupies a renovated former annex
of the National Maritime Union of America.Overlapping layers of perforated metal clad the smaller of the two
blocks, where the circular openings create juliet balconies for the
guest rooms behind.
Extrusion by Philippe Malouin
Hackney designer philippe malouin worked with traditional craftsmen from Beirut to create a series of
bowls and plinths by shaping wooden blocks made of many smaller,
tessellating batons. Commissioned by Crawan Gallery, his Extrusion project combines the techniques used to make decorative wooden inlays with those of a lathe-worker.
I like the pattern on the top of the bowl that the wooden strips have formed, it is very tactile as it looks so smooth.
I like the pattern on the top of the bowl that the wooden strips have formed, it is very tactile as it looks so smooth.
Cross Towers by BIG
Proposal for a towering apartment block for Seoul that will be shaped like a hashtag. The 21 000 m2 site is positioned next to the existing urban fabric in
the future development zones of the Yongsan master plan. BIG’s design
includes two elegant towers with a height of 214 and 204m. To meet the
height requirements of the site, the exceeding building mass is
transformed into an upper and lower horizontal bar, which bridge the two
towers at 140m and 70 m height. The two towers are additionally
connected through the arrival bar at the ground level – and a courtyard
below ground.
MYK Seating
Myk seating range using pom poms to create textured furniture that is colourful and cosy.
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