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A Bay Area architect and professor at the California College of Arts has been chosen as this year's winner of the prestigious Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize.
The winner, Eric Olsen, was honored by the architecture and design community at a gala awards celebration at the Bath+Beyond showroom in San Francisco.
Olsen's design is a Solar Water Disinfecting Tarpaulin, a flexible, adaptable vessel that can be easily filled with water and carried home, where it works to make the water potable.
The pleated tarpaulin- constructed from laser-cut clear low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and dark rubberized nylon-is designed to hold up to 20 liters of water and can be rolled into a bundle or worn as a shawl-like kanga for carrying.
It can be laid across a rooftop, spread on the ground or hung vertically to allow ultraviolet radiation from the sun to disinfect the water inside.
This World Health Organization approved purification method takes only five hours in hot climates.
The tarpaulin is designed for use in a wide variety of settings, from urban disaster sites to remote third-world villages.
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Designers Blacksheep have now completed the transformation of the entire ground floor of The Mercure Eastgate Hotel in Oxford for client Mercure Hotels, Accor's upper-mid-market hotel brand.
The project - which encompassed a new 90-cover restaurant, bar, lobby, lounge and toilet areas - necessitated a complete redesign of the ground floor footplate to optimise key revenue-generating areas for the client and completely refresh the hotel's offer for guests.
Blacksheep also named and did all the branding and graphics work for the new restaurant The High Table, alluding to the grand dining hall traditions of the Oxford Colleges, as well as graphics work for the new bar, which takes inspiration from Oxford's literary alumni.
The branding work encompassed all external and internal signage, menus, matchboxes, business cards and other stationary and marketing collateral.
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Blacksheep Revitalise the Public Spaces of the Eastgate Hotel
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Barking Town Square, designed by muf architecture/art has been declared winner of the 5th European Prize for Urban Public Space, making it the first project in Britain to receive the prestigious prize.
The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial prize awarded to projects which foster the process of recovering the public dimension of urban spaces in Europe, as well as their capacity for social inclusion and democracy-building in our cities.
Barking Town Square was selected by the prizes jury from 176 entries from locations in 26 European countries.
The jury applauded the creative collaboration between muf architecture/art, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, Redrow Regeneration and Allford Hall Monaghan and Morris, commending mufs scheme for incorporating multiple architectural languages to enhance the new development, creating a place of distinctive character.
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The Chair of the Memorials Design Competition, Mike Buick, announced the details of entries received for consideration in the competition to design two memorials to World War I and World War II in the national capital.
"There were 36 final submissions received.
We are delighted that 30 of those designs are from Australian Design Professionals, with the remaining 6 from the US, Germany, India and the UK," said Mike Buick.
The Competition sparked international interest with 255 registrations received from far a field as Syria, China, North and South America and the UK and Europe.
"As the last few days of national remembrance remind us, Australia's remain forever grateful for the sacrifice so many made during last centuries' Great Wars", said Mr Buick.
"And as the entries we have received demonstrate, that sacrifice continues to inspire creative minds around the world."
"The judges are this week considering the entries, he said.
"They will short-list four entrants and ask them to submit final designs next month.
We look forward to seeing the results."
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The strategic alliance between GICSA and Pininfarina has developed to extend its reach to southeastern Mexico.
The partners plan to build Las Olas Marina, a unique residential complex at the spectacular Cancun, Quintana Roo beach destination.
Following the success the partners experienced after they announced in 2007 that they were joining their talents to develop Torre Mexico, one of the most spectacular buildings in Mexico City that is located in City Santa Fe, where Pininfarina created the interior design, GICSA and Pininfarina decided to once again join their efforts in a project that will showcase the Italian creative company's interior and exterior designs.
Las Olas Marina is a luxurious residential development with a marina located on an island at the heart of Puerto Cancun.
It is a real estate complex that includes residential, hotel and sports facilities on 327 hectares overlooking the Caribbean.
The Las Olas Marina architectural design is very modern, with its slim and clean towers, strong horizontal strokes and very efficient spaces.
Pininfarina designers have taken advantage of the ocean views from the heights with its functional spaces, open kitchens and fully open bathrooms.
Each tower equipped with cutting edge technology and efficient spaces designed by Pininfarina will house apartments with one to four bedrooms that range from 112 m2 through 306 m2.
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Las Olas Marina: a New Pininfarina Creation for GICSA
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