Our light fixtures tend to exist out in the open amongst the very air we breathe, so why shouldn’t they also clean it for us?! That’s the idea behind Airflow, a modern pendant-style lighting solution that purifies as it illuminates.
Right at home in the kitchen, it can also be used as a range hood to absorb smoke and steam particles released from cooking. The result is better smelling, better quality air with the multi-functionality of lighting and without the clunky-ness of a traditional hood.
Leboncoin a décidé de commencer l’été en beauté et de prendre ses quartiers sur les hauteurs du quartier de Montmartre à Paris. Imaginée par l’agence Wild Buzz Agency, La Villa Extraordinaire se compose de dix pièces, réparties sur trois niveaux. Nous avons pu visiter cette demeure bien particulière.
Un parcours, artistique et musical ludique et interactif a été pensé à l’aide d’objets dénichés sur leboncoin et réinterprétés pour l’occasion. Chacune des pièces a été conçue selon un thème et un univers scrupuleusement mis en scène.
Le duo musical Polo & Pan a imaginé La Canopée qui dévoile une jungle immersive et permet aux visiteurs d’interagir avec les éléments végétaux qui la compose et se transforment en percussions.
Au coeur de la Chorale du Baron, conçue par le duo Agar-Agar, chacun est invité à écouter une chorale inédite composée pour l’occasion des voix d’objets du quotidien trouvés sur leboncoin.
L’artiste Eric Michel, qui joue avec les lumières et leurs couleurs, a pensé La Chambre des Lumières. Cette dernière met en scène des néons, luminaires et globes terrestres lumineux, qui nous plongent dans un univers fascinant.
Pour célébrer la Coupe du Monde, La Petite Lucarne nous immerge dans un univers à 360° dédié au ballon rond. Offrez-vous une petite mi-temps ballon au pied, entouré d’un décor façonné à l’aide de maillots, photos et écussons d’un autre temps.
Après une partie de foot, un plongeon s’impose dans la piscine de la pièce Soleil Bleu. Un espace estival pensé dans les couleurs orange et bleu. Une piscine remplie d’objets sur laquelle flotte une imposante bouée orange où il fait bon se détendre.
Pour accéder au Jardin, une passerelle infinie s’offre aux visiteurs. Conçue par l’artiste urbain KATRE, la pièce joue avec les perspectives et la géométrie, inspirée par les lieux industriels. Sur les murs et au plafond une photographie à la profondeur de champ impressionnante plonge les visiteurs dans un chemin qui semble infini.
Pour la suite de la visite, rendez-vous dans le jardin composé de deux terrasses successives, nous donnant l’impression d’être loin de l’agitation parisienne. Des tables et chaises d’écoles, canapés et un bar vous attendent pour profiter des douces soirées d’été, avec une jolie vue sur les toits de Paris.
Il ne vous reste plus qu’à venir découvrir toutes les pièces cachées de cette bâtisse hors du commun. Déambulez dans ces univers inspirants et plongez en immersion dans ce magnifique espace.
La Villa Extraordinaire vous ouvre ses portes jusqu’au 29 juillet, au 15, rue de l’Abreuvoir, dans le 18ème Arrondissement de Paris.
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Do you want to be one of the first ever winners of a Dezeen Award? You have just over 24 hours to complete your entry.
Entries close at midnight UK time tomorrow, Saturday 30 June, so you still have one more day to get your entries in to be in the running.
We have designed the online entry form to be as simple as possible and kept our entry fees low, so you have no excuse not to submit your projects and studios into one or more of our 30 categories.
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Yes! All you need to enter is some text and supporting images. You’ll need to tell us a bit about your project or product and why you think it deserves to win a Dezeen Award in 3000 characters or less. Upload a hero image and up to ten more gallery images, review and submit!
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These categories will celebrate the architect, interior designer and designer of the year, both established and emerging. They form part of the recently announced Ultimate Dezeen Awards, which will be the highlight of the ceremony in November.
Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki has completed an educational centre, with a series of roof spaces, terraces and courtyards that contain eight Islamic gardens, for the Aga Khan Foundation.
Containing facilities for research and education, as well as offices for the Aga Khan Foundation’s development organisations, the building is arranged around a central atrium that stretches its full-height.
The design also incorporates eight Islamic gardens located alongside the building, and on roof gardens, terraces and courtyards inside the educational centre.
