NORDAM: Mountain lodge by Reiulf Ramstad Architects has a V-shaped footprint that follows the terrain



This pine-clad cabin by Reiulf Ramstad Architects has two glazed gables that frame views of the Norwegian landscape and a V-shaped plan that follows the slope of the mountainous terrain (+ slideshow). (more…)

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NORDAM: Matilda Beckman makes furniture out of “really gross” dust



Stockholm 2015: Beckman’s College of Design student Matilda Beckman has used dust from the floors of vintage clothes shops to form a collection of furniture. (more…)

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NORDAM: “I want to bring the surprise back to Ikea” says head of design

Marcus Engman portrait

Interview: in this exclusive interview, Ikea‘s design manager Marcus Engman reveals how the Swedish furniture giant is using design to overhaul its reputation for “doing cheap stuff”. (more…)

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NORDAM: Construction of Herzog & de Meuron’s M+ museum begins in Hong Kong



News: construction is now underway on M+, a new museum of visual culture in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron. (more…)

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NORDAM: Job of the week: architects at Studio Fuksas

NORDAM: Former Icon editor Christopher Turner named deputy director of London Design Festival

Christopher Turner of Icon magazine has been named deputy director of London Design Festival

News: Christopher Turner is leaving British design and architecture magazine Icon to join the organisation behind London’s annual design festival. (more…)

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NORDAM: Andrés Jaque to create water-purifying pipe network for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program



News: Spanish architect Andrés Jaque has won this year’s MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program contest, with plans to turn the courtyard of the New York gallery into a water filtration plant. (more…)

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NORDAM: IHRMK’s house with a staggered profile looks out over a landscape of paddy fields



The stepped profile of this house in Japan by architecture studio IHRMK gives clues about the complicated layout of rooms contained within. (more…)

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NORDAM: Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies create a folding sled



Designers Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies have introduced modern plastic hinging to a traditional sled construction, forming a snow-skimming vehicle that can be folded flat (+ slideshow). (more…)

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NORDAM: Intertwining staircases spiral around the glazed core of Hiroshi Nakamura’s Ribbon Chapel



Two curving staircases encircle the exterior of this wedding chapel by Tokyo-based architect Hiroshi Nakamura, meeting at a rooftop platform that overlooks the Hiroshima coastline (+ slideshow). (more…)

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