the project is designed to resemble naval formal language in reference to its port location.
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klab architecture (7)
the design has been resolved as an interpretation of an urban marketplace with many different shops.
connections: +360
gerry judah (5)
unlike recent years, gerry judah's sculpture features the single classic dbr1, which is darting upwards leaving a huge looping trail behind it.
connections: +940
a 15-meter-wide overhang shades the façades throughout the day, while aluminum screens with differing densities filter the low sun in the evenings.
AFGH (2)
the new house replaces an original residential building constructed in 1852 and combines elements of the vernacular architecture.
positioned on the site of a former vineyard, the internal spaces of this dwelling are configured around a series of stepped terraces corresponding to the steep hillside.
connections: 2
xu zhen (2)
instead of felt, the table surfaces consist of ephemeral sand mandalas and the performance saw the sand work be wiped away at the end of the art fair.
connections: 8
'eternity-buddha in nirvana' generates ‘a new form of creative culture’ that the artist hopes will help bring about understanding of societal boundaries.
connections: 40
pedro & juana (6)
the scheme is a large-scale cyclorama featuring a panoramic image of the jungle on scaffolding that sits atop the courtyard in new york city.
including a total of 221 plant lamps, the installation recalls mexican paper cut-out art through their form while adding greenery to the space.
connections: 21
MoMA PS1 (20)
one of turrell’s most celebrated skyspaces, meeting is a site-specific installation that invites viewers to gaze upwards toward an unobstructed view of the sky.
connections: 68
the project is a social and experiential infrastructure that uses the physical material of logistics to invite exploration, discovery, and reflection on familiar elements assembled in a surprising context.
connections: +630
second home (7)
the translucent and multicolored structure has traveled to the united states where has been rebuilt at LA's la brea tar pits.
the building is clad in a 'bubble' façade made from ETFE, a highly efficient woven fabric stretching across a free-form frame.
connections: +770
studio david thulstrup (6)
the original, industrial space has been renovated with custom-designed pieces.
floral arrangements are displayed as art on podiums made of glass bricks, terrazzo, and polished metal sheets.
duncan shotton (15)
bringing sunshine and balmy july vibes to your life, year around.
connections: +250
eight extraterrestrial shapes have each been painstakingly brush painted by hand in tokyo and assembled into serial-numbered, polished-acrylic display cases.
connections: 15
jacques ferrier architectures (10)
'T20' is a mixed-use scheme that combines office, civic, commercial, and cultural space, as well as elevated pedestrian walkways.
the dynamic façade references claude monet's impressionist paintings.
connections: +750
atelier kristoffer tejlgaard (5)
the structure's curvature lends it incredible strength and allows for a thin façade without the need for internal load bearing walls or steel frames.
as the project will eventually be disassembled, the structure promotes a careful use of materials that can be reused without damaging the environment.
beck group (4)
the designs will be capable of handling up to 1,000 landings per hour.
connections: 95
this project consists of three stories of restaurants at the base with 14 stories of office space above.
connections: +500
reinve (1)
dubbed 'odyssee pleyel', the project proposes a zero-carbon retrofit of hall de décuvage pleyel — an industrial building located in paris-saint-denis.
david cardelus (12)
cardelús paid special attention to enhance the building’s vivid color palette making it stand out in barcelona's dense urban fabric.
el capricho is a small and beautiful hidden gem surrounded by a very unique landscape, one of gaudí's few buildings outside catalonia.
connections: +410
fernando brizio (6)
titled 'common sense', the curation comprises eight collections of everyday items designed by jasper morrison, michael anastassiades, ronan & erwan bouroullec, and more.
the cobweb of threads creates an almost invisible means of suspending the works, which appear to hover in thin air.
connections: 6
spencer tunick (2)
at sunrise on june 2, 2019, tunick gathered 125 people to pose nude in front of the social media giants' offices for the national coalition against censorship's #wethenipple campaign.
the american artist has created a red and gold landscape from 1,700 naked men and women to exemplify various scenes from richard wagner's musical masterpiece, 'der ring des nibelungen' for the bavarian state opera.
connections: +800
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