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  • Night Club MUSEE [Madrid]

    Night Club MUSEE [Madrid]

    Night Club

    Club Life of Madrid

    The extravagant Night Club «MUSEE» located in Madrid (Spain), is creative symbiosis of gallery of the modern art and the fashionable center of night life of a megacity.

    The visual concept of club is concentrated round black color, glasses and mirrors which are a fine collective background for expressive design furniture, the three-meter light-emitting diode screen, pictures of known modern artists, and also various products of video arts and other objects which are of interest, from the point of view of art and creative style of club atmosphere.

    The apartments interior of the night club does not carry constant character. Now institution walls decorate works of German photographer Robert Bartholot, the Madrid pictorialist Paco Peregrin and the illustrator from New York Glenn Hilario.

    Modern Art Club

    Modern art
    Fashionable center
    Club interior

    The visual holiday is accompanied by musical mixes from hot Madrid DJs, and the unique conceptual status gives to an institution the exclusively elite status.

    Visual concept
    Club atmosphere

    VIA «Night Club MUSEE [Madrid]»

  • New interpretation of wall clocks

    New interpretation of wall clocks

    Wall clock

    The designer from Hong Kong Leo Yiu has suggested to change a little representation of inhabitants about what should be wall clocks in office and official bodies.

    Nextime has bought the patent

    The manufacturer of clocks company Nextime with pleasure has got at the designer idea of a dial with the cut off lateral part which allows to suspend conveniently them to a direct plane.

    Unusual clock

    Office clocks

    Clocks for office

    VIA «New interpretation of wall clocks»

  • Olympic clouds

    Olympic clouds

    The Cloud

    The transparent bubbles will soar over the main stadium of Olympic Games '12. This digital cloud will serve as a viewing platform, and also will be the stand for the huge plasma display.

    Clouds over London

    The Cloud — this enterprise advanced by the international command of architects, designers and the engineers, including one of known laboratories — MIT SENSEable City Lab. The project "The Cloud" is the applicant for the best ornament of the Olympic park proclaimed Boris Johnson (the mayor of London).

    The Cloud in London

    Olympic London

    Clouds in London

    Olympic games is a fine occasion to introduce something not ordinary and innovative in shape of conservative London.

    Clouds by Tomas Saraceno

    Initiators "The Cloud" say, that the thought on a congestion of manned bubbles "has sprouted" from works of the German designer of the Argentina origin of Tomas Saraceno which built time and again inflatable sculptures and installations of a thin transparent film.

    In all cases the plan provided interaction of object and spectators who were offered to plunge into a construction, and even to "do some flying" in clouds.

    VIA «Olympic clouds»

  • Mobile Interior by Creneau International

    Mobile Interior by Creneau International
    < align="center">Central shop BASE

    BASE in Belgium

    Belgian design bureau Creneau International has finished creation of an interior of the central shop of the largest supplier of mobile phones in Belgium, companies BASE.

    Designers have suggested to install unusual furniture and mobile show-windows in a shop interior.

    The Mobile Installations

    BASE shop
    Unusual furniture
    Shop BASE
    Mobile shop in Belgium

    Sedentary places are scattered on all interior in the form of huge letters from which the brand name gathers: BASE.

    VIA «Mobile Interior by Creneau International»

  • Expocentre in Addis Ababa

    Expocentre in Addis Ababa

    Business hotel

    The expocentre in Addis Ababa on a plan of founders should unite versatile city buildings. The expocentre will settle down in territory in the size of 4,5 acres. In the middle of the centre there will be already existing museum. From different directions the project will be surrounded with the entertaining on plan entertaining and trading complexes, business hotel and office premises.

    Trading complex

    The project for a city which searches for the individuality

    The design decision tries to satisfy interests of natives and visitors of capital. For this purpose designers of firm FXFOWLE used a local landscape on which will create the area for live informal dialogue. Near to territory there will be the multistage building sculptural towers become which deification.

    Entertaining complex

    «New Flower»

    The form and composition of towers are inspired by the city name. Addis Ababa — is translated, as «a new flower». The approximated facades of towers are similar to the structured, suddenly born, extraordinary flower which is turned petals to the sun.

    Elements from the colour glass, entered in system of hinged tower walls, will allow to feel ecological compatibility of motley structures surrounding a complex. Buildings unlike against each other will change under blinking of colour glasses and will get the general sounding.

