This fabulous holiday home in Helsinki is made of pine, spruce and birch grown in Finland and consists of two housing areas overlooking the city centre of Helsinki on one side and the sea on the other side. They are connected via a sculptural wooden trellis that forms a courtyard, protects against the wind and filters the sunlight.
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‘Edge Condition’ by Synecdoche Design (Lisa Suave and Adam Smith) is a temporary pavilion that utilizes a by-product material as a means of invoking the construction with wood edges cut from hardwood boards, providing a standardized object to build upon creating a field in which to inhabit.
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Fascinating photography of the potential for beauty in scaffolding once the buildings have been digitally removed.
The world’s largest indoor panoramic photograph of the Strahov Philosophical library, Prague.
A visual collection of bookshelves from around the world.
A louvred timber canopy fans up from the centre of this restaurant near Sydney by Australian architects Koichi Takada.
A genuinely absorbing blog showcasing the best of art, design and architecture.
Via: The English Group (Via: Designboom)
Lovely use of texture in this logo by Philidelphia based agency. Designed for a lumber company, the logo beautifully employs the use of wood textures to give it a real American timberyard feel.
The accompanying branding brings letterpress into the mix to complement the logo fantastically well.
Via Projekt.
I always kept an eye towards the designer rugs offered by London’s The Rug Company and this design, ‘Meadow’, by Katrin Cargill really appeals to my tastes.
Via: The English Group (Via www.therugcompany.info)
