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THE LONG
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Zaha Hadids first posthumous building was

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WHEN ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS Maritime Terminal opened in Salerno, a port

town in southwestern Italy, it seemed to come out of the blue. ZHA won the
competition in 2000, then the site sat for years with seemingly no progress.
After winning the bid, the first contractor proved incapable of carrying out
the construction, explains project architect Paola Cattarin. The town council
had to go through a long procedure to replace them. Funding was delayed
as the gears of Italian bureaucracy turned slowly. Thus the terminals completion this past April was as unexpected as the iconic architects untimely
passing just weeks earlier. Suddenly, though, the shell of the oyster (as the
firm describes it) came to life at the end of a promenade that juts into the
Tyrrhenian Sea.
From this waterside location, the sinuous concrete walls spread outward
to form an asymmetric ceramic-tiled canopy, which gently lifts along the
roofline to reveal glazed openings, and offers shade at the end of the long
gangway that leads into the building. The facades undulating horizontal lines
slope subtly upward as they project toward the water, rising to the level of
departing ferries and cruise ships. Inside, the 4,500-square-metre terminal is

dominated by swooping concrete ramps to the gates including a U-turned
ramp with a 20-metre cantilever which carve up the program into interlocking
focal points, among them a ticket desk, a restaurant and a lounge. The terminal
works like a small airport, dominated by the irresistible flow of travellers.
Although Hadid developed the initial sketches and models early in her career,
the forces that would shape her success in later years were already visible.
The same desire to liberate form from the constraints of standard construction, now manifest in the completed terminal, can in retrospect be understood
within the arc of her career. During the terminals sudden inauguration, which
was attended by such luminaries as Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, Milan
architect Stefano Boeri paid her a final tribute: Zaha Hadid has worked with
patience and relentless persistence to re-stitch the layers of reality of which
our world is composed. Italy now has an extraordinary new example of this
ability, unfolding Hadids talents for half a million seafaring passengers each
year. zaha-hadid.com
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JUL AUG 2016 37
JUST IN
WINNERS
CIRCLE
Three architects tell us what theyve been up

to since claiming an AZ Awards trophy
BY ERIN DONNELLY
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Pavilion, a community centre in Edmonton
that has been in the works since 2011.
Sited next to a grassy athletic field, the
complex is an atypical structure for
housing such humble facilities as public
washrooms and rentable meeting rooms:
the 783-square-metre building sports a
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funhouse-mirror reflections. The project
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hiring top creative talent to make beautiful
buildings that citizens can take pride in,
even when it comes to the most basic of
structures. gh3.ca
STEVEN CHRISTENSEN ARCHITECTURE

Last years winner for Best Unbuilt
Competition Entry for a thermal bath in
Latvia shaped like a giant block of Swiss
cheese Steven Christensen has gone on
to reimagine the offices of Venafi, a software company in Salt Lake City, Utah, which
wanted a space that would expand as the
organization grew. Inside the strippedback interior, the Venice, California, firm
inserted configurable workspaces with
bold colours throughout, and an indoor
pavilion lined in sky blue (including the
noise-dampening ceiling), which serves
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REX ARCHITECTURE
The New York firm took home an AZAward
in 2014 for a concept in the Middle East
that would see two towers shaded by walls
of opening and retractable sunshades.
While those plans remain dormant, Rex has
gone on to win other major commissions,
notably the Performing Arts Center at the
World Trade Center in Manhattan among
the last buildings still to go up. One of our
favourite Rex projects now under way is
Necklace Residence (shown), which links
distinct structures into a circle, soon to be
built for a family with four daughters who
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The Italian maestro on

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INTERVIEW BY ANDREA CARSON BARKER
What is the most important responsibility

for designers in the 21st century?
To make people think using recognizable

form meaning the figure. This is the future
of design. Talking through images. And
to help users understand something more
advanced than what they are used to seeing.
Look at the computer: it is able to communicate to people in different languages, in a
universal way, by using images.
This seems to be an art perspective, of
encouraging users or viewers to see more
than whats in front of them.
At 76, Gaetano Pesce is still as relevant as he

was in 1969, when he launched Up 5 and 6, a
vacuum-sealed chair, which expanded into the
shape of a voluptuous figure chained to an
ottoman. The set was meant to symbolize the
societal restraints imposed on women, and
it could easily be considered the first piece of
feminist furniture ever built. Its also just one
of the many defining moments in a career
marked by a parade of wildly fun and clever
designs most notably his resin vases, which
wobble when touched. In anticipation of Pesce
(which means fish in Italian) appearing as the
guest of honour at the sixth annual AZAwards
gala, we wondered what words of wisdom
he has for the next generation straight from
a man who never followed anyones advice
but his own.
Yes. If design is able to express content

that is related to religion, or that expresses
a political view, or the reality of the everyday,
in that moment design is an art. It is no
longer secondary to art. If designers look for
innovation and are not concerned only
with making objects that are useful, but that
also have philosophical content they are
making art, no question.
Much of your design work has had an Italian
reference. Is the idea of a national design
still relevant?
Not the nationality, but the expression of the

place, is very important. Intelligent designers
have to be able to recognize and express
a spirit, not in terms of material but in terms
of the soul of a place. For 40 years, I have
said that the mundialization of countries is
the worst thing we can do. When you go to
a modern art museum in Tokyo and you find
the same kind of thing you find in NewYork
or Stockholm, that is horrible. We need to be
able to express the differences of places
and of cultures.
Up is still in production with B&B Italia.

The Albero Vase XXL (2015) is made of resin.
The II Giullare sofa (2011).
Portrait lamp (2016) twists to reveal profiles.
Your intervention in the production process

seems particularly relevant today. What
effect does it have when you involve other
people in the design?
When you collaborate, your work becomes

more complete. I arrived at the point where
I not only opened my collaboration to others,
but I opened the possibility of the material
to be free to do certain things that I couldnt
imagine. In 1975, I asked some employees at
Cassina to each make drawings on tabletops.
At the beginning, they said they were not
artists and not able to do what I was asking.
I said everybody is an artist, just try, and
they did, and they succeeded. In the future,
I believe we will be able to make objects as a
process to be completed by the user, where
the user will have to intervene with his or her
own creativity to complete the process.
If you create something, it gives you a much
deeper sensation.
What do you think designers should keep at
the top of their minds?
What I keep in mind is innovation, to provoke

progress. Nothing else.
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colourways, using a
computer-controlled loom
that pairs coloured threads
to create 19 shades in
non-repeating triangle
patterns. cassina.com
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INTO THE FOLD

The Fold collection of
deeply pleated textiles, by
Siri Skillgate, is conceived
as a warmer method of
managing acoustics in
office environments. It can
be hung as drapery, or even
as a tapestry. skillgate.se
JEWEL TONES
Working with the Bernhardt furniture brand,
jewellery designer Anabela Chan reinterprets
the nature themes of
her three-dimensional
work in a fabric line.
bernhardtdesign.com
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VIRGINIA
Casting a spotlight on the art quarterly Hi-Fructose,
this exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
celebrates the wild and wonderful designs featured in the
magazines first decade. The show includes a trove of curiosities,
from digital landscapes and bold graphic and product designs
to spectacular sculptures and public art installations. Among
the more than 50 participants are street artist Shepard Fairey,
sculptor Wim Delvoye (creator of the large-scale Cement Truck,
made of laser-cut stainless steel, left) and Toronto illustrator
Gary Taxali. One of the highlights is a site-specific installation
by yarn-bombing artist Olek, whose previous work includes
covering a four-car locomotive in crocheted yarn. Her piece for
the exhibit promises to promote sustainability by eschewing
synthetic materials. virginiamoca.org
JULY 2 TO SEPTEMBER 5
ICEBERGS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The National Building Museum will have a hard time topping its
two previous summer installations, which saw the Great Hall
taken over by Bjarke Ingels maze in 2014, and Snarkitectures
beach ball ocean last year. For 2016, New York landscape
architects James Corner Field Operations provide an escape
from the summer heat by invoking a glacial seascape, with
icebergs made of scaffolding and polycarbonate panel that
soar more than 17metres to the third-storey balcony. nbm.org
TO NOVEMBER 6
ELYTRA FILAMENT PAVILION