    VIA «Expocentre in Addis Ababa»

  • Life on the Moon

    Life on the Moon

    Concrete Moon

    «Not a secret, that each of us is drawn by personal fears, and at times they, our fears clear up such desires which we admit to nobody», — the architect of the Concrete Moon, Antonino Cardillo philosophises. — «People always are surprised, how the culture on different continents is unlike. But it seems to me, the difference in cultures is rather doubtful. And it is frequent, as it is paradoxical, discrepancies become the unique tool in search of own individuality».

    Half of building

    The Concrete House in suburb of Melbourn

    Uniqueness of the Concrete House just in not similarity of two half. The building is constructed by request of the private person, on a rectangular site, in suburb of Melbourn. It's divided on two excellent from each other parts: one — for public — is similar to the turned ship or on the amusing concrete moon which follows directly from a lobby. Such design — an unexpected deviation from a direct way.

    The Second — private — half of building is similar to a narrow and long case on which perimetre the gallery with an exit in a garden lasts.

    Excellent house

    Similarity and Distinctions

    «Each of two so unlike parts introduces the mite in creation of the general harmony of the house», — the architect adds. Details of one half of building unexpectedly arise in another though are developed by different principles. So the concept of this house falls outside the limits simple understanding about two half conflicting among themselves. Design elements are interconnected, and sounding of one finds an echo in other. Especially well it is visible in a main hall in which visitors have doubts: where similarity comes to an end and distinctions begin.

    VIA «Life on the Moon»

  • Children's dream have realised

    Children's dream have realised

    Small house

    How many children's dreams are devoted building of the small house — likely, all of us fenced in the childhood tents from handy designs and dreamt to construct the refuge on a tree. Canadian designer Nicko Björn Elliott has presented to children this object.

    Tent on a tree

    The wooden structure keeps on columns, the centre is planted on a live tree, as though turning the house. Near to the house the column on which children can move down quickly downwards is built in. The small house facade is executed from translucent glass and shaded by tree branches.

    Small house facade

    House for children

    Wooden structure

    Tent from handy materials

    VIA «Children's dream have realised»

  • Lisbon harbour

    Lisbon harbour

    Hotel in Portugal

    The interesting detail noticed in this hotel (the project of Portuguese bureau Risco constructed along harbour Belem in Lisbon) are jalousie which close not only windows, but also deep balconies.

    Altis Belém Hotel

    Portugal, hotel

    Altis Belem Hotel

    Altis Hotel

    Hotel in Lisbon

    The design of an interior is executed by studio FSSMGN

    VIA «Lisbon harbour»

  • Top 5 Recovering Real Estate Markets in the U.S.

    Top 5 Recovering Real Estate Markets in the U.S.
    Harrisburg-Carlisle

    Every city throughout the United States has been impacted by the recent economic recession. The combined forces of the credit crisis and the foreclosure crisis led to plummeting home prices in every region of the country. The ripples were felt from San Francisco condos to homes for sale. However, some metropolitan areas were able to avoid the worst of the turmoil and are now emerging from the mess faster than the rest of the country.

    The recovery is swiftest in those areas that didn’t have as much of a housing price run up to begin with, either because the economy in those areas has stayed healthy or the economy has been limited for decades and residents have adapted or left. The top recovering areas also had lower rates of sub-prime and negative amortization loans financed in the years leading up to and during the crash.

    In December of 2009, Forbes Magazine released a list of the number of loans that were foreclosed upon in the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Forbes then calculated the percentage of loans that were descending into further delinquency versus those that were improving.

    For example, the number of foreclosed homes in Austin was examined to see which loans continued towards the path of complete default versus those which inched their way back towards normalcy. The lower the rate of deterioration was for a given area, the higher their corresponding ranking with regard to recovery.

    Here are the cities that fared best by that measurement and are recovering the most quickly:
    1. Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa.
    2. Austin-Round Rock, Texas
    3. Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
    4. Buffalo, NY
    5. Knoxville, Tennessee
    Source: Forbes, Francesca Levy (12/09/2009)

    The Pennsylvania region of Harrisburg, and the Austin area of Texas were rated the best, followed by Ogden, Utah and Buffalo, NY. The homes seem to be recovering quite well as that region came in fifth in the study.

    Top 5 Recovering Real Estate Markets in the U.S., 7 out of 10 [based on 512 votes]

    VIA «Top 5 Recovering Real Estate Markets in the U.S.»

