Pathé Foundation by Renzo Piano Building Workshop // Paris, France.Attention all archi-film buffs! Renzo Piano has recently built the new headquarters for the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé in Paris, France and what an impressive HQ it is. Looking like an extra-terrestrial spaceship from a 1960’s...
So Hot Right Now // Fins & Folded Facades.I recall a time when I used to have a grown up job in an architecture firm, and the debate amongst my colleagues/ architects over the design of every façade. This is not surprising. Not only are they one of the first things we all notice...
So Hot Right Now // Scale Shingles in Architecture & Design.Scale shingles are by no means a radical new concept in architecture & design. Far from it. I don't know if this is the same as you, but I remember my early drawings of houses from when I first learned to hold a pen, which featured scale...
Yardhouse in East London by Assemble Studios.Handmade concrete tiles give a scaly facade to this collaborative workplace building designed by Assemble for artists and designers in east London. Yardhouse was built with a simple wooden post and beam structure and a basic off-the-shelf...
Mesmerising Mirrored Mood // Architecture.Mesmerising Mirrored Mood is dedicated to reflective buildings that seamlessly blend into their immediate surroundings. In doing so - they almost disappear, and their boundaries become infinite. Mirrors posses special magical powers. They...
Impossible Reality by Elenberg Fraser // 33 MacKenzie Street Residential Tower in Melbourne.It's certainly not every day that I come across a multi residential tower that makes me squeal with excitmenet. And by "not every day" I mean - hardly ever. Particularly when we are taking about our beloved country permanently stained by...
Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP // Hiroshima, Japan.The Optical Glass House was designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP and it was completed in March 2012. Located on a busy residential street in downtown Hiroshima in Japan, the house features a glittering facade of suspended glass blocks...
UID Architects, Japan.Hiroshima based UID Architects studio was founded in 2003 by Keisuke Maeda. Clearly an advocate of designing in section and 3D, every project pushes the boundaries of solid and void, inside and outside, public and private. I think this is...
The Re-Birth of Palazzo di Vigonovo (Campiello) // Venice, Italy.This project is such a wonderful example of what is possible when history, art, architecture and technology unite to create a single grand gesture. After three full years of renovation, Campiello is given a new lease on life, featuring a...
