Author: Richelle Sibolboro
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How Do You Work?
Dubbeldam architecture + design create a modular space through reclaimed and recycled shipping palettes.
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blackLAB Colours the Details
blackLAB architects use their personal surroundings as inspiration for their working space. The feature wall showcases an endless supply of prismacolor pencils that are readily available to the designers. While the table projects their working habits with their children.
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Igloo combines Work and Play
Igloo Design brings together the worlds of work and play within their container space. A wallpaper background of books creates a grid-like pattern within the room to comment on our digital culture and need for constant information. Alain Courchesne and Anna Abbruzzo of Igloo Design
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Samare Studio Displays Their Process
Samare Studio displays their thought process up on the walls. From images, to markets, snow shoes to set squares, nothing is left on the cutting room floor. Mania Bedikian of Samare Studio
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Joel Loblaw brings the Outside – Inside
Interior landscaping by Joel Loblaw Inc., brings the outside – inside with an artistic installation of painted logs and strategically places branches. Emily Hall of Joel Loblaw Inc.
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Nendo’s Stonegarden for Caesarstone
Stone garden designed by Nendo for Caesarstone. This exclusive collaboration was created for the 2013 Toronto Interior Design Show by Oki Sato. The collection of ‘table-like’ surfaces are clustered together to form a floating landscape resembling a traditional Japanese stone garden. The tables contain a single rod located in the middle of the finished material…
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Oki Sato of Nendo at IDS 2013
Oki Sato is the head designer for Japanese design firm Nendo. Born in Toronto, Oki graduated with a master’s in architecture from Waseda University in Tokyo in 2002. That same year, Oki and some of his classmates formed Nendo and established the company’s Tokyo office. A second office in Milan was established in 2005, and…
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Going BIG – Bjarke Ingels presents at The Tunnel in Milan, Italy

Bjarke Ingels of BIG Architects presents his visionary projects at The Tunnel in Milan, Italy.
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Venice Architecture Biennale
Highlights of the 2012 Architecture Venice Biennale. 13th Architecture Venice Biennale from Richelle Sibolboro on Vimeo.
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Orginaire
“Originaire” is a word created to combine the meanings of “original” and “initial”. In the Chinese language, the character for “source” is specifically in the context of the water source.
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Arum by Zaha Hadid
Inspired by Russian Suprematism, Zaha Hadid Architects’ pays homage to the historical lineages of collective research that has led to the major works of today’s contemporary architecture
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Common Ground?
Between 1967 and 1977, architect Bernard Tshumi, FAIA, unveiled his Advertisements for Architecture. These postcard-sized manifestos paired words with images—using classic advertising tactics—to “confront the dissociation between the immediacy of spatial experience and the analytical definition of theoretical concepts,” according to the architect.
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52nd International Genoa Boat Show
Featuring total luxury on the seas. James Cameron goes deep and captures some new creatures from the depths of the sea.
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Polaroid Portraits
The concept derives from the idea that a camera could offer insight into the subject’s character, especially if it is of someone you know.
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Serving It Up
The object is created with a combination of brushed stainless steel and abs plastic making it durable and light.
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Transforming Showroom
During the day it showcases the company’s latest and greatest products in home environment setups.
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Experimentarium Centre
The facade serves as a dual purpose as they both maintains the original shell while providing a new and distinctive visual identity to the institution.
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Urban Morphology
The project offers both collective housing as well as nearly individual dwelling-type units.
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Toll Zone
The team set to design a functional city and urban space that would leave an impact on the city skyline.
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Lit at Night
At the building’s entrance is a cluster of strategically placed steel reinforcement bars which creates a path leading to the interior.
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Collecting Change
An island booth to seat people who collect a fee, with a canopy for weather protection, an office and a tunnel to connect the islets with the management blocks.
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Organic Dial
The collection of timepieces combine natural materials, craftsmanship and precision engineering.
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Platform Housing
The structure is made of shipping containers which are positioned on the ground level to lift the upper floors.