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Posted in: UncategorizedFail Army presents a collection of the best and funniest fail videos that hit the Internet during the third week of September 2018…(Read…)
Fail Army presents a collection of the best and funniest fail videos that hit the Internet during the third week of September 2018…(Read…)
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates threw paper pulp at expanded-metal panels to produce light-filtering screens evoking artist Antoni Clavé’s paintings, at this archive in Paris dedicated to his work.
Kuma’s firm designed the interiors of the compact Archives Antoni Clavé on Rue Boissonade in the French capital’s 14th Arrondissement, which was Clavé’s first studio.
The Catalan artist moved to Paris in 1941 after fighting for the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, and quickly became part of the Parisian art scene.
Clavé was influenced by his meetings with Pablo Picasso and is known for his abstract paintings featuring expressive forms and textural surfaces. Throughout his career he also produced lithographs, etchings, murals, collages, sculptures, theatre costumes, sets for stage productions and illustrations for books.
The 240 square metre archive facility is spread across a ground floor with a mezzanine slotted in beneath the pitched ceiling.
The architects sought to utilise the abundance of natural light entering the studio through an existing skylight to create a bright space for the office and archive.
To control the amount of natural light reaching various areas within the building, the architects created screens using sheets of expanded-metal mesh with wetted paper stuck to the surfaces to soften the aesthetic.
The technique was inspired by the process used to make traditional Japanese washi paper, which involves spreading balls of pulp onto a mesh sheet.
“We created this project by using the panels of expanded metal and throwing the Japanese paper pulp, which will give a soft atmosphere to the space of former industrial inspiration,” the firm explained.
The screens were produced in western France by Yasuo Kobayashi, a washi manufacturer whose studio is based in the Japanese port city of Niigata.
The screens create overlapping layers that help to control the amount of light permeating through, in much the same way as the different techniques used in washi-paper making result in varying levels of transparency.
The rest of the space features a minimal material palette and neutral tones that complement the treated mesh surfaces.
A simple staircase featuring a tensioned-wire balustrade and slender wooden treads fixed to a central stringer connects the ground floor with the mezzanine, where wooden flooring introduces a warm tone and texture.
Clavé’s work was presented during the 56th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2015, and is also celebrated at a dedicated museum designed by architect Tadao Ando and inaugurated in Yamanashi, near Tokyo, in March 2011.
Kengo Kuma’s studio recently completed Scotland’s first design museum, the V&A Dundee. In an exclusive video interview, the architect told Dezeen the building’s ridged concrete form is influenced by its location between the sea and the land.
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French designer Pierre Charrié has reimagined traditional Peruvian singing vessels with his collection of coloured musical jugs.
The ceramic Pan whistling carafe is a reinterpretation of pre-Columbian ceramic vessels found in Peru. These were used as ceremonial tools to produce sounds for healing purposes or to invoke spirits.
“I’m very interested in ancient and ritual objects, it’s an inexhaustible source of inspiration for me. Sound objects are often my favourites,” said Charrié.
With the help of Victor Mauro from design studio ça va faire du bruit, Charrié created a sound mechanism that is very simple and creates an interesting musical note when the jug is used.
As the water moves around inside the jug it creates a movement of air that passes through a whistle built into the hollow of the handle.
“Implemented into a functional object, this brings some magic into ordinary gestures,” continued Charrié.
The jug takes on the shape of a bird, a zoomorphic design that nods to the original Peruvian vessels. The streaked texture adds animality to the volume, referencing the bird’s feathering as well as the water movement in the jugs.
The bird-like shape also emphasises the sound feature, which Charrié hopes will come as an enjoyable surprise to the user.
“I think acoustic sounds are precious,” said Charrié to Dezeen. “First of all, they are often more pleasing to the ear than electronic sounds.”
“I also believe they are linked to our spirituality and I like the idea that we can enjoy them in our daily life, at home, at the office, in a restaurant. In the case of the jug, it’s a way to celebrate the simple fact of having a drink with a nice sound.”
