Dutch firm OMA has been granted permission to build its first major UK project – a cultural centre in Manchester named Factory. Read more
OMA gets green light for £110 million arts centre in Manchester
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Accurate world map scoops grand prize at Good Design Awards 2016
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Job of the day: assistant furniture designer for Paul Smith
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Mawson Kerr uses oak, cedar and slate for rural music centre in Cumbria
Cedar shingles, slate and oak were all used to build this rural music centre in Cumbria, England, designed by Newcastle-based studio Mawson Kerr for a charity offering musical therapy. Read more
Matt Fajkus Architecture Designs a Home Incorporating Its Local Landscape in Austin, Texas
Have you always dreamed of living in a lovely, clean home that lets you wander in and out to a gorgeous outdoor space from just about any room? Perhaps you love modernly styled homes but you’re careful about which pieces you pick out so that your home doesn’t become modernized to the extent that it feels cold or unlived in? Then prepare to be inspired by a home that fits..
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Refuge Renovates a Private Residence in Megève, France
Often when we see residences and homes that are heavy on wooden decor, we think of cottages, lodges, and beautifully rustic chic aesthetics. Every once in a while, however, a contemporary designer comes along and changes things up, putting a twist on rich wooden features that comes off modern above all else. At this point, we’d like to introduce you to The Hermitage! This gorgeous home is a private residence..
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Sebastián Irarrázaval Designs a Cozy Woodland Home in Chile
When we think of large lakeside homes, our minds automatically picture a few things. We imagine either small, cozy cottages where nature is the experience rather than the decor, or sprawling woodland lodges that make a distinct but beautiful claim on the countryside. 2Y House in Colico, Chile, however, puts a new spin on hillside lake homes that’s breathtakingly unique and actually quite environmentally friendly. The final effect is nothing..
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Reconstruction of Public Facilites in Mon Perin Camping / NFO
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- Architects: NFO
- Location: Camping Mon Perin, Predio Longher bb, 52211, Bale, Croatia
- Architects In Charge: Kata Marunica, Dijana Pavić, Nikica Pavlović, Nenad Ravnić, Goran Rukavina, Filip Vidović
- Area: 995.0 m2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Bosnić + Dorotić, Mon Perin
- Other Participants: IF Projekt Ltd., Zona Creativa Ltd., IEP Ltd., Technica suprema Ltd., Radionica statike Ltd.
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From the architect. Camping Mon Perin is located in the municipality of Bale, Istria Peninsula in Croatia and is spread over 9 km of coastline, halfway between towns Rovinj and Pula. The whole area is protected as valuable natural environment and also as an archaeological site. That resulted with very strict construction conditions that permitted reconstruction but within the existing spatial parameters. That condition has been an extremely aggravating circumstance knowing the standards that had to be met in terms of categorization. The project task was to raise Camp categorization from 2 ** to 4 **** between two summer seasons by reconstructing the main facilities: reception, restaurant and 8 toilets. It was also aimed to create a modern camp with facilities and architectural language that suggests a new direction of services development within the camp. Existing facilities were mostly “reconstructed reconstructions”, too small in size and inadequate aesthetics.
Reception Axonometric
The reception is located at the entrance between the two Mon Perin camps (San Polo and Colone) where guests register and collect basic information on the services Camp. Besides the reconstruction of the existing plan of the reception of an outer pergola was added as a sort of antechamber for the gathering of guests. Reception pergola also embraces and 3 “coated” containers for the camp administration purposes during the season. The triangular floor plan came from the shape of the existing roads that direct visitors to one or the other camp.
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Restaurant Porto Buso is located in an attractive location on the coast and is its primary form was also defined by the existing building. The reconstruction kept the basic structural system with a complete change of interior and the facade. Next to the restaurant is a large terrace, playground and space for mounting the stage.
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Restaurant
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Sanitary facilities were particularly challenging precisely because of the need for a large number of sanitary facilities and supporting facilities to meet the categorization requirements. The goal was to design all toilets in similar form. Four bathrooms located in San Polo are made with brushed stone precast while bathrooms at Camp Colone are finished with HPL boards. They consist of closed parts and covered area for washing dishes and clothes.
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Sanitary Facilities Floor Plan + Section
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Without the excellent collaboration with the client Mon Perin Ltd. who recognized the importance of such interventions in the camp and the project manager Ivana Fabris (IF Project Ltd.) it wouldn’t be possible to complete this project in a short period of time and under difficult conditions.
The project received ARTUR Award (by Zagreb Society Of Architects) for the best tourist project realization in 2016.
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Product Description. FunderMax Exterior Panels were used as a facade of the sanitary facilites because they have great characteristic and are durable in costal areas with high level of salt in the air.
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Lichtkanal lamps were use in sanitary facilities interior. Pedralli chairs were used in Porto Buso restaurant.
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M12 architettura design Creates an Elegant Apartment in Corato, Italy
When we’ve lived in smaller spaces in the past, we’ve often gone out of our way to furnish and decorate them in as modern a style as possible. We find that the more clean and contemporary a smaller space is, the more organized and less crowded it looks. This isn’t why all small, modern looking apartments are styled to look very contemporary, but it sure explains our love for them!..
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