Sebastián Ángeles, designer at the Mexican furniture company, refines the ergonomics and robustness of one of his most well-known pieces, thanks to technological innovations that emphasize its evocative sensorial aesthetic.
Product name
Boreal Chair
Contact
hola@doricataller.com
Designer
Sebastián Ángeles
Characteristics
Wood Chair , Mexican Contemporary Design
Size
46 cm x 50 cm x 80 cm
Color
Tzalam , Oak , Black Wood
Every summer, when the hot days come, we realize that we are actually not prepared for the summer, and always ask why we didn't think of this before. For this reason, we made sure you get a brief tutorial on some of the methods that can enable you to cool your home so that you can be prepared for the next summer.
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
Drawn to the extensive vegetation rather than the views to the ocean, the client’s brief asked for an experience “like camping amongst the trees, but without the tent”. Rather than optimising views to the ocean that may be lost over time as the foreshore vegetation matures, this home is thoughtfully woven between the existing stand of Brushbox tree...
Project name
Timbin House
Architecture firm
Conrad Gargett
Location
Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Christopher Frederick Jones
Principal architect
John Flynn – Director, Conrad Gargett
Design team
Amit Sharma - Project Architect, Conrad Gargett
Interior design
Conrad Gargett
Built area
Ground Level -150 m² + 9 m² entry deck; Level 1-130 m² + 85 m² balcony
Structural engineer
Knight Consulting Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Exburo ESD Consultant
Lighting
The house uses a combination of strip and bulb based low-energy LED surface mounted lighting
Construction
Luke O’Connor Builder
Material
Roofing: Concrete Roof with insulation. Concrete walls with insulation. Internal walls and ceilings: Pasterboard wall lining with insulation + Exposed concrete ceiling. Glazing: MAGNUM™ Sliding Door Designer Series | Series 618, Powder coating colour is Dulux Electro range Ref - 906-8184k - Dark Bronze DLX116 All glazing Low E grey tint. Flooring: Polished concrete upstairs and downstairs with 10-millimetre bluestone aggregate, shallow grid, semi-gloss mechanical polish for longevity and penetrating sealer
Typology
Residential › House
Wutopia Lab’s design for the fairytale parent-child bookstore, the Miro store of Duoyun Bookstore, for Jiangsu Spring Blossom Culture and Creative Town, was inaugurated in October at Dream Town in Yancheng, Jiangsu.
Project name
The Miro Store of Duoyun Bookstore, Dream La Miro
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
LV Jie, FENG Yanyan, XU Zijie, BIAN Chao
Collaborators
Project Manager: PU Shengrui; Project Architect: LIN Chen; Design Consultant: TOPOS DESIGN; Graphic Design: MEEM DESIGN (XIU Zi, CHEN Siyu); Construction Drawing Design: Jiangsu Mingcheng Architectural Design Co., Ltd.; Construction Drawing Design Team: HUANG Tianpeng, SUN Xin, XU Jian, HU Fei, MAO Xiaoli, MING Feng, LU You, HAN Shuang; Operator: Jiangsu Spring Blossom Cultural and Creative Town Cultural Tourism Industry Development Co., Ltd.; Operator Team: ZHOU Wenjun, MU Gengen, ZHANG Hongyu, YANG Wenjing; IP materials: all provided by the operator, copyright © by the operator; Development Side: Jiangsu Spring Blossom Cultural and Creative Town Cultural Tourism Industry Development Co., Ltd.; Construction Unit: Shanghai Lantian Building Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Supplier of Terrazzo Series: Holistic Opulent Terrazzo; Aluminum Panels Supplier: Shanghai Tengkuo; Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.; Customized Bookshelf Supplier: Zhejiang Meisen Wood Industry Micro; Cement Supplier: Shanghai Zhumeng International Art Wall Material Soft; Furnishing Brands: Ziinlife (Interior), Vondom (Exterior), W-Casa (Cloud Stool); Model: iz
Lighting
ZHANG Chenlu, WEI Shiyu, LIU Xueyi
Material
Perforated Aluminum Panels, Gold Terrazzo, Washed Stone, Micro-cement, Acrylic, Stainless Steel
Client
Shanghai Century Duoyun Culture Development Co., Ltd.
Typology
Commercial / Store
Vértigo House is a perfect example of a project which arises from physical limitations and could only be the result of its unique site and the client’s willingness to invest in a parcel which was considered useless for its steep slope.
Project name
Vertigo House (Casa Vértigo)
Architecture firm
Najas Arquitectos
Location
Nayón, Quito, Ecuador
Photography
Bicubik Photo
Principal architect
Esteban Najas
Design team
Esteban Najas, Sebastian Montenegro, Martin Antelo
Structural engineer
Nicolas Morabowen, Jose Fernandez Salvador
Environmental & MEP
Fernando Salazar (Sanitary/Hidraulic), Rommel Antamba (Electric)
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Reinforced Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
This project arises from this idea. The circle. Seeking to adapt to an irregular terrain in the city of Querétaro, with a slope of 4 m from the height of the street to the bottom of the terrain. So that the house could adapt to this and settle this monolithic piece in the center of it.
Project name
La Casa Curva
Architecture firm
D+D Arquitectos
Location
Querétaro, Mexico
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max , Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Diego Dican
Visualization
CIC Arquitectos, PCG Design Alan Castillo
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
The fifth edition of the cultural project Reuse Italy promotes an international architecture competition on the reuse of the Bramante’s Nymphaeum in Genazzano (Roma).
Eligibility
Architecture students and young architects
Register
https://www.reuseitaly.com/competitions/reuse-the-nymphaeum/
Awards & Prizes
4000 EUR + Exhibition + Publication
Entries deadline
January 22nd 2023
Venue
Exhibition on March 2023
Architects all around the world need to listen to the appeal for improved design solutions in this era of Big Data and rapidly evolving cultural norms. While we may not be planning for robotic flying cars or interstellar colonization, there are a few things that the architecture profession could focus on.
Written by
Clifford Cullens
For the new Fragment Apartments we have come up with a unique and visually strong architecture, which is responsive to the context, both past and future. In addition to formal and functional aspects, a natural connection to the surrounding public space is what extends the building out, makes it more accessible and completes it visually and function...
Project name
Fragment Apartments
Architecture firm
QARTA Architektura
Location
Karlín, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
David Wittassek, Jiří Řezák
Design team
Tomáš Němec, Lukáš Němeček, Michaela Fričová
Built area
Built-up Area 4 500 m² Gross Floor Area 18 050 m² Usable Floor Area 15 200 m² apartments 2 600 m² shops
Collaborators
David Černý, sculpture
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › Apartments
This concept directly echoes Dali’s works depicted in a form of architectural reinterpretation, titled the House of Dali. The house is located in a deserted coastal area with minimal backdrops similar to the artists’ paintings.
Project name
The House of Dali
Architecture firm
Slika Studios
Location
Fictional deserted coastline
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Twinmotion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere
Principal architect
Milan Bogovac
Design team
Milan Bogovac on behalf of Slika Studios
Visualization
Milan Bogovac
Typology
Residential › House