  • Unusual Medical Complex (Australia)

    Unusual Medical Complex (Australia)

    Medical complex, Australia

    The Australian architectural studio «Lyons» has finished building a ultra-modern medical complex «John Curtin School of Medical Research». The unique architectural building expressively reflects progressive methods of work and aspiration to innovative processes.

    In the medical center based on base of the Australian National University in Canberra are based: research laboratories, medical clinics, health care offices, hall for teaching lectures and the world seminars.

    The Innovative Australian Medical Center

    Medical center, Australia
    Unusual building
    Unique building

    Dynamical architectural forms of a building draw attention of the public and personify development and movement. The translucent structure provide premises with necessary quantity of natural illumination in stylistics of fine style of Art Deco. However especially effectively unusual building to the evening.

    The impressing effect amplifies contrast of black elements of a facade and snow-white internal panels, which simultaneously open to a sight at certain points of view of it unique building.

    VIA «Unusual Medical Complex (Australia)»

  • The Architecture With a Grin

    The Architecture With a Grin
    Orange tigers

    Unusual Illumination

    In Sydney will celebrate the Chinese New year, having placed two huge orange tigers executed in style origami, in city center. The project is developed architectural company LAVA, Laboratory for Visionary Architecture.

    Tigers in Sydney

    Orange Tigers in Sydney

    As is known — 2010 of the Tiger; besides, origami concerns China. Dimensions of an original figure: 2,5m in height, 7m at length. Tigers are similar to huge lanterns — thus authors have decided to unite design and technologies, the East and the West.

    Year of a tiger

    Figures are made of processed materials and highlighted by special economical illumination. Tigers will sit on the area before Customs from February, 11th till March, 14th.

    VIA «The Architecture With a Grin»

  • Your house trusts Advanced Direct Security

    Your house trusts Advanced Direct Security

    Professional protection

    All people on the Earth needs the safety and though they only stay at home, they should make sure that they have a safe home. There are a lot of ways you can make your house protected, for example install security system in your home can be really good idea. There are a lot of security companies which offers the security service for your dwelling, but us interests really worthy ADT Security Systems.

    My choice — Advanced Direct Security

    Let me outline Advanced Direct Security or ADT. This system of security protects more than 5 million families and homes in the USA. The trading companies, US government buildings, supermarkets, shopping centres, the underground and airports also rely on ADT Systems for their security. Add those numbers to their 130+ years in the dream business, exceptional customer service, and their advanced high-quality equipment, and you will scrutinize why ADT is America’s №1 home security provider.

    Security System

    My proved choice!

    The advantages of Advanced Direct Security systems are multiple levels of home alarm, low monthly monitoring costs, rapid response on triggering the alarm and most significantly the easy to use option. With ADT Security you get wireless keypads, high decibel sirens, pet sensitive motion detector and yard sign and window decals which help in effective monitoring system. These reasons are more than enough to support my choosing this security system.

    Home Security System

    VIA «Your house trusts Advanced Direct Security»

  • Design kilometre

    Design kilometre

    Design kilometre

    The given architectural decision for Hua Qiang Bei Road in the Chinese city of Shenzhen command WORKac has offered. The design project corresponds to growing commercial value and character of territory — this tendency has led to a problem of transport congestion and stoppers. Architects have suggested to make a series of strategic crossings of road.

    5 Exclusive Lanterns

    The project consists from “5 conceptual lanterns”, each of which has the function. Lanterns are visible from apart — by the way, during day heat they create a shade.

    Chinese street

    Architectural street

    Architectural project

    Kilometre street

    Night prospectus

    Night Chinese Street

    Each of lanterns carries out the own social program; in one the electronic museum, in other — information centre, in other — viewing pavilion is organised. Under the earth lanterns are connected with each other, in this zone has been created four additional metro stations.

    VIA «Design kilometre»

  • Rising of the New Moon

    Rising of the New Moon
    New Moon

    The Economic Moon

    Financial crisis — not a hindrance for scale building of the landscape park Zabil. «The new Moon» becomes the central construction of the project. The construction in the form of a half moon — a symbol of force and energy of the countries of the East — will tell about today's prosperity of the United Arab Emirates.

    The New Moon in Dubai

    New Moon in Dubai

    Monument interiors contain 5 floors. Everyone symbolizes one of five postulates of Islam: belief, a pray, mercy, mutual aid and pilgrimage. The design contains in itself a conference hall, cafe, children library and an information desk.

