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| Posted: 18 Apr 2012 06:28 AM PDT
Japanese practice a.l.x. has designed "On the cherry blossom", a house on the corner of a residential street in Tokyo, Japan. The name is derived from two cherry trees nearby the building but also from its unusual shape. The house just like to tree grows upwards, the trunk ramifies and the form widens just like it functions. Windows are located mostly on the higher floors and the window on the first floor, the smallest one is designed for vertical communication. The wide floor-to-ceiling window face on the upper-most floor offers the house owners a spectacular view from the dining table of the surrounding trees and roofs. The house is a simplified model of the cherry tree and is composed of multiple cubic volumes fitted together. The resulting design is marvelous and offers the observers always new view of the object. By this project the architects showed how the question of corner plot can be perceived. The interior gives puristic impression. The dominant colour is white which does not in any way disturb the space but only opens up and enlarges the house with living space only 85 square meters.
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| Posted: 17 Apr 2012 06:28 PM PDT
Today`s office space is diametrically different to that from the past. People have found out that the place where they spend most of their time cannot be boring or stoic. Working space affects the efficiency of one`s work performance and that is why a number of companies invests substantial amounts of money into the furnishings to make its employees feel comfortable and satisfied. The prestigious law firm Heenan Blaikie in Toronto, Canada got inspired by Facebook or Google and engaged the Montreal firm ID+S Design Solutions to design the interior. This office space is located in a LEED-certified building in Bay Adelaide Center that spans 125,000 square feet. Heenan Blaikie specifically requested that furniture in varying colours should be arrayed throughout the office to provide for bursts of colors. It ranges from orange rugs, red shelves to green sofas but everything is fitted, nothing sticks out but and all the elements match the surroundings which is mostly in soft earthy shades. Designers used a number of various materials such as glass, ceramics, wood and steel to enhance the overall impression.
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