The “Companhia Tradicional de Comércio” company inaugurates a new house in São Paulo, called Bráz Elettrica. For architecture, the group – a reference for the quality of their houses – sought a language and aesthetics to dialogue with an audience willing to try the pizza in a less pretentious way than is normally consumed in great pizzerias of the city. Sponsored by Anthony Falco, a pizza maker who made history at New York’s bustling Roberta’s, the house serves, from lunch until late in the evening, individual light-weight disks baked in a Neapolitan electric oven, fit to eat with your hands.
The physical impact of books has been important in terms of my entire formation. The first books that fascinated me were the fairy tales of Grim illustrated by Gustave Doré. I still remember the physical nature of those books as one of the strongest memories of my entire life. In the 1950s I would spend time in the library of the Stedelijk Museum – almost like in a living room. My first intersection of writing and architecture was Delirious New York, which I wrote in the New York Public Library, going through microfilms, old newspapers, and books. I made one particular seat my own, almost day and night.
Photograph by Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti, Courtesy of OMA
Photography: Iwan Baan, Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti
Client: Qatar Foundation
Partners in Charge: Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon, Iyad Alsaka
Associate in Charge: Kunle Adeyemi
Design Team SD, DD and CD: Sebastian Appl, Laura Baird, Andrea Bertassi, Helen Billson, Benito Branco,Nils Christa, Daniel Colvard, Tom Coronato, Anita Ernodi, Clarisa Garcia-Fresco, Dina Ge, Mauricio Gonzales, Benny H o, Vincent Kersten, Keigo Kobayashi, Dimitri Koubatis, Jang Hwan Lee, Oliver Luetjeus, Bimal Mendis, Joaquin Millan Villamuelas, Barbara Modolo, David Nam, Sebastian Nau, Rocio Paz Chavez, Francesca Portesine, Teo Quintana, Miriam Roure Parera, Peter Richardson, Silvia Sandor, Tjeerd van de Sandt, Louise Sullivan, Anatoly Travin, Yibo Xu Executive team and on site team: Vincent Kersten, Gary Owen
Bar TORÖ is the last project by Masquespacio in Ibiza, Spain, commissioned by Servitur Group, the touristic management consultant behind hotel chain Typic Hotels.
The concept of Bar TORÖ starts with the aim to develop a hospitality venue with a Mediterranean spirit, offering a service of a sports bar and Spanish tapas focused on an international clientele.
Dongshang is a contemporary Japanese restaurant with wide selections of Sake and Japanese whisky located in central Beijing. The restaurant consists of a dining hall with a bar counter and two private rooms. The client requests to design a Japanese restaurant also appearing Chinese style at the same time.
In response to the demand, a bamboo is developing into the entire space in different forms. The significant material is traditionally used in various ways in Japan as well as China. Bamboo strips fixed on walls are folded at the ceiling, and they make tunnel-like spaces enclosed with bamboos at two of hallways. The light passing through the bamboo strips of the ceiling like sunshine filtering through the trees illumined the bamboo walls. The dining hall is also surrounded by the bamboo walls expanding from two hallways located on both sides of the dining hall. 3cm diameter bamboos are put together at the ceiling makes a roof over the dining hall creating a sense of intimacy. Illuminated liquor bottles are displayed on shelve plates made with black steel at a backbar featuring the vertical bamboo louvers. The element with strong connections to both of Japanese and Chinese cultures and traditions is iteratively highlighted in the restaurant.
Make Architects has completed work on its London Wall Place project, a new commercial scheme offering the largest set of public gardens developed in the City of London since the post-war brutalist Barbican estate on behalf of Brookfield Properties and Oxford Properties.
The scheme comprises two office buildings surrounded by extensive public realm including a series of public gardens and reimagined elevated pedestrian walkways to link the neighbouring Barbican with the City of London.
Cala Esmeralda Inturotel in Cala D’Or beach Mallorca overhauled with traditional island materials
The hotel lies in the beautiful Balearic gem of Cala D’Or, and overlooks the nearby Cala Esmeralda beach. This area is located south east of the island and is known for its famous port that runs along the Cala Llonda. Al this area is surrounded by beautiful wooded creeks and turquoise waters.
For this project and taking into account the history of the building and the natural surroundings, we decided to realize a modest intervention, bringing the building back to its origins and restoring its interiors with a contemporary style overhauled with the islands traditional materials.
The Delfland Water Authority is located in a historical building on the Oude Delft: the Gemeenlandshuis. The monumental part was built in 1505 as a house for Jan de Huyter. The sandstone facade was unique for that time and it was one of the few buildings to survive the 1536 city fire. More than 100 years later, the house came into the hands of the Delfland Water Authority.
The interior of the bistro PILOTKA was made by studio YUDIN Design
The building has a total area of 100 sq.m. The Ukrainian designers were standing face to face with the task of creating a universal interior, which could be comfortable for the most diverse guests.
Heads of YUDIN Design studio, the twin brothers Aleksandr and Vladimir Yudin decided to stop on the style of pop art, adding it with recognizable details from aviation subjects. We started from the name, Yudin brothers said, “that brings back to the forage-cap typical of the uniform of flight attendants.”
PILOTKA is filled with light and, despite the small volume, it seems quite spacious. There are two halls: the main composed by large windows and an open kitchen which allows guests to observe the process of preparing dishes, and another in the back of the room designed for 12 guests.
Kisu (kiss in Japanese) is an sian restaurant located near Tel Aviv. The design is sian inspired mostly from the Japanese culture.
Every wall in the restaurant gives another glimpse of the mysterious culture.
The entrance wall is covered with Hexagons in different colors which change with every angle you look.
Another wall next to the bar is actually a partition made from colored aluminum chain with a printed image of rice field printed all over it. You must take a step away to enjoy the great image.
Nejen Bistro is located in a growing Prague district of Karlín which was affected by the hundred-year flooding in 2002. This event is reflected in the interior of the bistro, and thus the walls struck by the water were cleaned down to the bricks and kept that way, while the remaining parts of the bistro are plastered. However, the main motive of the bistro is the interconnection of the restaurant and the kitchen. They form a unified area where everyone sees everything and nothing is hidden. Just like the meals, the interior is also clean without unnecessary additives, and it doesn’t hide anything, maybe just the passing through the library. With nightfall, the bistro brightened through the day changes into an intimate place perfect for tasting great wines thanks to clumps of slightly glowing “Edison light bulbs”.
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