Designalmic

Kinetic Solar-powered Chandeliers / Luke Jerram

Designalmic — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:04:01 PDT

Kinetic Solar-powered Chandeliers Artwork by Luke Jerram, This 5m tall chandelier containing 665 radiometers was designed and created for the Bristol and Bath Science Park, UK...

Campbell Sports Center / Steven Holl Architects

Designalmic — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:21:43 PDT

The design effort has been led by Steven Holl architects, a Columbia University faculty member and world-renowned architect who has won several awards including the AIA NY Sustainable Design Award and the American Architect Award. The Campbell Sports Center, the flagship of Columbia's athletic renewal. The first new athletics building since the Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center was built in the mid-1970s, The Campbell Sports Center is the new cornerstone of the revitalized Baker Athletics Complex...

Club 69 / Glenn Sestig Architects

Designalmic — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:59:30 PDT

The first element that Glenn Sestig has used to make the room bigger LED lighting strips are reaching out to all corners of the room. The lights were both on the walls, the ceiling and some furniture pieces fastened. LEDs in fluorescent colors are a typical feature of the nightclub...

Tree Top walk Tower in the Bavarian Forest National Park / Architekt Josef Stöger

Designalmic — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:25:56 PDT

The Tree Tower, designed by the Architekt Josef Stöger from Schönberg, features an impressively airy architectural structure and a unique concept for enclosing the three very old, up to 38 m tall fir and beech trees in the egg-shaped tower. 16 arched glued laminated timber girders (GL28c larch), each over 40 m long, support the 17 t look-out platform...

Hewlett Street House / MPRDG – MPR Design Group

Designalmic — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:32:42 PDT

MPRDG - MPR Design Group have designed this exquisite house on Hewlett Street in Bronte, Australia. This project differs modern architectural forms. Two rectangular tubing with rounded corners form the second and third floor. The house is fully painted in white. Only the interior feature bare concrete and light wood textures. In the main living areas give due attention to natural light...

Rey Juan Carlos Hospital / Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos

Designalmic — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:58:12 PDT

Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos propose to transform the citizen into a client, for a new type of hospital which, in addition to assisting the proven effectiveness of the healthcare system, he can feel at all times to be the centre of all care and all attention. The concept is based on demographic, socio-economic structures and formulas for effective care, management and organisation...

Cykno – Vintage Electric Bicycle / Bruno Greppi & Luca Scopel

Designalmic — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:54:12 PDT

Cykno is the result of an idea – a dream – of Bruno Greppi, a great engineer and innovator in the motorbike field, in collaboration with the Luca Scopel a designer who is specialized in the development of concept and luxury products. Cykno is the tangible outcome resulting from the collaboration between Gianpietro Vigorelli and Riccardo Lorenzini, gurus of Italian advertising over the past 30 years and through the active participation of some managers of finance...

Extra Moenia – Bronze Sculptures Embedded In Gallery Walls / Matteo Pugliese

Designalmic — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:48:43 PDT

The collection of sculptures Extra Moenia was created by the Italian sculptor Matteo Pugliese, who lives and works in Milan. The collection depicts men who give the feeling of being trapped in the wall. Their construction is primarily made of bronze...

Liquid Glacial Tables / Zaha Hadid for David Gill Galleries

Designalmic — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:15:55 PDT

The Liquid Glacial Table by Zaha Hadid is one stunning piece of furniture. The table design embeds surface complexity and refraction within a powerful fluid dynamic. The elementary geometry of the flat table top appears transformed from static to fluid by the subtle waves and ripples evident below the surface, while the table’s legs seem to pour from the horizontal in a vortex of frozen water...

Jicaro Island Ecolodge / Architect Matthew Falkiner

Designalmic — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:15:02 PDT

Nine private casitas comprise Nicaragua´s most upscale nature resort, located on a private island in Lake Nicaragua. A short boat ride from the colonial town of Granada, the lodge offers spectacular views of the Mombacho Volcano across the lake...