Photo is by Hufton+Crow
The gardens and terraces take inspiration from Islamic communities around the world, including those in North Africa, Spain, the Middle East, Iran and India
“This place [King’s Cross] has been shaped by many diverse influences – and among them we now welcome the rich traditions of Islamic architecture,” said His Highness the Aga Khan, at the building’s opening.
“One of those traditions– one that is appreciated by both the Islamic and the British cultures – is the special importance of the garden,” continued the Aga Khan. “We see the garden not merely as an adjunct to other constructions, but as a privileged space unto itself.”
Photo is by Hufton+Crow
The building contains six outdoor spaces, with a further two Islamic gardens nearby in King’s Cross, which all have a distinct identity inspired by different regions in the Islamic world.
“Taken together, this winding ribbon of special spaces is an eloquent tribute to the rich diversity of the Muslim world,” continued the Aga Khan.
Photo is by Hufton+Crow
The ground floor contains the reception area and a gallery, with the eduction spaces including the staff and student lounges and seminar rooms on the two floors above.
The first floor contains an outdoor space called the Garden of Tranquillity, which is arranged around a central fountain and overlooks the neighbouring Jellicoe Gardens.
Photo is by Hufton+Crow
The Aga Khan Library, which contain secure storage facilities for rare books and manuscripts, is spread across the third and fourth floor. The library’s upper level contains the Terrace of Learning – the second Islamic garden – which took its inspiration from the cloisters and courtyards of Spain, Morocco and Egypt.
Above the library are four floors of offices for the Aga Khan’s education and development organisations: the Institute of Ismaili Studies, the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Aga Khan Foundation UK.
On the fifth floor the Courtyard of Harmony that takes its form from an iwan – a small outdoor space walled on three sides commonly found in the Middle East and central Asia.
The building is topped by two executive meeting rooms and three further Islamic gardens the Garden of Life, Terrace of Discovery and Garden of Light.
Photo is by Hufton+Crow
“My strong expectation is that, from this new home, our education-oriented institutions will contribute powerfully to building new bridges of understanding across the gulfs of ignorance,” said the Aga Khan.
“As that happens, one important source of inspiration will be the place from which these institutions will be working – and that brings us to the second value I mentioned earlier – the inspiring power of architecture.”
The Aga Khan Foundation was established in 1967 by the Aga Khan, who is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, to improve the quality of life and enhance self-reliance in Asia and Africa.
Architect: Maki & Associates, led by Fumihiko Maki ExecutiveArchitect: Allies and Morrison Terrace of Discovery, Courtyard of Harmony, Terrace of Learning, Garden of Tranquillity design: Maki & Associates Garden of Life design: Madison Cox Garden of Light design: Nelson Byrd Woltz Main Contractor: BAM Construct UK Cost Consultant: Gardiner & Theobald Employer’s Agent: Gardiner & Theobald Structural Engineer: Expedition Building Services Engineer: Arup Lighting Designs: Arup
A gabled wooden volume sits atop a brick garage at the front of this bayside home on New York’s Long Beach Island, by Brooklyn studio Bernheimer Architecture.
The waterfront Atlantic Beach Residence is located on a barrier island in Nassau County – one of several slithers of land that run along the southern edge of Long Island.
Bernheimer Architecture designed the coastal house as a two-storey rectangular volume, connected to a street-facing annex that houses a garage downstairs and additional sleeping quarters above.
The majority of the building is clad in whitewashed, cedar shiplap siding, while the garage is wrapped with complimentary white bricks.
“Clean masses feature a palette of white brick and white-washed cedar siding, at once highly textural but quiet,” said the studio in a project description.
A driveway alongside is formed from Turfstone pavers, which allow grass to poke through. This leads to steps that climb to a patio and courtyard between the two sections of the home.
The gabled roof of the main residence is echoed on the upper portion of the annex, which sits atop the flat-roofed garage so that it slightly overhangs the lower block.
The gables evoke a farmhouse construction while relating to other more traditional homes in the neighbourhood.
“Simultaneously rooted in tradition and unabashedly contemporary, the house’s street elevation recomposes the familiar vernacular of the gabled-roof archetype familiar to suburban communities,” said Bernheimer Architecture.
