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Folding back these perforated screens reconfigures an apartment that’s combined with a dance and choreography studio near Paris.

Light glows through the circular holes to give a star-studded appearance to the walls, which were designed by French studio Cut Architectures.

The hinged panels are hollow and a transparent PVC pipe lines each perforation.

Hidden wheels allow the partitions to be easily manoeuvred.

A second set of screens extends around a set of french windows in the bedroom.

This is the third project by Cut Architectures recently featured on Dezeen, following a glass-fronted music room and a coffee laboratory – see both stories here.

Photography is by David Foessel.

Here are some more details from Cut Architectures:

The apartment is designed after its owner who’s a dancer and a choreographer seeking for a flexible and evolving space. The design offers a continuous, fluid dual aspect 55m² free space which can adapt itself to actual or future uses according to the choreographer’s imagination.

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A mobile and articulated partition wall can reshape the space creating either a living room, a dining room, a library, a spare bedroom or a closet. Appearing like thick walls the panels are very light and can be easily manipulated by a single person.

Composed of  a 100mm pine frame covered with light grey painted MDF boards the panels are attached together with simple hinges. They stand on industrial wheels concealed within the depth of the frame. The panels are randomly perforated and PVC pipes connect the holes in between the MDF boards creating light tunnels that glow like stars in the room.

Another partition wall in the bedroom divides the room with the study and works as shutters for the bedroom.

The apartment is always in movement, the walls dance to change the rooms proportions in a snap.

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Nagi by Eiri Ota and Irene Gardpoit Chan	Therefore Offices by West Architecture	Switch by Yuko Shibata

Speaking of thievery, as we were in that last post, here’s something a bit more direct. Two weeks ago, though only being reported now, a man sneaked into fashion designer Marc Ecko‘s studio in Manhattan and stole the print “Untitled (Calvin Klein)” by the artist Kaws. NY1 reports that the thief knew the door code to the building, entered with a poster tube under his arm, lifted the print and then stuffed it into the tube while hiding in a bathroom before hightailing it back out into the street. The Kaws print is said to be worth roughly $100,000 and Ecko’s most recent blog posts have laid out information about the case, currently being investigated by the NYPD. Here’s all the info about the suspect:

The suspect is described as being a white male between 20 and 40 years old, approximately 5’11″ tall with a thin build and a mustache. He was wearing a dark green hoodie, blue jeans, a tan baseball hat with dark sunglasses and running sneakers. Police say he was also carrying a dark backpack at the time.

Anyone with information about the case is being asked to contact Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-577-TIPS, by texting TIP577 to CRIMES, or by [visiting their website]

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We fully realize that by talking about the Kardashian family we’re only continuing to give them the power they require to keep existing, and for that we apologize. However, we promise in this post to discuss something that only paint them in a potentially negative light, namely allegations of design theft. Late last week, designer Monica Botkier filed a post on her eponymous company’s blog entitled “K is for Knock-Off.” Botkier alleges that the new Kardashian Kollection, which features pieces designed by three of the family’s sisters and was recently launched at Sears, includes a handbag that looks remarkably similar to one of their own, the “Botkier Clyde.” From two side pouches to the diagonal zippers to even the frilly extras hanging here and there, you’d be hard pressed not to see the similarities. In response to the theft complaint, the Kardashian’s issued a statement, which the Hollywood Reporter has in full. In it, they fight back on three fronts: 1) that they have not yet received a cease and desist letter (which we read as “if we haven’t gotten one, how for real could all of this be?”), 2) that their potential-copycat bag was “independently created” and is not yet available for public consumption (or “we just licensed our name out, so our hands are clean, and since the bag wasn’t available anyway, it will make it more difficult for you to sue us”) and lastly, 3) pointing fingers and saying that Botkier’s a thief too (here’s that quote: “[Parent company Jupi] was also surprised by Botkier’s statements in the media about purported ‘knock offs’ of Botkier handbags in light of other comments in the media noting the similarity of Botkier bags to preexisting Balenciaga bags”). So a dirty fight, yes, but it appears to possibly already be over, as Sears has already “removed the bag from their website.”

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Rainwater slides down into the central folds of a plunging roof at this Dallas house, draining into a collection tank for reuse.

The UR22 house was designed by American architect Vincent Snyder and features projecting external walls that have a skin of slate tiles and an underside of timber panels.

Hefty timber joists brace the house internally and are exposed inside a sequence of double-height living rooms on the ground floor.

A first-floor gallery leading to bedrooms overlooks these timber-framed rooms.

None of the windows overlook neighbouring plots, where two new houses are proposed.

Snyder previously worked for architect Frank Gehry, whose residential skyscraper New York by Gehry was recently published on Dezeen.

Other popular houses on Dezeen this week include twin residences that mirror one another in different materials and a house where cooling pools of water and trees line corridors and rooms – see all our stories about houses here.

Photography is by Chuck Smith.

Here’s some more information from the architects:

UR22 Residence

This project is a 4000 square foot speculative single family residence within the Urban Reserve master planned sustainable development in Dallas, Texas. With Gold LEED and HERS rating of 50, the house uses approximately ½ the energy per square foot of a typical home.

Through complex study, potential heat gain – which would require cooling – is substantially reduced by the precise placement of a durable envelope that blocks direct sun intrusion.

This protective envelope is clad in Vermont slate on the wall and roofs surfaces, which are naturally ventilated for heat reduction and material integrity.

Additionally, extensive reflective daylight is used to create bright, lofty interior spaces and heavy timber frames throughout express the simplicity and dynamics of the primary structural system.

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Providence Chapel by Jonathan Tuckey	Clay Fields by Riches Hawley Mikhail	Wooden House by Atelier Martel

Après le concept de Tron Legacy Skateboarding, voici cet excellent travail dans les rues de Melbourne par Eness mettant en scène la scultpure “Mobius” animée en technique stop-motion. Un condensé de 21 triangles évoluant dans l’espace urbain, avec des illusions d’optiques.

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