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Lurdes Bergada Flagship Store in Barcelona

One of the trends we’re noticing in environmental design these days is the use of triangulated panels and irregular surfaces. The Barcelona-based design and architecture studio, Deardesign recently showcased this approach with their launch of the Lurdes Bergada Flagship Store in Barcelona. We enjoyed this space for being both restrained and experimental in the same [...]

Gidon Bing channels Bauhaus to promote Karen Walker Paints

Karen Walker is rocking our world with her new line of paints by New Zealand’s Renese. To promote the new line, Renese commissioned a wonderful set of miniature Bauhaus structures that serve as three dimensional paint charts. The diminutive buildings, intricately and lovingly modeled by Auckland sculptor Gidon Bing and designer Katie Lockhart, model various [...]

The Latest From Vincent Callebaut Architects

We’re huge fans of conceptual, futuristic architecture. The NASA Ames Research Center’s renderings of space colonies from the 1970’s come to mind. As well, the work of the influential Italian architectural group superstudio.
Check out the latest from Vincent Callebaut Architects, a group who regularly produce far reaching architectural concepts. Their latest proposal is an ecological [...]

Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X – 197X

An explosion of architectural little magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture with the architecture of the magazines acting as the site of innovation and debate. Clip/Stamp/Fold takes stock of seventy little magazines from this period, which were published in over a dozen cities … The original exhibition was [...]

BOORA Featured in Cookie Magazine

The September issue of Cookie magazine (the parenting magazine published by Conde Nast) features an article on green schools, including the Mabel Rush Elementary School and the Baker Prairie Middle School by our good friends BOORA.
Green school design is a practice area BOORA has been active in for decades under the leadership of principal Heinz [...]

Program: Initiative for Art + Architectural Collaborations in Berlin pushes the boundaries between architecture and art.

At Vizwerks, we’re always fascinated with what is happening in Berlin. Metropolis Magazine recently published an article on Program, an innovative space that operates at the intersection of architecture and art. Featured above is a recent installation called Nonshperes IV. Nonspheres IV is the latest iteration of Luis Berríos-Negrón’s ongoing investigation into the contemporary tension [...]