Materials

Italy | POVEGLIANO
The little Italian village of Povegliano (pop. 5000), north of Venice, recently acquired its own 'urban square'. The design...
Light

Belgium | BRUSSELS
The facade lighting of the 145-metre-high Dexia office tower in Brussels (2005) is more than just a corporate promotional...
Colour, Facade, Light

United Kingdom | LONDON
When Snog, a frozen yoghurt retailer, ventured to London it knew it would have to come up with a bold store design in order to...
Colour, Interior, Light

Hungary | BUDAPEST
Traffic noise doesn't normally rate very highly, especially in areas where a lot of people live and work. But the Atrium Park...
Facade, Light

Slovenia | SEŽANA
The Safir casino and hotel occupies a rather unusual location near the Slovenian-Italian border, an enigmatic object in...
Colour, Facade, Light

Norway | SANDNES
Oslo-based nullohm, founded by Stig Skjelvik and Rasmus Hildonen, is a design company that creates interactive systems...
Light

Netherlands | AMSTERDAM
It is not so very long ago that the Bijlmer had an unenviable reputation for sinister places. The modernist separation of the...
Colour, Light

France | PARIS
fLux, Binary Waves is a temporary kinetic-light sculpture, designed by LAb[au] for the Biennale Art Grandeur Nature 2008 in...
Light

France | PARIS
If the urban renewal project in the Halles district at the heart of Paris, where work will begin at the end of 2009, remains...
Colour, Interior, Light

Germany | COLOGNE
A kaleidoscope uses mirrors and colour to change the viewer's perception of the world. Whereas the classic kaleidoscope...
Colour, Light, Plastic