Room with a fairytale garden This hotel only has one room, but in exchange it is filled with all kinds of curiosities just waiting to be discovered and explored. Who else could be behind this unusual concept other than Dutch design collective Droog? It recently unveiled its first hotel in Amsterdam.

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Divide and rule Open Design has not yet conquered the world of design. But in the not too distant future it could be quite normal to share one’s intellectual property in an entirely new way.

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Save the future! Each decade develops its own architectural visions for the future. While some of the great forward-looking buildings of the 20th century are under monument protection, others are falling into decay – or have been targeted for demolition. A subjective glimpse at buildings that once aimed to anticipate our future and are for that very reason worth holding on to.

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Japanese for everyone The traditional Japanese furniture maker Karimoku has reinvented itself as a new label. Karimoku New Standard fields products made of wood with an unmistakable Japanese touch – and collaborates in the process with designers such as Scholten & Baijings.

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Adorned
living This fall, the presentation at Paris’ “Maison&Objet” focused on accessories of every shape and kind. Dominating themes in the trade fair halls of the “Parc des Expositions” included wood, porcelain and clever combinations of different styles.

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Treasures in the archive Why develop a new product when you can simply reissue a design from the past? Contrary to one’s expectations, so-called “classics” are indeed required to prove their worth time and time again.

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Where trolls climb the mountains The “Trollstigen National Tourist Route” was recently opened in Norway. The view of the spectacular landscape can now be experienced from a series of bridges, trails, viewing platforms and a tourist center realized in a large-scale architectural project by Reiulf Ramstad Architects.

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Le Corbusier’s furniture and interiors It is a well-known fact that Le Corbusier did more than just design buildings, he also furnished them, in fact went so far as to purpose-create furniture for them. Arthur Rüegg has spent years examining these designs by the French architect. Now his book “Le Corbusier. Furniture and interiors 1905-1965” has made it into bookstores.

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A renunciation of the master builder? David Chipperfield wanted to give his profession some direction. Yet this once again proves that the function of architecture and the role of the architect do indeed find themselves in a state of flux – in more ways than one.

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The architect above the mist – part 2 In some of the country pavilions at the Architecture Biennale it becomes clear that the “Common Ground” of construction and a shared life cannot be a matter for the architects alone.

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Vitreous spheres of knowledge Venice-born architect Carlo Scarpa worked for the Venini glass manufactory from 1932 until 1947. Coinciding with this year’s Architecture Biennale the new exhibition space “Le Stanze del Vetro” has launched – with an homage to Scarpa’s Murano glass creations.

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The architect above the mist – part 1 The 13th Venice Architecture Biennale is themed “Common Ground”. As expected, the architects rounded up by David Chipperfield to contemplate the space they share in common have done so in multiple different ways. Some fall back into old patterns, while others are open to embrace collective processes.

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On the eternal rationale of the small handy shape Be it made by hand thousands of years ago or manufactured now on an industrial scale, the brick is a material with a past and definitely has a strong future.

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Walking on purportedly common ground Venice’s 13th Architecture Biennale is another kaleidoscope of a presentation. A tour in images of the Giardini and the Arsenale quickly shows just how diverse, and yet how ruptured and contradictory the “common ground” is that David Chipperfield evokes as regards the architecture of all the exhibitions and pavilions.

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If buildings communicate What potential do media facades offer contemporary architecture? Ambitious concepts are expected to provide answers and highlight the artistic possibilities and the technological opportunities.



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