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During a speech in Milan last April, Tom Dixon said that designers LOVE materials, and it might come as no surprise, but “70% of all innovations are being based on new material,” Haute Innovation. No wonder then at this year’s exhibition, several objects made from surprising and natural materials caught viewers’ attention from their beautiful design. Coffee cups made ...
Inoxsystem® line 1060 - Stainless steel slot channels with 20 mm slot, with built- in slope, provided with floor drain 300x300x8 solid top plate, vertical or orizontal outlet Ø 110 mm with odor trap and removable filter basket. Standard and customized modular sections jointed using bolted flanges. High load resistance thanks to epoxy filled edges. Certified load class D4...
With a single click you can blend and change various colours on a facade. The same easy approach is done for you to change direction, size and rotation for you to control your expressions. Various drilling patterns? Still one click to change! You can also add various gloss variations and export it to the rendering tools of Revit or ArchiCad. You will...
The company’s co-founder, Joe Gebbia, has just announced the launch of Backyard, an initiative that aims to explore the world of homes in a unique way. Created through Samara, Airbnb’s design studio and think tank, Backyard is set to look at how homes can be designed, built and shared in new and exciting ways. Using elements such as state-of-the-art techniques and sm...
Glasdon UK’s high-quality Buildings and Housing range has expanded with the launch of its latest cost-effective, GRP modular housing: Element. Element™ GRP Housing by Glasdon is cost-effective, future-proof solution to housing industrial equipment. Designed as a future-proof solution for housing a wide variety of applications, Element™ GRP Housing incorporates modula...
In 1992 he opened São Paulo’s YCON Engenharia studio, where he serves as technical director and teaches a variety of engineering and construction courses. Rebello speaks to ArchiExpo about the latest tools and materials in Brazil for constructing safe structures. Q&A with Yopanan Rebello ArchiExpo: What are the biggest challenges for structural engineers in Brazil?...
Fastmount, New Zealand designer and manufacturer of panel mounting systems, has launched its first ever clip that allows decorative interior panels to be directly mounted onto concrete walls in commercial and residential interiors. Installation methods of attaching panels to concrete walls typically involve creating a framework to mount panels onto, to achieve a leve...
Interesting solution for providing a roofing over the terraces with the use of a woven mesh in the main seat of the Credit Agricole Bank. On one side the building form comprises double-pitched roofs matching the existing urban development. On the other side semi-shade is formed on the terrace to reduce insolation. Elevation strips have been placed on such a form as to gi...
So when Vancouver-based firm PUBLIC: Architecture + Communication was approached to build a wastewater treatment center in the middle of a residential neighborhood in British Columbia, the project predictably ran up against some challenges. Fortunately, the architects turned widely held perceptions of the sewage treatment plant on their head with the design of the Sechel...
The first heavy duty concealed hinge, adjustable in 3D, engineered and entirely manufactured in Italy has been ultra-tested to resist until 120 minutes in any situation according to different regulations, receiving the approval from the following laboratories: EN 1634-1 120’ Applus EN 1634-1 120' Csi EN 1634-2 30’ Lapi BS 476 ...
architectural licensing bodies in the United States, Canada and Mexico have forged an agreement to allow architects to work across North American borders. Following a decade of negotiations, the Canadian Architectural Licensing Authorities (CALA), the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) in the US and the Federacion de Colegios de Arquitectos...
Russia has its most important Stadium back for the Football World Cup. After 4 years of construction, the Luschniki-Stadium, named after the district in Moscow, located approx. 10 km southwest from the Kremlin at the river Moskwa, had been brought to new live. There the incumbent World Champion Germany would like to defend their title in the World Cup final 2018. The lar...
Though the material lacks status there, the architect wanted to source products and services locally. The bamboo is used as an offset filter to minimize the effects of direct sunlight on the facade. The project required a great deal of research, testing and computer and real-life 1:1 modeling to evaluate the material's structural characteristics. Proper cutting, storage ...
But much of it is exported in raw form, often to be reimported after transformation. However, local builders and architects are now showing renewed interest in forest products. Energy-efficient wooden structures are sprouting up around the country, offering ambiance and quality at a reasonable cost. This trend is also revitalizing local heritage by drawing inspiration fr...
Wooden skyscrapers are shouldering their way into the urban skyline thanks to mass timber—laminated wood panels that combine strength, ease of handling, aesthetics and environmental advantages over concrete and steel. A growing number of architects are joining this growing movement. Tall timber projects, completed or in the planning stages, can be found from Australia to...
Urban commuting via public transport is on the rise, as cities become home to an ever-increasing percentage of the world’s population. But these systems often run steep deficits, inspiring architects to think in terms of transport-oriented development. Turning transport hubs—from light rail stations to airports—into multi-use facilities by including commercial activities...
4 companies (Siplast, Nidaplast, Loiseleur et Urbagri) collaborated for the realisation of a roof garden on a building of Paris city hall. The roof stormwater management module "Bidaroof" of Nidaplast is used to provide the soil with water.
The University of Pennsylvania’s Pennovation Center was designed to generate interaction among its innovator tenants and to draw passers-by into the equation. People with vastly different projects routinely rub shoulders, facilitating cross-fertilization, be it on the broad concrete entry steps or in co-working areas. There are open-plan studios, informal seating z...