LONDON
A light-filtering canopy is gradually forming over the garden
at the Victoria and Albert Museum, as a robotic arm slowly
weaves its lacy structure. Designed by German architect Achim
Menges and a team from the University of Stuttgart, its made
of glass and carbon fibre segments inspired by elytra the rigid
forewings of flying beetles. vam.ac.uk
TO SEPTEMBER 5
EXTRAORDINARY PLAYSCAPES
BOSTON
Design Museum Boston delves into the history, science and
art behind successful play spaces with this interactive exhibition. More than 40 examples among them David Rockwells
Imagination Playground system (left) and Toshiko Horiuchi
MacAdams hand-crocheted climbing equipment are explored
through models, video and, of course, hands-on elements.
After Boston, it will tour San Francisco, Chicago and Portland,
Oregon. designmuseumfoundation.org/boston
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UPCOMING FAIRS
AUGUST 27 TO 30
TENDENCE, FRANKFURT,
GERMANY
A first look at home accessories,
furniture and decor for winter.
tendence.messefrankfurt.com
SEPTEMBER 2 TO 6
MAISON&OBJET, PARIS
Fine furniture, ceramics and more.
maison-objet.com
SEPTEMBER 17 TO 25
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL
Annual event that includes
the 100%Design trade show.
londondesignfestival.com
SEPTEMBER 22 TO 25
IDS WEST, VANCOUVER
Interior design for Canadas
WestCoast. idswest.com
SEPTEMBER 26 TO 30
CERSAIE, BOLOGNA, ITALY
Miles of tiles and bath fittings.
cersaie.it
SEPTEMBER 28 TO OCTOBER 1
ABITARE IL TEMPO, VERONA, ITALY
Luxury contemporary furniture
and lighting from across Italy.
abitareiltempo.com
OCTOBER 14 TO 23
INTERIEUR, KORTRIJK, BELGIUM
Innovative home furnishings from
Belgiums best and brightest.
interieur.be
OCTOBER 22 TO 26
HIGH POINT MARKET,
NORTH CAROLINA
Housewares and home furnishings.
highpointmarket.org
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1420 Fell Avenue, t. 604.988.7328
USA: Flagship New York: Rolf Benz at STUDIOANISE, 21 Greene Street, t. 212.933.1406 / Boston: Divine Design Center, 1 Design Center Place, t. 617.443.0700 / Chicago: Mobili Mbel,
220 West Erie Street, t. 312.337.3459 / Dania Beach: Carriage House, 1855 Griffin Road, t. 954.925.2661 / Denver: Studio 2b, 2527 Larimer Street, t. 303.298.0900 / Miami: Internum,
3841 NE 2nd Ave, t. 305.576.1135 / Santa Monica: Functions, 1418 Lincoln Blvd, t. 310.458.9900 / Sarasota: Home Resource, 741 Central Avenue, t. 941.366.6690
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MIMA LIGHT HOUSE
MIKROFON LAMP
The newest concept from

Portuguese prefab makers
Mima Housing appears to
float above the landscape,
thanks to a mirrored base.
The simple, pine-clad
interior features chrome
details and glazed end
walls. mimahousing.com
Mimicking a vintage
hanging microphone,
Alexander Lerviks pendant
for Swedish brand Tingest
casts a unique pattern of
hexagonal shadows. Its
available in white as well
as black. tingest.se
Designed by Axel
Brechensbauer, this
playful pocket tool from
Areaware is perfect for
picnics or a day at the
beach. It incorporates a
fin-like blade and a bottle
opener tail, in Seashell,
Guppy or Seaweed. $32,
areaware.com
MOON
Modelled using topographic data from NASAs

Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter, this globe is
circled by a ring of LEDs
to demonstrate the full
range of lunar phases.
moonproject.space
SCALLOP WATCH
American brand Projects

has released its final collaboration with architect
Michael Graves, who died
last year. The intricate
dial, engraved using a
guilloche technique, is sold
in three colours, including
Celadon (shown). $295,
projectswatches.com
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STARMAN VASE
Joining the Cosmic Diner

collection of spaceinspired tableware, by
Seletti and Diesel Living,
this far-out vessel has a
reflective gold visor and
stands 28centimetres
tall. $145, seletti.com
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EVOLUTION
Concepts, appliances and smart products
for the ultimate culinary environment
EDITED BY DAVID DICK-AGNEW AND KENDRA JACKSON
Disappearing Acts P.50

Best Impressions P.52
Hidden Virtues P.54
Seasons in the Sun P.56
Q+A: Jasper Morrison P.58
Warm Fronts P.60
Dining on Design P.62
Inside
Out
A house in Australia takes
advantage of its warm clime
with an all-season kitchen
A LONG AND LEAN HOUSE filled with shadowy
corners required some creative thinking to optimize

both space and light, the two top concerns for
the homeowner of this pint-sized residence in the
suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Local firm Benn +
Pennas solution integrates indoors and out, right
down to the kitchen sink. The clients needed
more space, says principal Andrew Benn, and its
such a nice climate here for outdoor living.
Informed by the neighbourhoods elongated
lots and textured brickwork, Benn and his team
focused on a pared back interior that plays up the
pencil-shaped property. The main floor was transformed into an open plan that moves fluidly from
living, dining and kitchen spaces to a mirror-image
in the backyard.
With three metres each of indoor and outdoor

kitchen, the layout is perfectly balanced. Inside,
the oak flooring matches the oak-veneer cabinets,
topped in Dekton. As the cabinetry moves outside,
it retains the same aesthetic but in a marine-ply
carcass with solid oak doors. The engineered
countertop continues in the backyard, and the
wood flooring transitions to concrete pavers.
The biggest challenge was bridging the countertop between the two environments, a problem
solved with a custom-made folding door system in
oxidized white aluminum. A hinged cabinet door
opens inwards (there are no shelves inside) and
part of the counter lifts away to let the door reach
the other wall a small gesture for a unified space.
BY PAIGE MAGARREY bennandpenna.com
JUL AUG 2016 49
KITCHEN EVOLUTION
Disappearing
Acts
Appliances and systems that vanish before the eye,
for the ultimate invisible kitchen
1 INVISIBLE SEAMS
The modular walnut
interiors of the Genius Loci
system by Valcucine keep
everything in type-A order.
A hardware-free version
means the drawer sits flush
with the cabinets when
closed. valcucine.com
3 WALL FLOWER
With is handle-free door,
Gaggenaus 400 Series
dishwasher literally fades
into the background. A
gentle push opens the
washer to reveal LED panels
illuminating its interior.
gaggenau.com
2 NOW YOU SEE IT

The Pandora downdraft
by Elica rises through
its narrow opening via a
mechanical push-up
system. When not in use,
it fits snugly within the
counter. elica.com
4 ALL IN ONE
The novel Made to Measure
series from KitchenAid
offers two sink options: one
visible; the other with a
stainless-steel cover to
make more room on the
countertop. kitchenaid.com
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It began with a spark it has burned for 333 years.
The difference is Gaggenau.

In 1683, from the depths of the Black Forest, a flame
sprang to life and the age of industrial craftsmanship
began. From the same process that saw a forge
emerge, to the introduction of the combi-steam oven
to the home kitchen, we have always imagined what
could be. Then built it.
333 years of working with metal is an achievement
only few can claim. It exposes a success that has
crossed time, distance, and cultures. Gaggenau is not
just a kitchen appliance; it is the soul of a home and it
is this passion that has been 333 years in the making.
For more information, please visit www.gaggenau.ca
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Best
Impressions
Graphic and textural tiles inspired
by the worlds of fashion and nature
PUZZLE BY MUTINA
BITS & PIECES BY
Six geometric patterns mix

with solid and edge pieces
in this aptly named collection by Barber & Osgerby.
There is no predetermined
placement, the idea is to
create the design as you go.
mutina.it
CERAMICHE PIEMME
The Quad portion of
this collection uses
digital printing to apply
motifs that resemble
pieces of inlaid wood
onto the ceramic tiles.
en.ceramichepiemme.it
HIGH TECH BY
PORCELANOSA
Neutral-toned ceramic
tiles still reign as top
sellers. Concept Natural
mimics a shade of stone.
Various finishes and
textures are available,
and formats range up to
45.72 by 89 centimetres.
porcelanosa-usa.com
CAMP BY IRIS
DIGITALART BY
SANTAGOSTINO
Inspired by clothing fabrics,
this line of porcelain tiles
has a textured imprint that
resembles cotton denim.
Five solid and three mixed
colour options are available.
ceramicasantagostino.it
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CERAMICA
When Diesel Living designs
tile, you can expect some
edge. For these, two disparate elements the rugged
texture of canvas and
tarpaulin and the glazed
surface of majolica
pottery are combined.
irisceramica.com
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KITCHEN EVOLUTION
Hidden
Virtues
Six faucets that take the job of
washing up to a whole new level
BLEND IN
Sinuous curves define
Blancos Artona, available
in six colours that perfectly
match with the brands
Silgranit sinks, including
white, anthracite and
metallic grey. The pull-down
dual-spray head can be
specified with a lower than
average flow rate to cut
down on water use. From
$590, blanco-germany.com
THE MAGIC TOUCH