Earlier this year Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has created a singing washing machine and a musical kettle to explore how everyday sounds in the home can impact our mood.
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The market for Mixed Reality is vastly expanding, with technology advancing at a breath-taking pace, and with new, and interesting implementations being thought of each day it’s certainly an exciting field! However, current VR/AR headsets are not best suited to children, as their bulky and heavy design doesn’t sit comfortably on their, typically smaller, heads.
Holo Cap may just be a solution to this problem and allow children to experience the wonderful world of Mixed Reality! Its answer is for it to be a hat, as opposed to a headset; the cap, with a hole in the top, comfortably sits on the user’s head, and its tightness can be adjusted easily via the two straps at the rear. When not in use, the screen neatly tucks away inside the device to ensure that it does not get damaged by its, often, heavy handed target audience!
Designers: Hwang Daye & Yeseul Han
San Francisco firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has divided this holiday home at the Sea Ranch community in California into two cedar-clad volumes, which face out in different directions to overlook the rugged coastline.
Malcolm Davis Architecture‘s Coastal Retreat is located at the top of a grassy slope in Sea Ranch – a planned community in California‘s Sonoma County that was first established in the 1960s, and occupies a long and narrow coastal strip facing the Pacific Ocean.
Designed as “a modern getaway” for a European couple, the residence comprises two wings: one hosts the living areas and the other the bedrooms. These are set at angles and feature large windows to make the most of the elevated vantage of the water on the western side.
“Each wing is intentionally positioned to maximise views of the rugged California coast beyond,” said Malcolm Davis Architecture in a project description.
A porch covered in corrugated steel that will weather over time slots in between, forming the entrance to the property and the connection between the two.
The firm chose to clad the two bigger volumes in cedar planks as a reference to the barns that occupied the site prior to the Sea Ranch. The material is also in keeping with the aesthetic that was used for the properties built in the early stages of the community’s development.
Malcolm Davis Architecture similarly chose simple shapes and local materials for another home built nearby.
For Coastal Retreat, the studio also included protruding volumes, gently sloped roofs, and black frames placed around the different shaped windows to offer a more contemporary update.
“Each volume is reminiscent of the vernacular, barn-like structures found in this iconic California locale, but with a decidedly modern twist consisting of seamless material transitions and minimalist detailing,” said the firm.
The woodwork and rough steel of the residence also matches the hues of the natural terrain, following an aim of the mid-20th-century development to make little impact on the environment. Also continuing this ethos are the split floor levels that “gently follow the site’s steep topography”.
Trees surrounding the plot are preserved to help shield the residence from the noise of Highway 1 – a major state route that runs straight through the Sea Ranch.
Smaller openings are placed on the walls facing the road to minimise this view. The majority of the natural light instead floods in from the windows overlooking the ocean.
Simple materials adorn the interior of the residence. In the open-plan living area, plywood covers the double-height walls at the back of the lounge and forms a seating nook with shelving.
Other surfaces are painted white to offset the black window frames and wood-burning stove. A pair of bright yellow chairs add a hint of colour to the room.
Concrete flooring continues from the lounge to form a pair of steps leading up to the kitchen at the northern end, which features wooden cabinets with white counters.
A skylight tops one of the rear workspaces, casting shadow lines across the back wall. This roof window is among a series that the firm included to aid a natural heating and cooling system, as part of a sustainable building strategy.
“The strategically positioned windows capture solar gain in concert with the thermal mass of the concrete floor slabs,” said the firm. “The operable skylights release heat and circulate cool, fresh air through the lower openings.”
The central portion of the residence opens onto a patio for outdoor dining, before connecting to the adjoining bedroom wing.
In this second volume, a sets of steps leads up to a bedroom and a bathroom on the ground floor, while another sleeping area is found on the first floor. This level also has a bathroom, which is nearly all black, contrasting the paler finishes across the rest of the residence.
At the top of the staircase that joins these two levels, there is a desk with a window to the ocean view.
