The International Design Award 2011 is looking for furniture concepts and systems as well as interior designs that best meet the requirements of a constantly evolving future.
Entries are invited for students three areas from the home and working environment:
Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010.
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates recently celebrated the grand opening of its most recent retail project, Palace 66. Designed by KPF, the Hang Lung Property by Hang Lung Properties Limited (Stock Code:101) covers 1.2 million square feet, and lies in the heart of Shenyang’s vibrant commercial and cultural center in the Shenhe District of Zhongjie Lu. Hang Lung Properties Limited is a longtime client of KPF.
The new Palace 66 complex operates as a modern interpretation of the city’s traditional merchant heritage. Inspired by the neighboring Sixteenth Century Imperial Palace, the retail structure uses a choreographed series of glazed, deflected roofs to highlight the bustling interior activity while reflecting the city’s past. The building’s skin, composed of glass and metal screens, opens up the interiors and connects it to the outside activity. Inside, the building features a grand atrium at the center of the complex, providing a naturally lit public gathering space for a city dominated by long winter months. The atrium and roof structure become a glowing beacon against the Shenyang skyline at night.
As a side event of the 12th Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy, Moleskine invited great architects, as well as students from major universities, to present a vision about contemporary Venice. The invited authors describe a conceptual journey towards Venice’s potential future, interpreted on the pages of a Moleskine notebook. Mapping Contemporary Venice is a new initiative — and the seventh stage — in the Detour project. Visitors are free to browse the notebooks until September 20th.
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Francis D Kere
Guiseppe Amato
