Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Trevose Harbour House

Room divider for the recently opened Trevose Harbour House in St.Ives, separating the breakfast area from the snug. The owners have a healthy amount of mid century modern classics and I made this piece to fall in with the style. It all looks amazing, some of the views are stunning and the owners (Angela & Olivier) have put their heart and soul into Trevose, so its well worth a stay if you are in the area. They are also opening the terrace cafe soon.

Friday, 24 May 2013

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

EMF

Projecte de restauració del paratge de Tudela-Culip (Club Med) al Parc Natural del Cap de Creus from ielei on Vimeo.
The story goes, Old Club Med resort in Spain gets reclaimed to protected park status and has to be demolished. Cue landscape architects EMF to re-integrate the complex to nature.
It's quite interesting, leaving traces of DNA, but I wonder why the reaction was to leave this evidence and not do something completely new?  I guess reinstating the natural environment is unusual, and maybe EMF felt it was important to know that it happened, and this is why the work nods at the history of the site.

Monday, 20 May 2013

The Floating Church

Apologies, this is really doing the rounds on the web..... but.... it is an interesting image. The mad thing is that church is still in its exact original position, everything else has been excavated to make room for a 2 storey basement extension.

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Oscar Tusquets Blanca

No flashing 'Les Miserables' advertising and overly bright strip lighting here, with Oscar Tusquets Blanca's effervescent and jubilant re-imaging of Toledo Metro station in Napoli. What an agreeable sight to start you commute to work.

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Havelock Walk

Its Open Studios @ Havelock Walk this weekend. Art, architecture, design (and knowing that lot, probably a big fire in the evening!) 
Good luck with it guys.

Monday, 13 May 2013

Martin Boyce


Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (NYC) presents Martin Boyce.

"But this passageway has neither entrance or exit...." Haruki Murakami.

"Through a series of architectural interventions - free standing windows and hanging lanterns - Boyce transforms the space into an immersive and dream-like landscape."