Obayashi Corporation, with its history of around 120 years, is one of the world’s leading construction contractors and Japan’s leading listed companies. Leveraging its core competence, technology, it provides construction services and such construction related services as engineering and urban development.
As part of a resort development, the first prize proposal for Sanya Block 5 by NL Architects consists of 8 blocks of 6 stories on top of a ground floor with restaurants, bars and retail. Located in the Hainan Province and the southernmost city in China, Sanya is well known for its tropical climate and popular tourist destination.
soma is an Austrian practice founded in 2007 by four partners. soma engages architecture as an ongoing inquiry and speculative experimentation. The studio’s field of activities ranges from the development of contemporary design strategies and innovative implementation methods to theoretical research.
French Designer Philippe Starck is to launch an electric vehicle at next month’s Geneva Motor Show (March 8-18). A first for the designer, who previously designed all kind of objects and vehicles but no electric car.
With this special bathtub, you can literally bathe in books.Vanessa Mancini decided to create a functional bathtub made almost entirely out of books , each one cut and fitted by the artist herself.
Swedish designer Ola Gillgren has created the Big Basket chair. The idea comes from the old basketwicking techniques. “I wanted to make the construction part of the esthetics, and make every part of the chair visible.”
Working from her Postdam studio near Berlin, Markiewicz folds her tiny paper sculptures with amazing precision and ethereal elegance.
Rodrigo Alonso Schramm is a Chilean graphic designer, although his work encompasses many realms, from fashion to furniture, home accessories to advertising.