The 9 Hours Capsule Hotel





The 9 Hours is the brand new capsule hotel unveiled by Tokyo-based Cubic Corp. Designed in a collaboration with designer Fumie Shibata of Design Studio S, it looks nothing like its predecessors and represents a revolution in the capsule concept.

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-joel

House of Canvas



A house in an east Amsterdam neighborhood was recently renovated in tribute to the beloved local avant-garde artist Karel Appel. The architects at DUS borrowed from his vivid pallet to turn Dapperstraat 7, the home Appel was born in, into six small studios complete with an ingenious tuck-away kitchen. The design boldly delineates the spaces, visually increasing the size of the interior space and allowing the rooms to take on multiple uses.

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show house by a-cero





In this occasion A-cero has chosen a different façade from the Madrid show house. In that way people can see different options that A-cero offers with these modular houses. This time A-cero has designed a combination of black glass with panels of white aluminum Larson composite. The house has a modern and clean design with the same avant-garde style of the modular house already built in Madrid (that one has a black glass facade). However, the new modular house has a freshness and clarity touch due to the white colour. Also, the white gravel in the house’s surface accentuates this luminosity sensation. This material is a very affordable and comfortable solution for the owners. Apart form the “closing extra”, this house has been presented without extras in order to emphasize the house´s structure and give the main role to the excellent quality of its materials and finished.

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-joel

the funnel lamp



It might be a bloodline bias that has got me believing the Swedes design the perfect balance of smart-modern and clean-practical everything, but I can’t help it. Perhaps the true test of a country’s design ability stems from the quality of its infrastructure. Regardless of my hypotheses, there’s WIS Design - a bright, young duo out of Stockholm - who are measuring up to the high standards.

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-joel

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Ionna Vautrin Collection





A great collection of work designed by Ionna Vautrin.

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Mauro 3100 Bench



Just because NeoCon10 is in the history books doesn’t mean we should ignore the persistent push toward more functional public spaces. Just look around at the commercial location you may presently inhabit: you’re sure to see manifold functional defects—the likes of which Spain’s Figueras International Seating could remedy lickety split. To wit, beautiful Barcelona’s T1 airport terminal required well-proportioned seating that made good use of available space while possessing an aesthetic worthy of the city of Dalí and Gaudí. The response? Figueras’ 3100 Mauro Bench System by Marta Vilallonga.

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balanced shelf




Fascinated by movement and balance, as many of us are, German designer Christian Kim marries aesthetics with movement for a shelf that can go from being a horizontal row of cube shelves to one that is set on the diagonal.


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-joel

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loft lloydkwartier by 123DV


a colorful loft in a former warehouse in Rotterdam divided horizontally into two parts; bedrooms half sunken into the floor with glass facades and sliding doors (for light) and the upper part "like a podium for living. There is a built in kitchen and a whirlpool with a view of the harbour.

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-joel

Water Villa Omval // +31 Architects




Waterfront living takes on a new meaning with the Water Villa Omval.  The home sits on the Amstel River in Amsterdam and provides great views of the water from within and above the home via roof terrace.  Designed by +31 Architects.

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-joel edwards

PBS show about architecture





Stephen Chung needs our help!


He is an architect working on a TV pilot for PBS... and he's got into the finals!


Here is the link:  www.coolspaces.tv 
 
PBS is soliciting email support from the general public to help decide which of the remaining 16 should be piloted this winter. Hopefully some of you would be compelled to write an email in support of the show.  emails dont have to be long winded- just a short note expressing support in seeing a television show about architecture on PBS.  
 
if you goto: http://www.pbs.org/difund/  you can see the final 16 shows under consideration.  
 
here is the address:  DIFundSubmission@pbs.org   
emails have to be received before Dec 03. 


-joel

Prefab Beach House on Stilts // Kieran Timberlake




Kieran Timberlake takes a concept design from start to finish with their modular beach home on stilts.  What makes this beach home unique is that it has the ability to be disassembled and moved to another location if needed.

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-joel edwards

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pernambuco house

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Circle Hook Light



ITP alum and studio CW&T designer Taylor Levy brings us this circular sculptural lighting piece called Circle Hook Light.

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