The Sea Ranch was established in 1964 by developer Al Boeke and a group of Bay Area architects. Celebrated as one of the best collections of modernist architecture on America’s West Coast, it forms the subject of a major exhibition opening at SFMOMA in December 2018.
While new developments, like those by Malcolm Davis Architecture, can be found across the site, a number of the original properties have also recently undergone renovations.
Examples include a 1960s cabin built by American architect Joseph Esherick and 1974 residence designed by Ralph Matheson.
Photography is by Joe Fletcher.
Project credits:
Architect: Malcolm Davis
Project manager: Dinesh Perera
Junior designer: Elsa Brown
General contractor: David Hillmer, Empire Contracting
Landscape architect: J Scott Graf, Floriferous Landscaping
Structural engineer: Double-D Engineering
Arborist: Joe R Mcbride, Consulting Forester
Title 24: Energy Calc Company
Geotechnical engineer: RGH Consultants
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San Francisco firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has divided this holiday home at the Sea Ranch community in California into two cedar-clad volumes, which face out in different directions to overlook the rugged coastline.
Malcolm Davis Architecture‘s Coastal Retreat is located at the top of a grassy slope in Sea Ranch – a planned community in California‘s Sonoma County that was first established in the 1960s, and occupies a long and narrow coastal strip facing the Pacific Ocean.
Designed as “a modern getaway” for a European couple, the residence comprises two wings: one hosts the living areas and the other the bedrooms. These are set at angles and feature large windows to make the most of the elevated vantage of the water on the western side.
“Each wing is intentionally positioned to maximise views of the rugged California coast beyond,” said Malcolm Davis Architecture in a project description.
A porch covered in corrugated steel that will weather over time slots in between, forming the entrance to the property and the connection between the two.
The firm chose to clad the two bigger volumes in cedar planks as a reference to the barns that occupied the site prior to the Sea Ranch. The material is also in keeping with the aesthetic that was used for the properties built in the early stages of the community’s development.
Malcolm Davis Architecture similarly chose simple shapes and local materials for another home built nearby.
For Coastal Retreat, the studio also included protruding volumes, gently sloped roofs, and black frames placed around the different shaped windows to offer a more contemporary update.
“Each volume is reminiscent of the vernacular, barn-like structures found in this iconic California locale, but with a decidedly modern twist consisting of seamless material transitions and minimalist detailing,” said the firm.
The woodwork and rough steel of the residence also matches the hues of the natural terrain, following an aim of the mid-20th-century development to make little impact on the environment. Also continuing this ethos are the split floor levels that “gently follow the site’s steep topography”.
Trees surrounding the plot are preserved to help shield the residence from the noise of Highway 1 – a major state route that runs straight through the Sea Ranch.
Smaller openings are placed on the walls facing the road to minimise this view. The majority of the natural light instead floods in from the windows overlooking the ocean.
Simple materials adorn the interior of the residence. In the open-plan living area, plywood covers the double-height walls at the back of the lounge and forms a seating nook with shelving.
Other surfaces are painted white to offset the black window frames and wood-burning stove. A pair of bright yellow chairs add a hint of colour to the room.
Concrete flooring continues from the lounge to form a pair of steps leading up to the kitchen at the northern end, which features wooden cabinets with white counters.
A skylight tops one of the rear workspaces, casting shadow lines across the back wall. This roof window is among a series that the firm included to aid a natural heating and cooling system, as part of a sustainable building strategy.
“The strategically positioned windows capture solar gain in concert with the thermal mass of the concrete floor slabs,” said the firm. “The operable skylights release heat and circulate cool, fresh air through the lower openings.”
The central portion of the residence opens onto a patio for outdoor dining, before connecting to the adjoining bedroom wing.
In this second volume, a sets of steps leads up to a bedroom and a bathroom on the ground floor, while another sleeping area is found on the first floor. This level also has a bathroom, which is nearly all black, contrasting the paler finishes across the rest of the residence.
At the top of the staircase that joins these two levels, there is a desk with a window to the ocean view.
