slated for completion in 2018, steven holl architects has been commissioned to expand the chinpaosan necropolis situated along the coast 40 minutes outside of taipei.

slated for completion in 2018, steven holl architects has been commissioned to expand the chinpaosan necropolis situated along the coast 40 minutes outside of taipei. the LEED platinum building will serve as a new arrival hall with a pavilion for 150,000 ashbox sites adding to the existing 10,000, in addition to a 21-room hotel, restaurant, ceremonial chapel, auditorium, two small museums, and an adjoining 5,000 seat amphitheater. altogether, the extension will be capable of hosting up to 1,000 people on ceremonial occasions as well as house 50 buddhist monks

Source: steven holl architects extends chinpaosan necropolis with intersecting spheres

NEXT architects completes red lucky knot bridge in china

NEXT architects has completed the lucky knot, a bridge in the chinese city of changsha that offers multiple paths across the dragon king harbour river.

Source: NEXT architects completes red lucky knot bridge in china

Zhongshuge bookstore in Hangzhou, China. Designed by Shanghai-based architectural studio XL MUSE

fornasetti opens their newest store in milan’s fashion district and historical city center, displaying a unique and diverse vision through each individual room. the shop is housed within the neoclassical building that once hosted the young filippo tommaso marinetti – poet, writer, art theorist and founder of the futurist movement.

MAIIAM contemporary art museum opens in thailand

MAIIAM contemporary art museum is a new institution designed by all(zone), located in the city of chiang mai, thailand.

Source: MAIIAM contemporary art museum opens in thailand

Flash Club, Bansko, Bulgaria

tundra collective puts visitors side-by-side a swimming whale

tundra collective has infilled the D museum in seoul with an immersive, interactive installation made up of thousands of luminous hexagonal cells.

 

patrick shearn has suspended ‘liquid shard’ above visitors to los angeles’ pershing square. the large-scale public sculpture spans 15,000 square feet, rising from 15 to 115 feet off the ground. made out of holographic mylar and monofilament, the inspiration for the piece ‘comes from observing nature and the feeling that we are only aware on a very surface level of what is really going on around us,’ shearn says. ‘unexpected things are revealed in time-lapse or hyper-spectrum photography that fascinate me.’

Brussels production studio Villa Eugénie designed a looping rollercoaster studded with multicoloured lights for Dior Homme’s summer 2017 catwalk show

Dutch firm MVRDV has revealed its designs for a library with an eye-shaped atrium, which is nearing completion in Tianjin, China

MVRDV has released images of its nearly-completed library in China featuring terraced bookshelves and a spherical, mirrored auditorium at the centre

Source: MVRDV’s eye-like library nears completion in China

Temporary Timber Structures

Our latest Story is a curated selection of Temporary Timber Structures that will knock your socks off. Trust me. I know stuff.

Source: Stories On Design: Temporary Timber Structures | Yellowtrace

liz west surrounds visitors in an additive mix of mirrors, color, and light

artist liz west reveals ‘an additive mix’ at the national media museum in bradford, bathing a 10m x 5m room in a vibrant spectrum of light and color.

Source: liz west surrounds visitors in an additive mix of mirrors, color, and light

Milan 2016: Danish firm BIG has created a modular lighting system that can be rearranged to form different letters of a bespoke typeface. BIG collaborated with Italian lighting brand Artemide to make the Alphabet of Light, which was unveiled during an installation this year’s Milan design week.

Milan 2016: Danish-firm BIG created this modular lighting system, which can be rearranged to form different letters in the alphabet of a new typeface.

Source: BIG designs lettered lighting structures for Artemide

1,100 Floating Umbrellas Installation By Kaisa And Timo Berry

1,100 FLOATING UMBRELLAS INSTALLATION BY KAISA AND TIMO BERRY

Source: 1,100 Floating Umbrellas Installation By Kaisa And Timo Berry — urdesignmag

Miguel Chevalier’s Immersive Projections at King’s College Chapel in Cambridge — urdesignmag

At the occasion of a fundraising campaign organized by the University of Cambridge in King’s College Chapel, French artist Miguel Chevalier was commissioned by creative agency Artichoke to create a series of immersive projections to accompany the speeches of renowned professors and alumni.

