Magazine of Design

Lucas Padovani

House

Friday, 25 October 2024

Valencia

Valencia House, a summer retreat in Sao Paulo's countryside, seamlessly integrates nature and architecture. Designed by Padovani Arquitetos, the residence balances spacious social areas with privacy, featuring seven suites, a pool, and a gym. The design follows the topography, minimizing verticality while emphasizing horizontal lines. Panoramic views, strategic block overlays, and Brazilian vernacular materials like wood and stone enhance its harmony with the landscape, ensuring aesthetic, functional, and cultural authenticity.

00GROUP

Commercial Architecture

Thursday, 24 October 2024

Cosmic Creek

Cosmic Creek is a mixed-use development located in Chengdu Luxelakes, designed to blend with the surrounding environment. Spanning approximately 100000 square meters, the layout incorporates an L shaped water channel, stepped platforms and green areas aligned with the terrain. A central plaza with sculptural planters and modular seating units anchors the design. The project prioritizes ecological integration and accessibility, fostering a functional space where built structures complement the natural landscape.

Jun Watanabe

Cafe

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Arabica Riyadh Roastery

This theater style cafe has a huge roasting machine, allowing visitors to enjoy the story of how coffee is made. The show's star, the roasting machine, is placed on a stage at the back of the store. A bean cellar, the symbol of Arabica, surrounds the back and enlivens the starring role. A kitchen counter is placed at the position of the orchestra pit, and the atrium above it allows the pleasant sound of the baristas to echo throughout the store. Sheer curtains are installed as partitions in the box seats, to accommodate Saudis concerned about the distance between men and women.

JE Furniture Co., Ltd Goodtone Branch

Office Chair

Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Birch

Birch is a high-performance flexible office chair with upgraded back comfort as its core. The designer uses the natural structural curves of the human body as the source of design inspiration, simulating the moving arcs of the human body's back and spine to present a linked double-back structure, which can easily handle the human body's forward, backward, side twisting and other movements, and can easily take care of a variety of usage scenarios.

Zhu Jun

Interior Design

Monday, 21 October 2024

Dongguan Zhongshuge Library

The interior design covers functional areas within the bookstore, drawing largely on the scientific research and industrial elements. Through artistic refinement and integration, these elements are woven into the overall interior design. This balance of functionality across areas results in a bookstore space that exudes an industrial style and appealing atmosphere.

Tomoya Akasaka

Market

Sunday, 20 October 2024

MRC Vison

The design of Marche Vison was rooted in an effort to preserve an authentic mountain experience whilst ensuring accessibility for wheelchair and pushchair users. The structure, divided into four buildings, incorporates tiered platforms connected with ramps, maintaining the fun of a trail-like stroll and the fluidity of the view. This upward movement, from the terrain to the expansive roofs, encourages the gaze upwards. A distinctive aspect of this design is the continuous eaves running across the buildings, creating a long cascading curtain of rain, promoting a deeper connection with nature.

Magazine of Design

Valencia

Cosmic Creek

Arabica Riyadh Roastery

Birch

Dongguan Zhongshuge Library

MRC Vison

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