The Sea Ranch was established in 1964 by developer Al Boeke and a group of Bay Area architects. Celebrated as one of the best collections of modernist architecture on America’s West Coast, it forms the subject of a major exhibition opening at SFMOMA in December 2018.
While new developments, like those by Malcolm Davis Architecture, can be found across the site, a number of the original properties have also recently undergone renovations.
Examples include a 1960s cabin built by American architect Joseph Esherick and 1974 residence designed by Ralph Matheson.
Photography is by Joe Fletcher.
Project credits:
Architect: Malcolm Davis
Project manager: Dinesh Perera
Junior designer: Elsa Brown
General contractor: David Hillmer, Empire Contracting
Landscape architect: J Scott Graf, Floriferous Landscaping
Structural engineer: Double-D Engineering
Arborist: Joe R Mcbride, Consulting Forester
Title 24: Energy Calc Company
Geotechnical engineer: RGH Consultants
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San Francisco firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has divided this holiday home at the Sea Ranch community in California into two cedar-clad volumes, which face out in different directions to overlook the rugged coastline.
Malcolm Davis Architecture‘s Coastal Retreat is located at the top of a grassy slope in Sea Ranch – a planned community in California‘s Sonoma County that was first established in the 1960s, and occupies a long and narrow coastal strip facing the Pacific Ocean.
Designed as “a modern getaway” for a European couple, the residence comprises two wings: one hosts the living areas and the other the bedrooms. These are set at angles and feature large windows to make the most of the elevated vantage of the water on the western side.
“Each wing is intentionally positioned to maximise views of the rugged California coast beyond,” said Malcolm Davis Architecture in a project description.
A porch covered in corrugated steel that will weather over time slots in between, forming the entrance to the property and the connection between the two.
The firm chose to clad the two bigger volumes in cedar planks as a reference to the barns that occupied the site prior to the Sea Ranch. The material is also in keeping with the aesthetic that was used for the properties built in the early stages of the community’s development.
Malcolm Davis Architecture similarly chose simple shapes and local materials for another home built nearby.
For Coastal Retreat, the studio also included protruding volumes, gently sloped roofs, and black frames placed around the different shaped windows to offer a more contemporary update.
“Each volume is reminiscent of the vernacular, barn-like structures found in this iconic California locale, but with a decidedly modern twist consisting of seamless material transitions and minimalist detailing,” said the firm.
The woodwork and rough steel of the residence also matches the hues of the natural terrain, following an aim of the mid-20th-century development to make little impact on the environment. Also continuing this ethos are the split floor levels that “gently follow the site’s steep topography”.
Trees surrounding the plot are preserved to help shield the residence from the noise of Highway 1 – a major state route that runs straight through the Sea Ranch.
Smaller openings are placed on the walls facing the road to minimise this view. The majority of the natural light instead floods in from the windows overlooking the ocean.
Simple materials adorn the interior of the residence. In the open-plan living area, plywood covers the double-height walls at the back of the lounge and forms a seating nook with shelving.
Other surfaces are painted white to offset the black window frames and wood-burning stove. A pair of bright yellow chairs add a hint of colour to the room.
Concrete flooring continues from the lounge to form a pair of steps leading up to the kitchen at the northern end, which features wooden cabinets with white counters.
A skylight tops one of the rear workspaces, casting shadow lines across the back wall. This roof window is among a series that the firm included to aid a natural heating and cooling system, as part of a sustainable building strategy.
“The strategically positioned windows capture solar gain in concert with the thermal mass of the concrete floor slabs,” said the firm. “The operable skylights release heat and circulate cool, fresh air through the lower openings.”
The central portion of the residence opens onto a patio for outdoor dining, before connecting to the adjoining bedroom wing.
In this second volume, a sets of steps leads up to a bedroom and a bathroom on the ground floor, while another sleeping area is found on the first floor. This level also has a bathroom, which is nearly all black, contrasting the paler finishes across the rest of the residence.
At the top of the staircase that joins these two levels, there is a desk with a window to the ocean view.
