Romanticism Shop in Hangzhou, China by SAKO Architects

This Romanticism Shop in Hangzhou, China by SAKO Architects, Some display holes were made in three-dimensional white wall. It is enlarged motif of body and clothes. Furthermore, instead of space defining elements such as floor, wall or ceiling, there still have the third skin between space and clothes, they are partition, furniture and so on. ‘Clothes like space’ or ‘Space like clothes’ is what we tried to express. Close one side at stairs, the same net goes to basement, and made out various parts as it did at 1F in strong form. The net change its shape into partition, counter, chair, furniture as well as railing. Act as the third skin, net comprise of bone, flesh as well as skin. Bone is ordinary reinforcing steel, flesh is form insulation and glass fiber, and skin is epoxy resin as well as oil paint.

Meanwhile, mirror-finished stainless was used in the ceiling of 1F. This is for vision impact, illumination and overcoming of the low ceiling. Objects reflected from curved stainless look like those in the water. In other words, water should be below us in usual go up over us, then a fantastic view show up. [via]

Information about materials:
Floor: cement mortar, white tile, white marble finish
Ceiling: stainless steel compound board mirror finish
Wall: lumber core back, plaster board water paint finish
Net: steel rod, styrofoam, glass fiber, epoxy resin, water paint finish
Furniture: Almost all furniture is made by the same material and method as “net.”

Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts Kaohsiung, Taiwan

This modern building is Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts from Mecanoo for client Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA), project location in Metropolitan Park Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Kaohsiung is one of the world’s larges sea harbours with five million people living in the region. A high speed train line connects the city with Taiwan’s capital, Taipei. The large park and performing arts center merge with one another. The centuries old Banyan trees in the area formed a source of inspiration for the design. Slopes, valleys and water pools create intimate public spaces varying in size, scale and proportion. Meandering paths lead to a botanical garden, a bamboo grove, a playground, a tea pavilion and a butterfly garden. The park design is a logical continuation of the performing arts center with its public open spaces and roofscape.

The programme consists of a concert hall with 2000 seats, an opera house with 2250 seats, a theatre hall with 1250 seats and a Recital Hall with 500 seats. Banyan Plaza and sheltered public space in between halls creates a porous space wherein interior and exterior blur. In the subtropical climate, grasses and plantings on the roof provide natural and efficient cooling. The roof holds an informal public space where city inhabitants can stroll, practice Tai Chi or meditate.

Modern Interior Apartment Design in Warm And Glamour Style

The Modern Interior Apartment design concept of this flat/apartment and transform it into a Warm And Glamour Style den of minimalism is attractive and completely shining, gleaming, sparkling brightly of Warm And Glamour Style style. Materials that have shine surface give Warm And Glamour Style and natural color to create warm home interior tones, sophisticated, and attractive impression, but use not too much. Everything in the modern apartment follows Modern Interior Apartment and luxury interior design trends and makes it great place to live.Stanic Harding.

This apartment is located on level 16 of a circular 18 storey high tower in Darling Point, Sydney and takes up the whole floor. The location allows occupants to gain extensive views of the harbour, its bridge and the Opera House. Its latest interior design is done in modern style which maximize 360 degree views potential by Stanic Harding. Spaces are radial than orthogonal and each room has as good connection to full window bays as possible. The ceiling treatment in the public spaces is designed to enhance this circular sense by installing thin, flush fitting fluorescent strips radiating out to the perimeter.

This provides for a stronger and cleaner ceiling plane that is contributing to the quality of the space. The central core responds to the perimeter with the curved surface made up of beautifully finished panels upholstered in a padded wool fabric. These are either fixed or are secret doors to storage or robe areas. Vertical strip lighting located at set centres divide panels and provide feature or mood lighting.

Andromeda Modern Kitchen Interior with Internal Metropolitan Style

Andromeda Modern Kitchen Interior with Internal Metropolitan Style is a refined matching of colours and materials for essential surfaces without useless frills, where the slot handle “sdisappears” in a linear decoration. Andromeda Modern Kitchen Design most recent generation products for the cooking zone too, proposed in the flush to top version for extreme format cleaning. The Andromeda Modern Kitchen Interior with Internal Metropolitan Style edgeless curved elements design and soften the setting and, being completely usable internally, are an optimum “space-saving”solution. This is involved Internal Metropolitan Style, with strength of character, sharp design, bright hues, show the expression of vitality and unique personality.