Brizos ever-popular
Scandinavian-style Solna
now has an option that
lets you turn water flow on
and off simply by touching
any part of its body, arm or
handle. Its articulating arm
has a hidden magnetic dock
to keep the spray head
perfectly aligned. From
$935, brizo.com
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AUTO CLEAN
To keep the lines clean on
Knee for Cea Design,
Italian duo Simone Mandelli
and Antonio Pagliarulo
tucked the near-invisible
lever behind the cylindrical
stainless steel base. The
pull-out spout is made of
sterile polyurethane. Price
upon request, ceadesign.it
HANDS FREE
A button at the top of the
spout lets the Axor Citterio
Select by Hansgrohe be
turned on with the press
of an elbow. The pivot
spout also pulls out up to
50 centimetres, so that
chefs can fill pots from
afar, without heavy lifting
or spilling. From $1,365,
pro.hansgrohe-int.com
NEW HEIGHTS
With its 52-centimetrehigh arch, Maestro is a giant
among the rest. Despite
its height, the faucet is not
prone to excess splashing,
due to an aerated water
flow. A ceramic disc cartridge further helps prevent
drips. Made by Ruvati of
Italy. From $480, ruvati.com
PUSH OF A BUTTON
The double-elbow form of
Dornbrachts Sync might
be its most commanding
aspect. But a less obvious
feature is a discrete button
on the heat-insulated grip
that makes it easy to switch
between flows. From
$2,070, dornbracht.com
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Seasons in
the Sun
Four hot ways to take outdoor
cooking beyond the barbecue
STEININGER, a third-generation family-owned manufacturer based in Austria,
has reduced their latest kitchen to the barest essentials, aesthetically, at

least. The Rock.Air outdoor system is rigorously minimal, designed to virtually disappear into a garden or on a patio. But it also hides some surprises:
when in use, it comes to life as a complete culinary environment.
Composed of individual cube-shaped units, Rock.Air includes a remotecontrolled fire pit, a sink and dishwasher, a gas barbecue, and a refrigerator
and freezer, complete with ice-maker. The anthracite-hued stainless steel
modules are treated with a nano-coating of glass ceramic that makes them
resistant to all weather conditions, including saltwater spray. When in use,
the top section of each module can be pushed back to create a horizontal
KALAMAZOO
This modern take on Argentinas wood-fired Gaucho grills
boasts an impressive stainless steel flywheel for onehanded adjustment of the grill height and to attain the
ideal cooking intensity. kalamazoogourmet.com
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overhang, while a row of units forms a surface at typical bar height. That
means you have a comfortable working surface in front of you at a height of
about 90 centimetres, and behind that, a slightly higher counter, explains
designer Martin Steininger.
The collection officially launched in Milan during Eurocucina in April, but
its debut took place in February at an igloo hotel in the Tyrolean Alps,
2,000 metres above sea level. Even at these sub-zero temperatures, Rock.
Air cut a striking profile. Anyone can present an outdoor kitchen in summer,
says managing director Harald Aichinger. We wanted to show that you can
cook outside all year round, no matter where. steininger-masterpieces.com
BOFFI
Piero Lissonis monobloc stainless steel system, Open, is
striped down to the chicest of basics. Supporting sides
conceal connections for water, gas and electrical fittings.
boffi.com
LUKA JELUSIC
Hand-made in ash or elm, Luka Jelusics smokers infuse
foods with rich flavour. This model uses an external
burner to keep temperatures low, making it suitable for
more delicate foods. lukajelusic.com
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Lepic in the Milan
configuration
+A: Jasper
Morrison
Steel
saucepan
for Muji,
2014
Lepic in the Tokyo

configuration
Cast iron
grill pan
for Oigen,
2012
The British designer is somewhat of an

expert on kitchen products, with a portfolio
that includes electric kettles for Rowenta
and saucepans for Muji. Hes also the author
of A Book of Spoons. In April, after two years
of collaboration with Italian manufacturer
Schiffini, Morrison unveiled Lepic, his first
complete kitchen system. It sports many
of his signature moves, and includes such
workaday materials as brushed stainless
steel and Douglas fir. Heres what he learned
while designing the new system.
What sets your kitchen apart from whats
already out there?
To be honest, I am not a natural kitchen system
designer. The only way I could approach it was
from a personal point of view. I realized I wanted
there to be more open storage, rather than a wall
of cupboards, to prevent the kitchen from looking
too formal or unused. Displaying the more pleasing cooking utensils lets the user personalize
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their kitchen. That concept created a lot of

problems during production, though, because
it exposes the construction of the boxes that
make up a typical kitchen.
We also put a lot of effort into creating the
accessories. The wall panel system has a number
of options for hanging hooks or adding shelves.
Its designed for maximum functionality, to make
using the kitchen easy and enjoyable. Even the
hood can be used to store pots. I especially like
the floating drawers, which can be attached above
the open spaces in the lower cabinets. The door
handles can hold tea towels, too; some are made
in wood and others in cast iron.
Did you begin with a particular approach?

My only thought was how to make a kitchen
that would complement the act of cooking, and
to create the right atmosphere for that daily
activity. Its not unlike how I would design a chair,
actually; just a different set of functional and
atmospheric requirements.
When you set out to design Lepic, what

considerations did you keep in mind?
Kitchens are really the most difficult thing to
design. Firstly, because of costs. There is a large
amount of surface material that needs to perform
well and look good. Then there are the problems
of modularity. Trying to design a kitchen that looks
less modular isnt easy. We wanted to replace the
styling you see in a lot of systems with something
that relates to people who like cooking. Most of
the ideas I had were incompatible with the usual
construction methods, and the design only came
together after 18 months of disappointing results.
Fortunately, Schiffini was patient enough to let
me keep trying out my ideas.
Do you cook?
I love food and I enjoy cooking, which is why I
wanted Lepic to be the kind of kitchen I would like
to have. The pleasure in using it is very important.
jaspermorrison.com
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Bertazzonis F60 PRO
XT electric oven is equipped
Warm
Fronts
with the Assistant function, which uses the foods

weight and size to regulate
temperature and timing
to monitor the cooking
process. ca.bertazzoni.com
Four systems that do

more than simply cook
10 cooking
modes in one
Combine Mieles builtin vacuum-sealing drawer

with any of the brands
steam ovens and you can
do traditional sous-vide
cooking at home. In stainless steel, black, white
and brown. miele.com
Vacuumsealer for
fish, meat and
vegetables
A simple touch of a
button on the PlusSteam
by Electrolux activates a
water reservoir and heating
coil at the base of the oven,
blasting 10 to 15 minutes of
humidity into the cavity at
the beginning of the baking
process for moister baked
goods. electrolux.com
Small
bubble feature
pull out
Steam cycle
that cleans
between uses
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Bosch has created the

Series 8 oven that measures moisture levels when
baking and determines
the internal temperature
of meats when roasting.
The result is a foolproof
function that keeps an eye
on whats cooking for you.
bosch-home.com
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cooking
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Dining On Design
Two Stockholm creatives have launched a culinary experience
that melds design and food
WHEN TRANSLATED FROM SWEDISH, Matklubb means simply food club. But
the Stockholm dining event by that name is far more complex. The dinnerslash-social experiment is the brainchild of designer Petter Kukacka and
his studio PJADAD, along with Emelie Bergbohm, who operates a production
studio for actors and performers. It all began when the two became neighbours last year and Kukacka was keen to show off his Food Machine, a
remote-controlled cooking robot he invented in 2014.
Much of PJADADs work revolves around food, including restaurant branding, food photography, even pop-up produce projects for Ikea. Food is one of
the basic needs of humanity, says Kukacka: Everybody eats, so we like to
combine food and design, especially since food is organic and most design
is not. As a modernist, its hard to use organic shapes, so the challenge is to
create something completely different.
At his studios own kitchen, Kukacka fabricated an impressive grid of raw
wood scaffolding, adaptable to a host of future uses. It fills the room and
surrounds an open kitchen with matching tables and chairs for seating 12
people at once. When Bergbohm saw it, the two started philosophizing
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about what would happen if they opened it to chefs and artists to combine
their complementary skills and, potentially, to discover the thin lines
between art, cooking and conversation.
The result is Matklubb. Each iteration of the culinary event, held once
every few weeks, treats a dozen guests to a unique dining experience. The
concept pairs a chef willing to step outside the usual context of cooking
with a creative in another field willing to approach food as a tool for storytelling. In April, cultural entrepreneur Jan man and Michelin chef Sayan
Isaksson of Stockholms Esperanto hosted the inaugural dinner, named The
Anatomy of the Broth. The menu consisted of various broths turned into
dry food items (agar-agar and broth chips) and juiced (beetroot, red algae,
frozen milk and sorrel).
The night, says Bergbohm, was a huge success. Something interesting
happens when you move theatre from the stage, and music from the studio
and art from the wall. This format washes away preconceptions. It creates
an openness for experiencing familiar things in new ways.
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By turning to wood
finishes, workspaces
like Box Office bring
natural elements inside
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AT NEOCON THIS YEAR, such brands as Coalesse,
Herman Miller and Teknion launched desks, seating and

