Tag: architecture

This room will make you feel like you’ve stepped into the Matrix. Hong Kong-based UK artist Simon Birch is probably best known for his striking paintings, but the multimedia creative has been trying his hand in other mediums as well. The accomplished...

The metaphor of a tree house was invoked from the onset of design conceptualization to create an environment for learning via a journey of discovery and play. The use of skylights, trellises and colored glass transforms incoming daylight into a...

Architects BIG have won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from railway sleepers reclaimed from the Great Salt Lake. The new five-storey-high wing of the Kimball Art Centre will provide exhibition galleries both at...

Imagine walking into your hotel room and experiencing this! Artist Tilt has created Panic Room inside the Au Vieux Panierhotel in Marseille, France. The unique hotel has five rooms which are redone annually by a different artist. In essence, they...

Light, four contemporary buildings in the Veneto, Italy. Tadao Ando Factory’s , The Black Cube by Silvia Dainese, the Nardini Bull’s by Massimiliano Fuksas and 9/11 Memorial by Daniel Libeskind: the concrete, iron, water, glass. Four forms designed and shaped into...

How is it possible to transport a huge boat from one water level to another much higher one? Scotland has the answer; a gigantic wheel that lifts boats. We are talking about the famous Falkirk Wheel that is an engineering...

Howie’s HomeStay is “an exclusive sanctuary of complete serenity” located in Chieng Mai, Thailand. Designed by Bensley Architects and neighboring the world-famous Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, this resort residence is a striking collection of seven residential pavilions tucked away...

Spanning over 30 years, Swiss artist Felice Varini has been mesmerizing viewers with his anamorphic illusions. The artist, who resides in Paris, displays his illusionary work in both private and public spaces. The urban paintings require a specific point of...

The latest in a spate of large-scale art installations by the New York-Sydney duo of Craig & Karl is the basement garage of a boutique residence in Sydney’s Darling Point, designed by Marsh Cashman Koolloos (MCK) Architecture and Interiors. The project objective had been...

Imagine going to school in an unusual learning environment like this! It’s what the students of Vittra Telefonplan do every day. Located in Stockholm, the Swedish free school organization is founded on a vision of creating a place where “the...