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‘Moving Image’ wins 2013 Red Dot for Architecture

2013-05-20T17:53:00.000+05:30

By Teresa Simon

Photography: Courtesy Leeser Architecture

Museum of the Moving Image

Winner of 2013 Red Dot Design 2013 Award in its highly competitive Architecture and Urban Design category, ‘Museum of the Moving Image’ is termed "the finest recent American example of radical design" by the Wall Street Journal.

China Wood Sculpture Museum

2013-05-20T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Marina Correa

Photography: Iwan Baan & Xiazhi; courtesy the architects

China Wood Sculpture Museum

Rising like a phoenix amidst a nondescript residential neighbourhood in Harbin, China is the China Wood Sculpture Museum that resembles a twisted and gnarled 200 meter-long steel structure.

“Interzum Awards: Intelligent Material & Design 2013”

2013-05-14T19:38:00.001+05:30

Text & Photography: Courtesy Interzum Award

Laureates Interzum Award 2013

Design as an engine of innovation: award ceremony for the “Interzum Awards: Intelligent Material & Design 2013” held on May 12, 2013 saw 51 best designs in the international supplier industry for furniture and interior decor, get their place in the sun.

New Mariinsky Theatre opens in St. Petersburg, Russia

2013-05-13T09:00:00.000+05:30

By IAnD Team

Photography: Courtesy Diamond Schmitt Architects

Mariinsky II

The beginning of May saw the opening of Mariinsky II – Russia’s much acclaimed opera and ballet cultural centre just across its old 19^th century, and radically different Marinnsky I...

The Lenbachhaus Gallery & Museum

2013-05-08T00:02:00.000+05:30

Information: courtesy Foster+Partners & dwell(dot)com
Photography: Nigel Young; courtesy Foster+Partners

Name sculpted by Thomas Demand

The Lenbacchaus Gallery and Museum in Munich, Germany, re-opens on May 8, 2013, and will showcase, for the first time, a significant chunk of art from its avant-garde collection of over 30,000 artifacts, works of artists like Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, and Dan Flavin in addition to the internationally-renowned ‘Blue Rider’ collection and art by legendary Kandinsky...

Grand Boucle at London

2013-05-06T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Deepti Khanna

Photography: Courtesy Kemistry Gallery; mother-drucker.com & chipsnchampagne.com

This one is for bicycle lovers…Grand Boucle, an upcoming exhibition at Kemistry Gallery, London, takes a closer look at how the design of racing bicycles has returned to what was popular several years ago.

Fluid Architecture

2013-04-29T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Teresa Simon

Photography: David Franck; courtesy the architect

Incorporating seamless views and geometric fluidity, Ar. J. Mayer H builds a contextual hillside home in Stuttgart, Germany.

Pixel Cinema in Wuhan

2013-04-22T19:23:00.000+05:30

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Ajax Law Ling Kit, Ulso Tsang; Courtesy One Plus Partnership Limited

Applying a simple metaphor of the ‘dot matrix’ to design, interior design firm One Plus Partnership Limited chisels an unusual cinema house in Wuhan, China. Predictably, they bag the Gold Award of iF Communication Design in the Interior Design category for 2013!

Milan Furniture Fair 2013 – Selective Glimpses

2013-04-15T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy iSaloni 2013 & Park Associati

iSaloni at Milan

The iSaloni in its 52^nd edition has just concluded yesterday on 14^th April, 2013 at Milan Fairgrounds, Rho, breathing new life into its current theme “innovation”…

DNA mapped Furniture

2013-04-09T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Teresa Simon

Photography: Courtesy Tjep

Notwithstanding the already burgeoning plethora of options on the product design scenario world over, here is a new entrant – DNA mapped furniture.

MDS PassivHaus

2013-04-08T12:15:00.003+05:30

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architects

Exuding a serene exterior with a wooden-fronted patio surrounded by greenery, this 10-star energy rated ‘green’ house in Australia emits energy positive vibes, where it generates more energy than it uses - making it an award magnet.