The Andromeda Modern Kitchen Interior with Internal Metropolitan Style main kitchen elements which can help define a retro room include flooring, countertops, modern furniture design, and other culinary accessories. Flooring in a retro style kitchen typically consists of either wood planks or linoleum tiles. The Andromeda Modern Kitchen Interior with Internal Metropolitan Style characteristic retro floor is checkerboard patterned linoleum in black-and-white or red-and-white color schemes. This high contrast color scheme provides visual interests and creates instant drama.

Wilkinson Tree Greenhouse

The Wilkinson Tree Greenhouse type Residential designed by Architect Robert Harvey Oshatz. This Wilkinson Tree Greenhouse unusual tree is located in the forests of Portland, Oregon. This house evades the mechanics of the camera; it is difficult to capture the way the interior space flows seamlessly through to the exterior. One must actually stroll through the house to grasp its complexities and its connection to the exterior. Located on a flag lot, a steep sloping grade provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in a tree house. One example is a natural wood ceiling, floating on curved laminated wood beams, passing through a generous glass wall which wraps around the main livingroom.

The building area 480 square meters (5162 square feet) and has a perfect harmony with its surroundings. Built on a steep sloping lot, with Site Area: 2200 square meters (23,680 sq. ft). The living space resides amongst the forest canopy. The clients, Roy Wilkinson a lover of music wanted a house that not only became part of the natural landscape but also shows the flow of music as an design inspiration.

This modern urban house was designed by Bassam el Okeily and Karl Menten in Biltzen, Belgium. Architects have done an excellent job by creating a transparent puzzle building with an outstanding facade made from glass. Behind the glazed facade one can see rising walls and ledges in different angles forming interesting shades while illuminated by artificial or even natural light. This idea can be explained as an abstract picture of shattered glass. The result is excellent, a sculptural piece. As for the privacy of the owners, it is hard to say if the house provides some, but living in it got to be great either-way. The overall look of the exterior as well as interior proves that a simple and good idea can create an unusual affect.

Modern Indian Palace

Adhra Pradesh has recently announced the finalization of a unique project with a long name LEED Gold Certified Hotel Park Hotel in Hydrabad, India. It is a unique complex, also called the Modern Indian palace. This new hotel has been designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merill studio (SOM). They combined ultra modern elements with traditional popular Indian architecture. Impressive facade is made from perforated metal that serves as window protection as well. Architects took into account local conditions: daylight, orientation, solar gains and climate. The aim was to maximize the amount of the natural sunlight and protect the building from reheating. The inner atrium is taken in by a hotel swimming pool. Around the pool guests can visit a number of restaurants, bars, stores in total privacy. All rooms are viewing the lakes and surrounding country. SOM have cooperated with Stevens Institute of Technology`s Product Architecture Lap in Honoken, New Jersey to find the best way to minimize the energy consumption which was cut down by 20%. Also the sewerage plant was constructed in cooperation with scientists. The hotel is first in India to be awarded Leed Gold certificate and marked as the best new project of the year 2010 in India.

Momentary city

Vector Architecs is an architecture studio based in Beijing, China that designed the project “Momentary city in Hefei, China. Hafei, as well as other Chinese cities, is coming through big changes. The existing urban build-up area was divided and replaced by giant blocks of anonymous structures and forms. Today`s appearance of the city is just a momentary look to the future city that should be build here that is why the project got the name “Momentary city”. Architects aimed to construct a city that brings to their citizens peace of mind. They filtered off noise and dust coming from the outside while preserving the real life moments as natural light and shade, look at water with waves, sound of the wind or flowers with their perfume.By situating these moments between the outside urban environment and indoor area, every guest can live these moments. The disposition of courtyards forms the foundation of a logic that informs the transitional spaces. Natural sunlight enters the interior directly or indirectly through a number of clerestories. Thanks to the changing light throughout the day and the seasons, the interior spaces take on always distinctive expressions.

