Whites and Brights

I love the interior design/decorating of this Naseem Alizadeh's home office. The bright bold colors keep the white from being too precious.

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Just lovely.

How Embarrassing

So, the World Expo 2010 is taking place in Shanghai, and many of the world's best architects have contributed designs. Many countries have hired the best architects found in their own country, while others have ventured out beyond their borders... but most designs have something in common... trying to articulate the priorities and passions of their home country, exuding confidence and creativity. Of course, I say most because the US is one glaring exception. What does our pavilion say about us? We could be locate along any highway in any suburb. We value conformity and corporate culture (which we can directly link to many of the problems plaguing our nation). We don't really have any place for innovation or creativity and we certainly don't value our architects, which is why we hired a Canadian to design a metal panelled representation of an eagle (there is that lack of creativity and ingenuity again).

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Very Frustrating. An expo is not an office park.

US
UK

Spain

South Korea

Portugal

Denmark

Switzerland

Russia

Japan

Poland

Finland

Canada

The Lighting is Everything

The light fixtures in this space really make it.... without them, it would just be a big (and overly tall) room. Instead, the fixtures bring the space into a more intimate and human scale.

I'm loving them...

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By Inaba via Space Invading
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North Hale

I love seeing what my friends from school are up to now that we're so far away from graduation...

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One of my former studio mates recently sent me a link to his firm and their recently completed project converting a 3 flat into an open office structure. In order to obtain the open plan, the architects (RS2) had to develop a steel structure which could span the entire width of the building, while supporting the roof loads. Our Miesian education is evident (but not too literal) in the design.

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Nice work Chuck!

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