Sustainable architecture tends to come in two guises. The woody, Spartan, passive kind and the ultra-modern, all-singing, all-dancing, technological showcase. The Media-TIC building in Barcelona’s burgeoning technology district unquestionably
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The first time I saw Patricia Urquiola, she was snuggled into her newest armchair at the B&B Italia showroom during I Saloni 2007. A mass of eager journalists desperately clutching their Moleskines were pushing for some time with Milan’s
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To be hired by designers is always one of the highest compliments,” says Cary Bernstein, principal of San Francisco practice Cary Bernstein architects. And a look at Bernstein’s superb fit out for client One & Co illustrates how keen the
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Along with pasties and ice cream, Cornwall is perhaps most treasured for its sun-soaked fishing villages and attendant laidback atmosphere. Tourists happily overlook the patchy train service and stag dos in Newquay for a chance to indulge in that
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Nathan Yong grew up in the east of Singapore in a wooden hut by the sea. “I remember being surrounded with trees and beach, pretty close to nature,” says the designer. “Me and my brother would wait for low tides so that we could pick up
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09.20am I arrive a bit late and terribly hot after cycling from my home in the gritty East End of London to Mayfair in the west to meet Andrew Maple, director and senior building surveyor at Approved Inspector Services. He will be taking me under
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Ever wonder what to do with your empty egg cartons? US-based designer Victor Vetterlein has come up with the crafty idea of turning them into cute little lamps. The Trash Me project is simple: born from trash, return to trash after a short but
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New York practice Axis Mundi has designed this swish-looking retrofit facade for Barcelona-based bottled water company H2O. Inspired by ripples on a pond, Axis Mundi used 3D-modelling technology to create sections that were arranged around the
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