Operated by a hand-held transmitter or smartphone, this cassette awning was designed to harmonise with cubic architecture. With its compact dimensions, it offers a shading solution for small to medium-sized terraces or balconies. The particularly small mounting distance to the wall or ceiling allows for unobtrusive integration. The closed cassette protects the articulate...
We are delighted to announce that HotSpring® has won three WhatSpa? Best Buy Awards this year. The Envoy™ NXT, Flair™ and SX are all winners in their price categories. This means that three out of the four collections we offer got rewarded. The Awards can be found in the 2016 issue of WhatSpa? Magazine, along with features on these price winning models.
The disused shelter for rescue forces at the edge of the Erlenbach school campus had disappeared under an overgrown hill and a sports field over the years. From outside, the only identifiable markings were two entries dug into the hillside. The challenge put forth was to accommodate all areas of the pool in the underground shelter. The team of Pöyry Schweiz AG and Illi...
This section of the garden is located right outside the living and dining area of the home, which features large sliding doors on either side that open out onto the garden. The stepped landscaping with integrated greenery provides an interesting visual element to the sloped garden, as well as helping to retain soil in the case of potential erosion. Native trees and plan...
On its own, concrete can feel cold and uninviting. With greenery, grasses, and plants spilling over the edges of it though, concrete takes on a whole new feel and can help liven up a space. Here are ten examples of built in concrete planters bursting with life.
The home, located in Nha Trang, Vietnam, and designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects and ICADA, has a stepped roof, with various terraced spaces filled with plants. Here, you can really see how the roof is an extension of the living areas of the house, with large outdoor spaces, perfect for relaxing and entertaining. The greenery on the roof really stands out compared ...
The deck is on rails that are laid into the grass, making it easy to move the deck when you want to have access to the pool. And here’s the end result, a small hidden pool is revealed when the deck is retracted and you can still use the deck as a place to lounge in the sun.
As part of this new build, a green roof was suggested by Hayhurst and Co., but the clients only wanted to have a green roof that they could actively garden. The end result is a green roof that has a series of planter trays installed on the roof, providing level beds in a stepped terrace that can be actively gardened and planted. Over 800 plants cover the roof, with eac...
Came to the eighth edition, Orticolario is the most glamorous event in Italy dedicated to gardening. In the area ‘Lario’, LGTEK OUTDOOR will set up a multifunctional space in collaboration with the most important design and architectural firms. Two new products will be presented at the event. The table OPLA’ of the collection LG, and the armchair TULIPA, designed by...
Semina Life offers modern functionality and aesthetics at a good price-perform-ance-ratio. The heavy-duty LongLife Arm with its integrated high-tech belt keeps the fabric taut for an appealing appearance. Elegant brackets give the awning a compact impression while cover caps in stainless steel look round off the cassette decoratively. The high-quality powder-coated frame...
Founded with the belief that a more sustainable world begins at school, Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC) offers students in the southwest side of Chicago a refreshing holistic and innovative approach to education. In a bid to redefine learning through hands-on environmental stewardship and urban farming, AGC has teamed up with Studio Gang Architects to design a new e...
Andrea Calori and Andrea Magarini, curated by, Food and the cities. Food Policies for Sustainable Cities, Edizioni Ambiente, 2015 An atlas exploring the link between food and the city to connect Italy to worldwide experiences in the field, Food and the Cities. Food Policies for Sustainable Cities (Edizioni Ambiente) was published last autumn, coinciding with the closure...
Designer and building manager Zach Heineman hired botanical artist Amanda Goldberg and Brandon Pruett to collaborate on the living mural that now adorns the front of the building, located on 14th Street between Folsom and South Van Ness in the heart of the Mission District. Amid the colorful painted murals common to the neighborhood, the green masterpiece has grown to be...
That's the approach Vo Trong Nghia Architects took in designing their recently completed Farming Kindergarten, a sustainable educational space topped with an accessible green roof. Located in Dongnai in southeastern Vietnam, this knot-shaped kindergarten was built with interactive energy-saving features to educate preschoolers on the importance of caring for the environm...
Summer is approaching and we take the opportunity to update you on our OUTDOOR COLLECTION: many products to decorate your gardens and terraces. TOMMASO table and bench - design Doriana & Massimiliano Fuksas – in the new METEORITE version: ecological treatment, with hand-spatulated mortar, simil-concrete finish. MINI TAVOLO OUTDOOR – design Maurizio Peregalli – new vari...
The pleasure of design projecting for a sophisticated and sharp lines object, that expresses a great formal simplicity. Tecno Cube is an outdoor shower with a square section, designed with the total absence of visible screws and suitable to modern and open environments, marked by class and international style of architecture. Stainless steel Shower AISI 316L (marine gra...
This play tent offers children a refuge where they can play without being seen. The four frame members are made of birch wood. Their edges are rounded in order to minimise risk of injury. They are simply fitted together and form a stable base. The fabric of high quality cotton is available in different patterns and colours and opens on all four sides. Statement by the j...
The planters, inspired by granite boulders, have been designed to be sculptural objects that also have a function.The planters, named Steen, can also be grouped together to make a statement installation.Each planter is made from glass reinforced concrete, which is lighter and stronger than regular concrete. With each piece spending two days in a high quality mould, and a...
Inspired by the famous Italian painter Giorgio Morandi and his famous still life paintings of potteries and vases, Cibic dedicates this project to understanding Morandi’s work through a sculptural and chromatic research on vases. The rules are simple: every day for a whole year, from the 1st of January until the 31st of December 2016, Matteo Cibic will be producing a uni...
Pool Lounge is a walkable, fully resilient and automated cover for in-ground pools, hot tubs and swim spas, able to withstand 320 kg/m² of pressure. Heated rails allow for a smooth opening, even at freezing temperatures. Thanks to its dirt preventive properties, Pool Lounge reduces the use of water cleaning agents, and, furthermore, brings down water heating costs to a c...
Fortunately, Suite Plants created a modular green wall solution that’s so easy to maintain that even the most brown-thumbed gardener should have nothing to fear. Equipped with an integrated and highly efficient irrigation system, Suite Plants’ products require no electricity or water pumps, and can even be mounted on a wall as easily as a painting. Inhabitat got an up...
Says van de Weerd, “Like their big brothers, the Carnivora are very playful and dynamic: these pots with small legs seem to wander off with their plants.” “All members of the Carnivora family are unique. The legs are manually attached to the porcelain pot, in slightly varying arrangements. No two Carnivora are the same.”
Says Tolstykh, “Natural sounds helps keep us in touch with nature in an urban environment.” In 2015 Orator was part of Naturalist, a collective project by Russian product designers.
A Tourist Office is the gateway to a territory. All entrances have a Welcome Sign, ""Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" or "Turismo Alcázar". Alcázar de San Juan Tourist Office is just a storefront. Without posters, without any kind of duplicate images of city monuments, without fake traditional products, without clay pots, without ploughs, without Quijote's busts. O...
Located on the French Riviera, close to Saint-Tropez, the vast complex hotel « Les Jardins de Sainte-Maxime », owned Vacanciel Group, a key player of leisure hospitality, offers since this summer, some interiors (reception, bar, restaurant) completely renovated, new features and a new atmosphere. To design and implement this important project, the Vacanciel Group ap...
The bird hut was recently awarded the Holcim Gold prize for sustainable construction for the structure’s use of recycled oil palm fibers—a commonly found agricultural waste in Thailand—and focus on political activism. The design was created as part of Architectkidd’s ongoing research for their Bird Sanctuary project. Although the Blue Bird Hut was built primarily as a...