    New Moon monument

    The New Moon Monument

    The external part of a building decorated by the Arabian inscriptions represents a steel skeleton with emptiness. Such decision will give the chance to supervise illumination and air temperature on all platforms of the New Moon, will protect an interior from a direct sunlight and will provide free circulation of air streams. Inside there will be a special microclimate which will unload the central systems of safety. The project completely corresponds to ecological building standards. Solar batteries will be built in a building covering, and it considerably will lower energy consumption.

    VIA «Rising of the New Moon»

  • «Desert Flower» by Manfredi Nicoletti

    «Desert Flower» by Manfredi Nicoletti

    Desert flower

    In Astana (capital of Kazakhstan) building of the Central concert hall has come to the end. One of the greatest halls in the world is constructed by architect Manfredi Nicoletti.

    Flower in desert

    «The huge space and emptiness of district create sensation of immensity of territory. Flying by over droughty steppes of Kazakhstan, we have decided, that the district does not suffice flowers, therefore, our creation is a flower of desert» — the press-secretary of the architect has told.

    Concert hall in Astana

    Flower by Manfredi-Nicoletti

    Desert flower in Kazakhstan

    Desert flower in Astana

    Besides a concert hall on 3,500 places, in a building shops, terraces, restaurants, the showrooms, two cinemas have settled down. The special attention has been given working out of technologies which will help to protect a facade from a severe climate of local district: temperature drops (+/-40 C) degrees and salty winds.

    On December, 15th, in honour of the 18 anniversary of independence of Kazakhstan, in a new premise the concert has taken place.

    VIA ««Desert Flower» by Manfredi Nicoletti»

  • The centre for visitors on the bank of the mountain river

    The centre for visitors on the bank of the mountain river

    House in Tibet

    Architects from studio Standardarchitecture-Zhaoyang Studio, authors of this project in places of tourist pilgrimage in Tibet, at building used technologies traditional for given district: bright pigments of local minerals used for colouring of walls of an interior.

    Niyang River Visitor Center

    The centre is named by name of the rivers, Niyang River Visitor Center. Here there will be a ticket office, a room for disguise and a bathroom. The building is on a tourist route, on border of Tibet and the Chinese province Sichuan.

    Niyang River in Tibet

    Niyang River Visitor Center in Tibet

    Visitor Center in Tibet

    Niyang River Visitor Center

    Visitor Center in Tibet

    VIA «The centre for visitors on the bank of the mountain river»

  • Public health services high technologies

    Public health services high technologies

    Hospital complex

    Company RTKL — the international architectural company which is engaged in designing of buildings and constructions — in the end of this year begins erection of an innovative hospital complex by the area of 361,000 m. The complex will serve simultaneously more than 2200 patients. Project cost: 2,82 billion yuans (or 304 million euro). The control and management of building will be carried out by the best experts RTKL from office in Los Angeles.

    Innovative embodiment

    Company RTKL has been chosen as the contractor of the project as a result of competition in which 30 architectural firms participated. Desire of the customer — create a building which embodies: the innovative, progressive and ecological concept of the health centre.

    The Western technologies and East culture

    In a hospital complex, besides chambers with hospital cots, will take places: hospitals, the centre of the emergency help, infectious branch, audiences and lecture halls for experts and students of medical HIGH SCHOOLS, a hostel for pupils, an office building, a conference — a hall and a reception.

    Marriott Marco Island Hotel by RTKL

    VIA «Public health services high technologies»

  • Unusual Loft of the Swedish Artist

    Unusual Loft of the Swedish Artist

    Inventive loft

    The Unusual Swedish Apartment

    This artistic and inventive loft, made of various geometrical forms — spacious and light apartment of famous Swedish artist Carouschka Streijffert.
    The atypical interior of the apartment located on an attic of one house in Stockholm, at first sight, can seem freakish or even unusual. Actually, abstract playful forms, co-operating with each other, create the thought about the harmonic space.

    Unusual Stockholm Attic

    So, for example, a library zone organically is created by from a wooden rack and round windows; also an unusual configuration of a floor and futuristic chair «LC2» by Le Corbusier center on a rug executed under the sketch of the owner of apartment.

    A Art Apartments

    Artistic apartment
    Scandinavian style
    Stockholm houses
    Unusual loft

    One of the basic visual dominants of apartment is the art fireplace artly integrated into a ladder. On the color scale and some other obvious signs, this white interior is close to new Scandinavian style which, like eclectic loft, is formed of pictures, art objects and the interior elements of different Scandinavian epochs.

