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Burgundy wine bar and restaurant by PSLAB Beirut, Lebanon.

Lebanon-based design firm .PSLAB beirut recently has completed the Burgundy wine bar and restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon.

A lighting project for a wine bar/restaurant having a substructure of wooden arched beams cutting through a wire mesh covering the ceiling. The setting of the space underneath the substructure is functionally divided into two sections: a bar area and a dining area.

Highlighting the dual function, the lighting objects are set on two parallel axes over these two sections. Suspended from the arcs, each light object is a set of conical tubes conceived to fill a circular-shaped area. Clustering in the circle, the tubes start at the center; moving radially, they begin to deviate at an angle of 25 degrees to reach an angle of 45 degrees. This deviation renders a chandelier-like object, with a bottom curved outline opposite to that of the ceiling.

The cluster of the tubes housing the bulbs creates an effect of a singular light source being filtered.

The entrance is lit by a set of black projectors also using the arched beams for fixation; the groove in the beams encloses the technical parts box, while the head of the projector is left loose to rotate shedding light in different directions.

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South London Gallery by 6a Architects, London, UK

UK architects 6A have completed the expansion of the South London Gallery, renovating a derelict house and exposing original structural features.

The neighbouring residence has been refurbished to house a cafe, accommodation and a gallery space due to open this week. To the rear of the house a new three storey extension has been built with a double height space on the first floor, initially left blank for artists to contribute to.

Some information from 6A Architects:

The expansion of the South London Gallery designed by 6a Architects has just been completed to provide new gallery spaces, a café, a flat for an artist in residence and a new education building.

The original top lit gallery is one of the finest art spaces in London. The special character of the building has long inspired artists and has played a vital role in forming the SLG’s international reputation for shows by contemporary British artists such as Ryan Gander, Steve McQueen, Eva Rothschild and, most recently, Michael Landy, alongside those by internationally established figures such as Chris Burden and Alfredo Jaar.

The extension to the gallery is made of three interventions dispersed around an expanded site. Firstly, the neighbouring derelict house at no 67 has been refurbished to create a café on the ground floor, exhibition spaces on the first floor and a flat for an artist-in-residence on the second.

The new spaces follow the arrangement of the original front and back rooms but the architectural language is abstracted and reduced like a image faded through time. Behind the house a three-storey extension has been built to create a double height room leading to a link back to the gallery and, through the new Fox Garden to the Clore Education Studio.

Clore Education Studio

At the rear of the site, 6a has designed a new education building on the footprint of the original lecture theatre which was destroyed after World War II. Two surviving brick walls provided the natural start for the building which links the Fox Garden on one side and the gallery’s garden on the other.

Continuing the architectural tradition established by the original buildings, the Clore Studio is a generous single volume topped by a central lantern and also develops themes from the house with exposed roof structure to create calmness and warmth.

Like so much at the South London Gallery, the overall simplicity of the space hides some surprise; the west wall pivots to open a continuous field between the back garden and the interior. At night the walls and shutters close the whole building down into an abstract dark box.

Photographs by David Grandorge and 6a Architects
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Guinovart Florensa Residence by Cadaval & Solà-Morales, Canejan, Spain

By preserving the original structure and doing a minimal yet contrasted intervention, the idea is to generate new and contemporary spaces for living, respecting the historic envelope.

Spanish architects Cadaval & Solà-Morales have completed this house at the Pyrenees in Canejan, Catalonia, Spain. The project seeks to recuperate the construction values of an old existing vernacular house which was made out of dry stone, a traditional technique of the area of great tectonic value. However the distinctive attributes inherent to this construction technique (compactness, massiveness, minimum openings, obscure interiors, weight) deny the extraordinary environment where it is located: on top of a mountain, with views to 2 different valleys that are faced by the two only façades of the house.

The project elaborates on a series of interior horizontal partitions that are supported by two vertical containers that behave both as structural elements and as divisions of the continuous spaces. Those vertical elements generate vertical continuity within the overall house, and even allow to eventually transform it into two independent homes.