Taiwan Tower

DSBA upgrade.studio was awarded 1st prize in international conceptual competition for a new skyscraper design in Taiwan. They won because of their original concept of floating observation decks. Architects got inspired by the shape of the Taiwan island resembling to a leaf that is why they used this element in their extended concept. Skyscraper or tower is actually a technology tree with 8 spatial leaves looking like Zeppelin ships sliding up and down the centric tree, serving the guests as lifts. Tower has not only ground levels but the underground levels as well. It houses all needed functions: information center, museum, office spaces, conference rooms, restaurants or observation decks. Their design is unique because of the minimal parcel requirements and offers enough of green spaces. Besides that vertical communications are integrated and it takes advantage of natural ventilation. Offices are viewing at all four world directions what creates a generous interior space. The building is powered by electric energy produced by a series of axial turbines situated along the vertical center. The lighting of underground spaces and museum is created thanks to a fiber optic system. The heating system of the floating observation decks is powered by an electromagnetic field while the electricity is created by a new membrane technology. Challenging was the problem with the rain water that is collected by an underground tank where the water is purified, so it can be reused.

Triangulo House

In the midst of wild nature in Costa Rica an architecture group Ecostudio Architects has designed a unique housing. “Triangulo” means triangle in Spanish, the house is based on geometry of three points linked by three lines. Each of these three lines has its length, the longest two are delimiting the parcel. The projects is a group of volumes that are either filled or void, horizontal or vertical. These groups are surrounded by dominating solid element that fades away and merges with the wild. Some of the volumes are covered by dark wood. The limits between the exterior and interior are at some points unnoticeable. Architect`s aim to reconnect them was achieved by glazed walls, ledges and juts and covered terraces. The dining-room is taking advantage of an excellent idea to construct a double skylight that provides direct sunlight into the house. The strongest element of the interior is a staircase looking more like a sculpture than a functional vertical communication.

Kindergarten in El Porvenir

The building of the Social kindergarten in El Porvenir, in Bogota, the capital of Colombia was finished in 2009. The name of the architect who designed the building is Giancarlo Mazzanti. He created a very fresh design for children living in a very poor area situated within uptown of the Colombian capital. The new building is mostly white, the white color should represent hope. At the beginning, the initial idea was to transform into design the children game with blocks. The project is planned to be able to adapt to different situations, topographic as well as urban. The entire complex is protected by an exterior structure of two walls. Behind the first one are playgrounds with public areas, behind the other one a complex of kindergarten buildings. Buildings are more or less simple in order to be multifunctional. At the same time a cosy space for children of different age was created.

Rufo House

Spanish architect Campo Baeza is well-known for his minimalistic and abrupt architecture that has shown recently by hist design of the Rufo House. The house was constructed on a hilltop near by the Spanish city of Toledo. The parcel lays on the southwest side of the hill provides interesting views on the distant horizon. The shape is formed by two long concrete blocks with perforations and voids that can accommodate different functions. Each floor is divided into separate sections. The upper floor has two sections, one housing living-room and dining-room that opens to the garden, while the other one is the bedroom with an access on the court providing maximum of privacy. The ground-floor is embedded in the slope, houses all the other needed rooms. This floor is more massive contrasting with the upper floor with glazed walls and reinforced concrete skeleton. Overall, the project aims to create series of private spaces protected from the outside views by a dense out-planting of poplar trees.

Unique Gym

Unique Gym has been constructed in the French city of Sait Gilles. Architect Jean Marc Rivet has created an outstanding green design. This eco-friendly building is energy-saving, reducing impact on its surroundings. The gym is inclined at one side that has a large glazed window providing optimal sunlight for the interior. Since the building is eco-friendly, it has photovoltaic panels as energy source. Pleasing roof gardens are accessible from the training grounds what provides enough of fresh air for athletes. As for the exterior of the building, it is formed by simple stripe design, a pattern of two bricks laid in both directions creates an interesting contrast. Natural colors predominate the interior complemented by small details as red entrance door. Facades have a stainless covering emphasizing the horizontal line of the building.

Massive house in a Jungle

Costa Rica is one of the world`s most eco-friendly countries. This luxurious holiday house is situated right in the fringe area of the Costa Rica`s jungle meant to serve not only rich and famous people but ready to host families with children as well. The entire residence has a surface of 6500 square meters and was constructed on a steep hill-slope. The building provides an excellent view on a forest and Pacific ocean. Looking from the outside, the exterior of the five stars residence looks like a skeleton of an unfinished house but it was the purpose. It has created extra hidden spaces or terraces providing extraordinary views and experience. In some cases it is hard to say if a space is interior or exterior. Besides terraces with beautiful views on surrounding wild where one can meditate, guests can relax in a hot-tub or swimming pool. The interior is furnished in various tones of brown colour. The majority of the furniture is made from wood or rattan. Very special is a bathroom with glazed floor to ceiling windows where one having a bath can enjoy the view at the ocean.