TypeClock

The TypeClock app by Dong Yoon Park is perfect for type lovers! So simple and beautiful at the same time. Get it for your iPhone or iPad! Via Design Don't Panic.

-priscilla giler

d house by panorama

Chilean architects Panorama have completed this compact cliff-top house in Matanzas, Chile. An enclosed terrace to the north provides an outdoor space sheltered from the wind. The first floor plan is rotated 45 degrees in relation to the ground floor, creating a double-height space over the kitchen/dining area.
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sand beach house

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alphaville

kyoto-based architecture studio alphaville (kentaro takeguchi, asako yamamoto) has sent us images
of their newest project 'roof on the hill', a private residence in a new development site in takarazuka, japan. 
working with the solid soil condition of the plot, the single storey design follows the natural slope of
the terrain by dividing the floor plan in stepped back intervals. 


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house in hidaka

hiroshima-based atelier suppose design office has sent us images of their newest project 'house in hidaka', 
a two-storey private house in saitama city, japan. plugged into the natural topography of the site, the design 
seeks to establish a direct relationship between the land and the dwelling by having the surrounding hills 
extend out from mid-height of the living space. 
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house r+e

Great modular design. I love the dark color contrast against the concrete.
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house I by yoshichika takagi

Japanese architecture studio Yoshichika Takagi has completed the House I located in Akita City, Japan. With an undeniable inspirational architecture, the building lies in the middle of an urban area, surrounded by large commercial buildings. As you can see from the pictures, privacy was a problem when designing this structure. The architects had to be careful to keep a balance between the private parts of the residence and the public spaces. The interior of the building was thus created as a balanced and carefully studied space composition, with a semi-enclosed floor plan that protects the privacy of the inhabitants. 
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modular

In case you’ve been living under some sort of circular rock, modular housing and building practices have flung themselves out of the fringe architectural practices right into the mainstream. You still want a definition? Well they’re homes, pre-made as sections in a warehouse, and shipped to your land to be put together on site. Like big, giant, stylish building blocks, they offer a lot of advantages, and usually look real cool.
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studio velocity: montblanc house

okazaki-based practice studio velocity has completed 'montblanc house', a three-storey dwelling 
with a small salon in a quiet residential area of japan. enclosed by three neighbouring buildings, 
the design seeks to generate pockets of open space that maintain its privacy and views toward
the mountains despite its tight site. 

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Düsseldorf

Home of a couple with a passion for architecture who were keen to make one of Düsseldorf’s rare ruins their own. The reconversion was closely overseen by the administrative authorities, since this old factory in the city centre miraculously avoided damage during the many bombings of World War II. Across from the coachman’s passageway are some garages that stand in front of the entrance court. The court is dotted with screens that flank the entrance and seclude off the “day patio”. The history of the city is reflected in the glass panels, reminding you of the building’s heritage. A facade made entirely of glass stands completely independently of the old structures, showing off their immense scale. 
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The Club Hotel

The Club Hotel is an odd mix of futurism with the neon lighting, Alice in Wonderland-feeling with the big chess patterns and absurd art, and rococo beauty with marble floors and curvy table legs. But it kind of works, doesn't it?
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emeco bench

The Emeco Navy Bench takes the original designed Emeco Chair from the 1940's and elongates the design to the size of a bench. The design was inspired by the way we perceive our environment through the objects around us. Using the concept of anamorphosis, most notably exemplified in The Ambassadors, a painting by Hans Holbein, the design is unaltered when viewed from a single vantage point, but as you move from that point, the design begins to be distorted, taking on a new form of a bench. The polished surface of the bench accentuates the distortion of the design by the reflection that is created on the surface. The bench is made of aluminum with an anodized finish. 

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Training Dresser for Kids

Great dresser idea to engage kids and also a sweet iconic furniture piece for parents. The dresser is hand crafted and packaged with care in Eastern Washington by the crew Mountain View Cabinetry. The items imprinted on each drawer are enough to create a minimum interaction with any naughty kid. This type of dresser will definitely make them think twice about where to place their pants, socks etc. By designer Peter Bristol. Via Design Don't Panic.

-priscilla giler

mid century retirement home

pretty funny!
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modern farm house

“The site is located in the centre of beautiful small village Mala Lhota in the valley of the hilly countryside in the middle of Czech Republic. Existing rural buildings on the site were in very bad condition and therefore demolished and removed. The main design concept was to create building which would be traditional, modest and friendly to it’s neighbourhood and surrounding village context. The form of the new building complies with traditional Czech rural house.” More information and gorgeous photos of this Family House in Malá Lhota by Jarousek Rochova Architeckti at Architizer.
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levitating furniture

Philippe Nigro designed an interesting furniture piece for a Milano based company calledComforty. Found on Mocoloco, this unusual cushioned  floating sofa was suspended by a steel tube exo-skeleton frame for an intriguing visual effect. Resembling a giant spider web, the frame system is both modern looking and appealing, but not so practical in a contemporary home, due to the enormous space it occupies.
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internal garden

Family members can see into all rooms across the central courtyard of this Japanese house by Sapporo studio Archi LAB. t+m. Located in Chitose City, Hokkaido Prefecture, the CTYN Internal Garden House is located in a field where neighbouring houses are to be built on three sides.
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majestic hotel

Designed by Greek studio Divercity Architects in collaboration with mplusm, Grace Santorini is a beautiful 20-room hotel with astonishing views. Combining luxury with amazing services, the hotel is highly inviting, particularly if you take in consideration its beautiful swimming pools and welcoming interiors.
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citizen m hotel in amsterdam

the citizen m hotel amsterdam, is a paradise for those that love mid century and modern furniture. It seems they got an exclusive deal with vitra. Located at Prinses Irenestraat 30, 1077WX Amsterdam the Netherlands +31(0)20 8117 090, not only the location is great but you will find yourself surrounded by beautiful classics and modern pieces.

amangiri hotel

Designed to blend in with the surrounding landscape, one of the largest American national parks, the Amangiri hotel facility (part of the Aman Resorts chain) is in full proportion to the size of the surrounding nature, consisting of the troughs of Canyon Point and the stratified rocks leading to the Grand Staircase.

