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 Design Miami/ Unveils Further Details on New Temporary StructureFor the first time, Design Miami/, the pre-eminent international fair for limited edition design, has commissioned a new temporary structure to house the main body of the show.Created by emerging award-winning New York architectural practice, ArandaLasch, the 43,000 ft2 space is located at the intersection of NE 39th Street and 1st Court in Miami's Design District. The commission marks a thrilling addition to the Design Miami/ curatorial program, underlining the show's objective to underscore the inseparable relationship between design and architecture. "We've always staged Design Miami/ in wonderful historical buildings, such as the Moore Building in Miami and the Markthalle in Basel, but this year we decided to use our venue to make a bold architectural statement reflecting the future of design rather than the past," Ambra Medda, Design Miami's Director explains. She adds, "We are very excited to be able to collaborate with a young and innovative studio that is not afraid to experiment and take risks. We see this project as the embodiment of today's spirit, in which traditional boundaries are becoming meaningless and creatives are working across the disciplines of art, architecture and design. These ideas are also echoed inside the show, where we are seeing more limited edition design work created by architects and more gallerists carrying architectural drawings and maquettes." more Design Miami/ Unveils Further Details on New Temporary Structure added by Levent OZLER |
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 CABE Space Launches 2009 Design Skills ScholarshipsCABE Space has announced that applications are now open its annual design skills scholarship programme offering up to six people who work in the public realm the opportunity to travel abroad to learn from fellow professionals how a well-designed space can benefit the community it serves.Scholarships are open to anyone (UK residents), without formal design training, whose work has an impact on the public realm and who wants to learn more about good design and the effect it can have on our streets and highways, parks and green spaces and public squares and neighbourhoods. Successful scholars will travel to places all over the world and within the UK to visit examples of well-designed spaces, gain an understanding of their delivery and management, and learn how similar ideas can be developed through their work. The latest round of scholarships comes hot on the heels of the 2008 scholarships, completed earlier this year. Eight scholars visited Canada and the USA, Japan, Scandinavia and Europe to study a range of subjects including how better designed parks and public squares can help solve crime and antisocial behaviour and how new technology can help designers and town planners to create lively public spaces for the disabled population. more www.cab... (74) design directory CABE: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment > Architecture Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
 Zaha Hadid Designed Neil Barrett StoreNeil Barrett's new flagship store opened in Tokyo with the help of a mighty collaborator-none other than Zaha Hadid.Though the world-renowned architect has recently experimented in fashion design, this is her first retail space project. The duo teamed up with Patrik Schumacher to create a shop that shifts between architecture and sculpture, designed to parallel the same folding, pleating, cut-out and fixed-point design ethos utilized in the brand's clothing. On the ground floor, towering, curved display racks anchored in the center of the vast space look like they must have some secret, hidden function. By contrast, the upstairs houses womenswear in a cozy space with lower ceilings, but an equally eclectic shelving system that folds and curves to create a circular, continuing space. more www.jcr... (592) design directory Zaha Hadid > Architecture Companies added by Levent OZLER |
 Wilkinson Eyre Architects Selected for University of Exeter Forum ProjectWilkinson Eyre Architects has been selected by the University of Exeter to design the Forum Project - a new 48 million pound centerpiece for its Streatham Campus.Wilkinson Eyres proposals work with the natural features of Exeters famously hilly main campus, creating a green corridor connecting the Forum with the wider landscape. Central to the scheme is an undulating timber gridshell roof, which shelters and unifies a series of new student-focused spaces within. The fluid form contrasts with the orthogonal brick volumes of the existing buildings on this steeply sloping site, and respects key views across the city to Dartmoor. Stafford Critchlow, Director of Wilkinson Eyre Architects, said: "Our proposals seek to create a new arrival point for the University. The sequence of spaces relate closely to the campus landscape, establishing a new architectural language which is less about placing objects within this landscape and more about an organic response to it." The Forum Project will feature an extended and refurbished Library, new learning spaces, student services, catering and retail outlets, a landscaped plaza and new University reception. The Forum is part of a 450 million capital investment programme which is designed to propel Exeter into the top 10 UK universities by 2012. more www.wil... (182) design directory Wilkinson Eyre Architects > Architecture Companies added by Levent OZLER |
 Biohabitats Wins Award for Work in Green DesignBaltimore-based Biohabitats, Inc., the nation's leading ecological restoration, conservation planning and regenerative design firm, was honored with an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Baltimore Chapter "Consultant of the Year" award.The award, one in a series of "President's Awards," recognizes Biohabitats' contributions to the planning and design work of AIA chapter members. It was presented at the 2008 Design Awards program and fifth annual at the Beaux Arts Ball in the 1840's Ballroom in Baltimore. The American Institute of Architects has long recognized the efforts of individuals and organizations who contribute to the field of architecture," said Peter Doo, president of AIABaltimore. "This award honors Biohabitats' commitment to our environment through conservation planning and restorative site design. " Biohabitats collaborative efforts with architectural firms have included master plans, innovative stormwater management, and site-specific ecological enhancement and restoration. more www.bio... (57) design directory Biohabitats > Architecture Services added by Levent OZLER |
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