Tag: Wood in Architecture

When the children at Chisenhale Primary School in east London come rushing outside to play, they know exactly where they are going. They make a beeline for the elevated play structure on one side of their playground, running up either side of a mound, assisted by ropes or handholds, or using a climbing net.

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Shift Series for FIVE by OKAY Studio

Using a pentagon as the primitive form enabled Ed Swan to make each side of the tables and stools in the Shift Series from different American hardwoods in various orientations. Thus the simple act of moving an element has a tangible effect - something geometric and graphical yet straightforward and satisfying. When stacked these sections are an adjustable patchwork of wood grains and colour, with hundreds of combinations. When used in clusters they become a table and stools which nest together playing with their panelling geometry once again.

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Paramount by The Office Space

Woods Bagot

Located within the iconic Paramount House in the heart of Sydney’s Surry Hills, Woods Bagot and Elan Construct have created a co-working experience that seamlessly combines function, aesthetics and luxury. Paramount by The Office Space comprises 22 private office suites, a meeting and boardroom, kitchen area and a stunning purpose built brass bar.

# Offices (965) # Woods Bagot # New South Wales

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6x500 for The Wish List

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Building with wood

Wood means comfort. It stands for lightness, naturalness and longevity. It features pleasant haptic qualities, is warm, soft and smooth while being solid at the same time.

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Heydar Aliyev Center

Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects was appointed as design architects of the Heydar Aliyev Center following a competition in 2007. The Center, designed to become the primary building for the nation’s cultural programs, breaks from the rigid and often monumental Soviet architecture that is so prevalent in Baku, aspiring instead to express the sensibilities of Azeri culture and the optimism of a nation that looks to the future.

# Theater - Auditorium (175) # Zaha Hadid Architects (51) # Azerbaijan

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A Stool for the Kitchen' by Felix de Pass with Alison Brookes

In a collaboration between AHEC and Benchmark for London Design Festival, Alison Brooks commissions Felix de Pass to create 'A Stool for the Kitchen'; a family of stools make out of American cherry.

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Apex Tables for Five

In a reverse from the norm, glass vessels encase and support hardwood cones in Hunting & Narud's Apex Tables. With minimal contact between the two materials, the apex of the cone is the only part of the wood in direct contact with the glass, creating a sharp visual contrast whilst encapsulating and highlighting the beauty of the maple, cherry, red oak, ash, and tulipwood cones.

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Room by Studio Areti with John Pawson

In a collaboration between AHEC and Benchmark for London Design Festival, John Pawson commissions Studio Areti to create 'Room'; room essentials made out of American white oak and walnut.

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Paul's Shed by Nathalie de Leval with Paul Smith

In a collaboration between AHEC and Benchmark for London Design Festival, Paul Smith commissions Nathalie de Leval to create 'Paul's Shed'; a shed made out of thermally modified American ash.

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Lycée International Nelson Mandela

François Leclercq Architectes et Urbanistes

The Nelson Mandela High School recalls the figure of the industrial hall, with its long and aerial morphology that shows its rational and intense use, is intima

# France (345) # Education (461) # François Leclercq Architectes et Urbanistes

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The Wish List, Richard Rogers "The Ladder that likes the wall"

One of ten projects created for The Wish List, an exhibition involving ten affluent figures in the design world who commission and guide ten young designers to create what they have always wanted. A moving video on 'the ladder that likes the wall'. Exhibited at the V & A for London Design Festival 2014.

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