NORDAM: Stone house in Bulgaria by I/O Architects features a veranda that steps up and down



I/O Architects raised one corner of this house in Bulgaria, creating a stepped veranda that stretches along the all-glazed facade (+ slideshow). (more…)

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NORDAM: Katrin Olina bends steel pipes into products for reading

Reading Horses and Black Dhalia by Katrin Olina

Stockholm 2015: Icelandic designer Katrin Olina has created a set of home products made by shaping steel tubes with an old exhaust pipe bending machine. (more…)

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NORDAM: Sheffer Chicken Coop is a metal-clad New York home for eight hens



Asked to design a New York home for chickens rather than people, Architecture Research Office has completed a metal-clad bunker featuring wooden nesting boxes and underfloor heating (+ slideshow). (more…)

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NORDAM: Monica Förster creates outdoor candle holders from synthetic stone slabs



Stockholm 2015: Swedish designer Monica Förster has collaborated with Spanish company Cosentino Group to form a collection of outdoor candle holders and trays using new synthetic stone material Dekton. (more…)

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NORDAM: Staircases trace a path across the glazed facade of Intecs office block in Rome



A glazed channel steps around the facade this office block in Rome by Italian firms Modostudio and Sofia Cattinari Studio di Architettura, revealing the ascent of two staircases (+ slideshow). (more…)

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NORDAM: Imogen Heap’s music gloves could help disabled people “fulfil what’s in their head”



Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: the Mi.Mu gesture-control gloves developed by musician Imogen Heap could lead to more accessible ways of making music, say early adopters of the wearable technology (+ movie). (more…)

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NORDAM: Old French barn converted into printmaker’s studio by Modal Architecture



Parisian office Modal Architecture has created a bright white artist’s studio with a wall of golden plywood cupboards behind the thick stone walls of a 17th-century barn in Brittany (+ slideshow). (more…)

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NORDAM: Willy Wonka-inspired machine propels popcorn through a curved glass tube



This machine by Dutch designer Jolene Carlier spurts popcorn from the end of a glass tube into a bright yellow bowl when the snack is ready to eat (+ movie). (more…)

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NORDAM: Givenchy store in Seoul has an undulating moulded-metal facade



A black box made from panels of moulded steel creates a rippling enclosure for the upper storeys of this Givenchy flagship store in Korea by Italian architects Piuarch (+ slideshow). (more…)

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