Showing posts with label Building Tec. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Building Tec. Show all posts
Thursday, 1 December 2011
FLooring
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Building Materials
Kirei Board is a strong, lightweight, durable, environmentally friendly substitute for wood. Manufactured from reclaimed sorghum straw and bound with a formaldehyde-free adhesive, Kirei Board is a lovely material for furniture, cabinetry, casework and a variety of interior design elements. Kirei comes in several sizes, ranging from 6 to 30 millimeters in thickness. I love the pattern and texture it presents, and requires only a simple coat of wax to finish.
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Heat Sensative Table
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Polished concrete within interiors
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Ceiling features
In more and more residential projects, both big and small, architects and designers are finding new, creative ways to reveal and highlight the beauty and versatility of wood. They manage to create structures that appear current and cool, yet also exude a classic, timeless elegance.
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Monday, 14 March 2011
Moriya - Daewon Kwak
http://www.framemag.com/news/1883/Moriya-by-Daewon-Kwak.html
At a restaurant in South Korea, designer Daewon Kwark placed an installation on the ceiling to entice people on street level into the second-storey space.
Undoubtedly the focal point of the restaurant, the ceiling was inspired by ocean waves, Kwak says. ‘I always appreciate having seafood near the sea,’ he explains. ‘Here you can eat under the sea!’
The ceiling is constructed of plywood; to reduce costs, Kwak laser-cut the wave in a way that maximized both sides of a wood piece. Laser cutting burned the edges of the plywood for a precise wave-like effect.
The Japanese cuisine restaurant is in the ‘café district’ of Bundang, South Korea, which is home to over 50 eateries, many of which are on the second floors of buildings. Since ground-floor spaces have 4.5 m high ceilings, as is the case in the store below Moriya, the restaurants need to be creative in drawing attention upwards.
‘When I was walking on the street, all I could see from ground level was the ceiling and nothing else,’ Kwak recalls. ‘So I focused the design on the ceiling and how to attract people from ground level.’
Kwak is a designer from London-based studio Design Guild, which specializes in urban design, architecture, interiors, furniture and spatial consulting.
At a restaurant in South Korea, designer Daewon Kwark placed an installation on the ceiling to entice people on street level into the second-storey space.
Undoubtedly the focal point of the restaurant, the ceiling was inspired by ocean waves, Kwak says. ‘I always appreciate having seafood near the sea,’ he explains. ‘Here you can eat under the sea!’
The ceiling is constructed of plywood; to reduce costs, Kwak laser-cut the wave in a way that maximized both sides of a wood piece. Laser cutting burned the edges of the plywood for a precise wave-like effect.
The Japanese cuisine restaurant is in the ‘café district’ of Bundang, South Korea, which is home to over 50 eateries, many of which are on the second floors of buildings. Since ground-floor spaces have 4.5 m high ceilings, as is the case in the store below Moriya, the restaurants need to be creative in drawing attention upwards.
‘When I was walking on the street, all I could see from ground level was the ceiling and nothing else,’ Kwak recalls. ‘So I focused the design on the ceiling and how to attract people from ground level.’
Kwak is a designer from London-based studio Design Guild, which specializes in urban design, architecture, interiors, furniture and spatial consulting.
D ' Espresso - New York
Innovative floor/Ceiling pattern!
http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1807/despresso--new-york
The new D’Espresso on Madison Avenue (at 42nd) in New York has received more media attention than is generally awarded to a tiny coffee shop in this world of millions of new coffee shops.
The reason for the attention is the fun design by the Manhattan-based nemaworkshop, a team of designers and architects that has created numerous cool retail and hospitality concepts. Founder Anurag Nema took the idea of a coffee shop that looks like a library – giving a nod to the nearby New York Public Library’s Bryant park branch – and turned it on its side. The walls are not lined with books but the floors and ceiling are. Except that it is all an illusion, a life-size image of books printed on custom tiles. Pendant lighting does not hang from the ceiling; it sticks out from the walls.
http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1807/despresso--new-york
The new D’Espresso on Madison Avenue (at 42nd) in New York has received more media attention than is generally awarded to a tiny coffee shop in this world of millions of new coffee shops.
The reason for the attention is the fun design by the Manhattan-based nemaworkshop, a team of designers and architects that has created numerous cool retail and hospitality concepts. Founder Anurag Nema took the idea of a coffee shop that looks like a library – giving a nod to the nearby New York Public Library’s Bryant park branch – and turned it on its side. The walls are not lined with books but the floors and ceiling are. Except that it is all an illusion, a life-size image of books printed on custom tiles. Pendant lighting does not hang from the ceiling; it sticks out from the walls.
Staircase design
Escada Head Office - Munich
Sometimes you come across an environment that really lets the merchandise or content (such as people, merchandise or furnishings) stand out. This 2,000 square-meter jewelry-case – the head office of the venerable fashion house Escada in Munich, Germany – is a luxurious example of this.