The Sea Ranch was established in 1964 by developer Al Boeke and a group of Bay Area architects. Celebrated as one of the best collections of modernist architecture on America’s West Coast, it forms the subject of a major exhibition opening at SFMOMA in December 2018.
While new developments, like those by Malcolm Davis Architecture, can be found across the site, a number of the original properties have also recently undergone renovations.
Examples include a 1960s cabin built by American architect Joseph Esherick and 1974 residence designed by Ralph Matheson.
Photography is by Joe Fletcher.
Project credits:
Architect: Malcolm Davis
Project manager: Dinesh Perera
Junior designer: Elsa Brown
General contractor: David Hillmer, Empire Contracting
Landscape architect: J Scott Graf, Floriferous Landscaping
Structural engineer: Double-D Engineering
Arborist: Joe R Mcbride, Consulting Forester
Title 24: Energy Calc Company
Geotechnical engineer: RGH Consultants
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San Francisco firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has divided this holiday home at the Sea Ranch community in California into two cedar-clad volumes, which face out in different directions to overlook the rugged coastline.
Malcolm Davis Architecture‘s Coastal Retreat is located at the top of a grassy slope in Sea Ranch – a planned community in California‘s Sonoma County that was first established in the 1960s, and occupies a long and narrow coastal strip facing the Pacific Ocean.
Designed as “a modern getaway” for a European couple, the residence comprises two wings: one hosts the living areas and the other the bedrooms. These are set at angles and feature large windows to make the most of the elevated vantage of the water on the western side.
“Each wing is intentionally positioned to maximise views of the rugged California coast beyond,” said Malcolm Davis Architecture in a project description.
A porch covered in corrugated steel that will weather over time slots in between, forming the entrance to the property and the connection between the two.
The firm chose to clad the two bigger volumes in cedar planks as a reference to the barns that occupied the site prior to the Sea Ranch. The material is also in keeping with the aesthetic that was used for the properties built in the early stages of the community’s development.
Malcolm Davis Architecture similarly chose simple shapes and local materials for another home built nearby.
For Coastal Retreat, the studio also included protruding volumes, gently sloped roofs, and black frames placed around the different shaped windows to offer a more contemporary update.
“Each volume is reminiscent of the vernacular, barn-like structures found in this iconic California locale, but with a decidedly modern twist consisting of seamless material transitions and minimalist detailing,” said the firm.
The woodwork and rough steel of the residence also matches the hues of the natural terrain, following an aim of the mid-20th-century development to make little impact on the environment. Also continuing this ethos are the split floor levels that “gently follow the site’s steep topography”.
Trees surrounding the plot are preserved to help shield the residence from the noise of Highway 1 – a major state route that runs straight through the Sea Ranch.
Smaller openings are placed on the walls facing the road to minimise this view. The majority of the natural light instead floods in from the windows overlooking the ocean.
Simple materials adorn the interior of the residence. In the open-plan living area, plywood covers the double-height walls at the back of the lounge and forms a seating nook with shelving.
Other surfaces are painted white to offset the black window frames and wood-burning stove. A pair of bright yellow chairs add a hint of colour to the room.
Concrete flooring continues from the lounge to form a pair of steps leading up to the kitchen at the northern end, which features wooden cabinets with white counters.
A skylight tops one of the rear workspaces, casting shadow lines across the back wall. This roof window is among a series that the firm included to aid a natural heating and cooling system, as part of a sustainable building strategy.
“The strategically positioned windows capture solar gain in concert with the thermal mass of the concrete floor slabs,” said the firm. “The operable skylights release heat and circulate cool, fresh air through the lower openings.”
The central portion of the residence opens onto a patio for outdoor dining, before connecting to the adjoining bedroom wing.
In this second volume, a sets of steps leads up to a bedroom and a bathroom on the ground floor, while another sleeping area is found on the first floor. This level also has a bathroom, which is nearly all black, contrasting the paler finishes across the rest of the residence.
At the top of the staircase that joins these two levels, there is a desk with a window to the ocean view.
