A winter cocoon in the metaverse
The designer Andrés Reisinger creates his virtual house in collaboration with the architect Alba de la Fuente Dreamlike, soothing colors, transparency are the key words of the “Winter house” project: a concept specially designed for the metaverse. The two artists wanted to build a haven of peace and tranquility by making the house emerge in […]
Agostino Iacurci, the muralist who revisits the history of art
An Italian artist based in Berlin, Agostino Iacurci is known for his monumental frescos. He creates works for private or public institutions from Taipei to London, and even Las Vegas, but it would be a shame to miss his achievements on a more human scale, where he questions the perception of art, like “Gypsoteca,” an […]
The free forms of the Casa Orgánica
If the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright opened the way to organic architecture – that style of construction that embraces its environment – it is the Mexican Javier Senosiain who pushed it to its paroxysm with the Casa Orgánica, a manifesto house built in 1985 in the Mexico City area. An architect, Javier Senosiain is […]
A HOUSE ON MARS… OR NEARLY!
A few months ago, the world’s first digital NFT house was sold. Born from the imagination of the contemporary artist Krista Kim, the “Mars House” is composed of an interior space totally open to the outside, thanks to the many bay windows that surround the house. It offers its owner a breathtaking view of the […]
Telosa, the city of the future designed by the studio BIG
The Bjarke Ingels’ cabinet offers itself an umpteenth pharaonic project. On the agenda? A new city, located in the American West, whose objective is to accommodate 5 million inhabitants. This “city of the future” is called Telosa, from the ancient Greek “telos,” meaning “supreme objective.” Commissioned by the American billionaire Marc Lore, former head of […]
Jigi Poke: An address that plays with contrasts.
When you stop in front of Jigi Poke, it’s hard to understand that it’s a Poke Bowls restaurant because the monochrome and intimate atmosphere can be surprising. Far from the floral and colorful motifs typical of Hawaiian restaurants, this trendy Berlin venue has opted for a brutalist and sculptural interior. Like the original turn-of-the-century fisherman’s […]
Alexis Mabille: INTERIOR GAMES
A child prodigy of Haute Couture, Alexis Mabille dresses women’s bodies like no other. Known for his sense of materials, colors, and structures, this knight of Arts and Letters has been entrusted with the interior design of prestigious places, such as Frou Frou and the Maison de la Truffe. Experiences that gave birth to his […]
FUTURISTIC VISION
On the pebble beach of Sarpi, on the Black Sea, rises an undulating structure of a sparkling white. But what is hidden at the heart of the series of folds and knots that compose it? This futuristic building is in fact the observation tower of the border checkpoint between Georgia and Turkey. In contrast to […]
Cacao Eco Village: the village designed to use the waste of the cocoa culture
No, it is not a question of a fantasy creation by Willy Wonka, but of a real construction whose work will begin this year. Located in Pedernales, in the coastal province of Manabi in Ecuador, the Cacao Eco Village has a small particularity: It will be partially built thanks to cocoa waste from chocolate production […]
Olive Houses, the art of architectural nature
It is in the Mallorcan mountains, surrounded by thousand-year-old olive trees, that Olive Houses is humbly hidden. An architectural project that seems shaped by the surrounding nature. Yet it is indeed human work, that of the Spanish-Danish duo Mar Plus Ask. Amazed by the tranquility of this landscape, the studio imagined this residence in 2019 […]
Pure Brutalism
Inherited from Le Corbusier, Brutalism is an architectural style that relies on raw concrete and its ability to integrate into a wild environment without distorting it – a performance that LAAV Architects demonstrates with its Casa Brutale. Overlooking the Aegean Sea, this “concept house” carved into the rock on the side of a cliff plays […]
UFH (Unidentified Flying House)
In Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil, there is a villa like no other. As if levitating at treetop level, Casa Mirador seems to float in the air. With its two main volumes and a walkway that overhangs the land, the house barely touches the ground. The KS Arquitetos architecture studio has achieved a […]
The Chapel of Sound: acoustic experience
What is this mysterious prehistoric-looking rock balanced at the bottom of a valley in northern Pekin? The Chapel of Sound is a monolithic concert hall made from concrete and local rocks. The brainchild of Beijing architecture studio Open, the semi-outdoor amphitheater and open-air stage replicate the acoustic immersion of a cave, with sound echoing off […]
Five things to know about Balkrishna Doshi
Balkrishna Doshi is the new lucky winner of the Royal Gold Medal 2022, awarded by the RIBA with the approval of the Queen of England. Here are five things you should know to better approach his work. Collaborator of Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn in his early years Balkrishna Doshi was born in 1927 in […]
Margaux Keller enchants us with her pink hour
The French designer didn’t wait for the frenzy around the Phocaean city to return to her hometown, Marseille. In addition to settling there in 2012, Margaux Keller has never stopped paying homage to her native Provence via her poetic creations. The proof is Margaux Keller Collections, launched in 2019, via which she promotes local craftsmanship […]
The Wall House n°2, a small postmodern pearl of the Netherlands
1973, Connecticut, USA. The Wall House was designed by John Quentin Hejduk for landscape architect Arthur Edwin Bye. But due to cost issues, the building will never be built. Nearly 30 years later, the building was finally constructed in Groningen, the Netherlands, where Bye was born. Legend has it that the architect designed about twenty […]
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