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July 18, 2020
Who knew we would be thinking of the ordinary pleasure of going to a movie in our own city with almost the same desperate longing we used to daydream of lengthy luxury holidays in distant places? For now, it’s no movies and no airline travel until situation clears or eventually stabilizes. In Hong Kong the […]
June 28, 2020
Yuntai Mountain Ice Chrysanthemum showroom, Xiuwu County, Henan Province, China With smart design, basic local craft skills and a flexible experimental attitude, even the most ordinary warehouse-like space can become an appealing selling environment. This… Source: The Cool Hunter
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020 Aidlin Darling Design created a sculptural ceiling accent for Wexler’s, a barbeque restaurant located in San Francisco, California. The striking black sculptural detail travels from the interior of the restaurant out to the facade, where it covers the entryway and adds a contemporary element to the historic building. Inside, the ceiling installation […]
June 16, 2020
The Amalfi coast print has been delicately captured in this photo by UK photographer Chris Ngu with warm golden pink morning light gently illuminating the small picturesque city clinging onto its steep rocky platform. This stretch of sun-kissed coast in Italy’s Campania region has understandably enchanted visitors for centuries with its sublime natural beauty enhanced […]
May 26, 2020
Last year, after having been in business for more than 50 years, the New Zealand fitness powerhouse Les Mills completed the design of an additional facility across from its flagship location on Victoria Street in Auckland City. The addition is a thoroughly re-configured industrial building that now houses three new Les Mills studios. These studios […]
April 28, 2020
April 28, 2020 The Flying Nest, a nomadic concept hotel designed by Ora ïto for Accor, uses shipping containers to easily create hotel rooms wherever they’re needed. The recycled transport module allows the temporary hotel to travel the world, landing at different events and locations. The accommodation, which can be moved from place to place […]
April 13, 2020
The architectural concept of ‘Brutalism’ has been making somewhat of a comeback in recent times as interest in this structural style and the ideology that underpinned it increases. Its dramatic fall from fashionable grace from the early 80’s on, however, led it to become the most reviled structural aesthetic in any urban landscape with few lamenting […]
February 5, 2020
February 5, 2020 As part of a lobby renovation in Raleigh, North Carolina, Gensler commissioned SOFTlab to create an sculpture that would span from the floor to ceiling and would frame the main entrance to the elevators. The form of ‘Grotta Aeris’ was inspired by the crystalline growth of natural elements, and to achieve that […]
February 3, 2020
Designed by Alexis Dornier, the Lift Treetop Boutique Hotel located in Penestanan, Indonesia, started out as a testing ground for ideas on how to lift structures off the ground, to have a less invasive footprint and impact, and be more cost-effective and faster to build. Alexis mentions, “Many developments here on this island use high […]
December 14, 2019
Chicago-based Luftwerk is an artistic collaboration of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero founded in 2007. The duo explores light, colour and sound in immersive temporary installations that are often based on the topography and history of the site. Earlier this year, they created installations within two of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s famous installations, the Barcelona […]
December 10, 2019
December 10, 2019 Photography ©NAARO MEAN* (Middle East Architecture Network) was recently commissioned by DIFC to create a sculptural installation in Dubai, that showcases 3d printing and uses a polymer made from discarded water bottles. The design of the pavilion creates an experience for the visitor that’s reminiscent of walking through an abstracted botanical form. […]
December 9, 2019
We’ve moved!… ‘The Cool Hunter Store’, our antidote to those tedious shopping experiences, can now be found on Coventry Street in South Melbourne AND as a pop-store in Fitzroy’s buzzing Brunswick Street (Until 5th Jan 2020). For those not familiar with our store or past pop-up spaces, imagine a retail-gallery hybrid, a place where you […]
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