“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I am the baddest motherf#cker in the Goddamn valley.” – Jarhead.
In the bustling city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, this cool and calm retreat provides quite a contrast from the activity around it. The Chimney House by Marcio Kogan and Studio MK27 has a level of architectural harmony that is akin to a Japanese rock garden, where everything feels to be perfectly in its place.
A common trait of Kogan designs is continued in the Chimney House, as the slatted decking, lined concrete ceilings and patched hardwood floors start at one wall and stretch perfectly to another. This provides a visual “vanishing point” within the home’s landscape, and an even sense of balance and symmetry amongst its character.
The main level of the Chimney House is wide and open, used for entertainment, relaxing and dining. A central living and dining area is flanked on both sides by garden patios, but the separation between them is subtle enough that the entire space feels like one large, uniform atrium. On the second floor, much of the area is blocked off into personal spaces with plenty of privacy. One section of the upper floor opens into a long veranda overlooking the city around it and the gardens below. Toward the veranda’s end is the home’s namesake, a metallic chimney that is established as a design accent, not something to be hidden away or designed around.
Sweet play by Elsa Lambinet from Dezeen on Vimeo.
Want more choice in your chocolate box? Mix and match fillings and toppings with these modular chocolates by French designer Elsa Lambinet.
With timelapse cameras, specialists recorded salt water being excluded from the sea ice and sinking. The temperature of this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it. Where the so-called “brinicle” met the sea bed, a web of ice formed that froze everything it touched, including sea urchins and starfis.
The Arctic Circle from Kevin Parry on Vimeo.
An Arctic inhabitant is fascinated by the sudden appearance of a mysterious box.
Music by Ihor Dawidiuk ihordawidiuk.com
COOL TRANS magazine have compiled another great editorial, this time highlighting the Supreme Fall/Winter 2011 Collection with renowned actors Yosuke Kubozuka and Shota Sometani modelling the line.
Showcasing a total of 70 customized Be@rbricks, the Be@rbrick World Wide Tour 2 is an exhibition that will run from 3-12 December in Tokyo. Here are some of the designs, including Tokidoki, Stussyand BAPE.
Norwegian architects Fantastic Norway have designed a mountain lodge with a sloping roof that you can ski over. The triangular timber cabin will be located in the mountainous district of Ål, where it will provide a private retreat that can only be reached on skis during the winter. The house will contain two bedrooms beside the ground floor living rooms and a third bedroom on a floor above. The project is due to complete in summer 2012.
Excerpt from the ADC Hall of Fame gala presentation, celebrating the incomparable laureate John C Jay.
This project is a collaboration between Helsinki architect Ville Hara of Avanto Architects (I previously blogged about them here), and designer Linda Bergroth of Hel Yes!. The pair launched their greenhouse and garden shed kit for the gardening market in 2010. Linda customised one of the prototypes to create her own summer house studio located on a distant island in eastern Finland, the photos of which you are seeing here. She added timber floors, solar panels for lighting, and entry steps and a footpath made out of reclaimed bricks.
An Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday morning, shuttling NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover on a one-way trip to the red planet. The nuclear-powered vehicle weighs one-ton and is the largest rover sent to Mars – it is packed with instruments that will sample the Martian soil to search for signs of life, past and present.
What Ken Block does in his car, stunt rider Jorian Ponomareff demonstrates on a motorcycle. Check out his latest video, Drift, to see his incredible skills on the two wheels.
