Nora House

Nora House (Danderyd, Sweden), is a private house designed by Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter. The building envelope was defined by the full width, the maximum area and height fitting into the building regulations.

Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter was founded in 1999 by architects Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård Hansson.
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Restructuration of public spaces of the Eiffel Tower

In celebration of the 120th birthday of the tower, the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel decided to restructure the public reception and access areas of the tower. The proposal of SERERO Architects aims to create a temporary horizontal extension of the third floor of the tower in order to increase the quality of the […]

OFT, transformable house by Sand & Birch Design

“…The name OFT comes from the word Loft, in which it has been taken out the “L”, that has to be meant like the dimension “Large”. The OFT is in fact of limited dimensions in its basic composition, but, as well as the loft, it is characterized by spaces adaptable to changeable necessities…”

OFT has […]

Eric Jourdan, Sliding pieces/crossing structure

Extending the ‘Stem’ furniture collection for Cinna and with a permanent urban structure standing on-site in front of Saint-Etienne terminus, Eric Jourdan has kicked into 2008 with two fine illustrations of his elegant and limpid design vocabulary.

‘Stem’ for Cinna
The clean lines and basic forms of these tables and storage units appeared in 2007. Jourdan describes […]

Cubi, the new Qbic Hotels concept

Qbic Hotels is the Low Cost Design Hotel Company wich consists of cube-shaped living spaces, called Cubi. Each Cubi has an astonishingly practical configuration, individually designed and built with attractive materials, offering great sleeping comfort and a unique experience.
The Cubi features an extra long bed, Philippe Starck design bathroom elements, LCD TV, safe, high-speed Internet […]

“Untitled” light installation by Jim Campbell

Light installation by artist Jim Campbell “…a sublime example of form and function. Serving both as public art and also to reduce the visual impact of a security barrier around the federal building…”

“Untitled” light installation by Jim Campbell from Charles R. Carpenter on Vimeo.

Located at the Byron G. Rogers U.S. Courthouse, 1929 Stout Street, Denver, […]

Sanyo Solar Ark

The Solar Ark, a unique, ark-shaped, solar photovoltaic power generation facility, offers activities to cultivate a better appreciation of solar power generation, and thereby of both ecology and science. This 315m wide, 37m tall facility is located in Gifu Prefecture, in the geographical center of Japan, and can be seen from the JR Tokaido bullet […]

New Townhouse and expandable residences by Livinghomes

KieranTimberlake is internationally recognized for its research focusing on new materials, processes, assemblies and products, and has successfully implemented off-site fabrication techniques based on lessons learned from the aerospace, auto, and shipbuilding industries.
”Expandable” Single Family Model (Type 1)
In addition to lower cost and faster production, the LBS allows for the unprecedented adaptability of previously ‘fixed’ […]