An unusual hotel has appeared on one of the lakes of Flanders: its rooms are located on rafts, and you can get to them exclusively by canoe or boat. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Tobias Knockaert and Kika Merlin from STAAV realized that people really lack adventure, especially after quarantine. Therefore, we decided to design an…
French designer Miguel Chevalier decorated the lighthouse in Saint-Tropez with a fluorescent coral pattern to draw attention to the problem of pollution of the oceans and the fragility of its ecosystem. Nadezhda Pavlova EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The artist turned the lighthouse into a “manifesto of color”: he decorated it with corals of bright colors. Some of…
On the Day of Knowledge, we decided to talk about schools. The way a school looks depends largely on the country. And it’s not just about financial opportunities, but also about the influence of climate and local traditions. We have gathered seven different modern schools to show how children from all over the world learn….
A picturesque wooden Drift pedestrian bridge designed by Volkan Alkanoglu has appeared in Fort Worth, Texas. The construction not only connected the two banks of a stream tearing apart a residential suburb, but also became an example of a new approach to design. Marina Yushkevich EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The Drift bridge project became the winner in…
From Copenhagen to Istanbul: these bright houses perfectly complement the sea color and dilute the grayness of the north. AD Russia EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Instagram content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Instagram content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Instagram content This content…
An unusual tea pavilion has appeared in Tokyo, built specifically for the opening of the Olympics. Evgeny Ionov EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Architect Terunobu Fujimori installed a pavilion with a tea room in front of the Tokyo National Stadium. Keeping true to his playful style, the Japanese architect designed it in the shape of a pyramid, and…
The German studio Tchoban Voss Architekten has built a building in St. Petersburg with a sculptural facade made of Korten steel. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The Ferrum 1 office building is located on the historical site of the Rossiya factory in the Polyustrovo district of St. Petersburg. Even earlier, at the end of the XVIII…
The editor-in-chief of the AD website Sofia Rauf and the creators of the “Cities” project & People” walked through the unique Moscow quarter — the town of artists on Maslovka, looked into the workshops of artists and sculptors, and also got acquainted with the unique process of creating lithographs in the lithographic workshop. Sofia Rauf…
An art object “Hymn to the Big Wheel” by British artist Liz West was installed in the Canary Wharf quarter in the east part of London. The project became part of the exhibition “Summer Lights” dedicated to natural lighting. Nadezhda Pavlova EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The installation consists of two octagons: a small figure is inside a…
To design the Hans Christian Andersen Museum, the architects had to immerse themselves in the worlds of his fairy tales. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Andersen was born in 1805 in Odense. And he became famous all over the world with fairy tales “The Little Mermaid”, “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Snow Queen” and others. On June…