storage units in nude wood, tipping the balance toward
a more residential aesthetic. The trend has begun to
travel around the globe; for example, in Melbourne, Cox
Architecture, one of Australias largest international
firms, chose wood as the main material for its new
1,000-square-metre headquarters. Blackbutt eucalyptus and Douglas fir cover the walls, floors and staircases, and in the communal kitchen an expansive
countertop was fashioned out of planks left over from
the construction.
Patrick Ness, design director of the Melbourne
office, says that the elementary material allowed us to
craft spaces that are better suited to creative design
thinking. Astaff of 80 now circulates through the open
areas, with a bank of glassed-in rooms reserved for
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adds to the energy. Woods natural look also lends
warmth, especially in environments dominated by rows
of monitors, and it makes effective privacy screens.
Ness believes thats why it has started to turn up in
design schemes more often.
Completed this year, Box Office has already
received a nod from the World Architecture Festival,
which shortlisted the project for an award. One striking
feature is in the main atrium, which links two floors via
an oversized staircase that doubles as a multi-stepped
box theatre. Its large enough to provide seating for
the entire team, to act as a meet-up point, or to be used
as a workshop space when clients visit. Ness refers
to it as the town square. Every aspect of the space has
been considered in terms of how we use it to create
and collaborate, he says.
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THE SIXTH ANNUAL AZ AWARDS JURY
CHRIS WILKINSON
THOMAS L. WOLTZ
JOHN TONG
OMER ARBEL
ANNA SIMONE
The London architect leads

one of the U.Ks top firms,
WilkinsonEyre, which won two
RIBA Stirling Prizes back to back;
the first in 2001 for the Magna
Science Adventure Centre
in Rotherham, and the second
for the Gateshead Millennium
Bridge. Currently on the
boards is a 323-metre tower
in Melbourne for Crown Resorts,
set to be the tallest building
in Australia.
An innovator in his field, the

principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz
Landscape Architects is
renowned for fusing contemporary design with ecological and
environmental restorations
that allow nature to take the
lead. Among his current
projects is the Public Square
at the Eastern Rail Yard, part
of the transformation of Hudson
Yards in New York.
As a lead designer at 3rd Uncle

Design, Tong created some
of Torontos best residential
and commercial interiors,
including the Drake Hotel. His
firm +tongtong, launched in
2012, has since transformed an
1860s foundry into the Drake
Devonshire, an award-winning
boutique hotel in rural Ontario.
The Vancouver designer is

co-founder of the hand-blown
glass company Bocci. His
elaborate lighting installations
have been presented around
the world, most notably at
Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan
and at the Victoria and Albert
Museum in London. Boccis first
European showroom opened
last year in Berlin.
Interior designer Anna

Simones signature style has
defined countless residential
and retail projects around the
globe, many of which are in her
hometown Toronto. Her studio
Cecconi Simone, one of Canadas
leading interior design firms,
was launched over three
decades ago with co-founder
Elaine Cecconi.
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Winner
BEST
ARCHITECTURE
OVER 1,000 SQUARE
METRES
VEGAS ALTAS
CONGRESS CENTRE
AND AUDITORIUM
LOCATION: VILLANUEVA DE LA SERENA,
SPAIN FIRM: PANCORBO + DE VILLAR
+ CHACN + MARTIN ROBLES, MADRID
TEAM:LUIS PANCORBO, JOS DE
VILLAR, CARLOS CHACN AND INS
MARTN ROBLES
EACH HARVEST, FARMERS IN the Extremadura

region of southern Spain press tons of grain
hay into compact bales. From the native storks
perspective, the harvest forms a compelling
geometric patchwork over the arid landscape.
Those golden bales also provided the unlikely
inspiration for the Vegas Altas Congress Centre
and Auditorium, a theatre and oice complex
in the ancient city of Villanueva de la Serena.
A collaboration between four principals working at two mid-size rms in Madrid, the building
is a playful take on vernacular elements. For
instance, more than 10 kilometres of braided
Portuguese shipping rope is used to wrap
the 21-square-metre cube within a steel beam
armature, with ample space between each of the
thick strands to peek out from inside. Why more
architects dont use the robust natural-bre
rope for exterior cladding remains a mystery.
The four-storey cube, which houses a
restaurant, rehearsal rooms and oices, is itself

visually innovative. Still, its but a beacon for
what lies below ground level. In another admirable gesture to the rural geography, the architects
designed a sophisticated ha-ha, the French
term for a sloping ditch originally conceived to
keep livestock from wandering of. This descending plaza leads to two underground auditoriums,
lit by striated skylights set between plantings.
Tucked out of sight, the amphitheatres nonetheless engulf the entire footprint, surrounding
more than 1,000 visitors in awesome, deep-green
corrugated polycarbonate. In contrast to the
parched aesthetic above ground, the buildings
have an aquarium aura about them, dappled
with sunlight from above. This speaks directly
to the subterranean water that hampered
construction: the architects had to work against
it, then decided to bring it back visually. Lest
anyone nd the intense green disconcerting,
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WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Rope is a material that can last

centuries. How ingenious to use
it to cover an entire building.
CHRIS WILKINSON
an integrated lighting system normalizes the

atmosphere during performances.
While the project directs worldwide attention
and foot traic to a poor region unaccustomed
to investment or acclaim, it doesnt upstage the
setting. Over the years, the garden will ll in, further obscuring the intervention. What the storks
dont know wont hurt them. What the locals do
know wont hurt them. This ha-ha is a win-win.
ABOUT THE TEAM Luis Pancorbo and Ins
Martin Robles of Madrid established Pancorbo
Arquitectos in 2004. In 2008, they teamed up
with Jos de Villar and Carlos Chacn of De
Villar-Chacon (DVCH) to win the Vegas Altas
competition. It has become a breakout project for
both firms, joining a lineage of exceptional Spanish
architecture that mixes contemporary design
with organic materials and striking facades.
pancorboarquitectos.com, devillarchacon.com
Winner
BEST
ARCHITECTURE
WONG DAI SIN

TEMPLE
LOCATION: TORONTO, CANADA
FIRM:SHIM-SUTCLIFFE ARCHITECTS,
TORONTO TEAM: BRIGITTE
SHIM AND HOWARD SUTCLIFFE,
WITH ANDREW KIMBER AND
MONICA LEUNG
LIKE A TAI CHI STANCE, the Wong Dai Sin Temple
makes its presence felt with an elegant pose of

gravity-defying equilibrium. The single volume
rises above ground via two pre-stressed concrete cantilevers one ve metres in length, the
other 10 making it one of the longest in North
America. This balancing act is held in place
by seven pillars that almost seem too few and
too slender to carry the load. Its impressively
eye-catching, a pleasing mix of tension and
poetry, where state-of-the-art engineering
creates an ultra-modern house of worship for
centuries-old religious sects.
Just as striking is the pre-weathered steel
cladding, which fans out like giant louvres on
two sides. The ns are there to control views
into the oor-to-ceiling windows and block out
some of the surrounding neighbourhood. From

outside, they create an optical illusion, as if the
windows are nested into much deeper recesses.
The initial reason for elevating the temple
was purely pragmatic. Because its located in a
commuter neighbourhood north of the city,
where monster homes line busy streets and cars
remain the primary mode of transpor tation, the
rm had to accommodate generous parking at
street level. Yet even that practical consideration
gets a dynamic twist, as the congregants (adherents of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism)
use the resulting covered area as a protected
terrace, ideal for hosting anything from tai chi
sessions at dawn to lion dance events.
Two staircases and an elevator lead worshippers to the interior, where the mood changes to
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PHOTOS BY JAMES DOW
UNDER 1,000 SQUARE

METRES
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Absolutely breathtaking. The temple is in

perfect harmony with its environment, yet it
has its own identity. And the engineering of that
incredible cantilever? Its a remarkable feat.
ANNA SIMONE
PEOPLES
CHOICE
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
There is such elegance to the brick.
Winner
BEST
RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE
You can stare at it for the longest time,

observing the transparency. Its a
simple move but perfectly calibrated.
THOMAS WOLTZ
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TERMITARY
HOUSE
LOCATION: DA NANG, VIETNAM
FIRM:TROPICAL SPACE, HO CHI MINH
CITY TEAM: NGUYEN HAI LONG AND
TRAN THI NGU NGON, WITH TRINH
THANH TU AND PHAN QUANG VINH
INSPIRATION CAN COME from anywhere, even
from termites. In the case of Termitary House in

