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Tel Aviv Arcades | Penda | Israel

The Prada Cup | Special Projects | PRADA

UK Pavilion | Es Devlin | Dubai Expo 2020

Opus Dubai | ME by Meliá-Hotel | Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects' giant glass cube, featuring a super flowing void in the center, nears completion in Dubai, located in the city’s Burj Khalifa district. ZHA's new hotel, named Opus, has been captured by architecture photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu and the recent photographs show that the building is almost complete with its outer skin.

The 84,345-square-metre is designed for Omniyat and will house the first "ME by Melia" hotel in the Middle East. The 20-storey building will accommodate 12 restaurants, a rooftop bar and office spaces. The 7 extra floors will be placed below ground. The hotel will be operated by Melia Hotels International, one of the world’s leading hoteliers with more than 350 hotels in 39 countries, "ME by Melia" hotels are located in cultural capitals across the globe with their progressive, design-driven approach.

The most characteristic feature of the hotel is its "giant irregular void" that links two glazed tower with smoot…

Capital Hill Residence | Zaha Hadid Architects | Russia

Zaha Hadid's first private residential home has finally been completed on the north-facing hillside within the Barvikha Forest near Moscow, where pine and birch trees grow up to 20m high. Commissioned by Russian businessman and philanthropist Vladislav Doronin, who also runs real estate companies OKO Group and Capital Group and a luxury and resort hotel brand Aman, the "specaship-looking" residence is the only private home that Hadid had designed in her lifetime.

Called Capital Hill Residence, the 2,650-square-metre house is comprised of two major components: the first part is merged with the sloping forested landscape, while a separate tower floats 22 metres above the ground to provide a spectacular view of the forest over the trees.

"I want to wake up in the morning and I want to just see blue sky. I don't want to see any neighbors and I want to feel free," said Doronin in a new video discussing the project. Then, Doronin recalls that "do you realis…

Apple Piazza Liberty | Foster + Partners | Milan

Apple Piazza Liberty is an ensemble of two fundamental elements, a stepped plaza and a fountain. Located just off the Corso Vittorio Emanuele – one of the most popular pedestrian streets in Milan – visitors are drawn towards the piazza by the sight of the dramatic new fountain.

A celebration of the joys of city life and embodying its dynamic nature, the signature water feature is an interactive, multisensory experience. Visitors enter the fountain through a glass-covered entrance enveloped by the sights and sounds of vertical jets of water that splash against the 26-foot high glass walls. An immersive recreation of the childhood game of running through fountains, the experience changes throughout the day as sunlight filters through the water, while at night the glass ceiling creates a kaleidoscopic effect, with the water falling down the walls, and its reflections travelling infinitely up the sky. The fountain flows down into the base of the Amphitheatre, a new social hub and an outdoor…

Majik Café | Karim Rashid | Belgrade, Serbia

Majik Café stems from Karim’s philosophy of creating a digipop digital nature and a seamless world that excites all the senses. Karim’s love of sensuous lines and brilliant hues come through in the dynamic space. Digital artwork made of RGB LED panels surround the bar making the space visible from down the street. The dynamic patterned glass bar changes color and mood throughout the customer’s stay. The restaurant is brought into the 21st technocentury with a scrolling LED message board above that displays customer’s text messages. Technorganics blend with humanorganics in the restaurant’s details. His and her cutout faces frame the entrance to the DJ Kreemy booth lounge area. Profile mirrors reflect patrons in the restrooms with data resonating form the eyes. A full-length nude photo marks the bathroom door. The exterior is finished in polished, stainless steel, and mosaic tile. Icon shaped windows and decorative ancient Serbian patterns are updated to create a kaleidoscopic, engagin…

Aston Martin Architectural Service | Aston Martin Automotive Galleries and Lairs

Aston Martin has announced a new design service to create “automotive lairs” for car owners and enthusiasts. Called Aston Martin Automotive Galleries and Lairs, the service aims to create one of kind spaces and luxury garages. The team believes the new service is an opportunity for clients to work with the Aston Martin Design Team and with renowned architects alike.

As Aston Martin states, Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman and his team have already produced interior design work for the 66-storey Aston Martin Residences in Miami and on the design of Aston Martin’s first global brand center, the House of Aston Martin Aoyama, in Tokyo. The team is now embarking on a number of design projects relating to private residential developments. The work of Reichman’s group in conjunction with architects opens new design possibilities.

“Imagine a home or luxury retreat built around your car,” said Reichman. “Picture creating the ultimate space to showcase your own automotive works of art. This …

La Fabrique de Lunettes | Marc Ifrah Architecture | Paris

"This project is the result of great team work between the firm and our clients. We designed the interior of the optical store in the spirit of the fifties adapted to meet the contemporary expectations of the customers.

The store occupies the ground floor of an Haussmaniann building. Though the store is a large open space, its layout comprises several rooms as in an apartment: a waiting room, a living room, a kids room and the laboratory. The laboratory stands behind a glass wall, so customers can see the opticians at work on their state of the art equipment. Customers hence really feel at ease in this homy ambiance. To reinforce this layout, we painted the arch in black and used washed out yellow and blue colors on the walls.

The glasses presentation cabinets have entirely been custom made and are freely inspired by Piet Mondrian’s painting. While the glasses are presented on the upper part of the cabinets with a lit up white background, the lower closed parts of the cabinets ar…

Hermès | New Store | MVRDV's Crystal Houses | Amsterdam

Crystal Houses, the Amsterdam store designed by MVRDV that received international acclaim upon its opening in 2016, has re-opened with a new tenant and a façade which is finally as open as originally intended. The project’s jewel-like façade was proposed as a way for Amsterdam to be home to distinctive, upmarket flagship stores without compromising the city’s historical character. Located on the high-end shopping street PC Hooftstraat, Crystal Houses initially hosted a temporary store for Chanel, but it has now been renovated and re-opened for French luxury brand Hermès. Created for Amsterdam-based retail real-estate company Warenar, Crystal Houses was envisioned as a recreation of the traditional houses that make up PC Hooftstraat, with a dramatic twist: the usual brick façade is replaced by a glass replica, which dissolves into the traditional terracotta bricks on the upper level. The effect required a period of intense research undertaken with the collaboration of TU Delft, engineers…

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Tom Fruin's WATERTOWER 2012 | Brooklyn USA

Opus Dubai | ME by Meliá-Hotel | Zaha Hadid Architects

Capital Hill Residence | Zaha Hadid Architects | Russia

Apple Piazza Liberty | Foster + Partners | Milan

Majik Café | Karim Rashid | Belgrade, Serbia

Aston Martin Architectural Service | Aston Martin Automotive Galleries and Lairs

La Fabrique de Lunettes | Marc Ifrah Architecture | Paris

Hermès | New Store | MVRDV's Crystal Houses | Amsterdam

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