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casa 2v

Great courtyard. Amazing landscape

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pamplona center

I love the wooden slats covering the whole façade
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Ketterer Continental

This monster motor home features a Mercedes-Benz truck chassis, a massive, luxurious cabin that includes a real kitchen, dining with seating for five, a master bedroom with a king bed plus a shower, toilet and sky light. Actually, the main bedroom features a bath tub, too, so you can soak after a hard day of... whatever it is that the wealthy do when they're "camping."

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montjuic pavilion

In Barcelona, SPAIN, although municipal regulations make building on Montjuic – the mountain between the city and the sea – almost impossible, the Barcelona municipality is nonetheless keen to incorporate this green area into the city’s leisure network. The only way to do so is by re-using and revitalizing existing structures in order to give new initiatives a place. A recent example is the conversion of the Miramar building. It dates from the 1970s and is a well known point of reference in the city, visible from far away. When the restaurant it housed was recently converted into a Chinese one, it was up to the Italian-Portugese team of Federico Calabrese, Fabio Ferone and Joana Carvalho to safeguard the quality of at least the exterior spaces of the complex and of the transformation of the upper part.
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Alemanys 5

Located in the core part of Girona’s medieval quar ter and over look ing the Plaça de Sant Domènec, Spain, this is a prop erty called Ale manys 5 within an orig i nal build ing dat ing back to the six teenth cen tury. The house has been recently ren o vated by archi tect Anna Noguera and has and incred i ble design which inte grates old and new, inte grates tra di tional and con tem po rary elements.
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house D

Overlooking the ocean, concrete and glass never looked this good!
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meijer house

I like that it looks more like a small building than a single family home. Great looking "volumes" popping out of the main element.
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sugar bowl residence

In an oth er wise hor i zon tally ori ented house, a two story glazed wall at the main stair pro vides a sin gu lar ver ti­cal per spec tive on the stands of sur round ing pines and pro vides a moment of tran si tion from the heav ier base ele ment to the light-​​filled airy spaces above. On the upper level, a vari ety of liv ing spaces and the mas ter bed­room suite,each enjoy ing moun tain views, are gath ered between the lin ear roof form and the sim ple block below. The inte rior palette of wal nut, fir,concrete, and steel strikes a bal ance between clean, mod ern spa tial expres sion with the warm, rus tic feel of a moun tain home.
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hodgson house

Across the street from Philip Johnson's Glass House, is the private residence he designed in 1951 for Richard Hodgson and his family.  Lovingly restored by Craig Bassam and Scott Bellows of BassamFellows,  and now their new home.  Bassam and Fellows are accomplished Moderinist restorers, their most notable previous project was the Willis N. Mills house also in New Caanan.

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march studio

Brent Knoll‘ is a new house by March Studio located on the outskirts of Malmsbury. Despite a brief to extend an existing 1850′s homestead, it became apparent that the new extension be detached. Rather than a reinterpretation of a past architecture, the resultant became a celebration of both old and new.
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structure d'accueil de colombire

swiss architects frundgallina has designed 'structure d'accueil de colombire', a small restaurant
and lookout on a mountain in mollens, switzerland. characterized by a small, pavilion-like structure
made of reinforced concrete, the two-level project takes advantage of its site and natural topography
by placing the majority of its interior space underground. 
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41 sqm crib

Garage conversions are very popular nowadays. It is amazing what some can do out of an old rusty room and today we have yet another project that proves impossible is nothing. French architects at Fabre | de Marien managed to completely transform a 41 sqm garage located in Bordeaux into a welcoming living space. 
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L’Oiseau by the Bouroullecs

French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec will present a wooden bird called L’Oiseau, at this years Salone del Mobile in Milan. The bird will be a companion to the Eames House Bird which the Eames’s discovered on their travels and whose original designer remains unknown.

“It is a simple bird without any other function than trying to propose a caring presence, a pleasant company. We have always been fascinated by animal representations whether they are primitive or more contemporary — from ivory bears made by the Inuit community to the Finnish birds made in blown glass. It could seem outdated to be interested in such subjects however we truly think that it is a necessary fantasy to continue supplementing this symbolic bestiary.”

L’Oiseau by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra

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miami beach retailer

The project is a retail interior located at the 1111 Building on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. The space is defined by two walls which contain the display cases. The walls are inflected to engage the customer from the exterior and to provide an integrated display at the storefront. The kink within the walls increases the display surface area while at the same time making every portion of the store visible to the sales-person. The sales area is defined by stainless steel panels which are perforated in order to reduce the weight of the heavy steel as well as to create a pixilated light pattern.
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Cherry Wood Cutting Board

Made of rose-red cherry wood, the Footed Platte cutting boards are individually hand crafted and made to order in Woodstock, NY by Gray Work Design.  Each board is signed, numbered and has the option for engraving.  Average size is 23"x6"x2".

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- joel edwards

Vault Room

"Brussels based practice, 51N4E, has created 'Vault Room', a row house refurbishment in Bruges, Belgium.  Positioned along the Reien in the historical center of the city, the design looks to reinterpret the typical cramped back garden as a spacious continuation of the existing vernacular structure."

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- joel edwards