Jealousy is a motherf**ker, as one of my colleagues often likes to say.
Yes, we're all striving for inner peace, but it ain't easy – or easy to hold onto, if you do manage to achieve it. Coveting other people's accomplishments or accoutrements has a nasty habit of destabilising us. Take a recent trip I made to the Swiss Alpine resort town of Klosters, to stay at a friend's weekend getaway. Expressive architecture and advanced construction techniques have transformed mountain homes from solitary retreats into uber-comfortable residences – and with it created a whole new landscape for aspiration. Sigh. | | | Simon Keane-Cowell, Editor-in-Chief | | Mountain-home architecture is aiming high. Structures pitted against the elements have evolved into residences that embrace both smart design as well as their often dramatic surroundings. | | Livingstones : regain the intuition of the body in motion or at rest
A high-quality surrealist set. Oversized pebbles, a resting area with varying sizes and shapes that can be arranged according to your design for contemporary interiors. Pebbles as fanciful landscapes for perfect and permanent holidays, which can be transformed into an enjoyable domestic game. | | It’s not only Poland’s public-building projects that are garnering praise these days – residential projects from a new generation of architects are also getting deserved attention. | | | | | | Discovery from Artemide: A Magical Transformation
As soon as one switches the luminaire on, the apparently void space within the frame of the luminaire turns, as if by sorcery, into a perfectly illuminating surface – A magical and scenographic element that interacts with its surroundings and, turned off, frames perspectives and details of a given space. | | | House in Ashiya by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates | | Located at the foot of Mt. Rokko – a popular spot for sightseers – House in Ashiya is blessed with the green scenery of the mountain. The house's strong geometrical composition helps maintain its spatial purity while the concrete spiral staircase gives softness to rigid space and symbolises unity in this family house. | | DIEZ x Midgard
About origin and modernity.
An installation by Diez Office and Midgard.
At the Temporary Gallery, the origin of directional light will be juxtaposed with a modern interpretation designed by Stefan Diez for Midgard. In the gallery’s white space, Diez Office will be staging different versions of the original design. | | | Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter | | Reiulf Ramstad Architects (RRA) is an independent Oslo-based architectural firm with a high level of expert knowledge and a distinct ideology. The firm has a strong conceptual approach combined with experience from past-accomplished projects. The RRA philosophy is to create contemporary architecture characterised by clarity of thought dependent on two things: analysis and decisiveness. | | | A.I. by Kartell, a Natural Intelligence
Kartell is dedicating a special event in Cologne to A.I., the first design chair conceived by artificial intelligence, born in response to input received from the designer (Philippe Starck) and to the know-how of the company (Kartell). The chair is made from 100% recycled material.
Cocktails: 13 January 2020 @ 7 p.m. – Kartell Flagship Store Cologne | | ARCHITONIC DISCO
MONDAY 13.01.2020 & TUESDAY 14.01.2020
9p.m. to 2.a.m.
DJ DEFCON
THE GRID BAR
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13–19 January 2020 | | | PASSAGEN, Cologne, DE
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