2013-04-02T18:12:00.000+05:30

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Brick by Brick

2013-04-01T12:24:00.000+05:30

By Marina Correa

Photography: Sun Namgoong; courtesy the architects

Resembling a fish-like structure, this house in Korea is designed by JOHO Architecture, where ingenious brick placement appears as scales that glisten in the sunshine, lending it a striking character and making one want to sit-up and take note of the structural process involved.

Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan

2013-03-25T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Teresa Simon

Photography: Nigel Young; courtesy Foster+Partners

Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, Jordan

The highly efficient passive design of Queen Alia International Airport - the spectacular new gateway to Amman, inspired by local traditions and based on a flexible modular solution is yet another visionary Foster + Partners’ blueprint in the international arena of architecture and design.

Red Dot Product Design Winners Announced

2013-03-18T13:59:00.001+05:30

The biggest Red Dot jury of all time has assessed 4,662 products and announced just 58 “Red Dot: Best of the Best” winners!

Tivoli Park Story

2013-03-18T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Marina Correa

Photography: courtesy the architect

What Oscar Niemeyer did for Brazilian architecture, a proposed sports complex by PLA, which has won the first prize at an international competition, will do for Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Only hitch: It is mired in governmental regulations. Will it see the light of the day? Read on…

ME Hotel opens in London

2013-03-11T09:00:00.000+05:30

Compiled by Teresa Simon

Photography: Francisco Guerrero & Nigel Young; courtesy Foster + Partners

ME London

Foster + Partners is a firm that has grown from strength-to-strength with design as the fulcrum of their being. We unveil their first ‘complete’ hospitality design – the ME London.

Design with Chutzpah

2013-03-04T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Teresa Simon

Photography: Peter Clarke; courtesy the architects

Melbourne Design Studio literally doubles up an industrial office space, rejuvenating it into an environmentally and socially sustainable, pulsating, chic go-getter!

Landmark Reincarnate

2013-02-25T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Marina Correa

Photography: Andrea Martiradonna; courtesy the architects

Considered ahead of its time even in the 1960s, when it was first built, the Palazzo Campari building, Milan is today a refurbished modern wrap, delineating its advanced features as obsolete…

Head to Toe

2013-02-22T19:34:00.000+05:30

By Teresa Simon

Photography: courtesy craftcentral.org.uk

Shoes by Tracey Neuls

Top milliners and shoe designers explore the craft process and skill behind the drama, impact and, often, fun of hats and shoes at the opening of Crafts Council galleries at London this week…

Inspiration: Contemporary Design Methods in Architecture

2013-02-18T11:26:00.000+05:30

By Ar. Sameep Padora

Publishers: BIS Publishers

Inspiration: Contemporary Design Methods in Architecture by Mark Mückenheim and Juliane Demel is a focused piece of writing specifically meant for academicians interested in teaching foundation or first year programs in design and architecture. Ar. Sameep Padora reviews the book…

Architecture respecting Nature

2013-02-11T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Marina Correa

Photography: Diego Opazo; courtesy the architect

Based on a seamless connect between man-made structure and topography, Fran Silvestre Arquitectos has built a beautiful abode perched on a precipice overlooking the Iberian sea in Alicante, south of Spain.

Sustainable Living

2013-02-04T09:00:00.000+05:30

By: Marina Correa

Photography: Markus Bollen; courtesy Baumraum Architects

Imagine discussing sustainability issues in a tree house nestled among pine and birch trees? Not only does it sound fantastic but also drives home the point, pronto!

Architecture on the Moon

2013-02-01T18:21:00.000+05:30

By Teresa Simon

Photography: courtesy European Space Agency & Foster+Partners

Lunar outpost near the moon's south pole

Did the Aston Martin in the recent Skyfall pique your curiosity about a technologically driven future? Well, a structure on the moon will definitely blow you then!

Readymade Curtains

2013-01-28T09:00:00.000+05:30

By Priyanka Vikash

Photography: Studio Bouroullec

Designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and design textiles manufacturer Kvadrat join hands to simplify and romanticize the mundane chore of hanging curtains…