But more than any other thing the project places on top of the last slab a vast continuous roof made out of two planes that in their intersection generate a long sore that enables the view of the summit of the mountain from the interior; the roof doesn’t rest directly on top of the stone wall, so a second continuous longitudinal sore is created, permitting incredible views to the valley. The definition of the section of the roof is the definition of the character of the main space of the house.

By preserving the original structure and doing a minimal yet contrasted intervention, the idea is to generate new and contemporary spaces for living, respecting the historic envelope. On the basement of the house, and responding to a structural weakness of a section of the existing wall, a big opening is shaped within the dry stone wall. Such opening permits amazing views and interior natural lighting to a second living and dining room; the rest of spaces accommodated within the old enclosure have a remnant sense of the old construction, although they are distributed according to new ways of living, in a more contemporary reading of architecture.

Photos by Santiago Garcés

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House in Lumino by Macullo Architects, Lumino, Switzerland

The idea of the ‘minimalist monolith’ is the conceptual key of the project and became a principle applied to all elements of the both the functional and construction programme, from the foundations up to the smallest finishing details.

Davide Macullo Architects projected another stunning house located in the Swiss Alpine village of Lumino. The idea of the ‘minimalist monolith’ is the conceptual key of the project and became a principle applied to all elements of the both the functional and construction programme, from the foundations up to the smallest finishing details.

The surrounding area is characterized by traditional store built houses, many of which date back centuries and are marked by their use of this single contraction material.

The new house is intended of the vernacular; its exposed reinforced concrete from recalls the revered strength and resonates the presence of these old stone houses. Sitting on the edge of the old village, the house acts as a sort of bastion between the old core and the modern residential expansion.

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Home 07 by i29 Interior Architects, Amsterdam, Netherland

Dutch interior architects i29 designed this apartment that features a series of cabinets with laser- cut holes across their surfaces.

This single-family apartment for four people is situated in a stately building in southern Amsterdam, NL. The original structure, with rooms for staff, a double hall and long hallways with lots of doors has been transformed into a spacious, transparent dwelling full of light and air.

A kitchen in combination with cabinets from floor to ceiling has laser-cut front panels, all spray painted white. This pattern results in a dynamic mixture of open and closed cabinets, the holes also function as integrated handgrips.

The transparency of the object’s skin gives depth to the volume which is complimented by furniture like the Grcic chair one. An atrium with open staircases brings natural light from a large roof light into the living area. Along the open staircase a wall of two stories high is covered with clear pine wood, and connects the two levels.

Upstairs the master bedroom is situated next to a large bathroom with a finish of structured tiles from Patricia Urquola, glass, and wooden cabinets.

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Other stories of I29 on ArchiDE:
+ Home 06 by i29, Amserdam, Netherland
+ Panta Rhei college interiors by i29 Interior Architects, Amstelveem, Netherland
+ Gummo offices by i29 architects, Amsterdam, Netherland
+Power Office by i29 interior architects, Amsterdam, Netherland

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Pitch House by Iñaqui Carnicero, Madrid, Spain

Iñaqui Carnicero Alonso-Colmenares completed this house, called ‘pitch house’ in a small neighbourhood of Madrid in a place called “los Peñascales”, that mean something as well as great stones.

The plot is characterized to have a great slope oriented to the south and have two great granite rocks partially covered by moss. The structure of the house at a functional level as formal is explained perfectly in section. The underground level is used to solve the encounter with the slope of the land.

It incorporates two granite rocks, one of them structurally and other as an articulation that makes the main access to the house. The ceiling of the underground level generates the white floor made of calcareus stone that constitutes the noble plane where the daily life is developed. A single space opened to the south only close by glass that disappears to incorporate the water plane of the swimming pool in a first plane and the mount named “el pardo” in a second.

This closure does not fit with the perimeter of the first floor but moves inside to generated two porches at the ends and a marquee on the front that allows the entrance of rays of the sun in winter and is protected of its impact during the warm months of summer. The first floor is been thought like a closed box made of concrete that floats over the glass of the ground floor. Here is where the rest of the rooms are organized as well as the zones destined to the study.

