MVRDV designs Pixel as alternative to "nondescript" housing in Abu Dhabi
A communal plaza and stepped terraces encourage residents to spend some time together outdoors at Pixel, a cluster of seven staggered housing blocks in Abu Dhabi by Dutch studio MVRDV. Located in Makers District on the capital city's Al Reem Island, the development comprises 525 apartments alongside various public amenities organised around a public courtyard.
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A communal plaza and stepped terraces encourage residents to spend some time together outdoors at Pixel, a cluster of seven staggered housing blocks in Abu Dhabi by Dutch studio MVRDV. Located in Makers District on the capital city's Al Reem Island, the development comprises 525 apartments alongside various public amenities organised around a public courtyard.
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/07/22/mvrdv-pixel-housing-abu-dhabi/
Dezeen Showroom: textile manufacturer Ultrafabrics has designed Pumice, a durable material that is colourfast against sunlight, perspiration, chlorine and seawater. Pumice is made from a mixture of polyurethane, Repreve recycled polyester and rayon backing. Ultrafabrics created each linear yard of material out of approximately eight recycled plastic bottles. Thanks to its durability, Pumice can be
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Design studio Dihome has created a colourful industrial-style interior for this compact 15th-floor apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine. Named Suprematism, this 42-square-metre apartment was adapted for a young couple who wanted a bright, colourful apartment with the most functional use of space. "I wanted to dress the interior in a modern, bold way to give it
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An Ettore Sottsass gridded feature wall and a sculptural green ladder characterise this 1920s Dutch house, which interiors firm DAB Studio designed to reference the Amsterdam School. Called Collectors Home, the dwelling is defined by the intricate brickwork and stained glass windows typical of the Amsterdam School – a movement from 1910 to 1920 that paid equal attention
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The third floor of the iconic Lever House skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan has been renovated by architecture firm Marmol Radziner to complement the building's original modernist design. Marmol Radziner completed the interiors for the Lever Club within the office tower at 390 Park Avenue, which was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in the International
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International studio Mork-Ulnes Architects has created an angled accessory dwelling unit in the mountains of Marin County, California with wooden interiors and a loft space. Completed in the spring of 2023, the Crest Guesthouse measures 411 square feet (38 square metres) and was built on the old foundations of a former garage by Mork-Ulnes Architects,
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French designer Rudy Guénaire has created the interiors of Japanese restaurant Matsuri in Paris, combining wooden furniture covered in lacquer with pastel-coloured domes informed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located in Paris' 16th arrondissement, the 200-square-metre restaurant was given a full redesign by Guénaire. As the menu focuses on "Japanese sushi from a Californian angle", Guénaire
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