    VIA «Unusual Loft of the Swedish Artist»

  • The Eco Project in Emirates

    The Eco Project in Emirates
    Artificial island

    Artificial Island (United Arab Emirates)

    Architect Alexander Krasinski has presented materials of the project of artificial island in Persian gulf (United Arab Emirates), developed for the purpose of creation of the alternative agglomeration, capable to solve a problem, actual for the given region for today.

    Futuristic Island in Persian Gulf

    The architectural conception of the futuristic green project is inseparable from a solution of a problem of globalization of influence of the person on environment, and also rising of sea level and taxes.
    Differently, on this urbanistic island it's possible to create the whole new state with powerful Eco-system, own the legislation and an advanced policy of economic structure.

    Architectural conception
    Futuristic island
    Urbanistic island
    Architectural project
    Futuristic project

    The Futuristic Eco-project

    The futuristic island is located in territory of ocean and has internal seaport and the airport in immediate proximity from a Eco-zone with areas of smart ecology.
    Also, the original architectural project provides ultra-modern office, administrative, governmental and academic centers, comfortable inhabited apartments, territory for walks, rest, sports.

    VIA «The Eco Project in Emirates»

  • The Italian Association of Ceramic Tile Manufacturers

    The Italian Association of Ceramic Tile Manufacturers
    Italian Ceramic Tiles

    Confindustria Ceramica

    Confindustria Ceramica — the Italian Association of Ceramic Tile Manufacturers - has appointed us with the promotion of an integrated campaign aimed at enhancing the global perception of "Italian Ceramic Tiles".

    The project originates out of the need to redefine the product positioning, reviving its role as a main component in design, life style, fashion, new housing styles, and with a view to extending the industry targets by involving ever more competitive, creative consumers, who are strongly fascinated by trendy products.

    The Italian Ceramics means Infinite Creativity

    The campaign strategy and concept have been identified from the unique product plus: ceramics is basically the only type of tile with which a practically infinite range of shapes, colours, and solutions is possible. Following a target audit phase, in which an opinion poll and one-to-one interviews have been conducted, the campaign has further developed through an integrated project guided by PR actions and implemented in different communication channels: off-line advertising, events, TV, web communication, web portal.

    Several actions have been carried out over a period of about one year with appearances on TV channels, newspapers and magazines (editorials, web, TV, events) for a total of approximately 114 million contacts.

    Confindustria Ceramica is the Italian Association of Ceramic Tile and Sanitary Appliance Manufacturers — in charge of promoting Italian ceramic products both in Italy and abroad. In the past few years, ceramics has lost appeal versus its competitors: i.e. wood, stone, or resin tiles, deemed to be more prestigious and "trendy". Ceramics is considered to be a "poor", "cold", "uncool" products, suitable only for some specific settings (e.g., kitchens and bathrooms).

    Italy Has Always Been the Most Important Producer of Ceramic Tiles In the World

    The campaign aims to revamp ceramics as a creative, prestigious, and trendy solution. Ceramics has the right "credentials" to play a leading role in design, fashion, new life styles and architectural design: from all rooms in the house, to large buildings and public spaces.

    There are two main reference targets: namely "insiders" (architects, designers, interior designers) and an increasingly larger group of "consum-actors", who are creative, motivated, well informed and who want to play a leading role in creating their own world.

    In order to define the target’s needs: opinion poll by Eurisko and one-to-one interviews to some selected influencers.

    The Innovations Developed by Ceramics Manufacturers:

    The campaign strategy and concept have been identified from the unique plus that distinguishes ceramics from all its competitive products: thanks to a major product innovation developed by ceramics manufacturers, ceramics is the only type of tile with which a practically infinite range of shapes, colours, sizes, decorations, and finishings is possible.

    For this reason, ceramics is "Infinite Creativity", and it perfectly meets the needs of Consum-actors, who favour solutions that allow them to pursue an exclusive and personal style. Ceramic tiles and consum-actors are the perfect match.

    Unlike previous industry campaigns that were somehow self-referencing — our product is beauty and technology, — this campaign focuses on consumers (and industry experts) by fuelling their desire to play a leading role, while suggesting them that ceramics is the right product to fulfil it.

    The campaign has been implemented along two complementary planes: a PR action, aimed at prompting rational purchase motivations (brain), as well as a whole set of integrated strongly emotional actions with a view to consolidating the new product positioning: ceramics as a creative choice (heart).

    VIA «The Italian Association of Ceramic Tile Manufacturers»

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