Completed in late 2008, the location hosts the international fashion media and buyers who gather here to view the latest Escada collection each season. The three dominant areas – entry court, lobby and interior courtyard – are separated by transparent facades. This creates a visually stunning, 75 meter-long runway that flows right through the center of the entire building. http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1520/escada-head-office--munich
Sometimes you come across an environment that really lets the merchandise or content (such as people, merchandise or furnishings) stand out. This 2,000 square-meter jewelry-case – the head office of the venerable fashion house Escada in Munich, Germany – is a luxurious example of this.
Completed in late 2008, the location hosts the international fashion media and buyers who gather here to view the latest Escada collection each season. The three dominant areas – entry court, lobby and interior courtyard – are separated by transparent facades. This creates a visually stunning, 75 meter-long runway that flows right through the center of the entire building. http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1520/escada-head-office--munich
Continous ceiling and wall finishes
This streamlined and crisp office environment in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is the work of Sergey Makhno’s design and architecture firm. The play between soft and hard, round and angular, plain and colorful creates a sense of whimsy and energy, but does not overpower the space.
Ceiling Features
Japan is a hot-bed of out-of-the-box creativity and retail design is one of the areas in which it excels. The latest store with more is the new Patrick Cox boutique in Tokyo's Aoyama district, a mecca for fashion.
Stairs and Display
Looking at the environment of the interior how the stairs and display sets the mood : inspiration for my Milk bar design
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Hello Pasta! - Interesting Roof!
http://www.framemag.com/news/1811/Hello-Pasta-by-Bluarch-Architecture-and-Interiors.html
In designing a casual fast-food chain in NYC, architect Antonio Di Oronzo looked to the history of pasta making for inspiration, using oodles of noodles in his plan, resulting in a quirky, colourful space.
‘The design of Hello Pasta was inspired by the way pasta was traditionally hand-made and hung to dry on wooden racks,’ Di Oronzo explains, referring to the beige strips of wood that horizontally stretch across the ceiling.
The fixture is made of lazer-cut plywood and disguises the mechanical systems above it. The simple lighting comes from bulbs hung from exposed black electrical cords between the wooden strips.
Di Oronzo says the natural colour of the ceiling wood and seating units make for an organic atmosphere and non-linear design.
Hello Pasta is planning to expand into an international franchise and Di Oronzio says he needed to take this into consideration in the design.
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Honeymoon Hotel yes pelase
Ubud Hanging Gardens Hotel & Resort | ||
Ubud Hanging Gardens is a haven of peace set among the smoky volcanoes and emerald rice terraces at the heart of Bali. This Orient-Express hotel in the cultural centre of Ubud perches on a gorge with an exquisite temple on the opposite cliff. Its luxury pool villas are built in traditional style, as if in a Balinese village. Recline in a private plunge pool and you are totally enveloped by nature: jungle-covered mountains and exotic flowers. Stay here and you truly feel a part of the surrounding destination. | ||
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Beduur Restaurant |
Riverside Deluxe Pool Villa
Valley View Family Pool Villa
Panoramic Deluxe Pool Villa
Sustainable house
ARCHITECTS: Johnsen Schmaling Architects
http://www.johnsenschmaling.com/
PROJECT: OS House
Racine, Wisconsin
For many preservationists, the prospect of a boldly contemporary house in the middle of a historic district is the stuff of nightmares. But not in Racine, Wisconsin, an old manufacturing city south of Milwaukee, on the shore of Lake Michigan, where Frank Lloyd Wright built his famous S.C. Johnson Wax Administration Building, in 1936, and a handful of other structures. There, in a vintage neighborhood close to downtown, a new, stunningly modernist dwelling has been attracting gawkers and winning mostly raves.
The house has also won kudos—and a LEED Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council—for its sustainable features, which are so seamlessly integrated as to be virtually invisible. These include geothermal heating and cooling; photovoltaic roof laminates; a solar water heater; bamboo floors and other renewable materials; high-efficiency windows that flood the house with natural light; rain barrels and a rain garden; subtly layered fiber-cement panels that create a rain screen and an insulated air cavity; and permeable pavers.
http://www.johnsenschmaling.com/
PROJECT: OS House
Racine, Wisconsin
For many preservationists, the prospect of a boldly contemporary house in the middle of a historic district is the stuff of nightmares. But not in Racine, Wisconsin, an old manufacturing city south of Milwaukee, on the shore of Lake Michigan, where Frank Lloyd Wright built his famous S.C. Johnson Wax Administration Building, in 1936, and a handful of other structures. There, in a vintage neighborhood close to downtown, a new, stunningly modernist dwelling has been attracting gawkers and winning mostly raves.
The house has also won kudos—and a LEED Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council—for its sustainable features, which are so seamlessly integrated as to be virtually invisible. These include geothermal heating and cooling; photovoltaic roof laminates; a solar water heater; bamboo floors and other renewable materials; high-efficiency windows that flood the house with natural light; rain barrels and a rain garden; subtly layered fiber-cement panels that create a rain screen and an insulated air cavity; and permeable pavers.
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