Vietnam, it was the insects elaborate mounds
that lead local architecture rm Tropical Space
to think about porous facades as an efective
way to build a house. Similar to a termite
nests intricate maze of tunnels and conduits,
Termitary uses ofset baked bricks to create
permeable walls that allow for ample light and
air circulation to ow through the interior.
Yet, because the coastal region of Da Nang,
where weather patterns shift from dry periods
of intense heat to tropical monsoons, a second
skin was need. So, the rm inserted a glass
aluminum frame, which slides closed during
the wet season and directs air up and out. It
also creates a barrier against natural pests,
while deftly moderating thick heat and humidity. The 140-square-metre interior is mostly
free of room-dividing walls, and on the main
oor, space is given over to cooking, dining and
entertaining, while more intimate quarters,
including a bedroom, a small library and an
altar room, ll the mezzanine.
Termitarys strength is in its simplicity its
rectangular form, its minimal palette of natural
textures, and those bricks, which are readily
available locally and afordably, allowing the
architects to construct the house on a budget
of just $US22,000. What impressed the jury
most was how such an ancient building material
could project a fresh and contemporary look.
From within, the porous walls transform light
throughout the day, shifting from saturated
orangey reds to deep purple shadows. At night,
the house glows like a lantern, twinkling in the
dark. Not only a gem for the neighbourhood,
Termitary champions local building practices
and materials, providing a global model for
breathable construction in tropical climates.
ABOUT THE FIRM Based in Ho Chi Minh City,
Tropical Space was launched by Nguyen Hai
Long and Tran Thi Ngu Ngon in 2011. The studio
is committed to environmentally friendly building
practices and the use of materials that are a
part of Vietnams rich architectural culture.
khonggiannhietdoi.com
Winner
BEST
TEMPORARY
ARCHITECTURE
PEOPLES
CHOICE
LOCATION: MONTREAL, CANADA

DESIGNERS:LATERAL OFFICE
(TORONTO), AND CS DESIGN (MONTREAL)
TEAM: ALEX BODKIN, SBASTIEN
DALLAIRE, TOM EGLI, ANNE-MARIE
PAQUETTE, CONOR SAMPSON, LOLA
SHEPPARD AND MASON WHITE
IN WINTER, CITY PARKS AND PLAZAS tend to be

deserted except for dog walkers. Which is why
Impulse, an interactive installation mounted
at Place des Festivals in the heart of Montreal
last December, was one of the years most
popular temporary structures, particularly
for breaking through the cold barrier at the
annual Luminothrapie festival. As well as

ofering young and old a chance to engage in the
collective, heart-warming fun of riding on seesaws, the 30 planks, lined up in a row like piano
keys, activated unique sound and light sequences
when in use.
Designed by Lateral Oice of Toronto and
manufactured by Montreals CS Design, the seesaws of varying lengths were constructed from
aluminum bars balanced on a pyramidal steel
base. The bars were lined with dimmable LED
strips, and covered with a polycarbonate upper
shell to protect and difuse the lights on each
side. The more people who teeter-tottered, the
more the lights intensied. In turn, a speaker
embedded in the base sent out varying digital
tones, creating a dynamic, constantly changing composition. The social experience was
further enhanced by nine video projections that
animated surrounding building facades with
fast-moving geometric patterns, each set to an
original soundtrack. The jury was unanimous

in choosing Impulse as this years winner in the
temporary architecture category, for its pure
genius in making winter a lot more fun.
ABOUT THE FIRMS Experimental architecture
studio Lateral Office of Toronto has won numerous
international awards, including the 2011 Holcim
Foundation Award for Sustainable Construction.
In 2014, it was selected to represent Canada
at the Venice Biennale in Architecture with the
exhibit Arctic Adaptations. CS Design of Montreal
is a leader in innovative lighting in every realm,
from boutique retail to historical buildings.
designcs.ca, lateraloffice.com
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Its great to see a project that can

bring people together in every season.
More parks should be like this.
ANNA SIMONE
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PHOTO BY ULYSSE LEMERISE
IMPULSE
ARANZADI PARK
LOCATION: PAMPLONA, SPAIN
FIRM: ALDAYJOVER ARCHITECTURE
AND LANDSCAPE, BARCELONA
TEAM: IAKI ALDAY AND MARGARITA
JOVER BIBOUM, WITH JESS
ARCOS, MARTA CASTA, MARILENA
LUCIVERO, ANDREU MEIXIDE,
FRANCISCO MESONERO, SUSANA
MITJANS, HECTOR ORTIN, CATALINA
SALV AND RAQUEL VILLA
FORTY-FOUR PER CENT of the worlds population
PEOPLES
CHOICE
Winner
BEST
LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
lives within 150 kilometres of a coastline, which

means that most cities face the realities of climate
change with a foreboding sense of urgency. We
now know dikes and levees dont always work,
and, slowly, the concept of absorbent landscapes
are taking hold. In2013, Aldayjover Architecture
and Landscape of Barcelona completed the
kind of porous environment that is destined to
become a model for others to follow.
For several years, the Arga rivers unpredictability has threatened the city of Pamplona in
northern Spain especially along its most
prominent meander, a two-hectare nub at the
edge of the old city, almost entirely surrounded
by a tight channel. Over the years, ash oods
have made the land undesirable, except to a few
local farmers. But Aranzadi Park now ofers the
public many reasons to visit, with more forested
areas and established bike routes and paths.
Most importantly, the landscape is designed
to suck up ood residue by creating a river
landscape within it.
Among the various features is the waters
edge, which has been widened and lled with
ltering bushes, close to the ground so the
views are maintained. Trees have also been
added to the existing riparian forest to help rm
up the soil. Now a oodable zone, the forest
further accommodates the Arga, while former
dikes, which have been turned into bridges
across shallow basins, are ready to be lled with
seasonal rain. What was once a neglected corner
of a historic city, known for its running of the
bulls, is now home to restaurants serving up
farmed produce, including the local specialty:
crispilla lettuce.
ABOUT THE FIRM Iaki Alday and Margarita Jover
Biboum founded their Barcelona firm in 1996.
They won the Aranzadi Park competition in
2008 and realized it in 2011 and 2013. The firm
has recently been selected as a finalist for the
Lets Make Mumbai competition to upgrade and
improve Maharashtra Natural Park, a 15-hectare
forested area that was once a massive garbage
dump. aldayjover.com
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
In a very elegant way, Aranzadi Park demonstrates how to channel flood waters while
offering the public beautiful bridges and
pathways to explore and access the river.
THOMAS WOLTZ
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PIVOTING ROOM
DIVIDER
DESIGNERS: KOEN DRIES AND RUDI DRIES,
WITH MARIEKE COOLS MANUFACTURER:
ANYWAY DOORS, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
THE SUCCESS OF ANYWAYS pivoting room
divider hinges on a hinge. Not just any hinge,

of course: acompact piece of hardware smaller
than a smart phone, and virtually invisible in its
environment. Hidden technology is the stockin-trade of this 20-year-old company, located
outside Antwerp. The hinges and closures for its
streamlined doors are integrated right into the
frame, to obscure them from view. Its newest

oversized room divider has put that technology to the test, essentially making a door up to
5.5-metres-square into a divider with a twist.
When the hinge is attached to the centre of the
bottom edge, the plane can rotate 360 degrees
in either direction. When the door leaf is manufactured in an opaque material, to match the
walls, it ceases to be a door altogether and takes
on an almost magical function.
Understandably, if you nd a large section of
door jutting into both rooms mildly aggressive,
theres the ofset axis, where the hinge sits a
third of the way in. There is also no structural
reinforcement needed to carry the load.
Traditional homes can accommodate the door;
even spaces with underoor heating are ne,
since the stainless steel oor mount (which
consists of two thin bolts) is drilled down just

four centimetres, shallower than most ooring.
Marvelously minimalist, the expanses of glass
sit within a custom-made anodized aluminum
frame that supports up to 150 kilograms, wont
pinch anyones ngers, and yet still moves with
the slightest nudge and barely a sound.
ABOUT THE COMPANY Established in 1995, Anyway
is devoted to making doors the most common
elements in a house a pleasure to look at and use.
The Antwerp company uses maintenance-free
materials, with the mechanical elements concealed.
It also manufactures sliding doors, modular wardrobe systems and door hardware. anywaydoors.be
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Is it a wall or a door? I love

that its both. JOHN TONG
PEOPLES
CHOICE
Winner
BEST
ARCHITECTURAL
PRODUCT
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W1 TABLES
Winner
STUDIO: MOSS & LAM, TORONTO
BEST
FURNITURE
DESIGN
DESIGNER:DEBORAH MOSS WITH