The Sea Ranch was established in 1964 by developer Al Boeke and a group of Bay Area architects. Celebrated as one of the best collections of modernist architecture on America’s West Coast, it forms the subject of a major exhibition opening at SFMOMA in December 2018.
While new developments, like those by Malcolm Davis Architecture, can be found across the site, a number of the original properties have also recently undergone renovations.
Examples include a 1960s cabin built by American architect Joseph Esherick and 1974 residence designed by Ralph Matheson.
Photography is by Joe Fletcher.
Project credits:
Architect: Malcolm Davis
Project manager: Dinesh Perera
Junior designer: Elsa Brown
General contractor: David Hillmer, Empire Contracting
Landscape architect: J Scott Graf, Floriferous Landscaping
Structural engineer: Double-D Engineering
Arborist: Joe R Mcbride, Consulting Forester
Title 24: Energy Calc Company
Geotechnical engineer: RGH Consultants
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Los Angeles studio Design, Bitches has refurbished a local building for a nonprofit education organisation, creating a variety of areas to learn, work and develop skills.
The 9 Dots education centre in Hollywood offers a wide range of education support, including tutoring for children interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects, as well as teacher-training programmes, community workshops and other classes.
Design, Bitches overhauled the existing building that 9 Dots occupied, and worked around its vast wooden frame. Before the centre moved into the space in 2015, the building served as a production facility.
The structure features a curved double-height ceiling lined in Douglas fir panelling, along with a series of windows, exposed ducts and beams, and concrete floors.
Spanning 11,000 square feet (1,022 square metres), the industrial shell provided a blank canvas for interior opportunities, including new classrooms and meeting areas.
Previously, the school was split across two buildings separated by a courtyard. One was an open-plan space and the other housed an indoor basketball court.
Design, Bitches altered the gym volume by adding more work and study areas. Rather than building internal walls, the studio inserted a free-standing plywood frame to help divide the floor plan.
The wooden volume houses private offices and classrooms, to offer more intimate spaces for working compared to the rest of the building.
“In order to accommodate the growing community centre, we inserted multiple layers of design interventions into the existing open spaces that embrace multiple functions and welcome both children and adults,” said Design, Bitches.
Another large plywood structure anchors on the side of the room, and includes various tables, couches, benches and cubby holes.
The firm also built a pavilion-like extension to the rear of the building that previously housed desks and work areas. Under the wooden beamed canopy is a table where children can partake in arts and crafts.
Splashes of yellow, green, red and blue feature prominently and help break up the otherwise simple palette found across both buildings. Colourful metal chairs, painted cabinets and vibrant wall designs all help to tie the project together.
Hints of bright primary colours are a common choice for education facilities, as seen in the recently completed WeGrow classroom launched by WeWork and designed by BIG, and a school with panelled wood walls and tiered seating by A+I – both in New York.
Design, Bitches was one of five LA studios that contributed a conceptual building to Dezeen and adidas’ P.O.D.System Architecture project this summer.
Co-founders Catherine Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph explain their idea to create a park that brings different activities together in unusual ways in this movie.
Photography is by Laure Joliet.
Project credits:
Design team: Rebecca Rudolph, Catherine Johnson, Gitta Bartelt, Chia-Ching Yang, Kealani Jensen
General contractor: DPR Construction
Structural engineer: Peter Erdelyi and Associates
Mechanical and plumbing: Engineered Solutions Construction Design Services Electrical engineer: TEK Engineering Group
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Alexandra Kehayoglou crée des œuvres étonnantes qui mettent en avant les paysages de son argentine natale. Il s’agit d’immenses tapis fait mains reproduisant des lieux connus, parfois controversés, comme le fleuve Santa Cruz, terriblement affecté par l’activité humaine. Ces reproductions minutieuses font d’un vaste projet de sensibilisation à l’écologie. Chaque tapis est composé de restes textiles venant du laboratoire de la famille Kehayoglou, qui cultive cette pratique depuis plus de soixante ans.
En 2017, sa pièce Santa Cruz River a été exposée à la National Gallery of Victoria Triennial à Melbourne.