Category: light design
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Beautiful Apartment in Italy by Brain Factory
Photos courtesy of Brain Factory We thanks the website http://www.homedezen.com for the selection of this article!
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Contemporary House Integrating Trees in its Modern Architecture: 2 Oaks House by OBIA
2 Oaks House was imagined as a home that would comprise both a contemporary comfort level and a platform for integrating the two existing oak trees on the property. The modern home rises in a residential area near Sofia, Bulgaria and spreads over 475 square meters. Indoors and outdoors melt in an easily customizable environment…
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CoeLux LED Skylight Simulates Tropical and Nordic Light
forwardView The Photo Gallery Our recent post about a windowless 100 sq. ft. living apartment with three walls of simulated immersive virtual displays mimicking an array of “rooms” and the outdoor spaces proved controversial. The concept struck a dystopian chord, perhaps crossing the line where technology becomes a blatant inferior replacement, rather than a positive supplement to life. The CoeLux daylight simulation system may…
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Choi + Shine’s BIT Light lets you create a multitude of illuminated sculptures
Image courtesy of Choi + Shine Architects. , who envisioned the beautiful Land of Giants in 2010, developed a new lighting system called the BIT Light™. BIT’s name is primarily derived from the Korean word for light (빛) which is somewhat pronounced like “bit” in English. It also stands for Bulb with Integrated Technology and…
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Balint House
The Balint House is a two-storey dwelling with a sinous elliptical shape. The volume is placed leaving as much free surface as possible towards the southern edge of the plot for it to be used as a garden, while the lateral limits are blurred with vegetation. The other elements that compose the urbanization…
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B+B House by Studio MK27 & Galeria Arquitetos
The arrival at House B+B – the access to the social area – is through an architectural trajectory, via an open ramp, located on the eastern side of the construction. This space is protected by hollowed-out concrete elements to the side, which create surprising effects of light and end up functioning as protection from bad…
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Luxury Car Park House in LA
Los Angeles-based architectural practice, Anonymous Architects, has designed the Car Park House project. The luxury private residence is located in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, US. According to the architect: “Starting with a vacant lot with a very steep down-slope from the street, the design of the house places the carport on the roof with the residence below.…
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Autostadt Roof and Service Pavilion / Graft Architects
Architects: Graft Architects Location: Berlin, Germany Architect In Charge: Graft Gesellschaft Year: 2013 Photographs: Tobias Hein Planning Of The Structural Framework: Schlaich Bergermann Landscape Architect: Landschaftsarchitektur Contractor Roof Structure: Eiffel Deutschland Stahltechnologie GmbH From the architect. GRAFT was commissioned to remodel a former parking area on the site of VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. The task was to create a quiet area where the…
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Cordless table lamps by Modern Lantern
This upstart company out of Fort Worth, Texas has hit on something unique. Modern Lantern has created 6 full sized table lamps out of a variety of materials and are powered by a rechargeable battery pack. You can position them almost anywhere in your home with charge lasting over 12 hours. The best thing is…
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LIFX is a WiFi-Enabled Smart LED Bulb
I’ve seen innovation in the smart LED space from the likes of Google and Insteon, but San Francisco-based LIFX Labs aims to reinvent the light bulb with a new, successfully-funded Kickstarter project called LIFX. The LED bulb is WiFi-enabled, energy-efficient, multi-colored, and controllable from an iPhone or Android. It will be available as Edison-type, bayonet cap, or downlight…
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Gimme Shelter! by Sebastián Irarrázaval and Hugo Mondragón
Dezeen Screen: photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us photographs and a movie that he shot of the Chilean Pavilion at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong biennale of urbanism/architecture 2011, where objects usually found in disaster relief shelters were used as furniture. Watch the movie » Watch this movie on Dezeen Screen »…