Metal roofs are functional, versatile and visually diverse. However, their resistance is compromised when the transitions between individual components are not waterproof. This allows moisture to penetrate and damage the building structure. Liquid applied waterproofing systems, such as those offered by Triflex, allow the quick and long-lasting elimination of such weak sp...
Larry Silverstein, the company's chairman, said it is learning toward Danish firm BIG, but nothing has been decided. "We can go in either direction. Which way, we are not sure yet," Larry Silverstein is quoted as saying in the New York Post. "The probabilities are, and knowing the users we are talking to today, it will come down to the Bjarke Ingels." Potential tenan...
Based on IKEA’s research, one third of homeowners in the UK want solar panels installed on their home, with 60 percent motivated by reduced electric bills. According to IKEA, solar panels could slash homeowners’ electric bills by around 50 percent. The company is offering two options: blue solar panels, which are cheaper, and black solar panels, which are more expensi...
The observation tower, which will be constructed near the Ras Al Khor National Wildlife Sanctuary, is inspired by the shapes of a lily bud, stem, and leaves. It also incorporates the shape of a minaret, often present in Islamic architecture. “The building’s design is inspired by the Islamic tradition, evoking the same history that brought the world the Alhambra and the ...
Proposed for 582-606 Collins Street in the city's central business direct, the mixed-use tower will house shops, offices and apartments, and is designed to look like "a series of stacked vases". Hadid is teaming up with local studio Plus Architecture on the project. It is expected to become the London-based architect's third building in Australia, following skyscraper...
Conceived as the antithesis to tower blocks, The Interlace is made up of 31 apartment buildings that have been arranged and stacked in a honeycomb arrangement to frame eight large hexagonal courtyards. Scheeren led the project, which occupies a site in Singapore, while working at Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA. He now runs his own Beijing-based studio Buro Ole Scheeren, which...
Composed of four conjoined towers, The Bride tower's 230 storeys would be topped by an 188-metre-tall antenna. This would make the structure 152 metres higher than the planned height of the Kingdom Tower, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and currently under construction in the Saudi Arabian city. The world's tallest building title is currently he...
The Danish architecture firm's Vancouver House, which was named Future Project of the Year 2015 at World Architecture Festival earlier this month, will be situated adjacent to an overpass at the base of Vancouver's Granville Street Bridge. "The site is similar to a lot of cities," says BIG partner Bergmann in the movie, which was filmed in Singapore by Dezeen for Worl...
The rectangular tower, which will be the second tallest in London after The Shard, has been commissioned by Singapore property developers Aroland Holdings. Containing 90,000 square metres of internal space, it will sit amongst a cluster of skyscrapers including the Cheesegrater and the forthcoming 22 Bishopsgate tower in the City of London, the city's financial distri...
Created in collaboration with Dutch startup MX3D and designed by Dutch designer Joris Laarman, the 3D-printed pedestrian bridge is part of Heijmans’ aspirations of building the “spatial contours of tomorrow.” Multi-axis industrial robots will construct the pedestrian bridge using cost-effective and scalable technologies. The goal behind the experimental 3D-printing pr...
Four teams of architects and engineers have been selected to design the new river crossing in south-west London between Nine Elms and Pimlico, rivalling Thomas Heatherwick's proposal for a Garden Bridge elsewhere in the city. The successful teams are: Buro Happold with Marks Barfield Architects and J&L Gibbons Landscape Architects; Bystrup with Robin Snell & Partners; A...
Here's a look at the 10 tallest skyscrapers expected to complete around the globe this year, including China's new tallest building, Rafael Viñoly's super-skinny New York tower block and a pair of Russian high rises. On track to become the world's second-tallest building, Gensler's Shanghai Tower has already topped out at a height of 632 metres, surpassed only by the ...
Workspaces are differentiated from circulation space by sections of contrasting monochrome paintwork in this Perth studio designed and occupied by Australian firm Post- (+ slideshow). Post- carried out the refurbishment of a two-storey building on King Street, west Perth, for a project called Make the Space Look Nice. The Australian firm renovated the space to host i...
We are located in Ljubljana, Slovenia, near the historic center. Inside a villa under renovation where design is the protagonist, we collaborated with the designer to select marbles that would enhance the modern and contemporary style that characterizes the whole house. In particular, we were responsible for the realization of the kitchen countertop, the large TV wall ...
We offer you the possibility of requesting the clean overlap for the cover panels*. In this case, the panels are supplied without the bottom sheet or the foam in the overlap area to facilitate the installation when they must overlap each other transversely. The clean overlap allows to: - Reduce the execution time of panel covers, by not having to pour the foam on site...
Europerfil, a company of the ArcelorMittal group, leader in innovative solutions for steel metal sheets & slats for construction, polyurethane and Polyisocinaurate sandwich panels and Polyisocinaurate insulating plates, is proud to announce a strategic collaboration with Tecnalia Certificación, a product certification entity 100% owned by Fundación Tecnalia Research & In...
Iberostar Slavija Hotel, which is the second spa project of Juno Spa company, was opened in Montenegro, Budva. There are hammams, saunas and steam rooms in the project.
