Posted by DesignalmicPosted in ATMOSPHERE,Chic,Cozy,DAYLIGHTING,Editor's Picks,Elegance / Artistic,Harmony With The Context,Hotel,Hotel Interior,MATERIALS USED,Modern Loft Style,NATURAL VENTILATION,Plaster / Mortar / Masonry,Refreshing,Romantic,Sexy,Simplicity,TravelJune 17, 2013
The San Giorgio Mykonos is designed for those who seek simple pleasures like waking up to views of the sea, sharing good food prepared with love and care, and feeling the euphoric energy of a crowd dancing under a starry sky. This project is not established by a classical interior design company but find his spirit in the collaboration of Annabell Kutucu, Interior Stylist and Michael Schickinger, Creative Director Lambs & Lions (former Creative Director, Design Hotels AG)…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Condominium,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,glass facade,GREEN AREA,MASS & SHAPE,OUTDOOR SPACE,SCALE & SIZE,Skyscraper,STRUCTURAL,Structural AwardJune 13, 2013
Designed by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, Reflections at Keppel Bay comprises a total of 1,129 luxurious waterfront condominium units housed in six glass towers of 24 storeys and 41 storeys as well as 11 blocks of 6- to 8-storey villa blocks. It offers choice units of 1- to 4-bedroom apartments and penthouses with sizes ranging from 700 sf to a super penthouse of 13,300 sf. This iconic waterfront property is master architect Daniel Libeskind’s first residential showcase in Singapore…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in ATMOSPHERE,DAYLIGHTING,Featured,Green Project,Hotel,INTERIORs SPACE,MATERIALS USED,NATURAL VENTILATION,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,USABILITY,WoodenJune 9, 2013
Canadian-born, Norway-based architect Todd Saunders returned to Newfoundland to design a 29-room inn on tiny Fogo Island. His client, the nonprofit Shorefast Foundation, employs local craftspeople and workers to establish a new economic base for an “outport” community once dependent on fishing and shipbuilding. The inn combines green-design strategies and vernacular forms to create a dramatic retreat that makes a profound connection to a rugged place…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in ATMOSPHERE,Cozy,Editor's Picks,GREEN AREA,Harmony With The Context,Luxury,MATERIALS USED,Modern Tropical Style,NATURAL VENTILATION,OUTDOOR SPACE,Resort,Resort Interior,Romantic,Sexy,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,WoodenJune 5, 2013
Created in collaboration with celebrated designers Jean-Marie Massaud and Daniel Pouzet, the villas, pavilions, pagodas and lounges of DEDON ISLAND are the perfect expression of our ideal of barefoot luxury. Utilizing only local materials and local craftsmanship, integrating seamlessly with the surroundings, dissolving the boundaries between indoors and out, embracing traditional architectural style while thoughtfully incorporating the finest modern amenities…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Cathedral,DAYLIGHTING,Editor's Picks,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,MATERIALS USED,Natural Stone & Rock,NATURAL VENTILATION,SOLUTION,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,Visitor center,Wooden,World's Best Places to VisitMay 31, 2013
Designed by Hopkins Architects, The new building is placed on the site of the medieval Hostry and uses the archaeological remains of the former structure to create a new Visitors’ building for the Cathedral. It provides exhibition and education spaces and a new Song School for the Cathedral Choir. A large community room offers conference facilities for external groups and brings together those who live and work in The Cathedral Close…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Circulation,Exotic Idea,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Landmark,MASS & SHAPE,Prefabricated elements,Public Facilities,STRUCTURAL,Structural Award,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,ViewPoint,Wooden,World's Best Places to VisitMay 17, 2013
The Tree Tower, designed by the Architekt Josef Stöger from Schönberg, features an impressively airy architectural structure and a unique concept for enclosing the three very old, up to 38 m tall fir and beech trees in the egg-shaped tower. 16 arched glued laminated timber girders (GL28c larch), each over 40 m long, support the 17 t look-out platform…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Chapel,DAYLIGHTING,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,glass facade,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,Steel,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,VOID,World's Best Places to VisitMay 11, 2013
The Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Ark., The small but soaring glass and cross-braced pine chapel, designed by the late E. Fay Jones, the 1990 AIA Gold Medalist, nestles into an eight-acre woodland setting on a sloping hillside in the Ozark Mountains. It stands 48 feet with 24-foot-wide by 60-foot-long dimensions for a total of 1,440 square feet. Its 425 windows, made of 6,000 square feet of glass, filter woodland light across its upward diamond-shaped pine trusses to form ever-changing patterns of light and shadow throughout the day and night…
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