While its front has barely any windows, Atlantic Beach Residence opens up across its rear facade with sliding glass doors to meet a blue-stone deck and swimming pool.
Upon entering from the back or the courtyard is an open-plan kitchen, dining and living room, where cabinets are a natural wood, and contrast the otherwise white and grey surfaces.
An open, white steel staircase is positioned in front of a glass wall that faces the narrow courtyard.
“Material choices enhance a sense of calm – lightly textured slate floors are complemented by the warmth of honey-toned wood in the contemporary kitchen,” said the studio.
Upstairs are three bedrooms, each with views of the waterfront, and two bathrooms. A hallway leads to the space above the garage, which contains two additional bedrooms separated by a bathroom.
Along with space for two cars, the brick volume below houses a further guest bedroom, a laundry room and two bathrooms. French doors from the bedroom open to the courtyard, with access across the way to the living spaces in the main home.
I recently saw an ad for the Rubbermaid Premier and the less expensive but similar Rubbermaid Easy Find Lids food storage containers. I really like how the lids snap to the bottom of the containers so that they don’t make a mess in the cupboard.
From the original Rubbermaid press release about the products back in 2008:
The average American owns 15 or more food storage containers, many of which eventually lose their lids, get damaged or become stained. In a recent study, 71 percent of consumers said they are routinely unable to find a lid to match their container while another 52 percent had lost the lids completely. Other research identifies staining as the #1 reason that food storage containers are discarded. Rubbermaid is helping consumers to overcome all these food storage challenges with its new Premier line of food storage containers.
Rubbermaid Premier is making “lost lids” a thing of the past with its patented Easy Find Lid” design that allows the lids to snap to the bottom of the containers for storage, so the right lid is always at hand. Each lid fits multiple sizes of containers, and lids and bases nest inside one another to free up even more coveted kitchen cabinet space.
If you own either of theseproducts, let us know about them in the comments section. I’m eager to hear if the reality lives up to Rubbermaid’s description.
This post has been updated since its original publication in 2008.
It’s easy for chairs to blend in and become lost in their surroundings, but there is no disputing the fact that this isn’t the case with this chair! The Light Chair is an attention-stealing, thought-provoking and undeniably intriguing item of furniture, that stands out from its competitors.
Dichroic Film, that both scatters and reflects light, is attached to a transparent plate that’s made from polycarbonate, the combination of these two materials is truly mesmerizing as the light is actualized by a rainbow of colors.
What makes this visual experience so captivating is its every changing appearance; as you move around the chair and your viewing point changes, the chair comes to life with a beautiful show of colors that further engage you. It truly is a stunning piece of art-like furniture that we just can’t get enough of!
With a footprint that’s just a tad bit bigger than the Mavic Pro, Parrot’s ANAFI is perhaps the most remarkable drone in its category. It folds down to occupy the same amount of space as a thermos flask or a portable umbrella, allowing it to seamlessly fit into backpacks, and when unfolded, the drone can capture 4K HRD footage for as long as half an hour on a full charge. ANAFI’s camera not only offers 180° of vertical rotation, it even has a 3-axis gimbal to keep all your videos beautifully stabilized. A wide-angle lens captures a wider FOV, while special lens treatment negates lens-flares.
The ANAFI’s slick design makes it perfect for taking outdoors on your next holiday. With easily swappable battery packs, you can capture hours of footage, allowing the drone to take photos and videos at dramatic angles (even exploiting Parrot’s Dolly Zoom technique, better known as the ‘Vertigo Effect’). The ANAFI comes with multiple dual-band Wi-Fi antennas (one on each foot of the drone) to help it pick up signal from the controller regardless of position or orientation. It comes with the Parrot’s own collapsible controller too, allowing you to dock your phone in it and view footage in real-time as you fly your drone around to as far as 2.5 miles from the pilot!
James Kerwin est un jeune photographe du Royaume-Uni, passionné de photographie d’architecture. De son regard perçant, l’artiste sait révéler la beauté des lieux abandonnés. Dans sa série « Apparatus », James Kerwin a cette fois choisi de parcourir les reliques industrielles au fil de ses voyages. Dans ces dédales d’anciennes usines, lignes brisées et couleurs passées s’y côtoient, laissant un goût de mélancolie au spectateur. Découvrez le reste de son travail sur son site et Instagram.
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