Cutting edge architects and architectural projects.
I posted about them in 2013, but I’m so taken by their creative 3D printed materials and wild forms that I’m posting about them again: Rael San Fratello is an Oakland based architecture studio led by the husband and wife … Continue reading rael san fratello + emerging objects
Very interesting parametric-designed luminous ceiling installation at a private residence by Toronto firm Denegrib Bessai Studio. Continue reading denegrib bessai studio – custom ceiling
Via Dezeen. Another beautiful and absolutely crazy project from Zaha Hadid, this time a headquarters for UAE-based waste disposal company Bee’ah. Cool video highlights the major lighting effects in the project. Continue reading zaha hadid – bee’ah headquarters
Nice lighting on the newest Apple store in West Lake, China, by Foster and Partners. I like how they clearly Photoshop’d the ceiling to be darker just behind the Apple logo — the ceiling is apparently TOO uniform for Apple’s marketing … Continue reading apple store
Via DesignBoom. A sculptural ceiling installation that is back-lit with RGB LED to create dramatic effects as the light escapes the cracks between the panels. Great installation, but it looks like it was accomplished via tedious on-site assembly — a … Continue reading softlab – installation at rise nation
A funny little project for a “his and hers” bed loft by Hungarian designers Batlab. I like the integration of a continuous band of lighting. Via DesignBoom. Continue reading loft by batlab
Studio Roland Snooks is a Melbourne-based architecture practice with some WILD parametric projects. Amazing stuff, beautifully rendered. These folks should be designing futuristic set pieces for Hollywood…this is a better view of the future then anything in the movies lately… Continue reading studio roland snooks
Via Dezeen: Ross Lovegrove exhibits sculptural lights in Barrisol pavilion at Biennale Interieur 2014. The miracle of LED tape lighting, continued, I’m sure: I’m guessing this is simply an extrusion, filled in LED tape with mid-power LEDs tightly spaced together. Stretch some … Continue reading ross lovegrove + barrisol = groovy
Via Dezeen: A very interesting facade lighting scheme for a Singapore office building by design firm Ministry of Design. The project makes great use of staggered lines of light on the building facade to emphasize the shifting floor plates and speed of … Continue reading ministry of design 100PP project in singapore
Via Dezeen: A responsive glass facade reacts to wind passing overs its surface, scattering triangular patterns of light and shadow in this installation at Now Gallery London by Dutch designer Simon Heijdens (+ movie). The effect of Simon Heijdens’ Shade … Continue reading simon heijdens
Casa in Puglia — a beautiful Italian house project in Arch Daily by architect Peter Pichler Architects that makes use of patterns generated by parametric techniques. “Casa in Puglia / Peter Pichler Architects” 20 Dec 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 21 Aug 2014. <http://www.archdaily.com/?p=97484> Continue reading casa puglia
Cool Hunting ran a piece on Technogym’s Italian headquarters and production facility designed by Antonio Citterio and Partners. What an amazing building. Gorgeous use of daylight, natural materials, and electric lighting. The production floor looks more spectacular and accommodating than some hotels … Continue reading technogym headquarters
Thomas Schielke published a nice piece on Arch Daily summarizing Richard Kelly. Go check it out… Continue reading arch daily: richard kelly
Wireless , preset scene, Zigbee, blah, blah, blah??? Try this for the ultimate easy to use control system…as seen at Bosco, a cool local little bar in Amsterdam. Continue reading lighting control for dummies
Totally trumping Tom Cruise in the “futuristic” department, check out the new Milan flagship store for shoe brand Stuart Weitman by Zaha Hadid. I love the uniformity of the large, amorphous luminous ceilings, the minimalist detailing of the light … Continue reading stuart weitzman by zaha hadid
One of the striking aspects to the Rijksmuseum’s new exhibition design is the beautiful minimalism of the display cabinets. The architects at Wilmotte & Associés spent a huge amount of effort finessing the precise details of the cabinets — every millimeter … Continue reading rijksmuseum: don’t hit your head on the glass!
Via Dezeen, Zaha Hadid and design firm Kollision just opened a creative installation called “Parametric Space” that features funnels of light piercing down through a stretched ceiling. The design is interesting enough merely if it were a still lighting composition; but … Continue reading parametric space by zaha hadid
A cool design concept called Ecco Luce from industrial designer Jonas Samson, who I last posted about in 2009. Ecco Luce is a personalized light wall. I created this new and unique way to intergrate led-lights in a wall. Switched … Continue reading ecco luce
Wow! What an image! An incredible rendering found on a Behance.net project page by Jon Bailey. Continue reading y[our-s]ukkah
Via Dezeen: An undulating canopy of cardboard tubes by American studio Cristina Parreño Architecture and students from MIT hovered over visitors at the ARCOMadrid art fair in Spain last month. Overall, it is a bit much for me, particularly at … Continue reading paper chandeliers
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