A unique bay window located at 1,40 meter of height allows to trim the skyline of the landscape and uniformly illuminates the concrete ceiling. The independence of levels is only interrupted by two double heights that put in relation both spaces described previously. The economic restrictions have caused that the house is solved with the minimal possible gestures that nevertheless generates a great diversity of spaces and attractive situations.

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Greenhouse by Verdickt & Verdickt Architecten, Asse, Belgium

Located in Asse, Belgium, this house called ‘Greenhouse’, is designed by Verdickt & Verdickt Architecten and stands out because of its affordability and heat trapping ability.

The house is furnished minimally with whites and woods to complement the feeling of ‘openness’ that prevails throughout the abode. Such is achieved through the reverted house layout in which the private quarters are located below whilst the rest of the house is located above and set in an open-floor concept. This way, the architect is able to take advantage of the elevation to highlight the foliage and surrounding scenery through the floor-to-ceiling windows as well as attain ‘openness’.

In contrast to the second storey, the private quarters beneath is arranged in a ‘closed’ manner with narrow corridors and minimal windows.

Photography by Luc Roymans

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Scala Vinoteca Restaurant by Kokkinou – Kourkoulas Architects, Greece

Scala Vinoteca is a Spanish-style wine bar with over 100 bottles to choose from, paired with fresh food from recipes across the Mediterranean sea. This fashionable restaurant was designed by Kokkinou – Kourkoulas Architects, with a focus on minimal sensibility but plenty of culture and attitude.

With a strong resemblance to Spanish vineries, they gave the place a simple character and strong attitude through the use of simple materials such as wood and aluminum. But the leading role here is for the fiberglass shell chairs by Eames.

Photos by George Fakaros

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Festival Hall in Amriswil by Müller Sigrist Architekten, Switzerland

“With its loosened-up shape, the large volume fits into a rurally determined city. Seemingly introvert, a – from roof top to base level – integrated front conceals its inner workings. Only the main entrance is accentuated by breaking up the uniform façade. The complex shape arises from the combination of the present parameters: the specific interpretation of the programme, the locations of the small town and the desired identification effect from the festival.”

Zurich based practice Müller Sigrist Architekten realised this festival hall, a crystalline, copper cladded volume in the city Amriswil, not far from Lake Constance.

The primary demand to provide a suitable framework for the celebration in the interior is met by the erection of a five-cornered central festival hall. A free polygonal outer shape allows an onion-shaped arrangement of the serving rooms around its core. Spatial tension is created by the concentric order around the main room.

A central space highlights the importance of the celebration with people at the centre of attention. Leaving a strong mark on the external perception, the roof also unfolds its effect in the interior reaching its zenith high above the heads of the visitors. The roof bend itself centres the room and the house in a non-concentric location.

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10 Andreu World International Design Competition

The jury of the 10th edition of the Andreu World Design awards is to be formed by renowned professionals from the worlds of gastronomy, architecture, interior design and specialized press from the sector. The Chairman of the Spanish Council of Architects (CSCAE), Jordi Ludevid; the Director of El Croquis magazine, Fernando Márquez, the designers Claudio Bellini and Joan Lao; the editor in chief of the magazine “Architectural Digest” (Spain), Enric Pastor and, lastly, the chef Quique Dacosta are to form part of Andreu World’s special 10th anniversary edition design competition.

During its decade of existence, the event has established itself in the international scene by becoming a showcase for the latest trends in furniture design, as well as a launch pad for new artists.

During these 10 years, more than 10,000 contestants from 60 different countries have participated in the competition, over 20,000 contacts have been established with schools, professional associations and other groups related to the world of design, and the event has been publicized in hundreds of magazines and publications worldwide.

Projects may be submitted for this year’s competition up until 20th September. The event is open both to design students and to professional, and there is no age limit. In order to participate, contestants must present a design for a seat or for a table. Each piece will be judged in relation to its corresponding innovative contributions in relation to design, quality, technology and manufacturing processes. The winner of the first prize will receive 4000 Euros, whilst the winner of the second prize will receive 2000 Euros. Similarly, there will be up to three special mentions for the best designs.

The awards ceremony will take place at the Andreu World stand during the next edition of the Habitat Valencia Trade Fair, which is to be held from 28 September to 2 October.

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