BIG’s Design Solution for the Green Development of Wooden Multi-Story Buildings

BIG’s proposal PUU-BO is a prefabricated solution, designed to be both extremely flexible and materially efficient. Continue

How Blacksheep took Their Stylish Design Focus to Create the New Restaurant Galoupet’s Interior

To establish the new restaurant's gourmet design, Blacksheep studio adapted their design style into the making of Galoupet's interior. Below you can follow the design elements they used to accomplish this stylish look. Continue

Global Design Competition: Design Solutions for Sustainable Restaurants

A reminder for you creatives who haven't heard of the Global design competition! Its deadline is March April 15th, 2011, where you can compete for $10,000 in prizes. Continue

3XN’s Design Interpretation of Swedbank’s Core Values: Openness, Simplicity & Care

Swedbank's new international headquarters will be designed by Danish studio 3XN, with direct reference to the organization’s core values; openness, simplicity, care and durability. Continue

Find out How Architect Pascal Grasso Designed a Rhythmic Apartment Interior in Paris

Pascal Grasso Architectures took on a promising project that consisted of a private client, an apartment in the center of Paris on an about 280 m² area and a large terrace. He wanted to create a dynamic interior for the project and this is his final design. Continue

Here is MET Studio’s Exciting Design Approach for a Science Exploration Centre

Award-winning master planners and exhibition designers at MET Studio have been commissioned to create three galleries for China’s new Ningbo Science Exploration Centre, due to open in Spring 2012. Their colorful concept images are here! Continue

Stairscraper: Focusing on Individual Needs in a Collective Whole

Nabito’s ongoing project, the Stairscraper, will be built in Abu Dhabi, EAU, as it is the 2010 project winner of the Total Housing Competition. Below you will find the idea and description of their winning concept. Continue

Discover How Designer Ismini Karali Works with Projects

Ismini Karali, the founder of her own interior design studio, Ismini Karali Design, started her firm 18 years ago, after studies in business administration. Continue

This is How SHH ReBranded the Barbican Foodhall & Lounge

Architects and designers at SHH have brought together and led an all-star team that served both as interior and branding designers to create two new restaurant spaces within one of London’s greatest 20th century architectural landmarks, the Barbican Centre. Continue

Why Understanding Your Client is of Great Importance

Design, can be a very personal and meaningful art for many individuals. Hence, it’s of great importance to understand the true wants of the client and what emotions the design must bring to him/her. Continue

Discover Eastern Design’s New Approach to the Simple Box Architecture

During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Wrestling competition, a 10,000-person capacity architecture (with a total floor area of 30,000m2) was used for the Olympic Games. Continue

Do You Know How to Analyze a Market?

If you're having difficulty with research and market analysis, don't worry you're not alone! There are not many people who actually understand the important process of research, and you should become one of those few who do. Continue

This is How 3XN Has Positioned a New Savings Bank in Denmark

Strategy does not solely require a different way of thinking but an entirely different approach to life. The Middelfart Savings Bank is characterized by a dramatic roof scape, which will be putting the Danish town on the island of Fyn on the architectural map and simultaneously provide a new public space for local citizens. Continue

Find out what José Marini Bragança has to Offer the International Competition of Ideas

The Fundación Arquitectura Contemporánea is holding a Competition for Ideas for the construction of its future head offices and the San Pablo block in Cordoba, Spain. Continue

Damien Urvoy: Do You Have What it Takes to Become an Industrial Designer?

Being an industrial designer isn't always the easiest profession, you need to understand engineering and complete that with a creative artistic knowledge. Follow industrial designer Damien Urvoy's story on how he interacts and transforms design into the world. Continue

How Two Different Design Experiences Can Work Great Together

The vision for the AG café in Nagoya City Aichi, Japan, was to mix the concept of a gallery and a café. Kidosaki Architects Studio, with Satoshi Itasaka as the principal, aimed to offer a place where people could meet and look at art at the same time. Continue

How SHH Gave the Marchant Antique Store a New Identity

SHH's task was to give the S Marchant & Son Antique Store (that hadn't been refurbished in 20 years) a more contemporary look, to refresh the company branding and to rationalize the building’s space plan, thereby increasing the display / gallery area. Continue

Why the Words “As If” Work like Magic: Thomas Wiscombe

Get lessons about hard work from the founder of EMERGENT, Thomas Wiscombe. Wiscombe and his team focuses on architectural experimentation which is dedicated to transferring logics, science, technology, and computation into architecture. Continue