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Albuixech (Valencia, Spain): OGF House by Manuel Cerda Perez + Julio Vila Liante

Spain > The basic concept of the OGF House, designed by Manuel Cerda Perez + Julio Vila Liante in Albuixech (Valencia), is not the empty cube at all. In that building, assumptions are completely inverted: in the vein of Terragni, folded plans, wrapped by skins, create internal and external spaces, in a three-dimensionality that defines […]...

Groninger Forum (Groningen, the Netherlands)

In the city of Groningen (the Netherlands) a public voting has started to select the scheme for Groninger Forum. People can choose among the design proposals by UNStudio, Wiel Arets, Neutelings Riedijk, NL Architects, Zaha Hadid, Erick van Egeraats and Foreign Office Architects [groningen.nl]. source > dezain.net...

Porto Alegre (Brazil): Slice House (‘Casa Fatia’) by Procter-Rihl

The Slice House ("Casa Fatia"), designed by Procter-Rihl Architects on a 3.7 x 38.5 meters area in Porto Alegre (Brazil), refers to Brazilian Modern architecture but, at the same time, introduces a new element: the complexity of its prismatic geometry, that generates a series of spatial illusions in the interior…[arqa.com]...

US: Alexander Gorlin’s Townhouse in Ruskin Place (Seaside, Florida)

The Ruskin Place Townhouse, designed by architect Alexander Gorlin, was conceived as a critique to the prevailing architectural style in Seaside and, at the same time, as an expression of that town's distinctive language. Accomplished abstraction is the opposite of post-Victorian cottage style and classicism of the other houses in Ruskin Place, a pedestrian square […]...

Germany: imm Cologne – the international furniture fair

Germany > Images of the "Ideal House" installations, designed respectively by Naoto Fukasawa [dezeen] and Zaha Hadid [dezeen], on display at the Cologne international furniture fair (IMM Cologne) until January 21. More images > designboom...

SANAA in Berlin: exhibition at the Bauhaus Archive

Images of the exhibition dedicated to SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa) that took place at the Museum of Bauhaus Archive in Berlin between 09/20 and 11/20 2006: among designs displayed, also the museum expansion [Japan Design Net]. source > dezain.net...