Spain > The basic concept of the OGF House, designed by Manuel Cerda Perez + Julio Vila Liante in Albuixech (Valencia), is not the empty cube at all. In that building, assumptions are completely inverted: in the vein of Terragni, folded plans, wrapped by skins, create internal and external spaces, in a three-dimensionality that defines […]
The new Museum of Liverpool was designed by Danish firm 3XN >>>
Germany > The "Ideal House" installation designed by Zaha Hadid is on display at the international furniture fair in Cologne. Video > VernissageTV
Video of the exhibition entitled "Zaha Hadid – Selected Works", that is taking place at Designer’s Gallery / Gabrielle Ammann in Cologne (Germany) until March 25, 2007 > VernissageTV
In the city of Groningen (the Netherlands) a public voting has started to select the scheme for Groninger Forum. People can choose among the design proposals by UNStudio, Wiel Arets, Neutelings Riedijk, NL Architects, Zaha Hadid, Erick van Egeraats and Foreign Office Architects [groningen.nl]. source > dezain.net
The Slice House ("Casa Fatia"), designed by Procter-Rihl Architects on a 3.7 x 38.5 meters area in Porto Alegre (Brazil), refers to Brazilian Modern architecture but, at the same time, introduces a new element: the complexity of its prismatic geometry, that generates a series of spatial illusions in the interior…[arqa.com]
The Ruskin Place Townhouse, designed by architect Alexander Gorlin, was conceived as a critique to the prevailing architectural style in Seaside and, at the same time, as an expression of that town's distinctive language. Accomplished abstraction is the opposite of post-Victorian cottage style and classicism of the other houses in Ruskin Place, a pedestrian square […]
Germany > More images [RP Online] and a video [Designspotter.com] from the international furniture fair in Cologne (imm Cologne). source > MoCo Loco
Germany > Images of the "Ideal House" installations, designed respectively by Naoto Fukasawa [dezeen] and Zaha Hadid [dezeen], on display at the Cologne international furniture fair (IMM Cologne) until January 21. More images > designboom
Images of the exhibition dedicated to SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa) that took place at the Museum of Bauhaus Archive in Berlin between 09/20 and 11/20 2006: among designs displayed, also the museum expansion [Japan Design Net]. source > dezain.net
CB30 is an apartment building designed by Dellekamp Architects and situated in Colonia Polanco (Mexico City) >>>
Modena (Italy) > The Maserati Museum, situated in the gardens of Enzo Ferrari's natal house, was designed by English firm Future Systems. Opening is scheduled for 2009 [worldarchitecturenews.com].