VALMIR HAJDARAJ, SASA RAJSIC,
JUNE TRAN AND PRISCILLA YEUNG
WHILE TORONTO DESIGNER Deborah Moss hasnt
lived in London since she was a teenager, she

still feels inspired by the capitals endless streets,
where glazed modernist facades rub shoulders
with rows of Georgian townhouses. Her recent
furniture series of pleasantly plump side tables
embodies the citys characteristic blend of old
and new, their chalk white and charcoal tones
nodding to its stark but appealing facades.
Named the W1 collection, after the rst two
characters of central Londons postal code, the
tables come in three stately shapes: tall, slender
Dover; short and stout Mount; and Dean, which
ofers an extra-wide 60-centimetre surface
ideal for an afternoon of high tea. All three could
pass as sculptures by Noguchi or Brancusi, yet
the designs are rooted in a more distant past.
Each hydrostone table is crafted using scagliola, a composite popularized in the 17th century
as a poor mans marble, which allowed for
more elaborate elements, including stucco
columns, to be added to buildings, especially
cathedrals (the Medicis were big fans of the
technique). The mixture of plaster, pigment and
glue is hand cast in rubber moulds and left to
solidify for 24 hours, then cured for several more
weeks. Only after much sanding and buing do
the gorgeous and, yes, marblely looking veins
reveal themselves. The resulting set of tables
would look right at home in any space, whether
Buckingham Palace or a hip Shoreditch at.
Moss, whose rm often collaborates with
interior design studio Yabu Pushelberg on
custom nishes, considers the W1 family works
of art rather than mere imitations of nature.
The AZAwards panel agreed. As far as form
and innovation go, said Thomas Woltz on jury
day, this is simply wonderful.
Founded by Deborah Moss,
with her late partner Edward Lam, Moss& Lam
specializes in handcrafted wall treatments and
dazzling crystal mobiles, which fill some of the
most luxurious interiors in the world, including the
WHotel Times Square and Tiffanys in NewYork.
The firm has begun to invest more energy into
home furnishings, sold exclusively through Avenue
Road in Toronto and New York. mossandlam.com
ABOUT THE STUDIO
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
PHOTO OF W1 TABLE BY ROCKY CHOI
I like that these tables are rooted

to a material, and a process thats
mastered by hand. OMER ABEL
PEOPLES
CHOICE
Winner
BEST
FURNITURE
SYSTEM
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
When you place items in a glass box they

merit attention, so its very clever to apply that
kind of presentation to a wardrobe system.
OMER ARBEL
COVER
FREESTANDING
DESIGNER:GIUSEPPE BAVUSO
MANUFACTURER: RIMADESIO,
GIUSSANO, ITALY
COVER FREESTANDING TAKES the simple, iso-
lated clothing rail and amps it up with shelves

and drawers, encased in aluminum-framed
glass that incorporates internal lighting. For
lofty spaces lacking essential bedroom storage,
it seems like a deceptively obvious solution. Yet
veteran Italian glass-maker Rimadesio got there
rst with Cover, launched in 2014, with the support of Italian designer Giuseppe Bavuso, who
rened the details. Rimadesio moved into the

untapped market of understated architectural
dividers decades ago, devising a modular vitrine
for clothing that performs multiple functions.
In doing so, the company achieved the nearimpossible: making storage look sexy.
The customizable conguration looks light
as a bubble, but with a sturdiness youd expect
from an architectural unit. The cleverness comes
from the slender vigour, adjustable LEDs, and
magnetic doors that latch into place silently.
While glass and aluminum are hardly innovative,
here the glass can be nished with 80 diferent
looks: transparent, smoky, frosted or painted.
The signature eColor system employs a waterbased, corrosion-resistant coating that uses ecocompatible materials and technologies, and the
die-cast aluminum is 60per cent recycled.
Customers can mix and match nishes, with
one side transparent and the other opaque, for

instance. Once the exterior is nished, the interior can be easily reorganized with an invisible
system of locking components. With this system,
clothing and accessories are elevated to works
of art, pieces in an evolving, curated collection.
For many of us, it may be the most extraordinary
thing to happen in the bedroom this year.
ABOUT THE TEAM Giuseppe Bavuso is an architect
and designer based in Lombardy, Italy. His firm
works in the biomedical equipment field as well
as the furniture industry, with such clients as
Poliform and Ernestomeda. Rimadesio, established in 1956 (in Lombardy), has won numerous
awards for its ultra-modern glass doors, sliding
panels, shelving units and walk-in wardrobes.
rimadesio.com
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FOSBURY
DESIGNER: DAVIDE GROPPI
MANUFACTURER:DAVIDE GROPPI,
PIACENZA, ITALY
DAVIDE GROPPI has always taken a poetic
approach with his creations. Often, the name
or a feeling comes rst, or the Italian designer
builds around one or more of his four pillars
of creativity: simplicity, lightness, emotion
and invention. The Fosbury lamp was realized
in 2014, after he saw an exhibit of kinetic
sculptures by Alexander Calder, the father of
the modernist mobile. On paper, the xture is
a matte-lacquered metal light that plugs in, but
in reality its so much more. The 25-watt LED,
encased within a horizontal metal bar at one
end, is held in suspension by two cords: one
secures it to the ceiling, while the other is tied
to a metal cylinder that anchors it on the oor.
The sparseness of such delicate materials
results in an elegant piece that reads as artwork.
If you move the weight to another spot, the
pendants arm swings to a new position, along
with the focused light, which casts a circle.
In photographs, Groppi has shown the lamp
illuminating an open book, and you can begin
to see how a direct source shining from above
could be applied in other settings to dramatic
efect: within a darkened restaurant, perhaps,
or to showcase a sculpture. As juror Thomas
Woltz observed, The idea of throwing a bit of
light deep into the middle of the room without a
xture is very desirable. Its an elegant solution
to a common problem.
Winner
BEST
LIGHTING
FIXTURE
Davide Groppi founded his own

lighting company in the 1980s, and he now
operates showrooms in Milan, Barcelona and
Copenhagen. From his studio in Piacenza, Italy,
he works with a dedicated staff of collaborators,
producing products for his own brand as well
as lighting for De Padova, Boffi, Paola Lenti and
Christofle. davidegroppi.com
THE DESIGNER
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
There is something mysterious

about this light. It takes a moment
to figure out. As the jury, we
are all designers, and still we were
there trying to figure out from
where cometh the electricity?
How mobile is it? It intrigued
all of us. THOMAS WOLTZ
GWEILO LIGHT
DESIGNERS: ALEX JOSEPHSON
WITH POOYA BAKTASH AND JONATHAN
FRIEDMAN STUDIO: PARTISANS, TORONTO
THE INSPIRATION FOR GWEILO STRUCK Alex
Josephson in the midst of his morning ablutions.

Observing the light ltering through a shower
curtain, the co-founder of Toronto architecture
rm Partisans wondered whether it could take on
a more organic form rather than a straight beam.
To realize the concept of having light bend,
curve or even drape, he and his colleagues Pooya
Baktash and Jonathan Friedman worked with
LED sheets, heating them until theyre pliable

enough to be hand sculpted into curvaceous
shapes. From a distance, the thin acrylic panels,
embedded with a delicate grid of minuscule
bulbs, create the illusion of a oating layer of
light. They can be customized as ambient oor
or table lamps, or as larger pendants, as seen
with the trio installed at the Monogram Design
Centre in Torontos Castleeld design district.
Clustered above a spiral stair, the spectral silhouettes drift overhead like ocean waves.
With no restrictions for size or shape, the
same technique can be used to form handrails,
surfacing, even furniture. When tted with
waterproof bulbs, Gweilo can even be used in
kitchens or bathrooms. Its interesting to take
an of-the-shelf product, tweak it slightly and
make it into something else entirely, noted
Thomas Woltz during the jury deliberations.

Its in the same vein as Ingo Maurers crumpled
paper lamps.
All three are principals at
Partisans, a Toronto architecture firm launched
in 2011. The studio has gained international
recognition for a handful of sublime architectural
projects, including Bar Raval in Toronto; and
Grotto Sauna, a standalone steam room perched
on a rock overlooking Georgian Bay in Ontario.
Partisans is currently involved with the massive
renovation of Torontos central rail terminal,
Union Station. partisanprojects.com
ABOUT THE DESIGNERS
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Gweilo light is in the same vein as Ingo Maurers

crumpled paper lamps. THOMAS WOLTZ
PEOPLES
CHOICE
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LIGHTING
INSTALLATION
ELL
DESIGNERS: BENEDINI ASSOCIATI,
DIEGO CISI AND ANDRS JOST
MANUFACTURER: AGAPE, ITALY
WHILE A SINK IS A STANDARD element in every
bathroom, Ell goes far beyond basic. You could

even be excused for not realizing that it is a sink.
The innovative design, which premiered as a
prototype in 2015 and launched in Milan this
year as a fully realized product, turns convention
on its head by replacing the typical bowl with
a grid panel that sits seamlessly within the
countertop. The almost at appearance results
in an illusion that had juror Anna Simone asking,
Where does the water go?
The vision of Italian bathroom manufacturer
Agape, along with designers Andrs Jost, Diego
Cisi and Milan design studio Benedini Associati,
Ell is engineered for a maximum thickness of
just four centimetres. Impressively, it tapers of
to a single centimetre on all three visible edges.
But does the slick presentation diminish the
sinks function? Not at all. Ell gets its ultra-thin
prole thanks to a 60-centimetre-wide bladed
Corian grate covering a reservoir that helps
to funnel the water down the drain with no
excess splashing. The sink-counter combination,
available in Corian, marble or stone, spans up
to three metres, and multiple grates can be
installed together ideal for public bathrooms.
It can also be wall mounted on discreet
brackets, or supported by a complementary
cabinet system with an X-shaped towel rack at
one end. To up the glam factor just a touch, a
space can be inserted between the counter and
the back wall, to accommodate a strip of LEDs.
ABOUT THE TEAM Established in 1973 by the
Benedini family, Agape is a leader in contemporary
bathroom furniture for residential and hospitality
environments. Benedini Associati, amultidisciplinary family-run studio, is focused on architecture
and technical products. Andrs Jost is an industrial
designer based in Barcelona, and Diego Cisi is
an architect and designer based in Mantua, Italy.
agapedesign.it
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
When a product as common as a

