Folded Beauty...

Found these brilliant folded artwork through upon a fold.

Work of Maria Prada and architect and jeweller. She cleverly crafts this paper folds giving them structure and depth. She makes them into brooches and they are available at her etsy store.

I'm ordering mine :)

all images via upon a fold

Apartment in Singapore...

A 250sqm apartment in the heart of Singapore by Shanghai base architects Neri&Hu.

Challenged by the owner to go for something different, and to create the unconventional, Neri&Hu transformed the spatial quality totally by having the private space in the core while leaving a perimeter all around the floor plate allowing an all round  circulation while giving the space a light and airy feel. 

FERM Living...

Danish brand FERM Living never fails to inspire...

love love their products...

all images via FERM Living 2012

Interesting Facades...

Here are a few interesting building facades which has a different take from the rather more simple and safe facades that we see a lot of these days... 

see more at The Green Bing Blog

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images 1,2,3 via the green bing blog

images 4 and 5 via the contemporist

Friday Finds...

Here are some brilliantly designed products by Nendo...

So inspiring...

adam

farming net lights

 chocolate pencils

 dancing squares

forest spoon

scissors

all images via nendo

will be off for a week or so... have a great weekend!!!

catch you when i get back.

Grecia House...

A beautiful spacious house designed by Isay Weinfeld in Sao Paulo for a family who loves to entertain and appreciates wide open spaces with a love for sports and the outdoors...

all images via archilover

Fathom and Form...

Carleigh Wamberg and Chris Baas the duo behind Fathom and Form based in San Francisco recently launched they're amazing collection.
I want it all!!!

Watch out for them...

All images via fathom and form

Fabulous Facades...

Colourful, Quirky, State of the Art, Different... are some descriptions for some of these building facades. 

Architect these days are facing the challenges of re-designing and innovating the look of the facades of an building to make the building stand out and to make it more interesting and more appealing to the eye?
Here are a few I found.

Izola Social Housing
via cabbage rose

JOH3 Berlin Germany by J.Mayer H. Architects
via contemporist

Media ICT Building Barcelona by
Cloud 9 Architecture
via inhabitant

Rest Stop Georgia by J.Mayer H. Architect
via dezeen