Source: Miguel Chevalier’s Immersive Projections at King’s College Chapel in Cambridge — urdesignmag

Ai Weiwei Exhibition at Le Bon Marché in Paris —

Drawing inspiration from mythological characters, controversial Beijing-based artist Ai Weiwei has realized his first work ever created for a retail space.

Source: Ai Weiwei Exhibition at Le Bon Marché in Paris — urdesignmag

MVRDV has completed the new Chanel flagship store in Amsterdam with a replica façade made entirely out of glass. The entirely transparent façade of Chanel flagship store on Amsterdam’s upmarket shopping street, PC Hooftstraat, uses glass bricks, glass windows frames and glass architraves in a way to evoke the vernacular of the area with the goal to maintain the character of the site. Designed for investor Warenar, the 620 sqm of retail and 220 sqm of housing respond to the ambition of Amsterdam to have distinctive flagship stores without compromising the historical ensemble.

MVRDV has completed the new Chanel flagship store in Amsterdam with a replica façade made entirely out of glass.

Source: Chanel Flagship Store Amsterdam by MVRDV — urdesignmag

AKZ Architectura Goes by the Grid at ORANG+UTAN Vegeterian Bar

Colorful sticks hang from the ceiling of this nail salon in Zapopan, Mexico, recently designed by Estudio ALA.

 

Check-Mate by Tim Walker for Vogue Italia

Exploring the theatre of chess with the most extraordinary set, colours and styling, Check-Mate is an avant-garde editorial by Tim Walker for Vogue Italia.

 

Brickell House is the centerpiece of Miami’s newly developed financial district, a 600-acre bay-front enclave south of downtown. With interiors designed by George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, co-founders of Yabu Pushelberg, Brickell House brings the class and sophistication of Upper West Side New York straight to Miami.

Designed by spanish architect santiago calatrava, the museu do amanhã (the museum of tomorrow), is set to open its doors in rio de janeiro’s burgeoning puerto maravilha neighborhood. conceived as an innovative cultural space addressing the future of the planet, the design of the museum is influenced by local culture and, through its architecture, explores the relationship between the city and the natural environment.

A Void on the wall | Negative Space

 

oslo-based practice RRA (reiulf ramstad arkitekter) have shared images of their romsdal folk museum project nearing completion. located in the norwegian town of molde, the striking building will house one of the country’s largest and comprehensive exhibits on folk history.

set to open next week, the cultural space by rra will become a symbolic landmark for the town of molde and highlight the region’s deep-rooted history.

 

Danish-Icelandic artist Eliasson and Norwegian architect Thorsen of Snøhetta collaborated to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2007. “It’s the only time an artist has been involved in designing the pavilion,” says Peyton-Jones in the movie. “We wanted to broaden out the selection to see if by introducing an artist there would be a different kind of view on the whole project. Of course, there was.”

 

Towering above visitors to moscow’s VDNKh park is an immersive installation called P-cube by spanish-icelandic artist Marcos Zotes and his studio UNSTABLE.

 

Flying Through The Sky – Office, Showroom And Data Centre – China

macau architecture promenade (MAP) pavilion is the result of a worldwide open call for artists, launched by babel cultural organization for an architectural event. from more than 50 proposals from all over the globe, babel has selected the large-scale architectural pavilion by impromptu projects (joão ó and rita machado). the choice was based on the concept that an artwork, to be contemporary, must contain in itself a certain part of the future, rather than being only from its own time.

leigh sachwitz’s installation ‘INSIDEOUT’ invites the viewers to experiment a storm within a greenhouse illuminated by bright projections. presented for the first time in hamburg, the piece has been shown in munich, vienna, and now is traveling from paris to amsterdam. flora&faunavisions is proud to be responsible for the complete process of the art installation, artistic direction as well as for the video design. the sound was created by the award-winning composer, musician, and producer andi toma, who is one of the founding members of the breakthrough electronic music collaboration mouse on mars.

Malka Architecture uses pallets to build arenas in las vegas -working alongside justkid’s curator charlotte dutoit, life is beautiful — a music and art festival — has initiated the urban renewal of downtown las vegas. the neighborhood has progressively expanded with malka architecture selected to integrate street-style furniture alongside outdoor installations by bansky and d*face. the design team sought to create a series of public spaces, providing the opportunity for spontaneous meeting and interaction.