bathroom sink has people talking,
you know its achieved a level of
curiosity and uniqueness that will
make it a success. ANNA SIMONE
PEOPLES
CHOICE
Winner
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INTERIOR
PRODUCT
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RESIDENTIAL
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SP-PENTHOUSE
LOCATION: SO PAULO, BRAZIL
FIRM: STUDIO MK27, SO PAULO
TEAM: LUCIANA ANTUNES, MARCIO
KOGAN AND DIANA RADOMYSLER
WITH CARLOS COSTA, DIMITRE
GALLEGO, LAURA GUEDES,
OSWALDO PESSANO, MARIANA
RUZANTE AND MARIANA SIMAS
THE LIBRARY OF THIS sprawling penthouse says
it all. Carved into the late terra wood bookcases
that line every wall are windows oriented to the
landscape, framing cinematic views of SoPaulo.
Apod replace, suspended from the ceiling like
a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, is surrounded
by furniture classics by such names as Wegner,
Albini and Ponti. This is just one interior in a
glorious apartment, designed by StudioMK27,
that doesnt shy from an indulgence in detailed
perfection. The rm, led by Marcio Kogan, is
undeniably Brazils best, a master of sprawling
ultra-modern residences that pose no barriers
between inside and out. The vista approach
Kogan and his team of 28 give to their designs
makes for some awe-inspiring interiors.
With SP-Penthouse, the oor plan is organized
into three levels, with bedrooms occupying the
rst, and communal spaces kitchen, oice,
dining room and living room on the second.
On the third oor, youll nd the multi-height
library, along with a spa, a covered pool, and a
winter garden where the ceiling and walls
feature recessed lines of lighting like warm
gashes of sunshine cutting into the interior.
The nishes are minimal, understated and
exquisite. Accent walls are clad in warm terra
wood panels, and the oors use travertine,
marble and wood; the entire palette is realized in
shades of ochre and beige. The spaces are mostly
free of walls to delineate the rooms, which
amplies the sense of capaciousness. Instead,
large carpets demarcate one zone from another.
In the wide corridors throughout, curated items
from the clients art collection create moments
of focus and serenity. The architects also devised
original works for the project, and selected
furniture pieces that complement the owners
vast collection of Brazilian, Scandinavian and
Italian design.
PEOPLES
CHOICE
PHOTOS BY JONAS POULSEN
ABOUT THE FIRM Such raw materials as wood and

stone are central to the aesthetic of StudioMK27,
led by Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan, who began
his career as a filmmaker. While he still does films,
his architectural practice has taken off, with dozens
of projects completed around the world. The studio
is particularly well known for its stunning houses,
mostly located in SoPaulo, where Kogan lives and
works. studiomk27.com.br
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
How can you deny those walls

of bookcases? I can only imagine
what the views over So Paolo
must be like. CHRIS WILKINSON
COMME MOI
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
This is a perfect balance of

contemporary style and old-
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, CHINA
world luxury. JOHN TONG
DESIGNERS:NERI&HU DESIGN AND

RESEARCH OFFICE, SHANGHAI
TEAM: ROSSANA HU AND LYNDON NERI,
WITH XIAOWEN CHEN, LILI CHENG,
NICOLAS FARDET, FEIXIA HUANG,
CHRISTINE NERI, LITIEN POENG, DIRK
WEIBLEN AND ANQING ZHU
IN A CITY THAT IS BEING systematically razed
and rebuilt in steel, its always refreshing to see
an environment that lives comfortably amid its
heritage context. Neri&Hu, adept at reworking
gritty 20th-century ruins in fresh, subversive
ways, was just the practice to outt the raw concrete shell of a store inside the art deco Donghu
Hotel, in Shanghai. Against that backdrop, the
partners surgically implanted playful elements
in brass, metal mesh and terrazzo, creating an
inspirational interface for the young Chinese
fashion brand Comme Moi.
Architects and designers by trade, Rossana
Hu and Lyndon Neri employed all of their skill
sets here. Within the concrete husk, they laid a
oor of complementary grey terrazzo, built out
in baseboards and cunning integrated furniture.
Then they linked the four railroad car chambers
with a continuous brass-plated banister that
serves a secondary function: as a sort of picture
rail from which hang mesh display cabinets, and
ovular mirrors aixed with brass grips. Panels of
oak ooring, set in to the terrazzo, bring in a warm
tone that balances handsomely with the brass.
The big picture is easy, elegant and glamorous
not at all like the forced ash of other high-end
Shanghai boutiques. That comes from the
quality inherent in the materials: the smoothly
poured composite ooring, the rich oak, the
hanging globe lighting by Spanish manufacturer
Parachilna, and a few choice stand-alone furnishings by Jean Prouv and ClassiCon.
Comme Mois understated, architectural
garments live rather comfortably here, behind
this narrow street lined with plane trees. But
if the purpose of the space were to change, you
could imagine it all coming apart without
destroying its integrity. Like superbly crafted
yet low-key fashion, that kind of architectural
adaptability is still a new concept in Shanghai.
But it speaks to the future.
ABOUT THE FIRM Founded in 2004 by Rossana Hu
and Lyndon Neri, Neri&Hu is an interdisciplinary
architectural design practice based in Shanghai,
China, with a second office in London. The studio
considers multiculturalism central to its thinking
and process, and more than 30 languages are
spoken by its staff members. en.neriandhu.com
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PHOTO BY DIRK WEIBLEN
BEST
COMMERCIAL
INTERIOR
RESERVOIR
LOCATION: RAJASTHAN, INDIA
FIRM:SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS, MUMBAI
TEAM: SANJAY PURI AND RUCHIKA GUPTA,
WITH AARTI NATHAN, OMKAR RANE AND
NANDITA REBELLO
Winner
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UNBUILT
CONCEPT
PEOPLES
CHOICE
AT FIRST GLANCE, Sanjay Puris concept looks

like the ultimate townhouse, where generously
terraced units cascade down a contoured site,
and where residents share a magnicent pool
in their communal courtyard. In reality, its an
oice complex for some lucky employees. The
project is located in a township of Rajasthan,
India, where temperatures regularly soar past
40degrees and water is scarce. In other words,
the natural cooling features worked into the
plan are not mere add-ons, but rather guiding
principles for making the interiors habitable.
For inspiration, the rm turned to Indias traditional step wells, especially within the ancient
architecture of Chand Baori, where 3,500 narrow
steps lead to an open well 13 storeys below.
But Puris Reservoir is a thoroughly modern
interpretation. The building rises over six storeys,
with decks staggered along the cores two northfacing sides, providing multiple places to move
between inside and out. On the south side, open
platforms serve as community spaces. Wrapping
the entire complex is a grass-covered rectilinear
berm, which has parking spaces tucked into its
elevation and provides further entry and exit
points. The architects saw this retaining wall as
yet another opportunity to push the envelope,
so they lined it with solar panels.
Constructed from local Chittorgarh stone, the
interiors are mostly open concept. They consume
minimal energy, thanks to the complexs orientation, along with the vegetation incorporated
into the plan, which will see the decks planted
with greenery and common areas lined with trees.
With completion slated for 2018, this is no mere
exercise in eco-design: its a case study in how to
build a desert oasis and make it a thing of beauty.
ABOUT THE FIRM Sanjay Puri founded his Mumbai
studio in 1992. He now has 70 employees working
on some 40 projects across India, as well as in
Montenegro, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Montreal.
SPAs work is defined by contemporary forms and
passive cooling features. One of its initial projects,
Courtyard House, used thick concrete walls as
thermal barriers and recessed windows to block
out sunlight. It was featured in Azures annual
Houses issue in 2013. sanjaypuriarchitects.com
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
This is one project that absolutely

captures that aha! moment, a feeling
that doesnt happen often enough
in architecture. ANNA SIMONE
AZUREMAGAZINE.COM
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BEST
CONCEPT
PROTOTYPE
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Simply charming.
CHRIS WILKINSON
ENOUGH HOUSE
LOCATION: UPPER KINGSBURG,
NOVA SCOTIA FIRM: MACKAY-LYONS
SWEETAPPLE ARCHITECTS,
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA TEAM: BRIAN
MACKAY-LYONS, WITH MEGGIE KELLY
AND TYLER REYNOLDS
HOW MUCH HOUSE is enough? Brian MacKay-
Lyons, founding partner at the Halifax rm

MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple, has determined
just the right amount with a exible prototype
engineered to adapt to various needs within
urban or rural settings. Aptly called Enough
House, it has a footprint modest enough to tuck
into an urban residential lot, yet the eiciently
plotted layout packs in a living room, a full
kitchen and bath, a dining area, a bedroom and a
loft, all within 65 square metres. The blueprints
also accommodate an addition that increases
the space to 93square metres.
MacKay-Lyons has always had a strong connection to the Nova Scotian landscape. At his
South Shore farm, he has constructed a dozen
or more buildings of varying topologies, which
borrow generously from Atlantic Canadas vernacular traditions. Enough is now among them,
and its timeless pitched rooftop ts in with both
the modern builds and the relics that have been
brought to the site and meticulously restored

over the years. The weathered steel cladding is
an appropriate choice, given that Nova Scotia
was the biggest producer of steel in Canada over
a century ago. But if the house were placed in
another part of the world, materials that suit
the locale could be used instead. Even in a less
idyllic landscape, Enough would be a simple
yet stunning abode. For those interested in
nding out if it lives up to its name, the prototype can be rented out during the summer.
ABOUT THE FIRM Brian MacKay-Lyons is a founding
partner with MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
and a professor at Dalhousie University in Nova
Scotia. He was also the creator of Ghost Lab, an
educational program that took place each summer on his family farm from 1994 to 2011. Earlier
this year, he was awarded the Royal Architectural
Institute of Canadas Gold Medal for his work,
which is universally recognized for its poetry and
beauty. mlsarchitects.ca
CURONIAN SPIT
STUDENT: JURGIS GECYS, AUSTRIA
SCHOOL: ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
THE BEST ARCHITECTURE responds to its site,
but the thesis project of student Jurgis Gecys

takes the notion to its extreme. His vision of
three sculptural interventions for his Masters
at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna a skeletal
wall, an eroding monolith and a boulder-like
lighthouse wowed jurors with their poetic
fusion of architecture and the forces of nature.
Gecys designed the artful structures for the
Curonian Spit, a 98-kilometre-long shoal that
stretches like a sandy cobweb from Lithuania to
Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, enclosing a lagoon
from the Baltic Sea. Embedded in each of the
three structures is the deep cultural history of
the area, a UNESCO Heritage site, which can
be traced back five millennia.
The first intervention, Sand House, is a layered and sophisticated vision. It consists of
nothing more than a wireframe rising above the
beach. Much like the first settlers fences, it
doesnt prevent the dunes from moving, but
tracks their movement like an early-warning
system, perhaps even becoming entirely
buried over time.
Wind House (shown) is the second of the series
and also speaks to a sophistication beyond Gecys
years. The corridor-like concrete monolith is
run through with logs a tactile reference to
the spits deforestation and reforestation. Its an
elegant design that, over the years, as wind and
sand wear away the logs, will leave only the perforated and eroded concrete shell. Its intriguing
that the structure is intended to become a ruin,
making the ephemeral nature of human settlement too poignant to ignore.
The most monumental of the three is
Lighthouse, which sits half-in, half-out of the
Baltic Seas churning waves. The angular concrete
tower is imagined as a functioning lighthouse
that rises into a craggy pillar with just enough
room inside for one person to live a fantastic
vision for an inspiring writers retreat.
Although there are no plans to build the structures, thats almost beside the point. More art
than architecture, the ambitious project provokes
contemplation of the regions unique geography
and its history true architecture of the mind.
ABOUT THE DESIGNER Jurgis Gecys currently
works at Wolfgang Tschapeller Architectural
Office in Vienna, where he has contributed to
such projects as the Ho Fine Arts Library of
Cornell University in New York.
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Its fascinating to see a student

thinking in terms of their own creation
as a future ruin. Rarely do you
see a young person thinking at that
temporal and physical scale.
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WHAT THE JURY SAID:
So much has been accomplished here,

with very few resources and so many
program requirements. JOHN TONG
LOCATION: WARMUN, AUSTRALIA

FIRM: IREDALE PEDERSEN HOOK
ARCHITECTS, PERTH, AUSTRALIA
TEAM:FINN PEDERSEN, ADRIAN IREDALE
AND MARTYN HOOK, WITH JONATHAN
ALACH, REBECCA ANGUS, LAYLA CLUER,
CAROLINE DI COSTA, MATT FLETCHER,
JOEL FULLER, KHAIRANI KHALIFAH,
JASON LENARD, MARY MCAREE,
DREW PENHALE, NIKKI ROSS AND
JONATHAN WARE
RURAL AUSTRALIA has its share of extreme
weather. In 2011, a catastrophic flood devastated

the isolated town of Warmun, located 3,000 kilometres northeast of Perth. As a result, 300 Gija
people lost their homes, including the residents
of the areas seniors centre.
The replacement facility, built by Iredale
Pedersen Hook Architects, far exceeds what was
there before structurally. But it also goes much
further socially, by providing a home where elders
can celebrate their cultural practices, all within
a lively, expressive form. In various ways, the
centre actively and passively integrates the elders
with community members of all ages. Besides
private mens and womens living quarters
(accessed by wide wheelchair-friendly ramps),
there is a large central courtyard with a fire pit
for cooking, sacred ceremonies, and gathering
with family. The project has also been sited next
to a school to spark intergenerational contact,
allowing the elders to pass on their language and
lore to the younger generation. Local children
even drop by to play in the six waterfalls that
emerge from the centres integrated rain gutters.
Nature, too, is woven into the fabric of the
building. To address the hot sun, roof-shaded
verandahs and vertical polyester shading panels
filter natural light. The volumes are spaced apart
to create breezeways, and, because its so hot
during the day, the firm integrated an extensive
lighting system to create inviting and safe areas
for nighttime activities. Everything down to the
plants grown on site used for traditional medicines celebrates the residents culture.
An elegant project, the building is crafted out
of corrugated steel, steel tubing and concrete
slabs ordinary materials that could have easily
ended up creating something depressingly
institutional. That is not the case at all. Now
built to stand up to the next major flood, the
centre articulates a human-focused vision that
embraces an entire community.
Iredale Pedersen Hook
Architects is committed to projects that are
environmentally responsive and visually
compelling. Winning over 70 national architecture awards over the past 15 years, the firm
has touched every corner of Australia, from the
wine regions to the desert to the suburbs.
iredalepedersenhook.com
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SOCIAL GOOD
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ABOUT THE FIRM
Winner
ENVIRONMENTAL
LEADERSHIP
AWARD
STANFORD
UNIVERSITY CENTRAL
ENERGY FACILITY
LOCATION: PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
FIRM:ZGF ARCHITECTS, PORTLAND,
OREGON TEAM: JOE COLLINS,
TOBY HASSELGREN AND RENEE
KAJIMOTO, WITH CHRISTOPHER FLINT
CHATTO, SIENNA HILL, BRADLEY
IEST, GLEN JUSTICE, MICHAEL McGALE,
KELVIN ONO, NICHOLAS ROBERTSON
PHOTO BY STEVE PROEHL
AND CURTIS WILLIAMS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY is a global leader in
education, so when it came time to replace its

outdated electrical system, which used 100per
cent fossil fuel, it made sense to delve into
cutting-edge sustainable design. The commitment to raise the bar enabled ZGF Architects
to look for solutions where none had seemed

possible, and in the process demonstrate how
architecture might well help to save the planet.
The Central Energy Facility, open since April,
maximizes the 3,310-hectare campuss energy
eiciency by cutting greenhouse gas emissions by
68 per cent. It also reveals how it all works after
all, what better way to understand sustainability
than to pull back the curtain and see it in action?
At every turn, the power plants multitude of
mechanical systems are made visible with glass
and semi-transparent surfaces.
Added to the mix are standard green practices,
such as natural ventilation, daylighting, and
photovoltaics, which extend to an of-site solar
farm. But the most prominent feature is the trio
of massive thermal tanks that collectively store
23million litres of heated and chilled water.
Incorporating a new technology patented by
Stanford, theyre on full display, with one clad in
the universitys signature Cardinal red beneath
its metal screen. Nothing about the facility
feels hulkish or out of scale. Its surrounded by
a drought-resistant arid landscape, and in one
courtyard an open staircase doubles as bleachers.
All of this design innovation is expected to save

the school $US425million over the next 35 years.
More importantly, it will eliminate 165,000
metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, equivalent to the emissions from 32,000 cars.
ABOUT THE FIRM Established in 1942, ZGF
Architects is among the 10 largest firms in the
U.S., with projects covering every type and scale.
Besides its headquarters in Portland, Oregon,
it has satellite offices in Seattle, LosAngeles,
NewYork and Washington, D.C., as well as ZGF
Cotter Architects in Vancouver. zgf.com
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Its incredibly powerful to use

design to change how people
think. When you connect students
to the energy resources they
consume, they will probably live
in a very different way.
THOMASWOLTZ
Our intrepid jury narrowed the field

from over 800 submissions, received
from dozens of countries, to select just
48 finalists that stood above the rest.
Here are the outstanding recipients of
the 2016 AZ Awards of Merit.
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE
1 CARR LUMIRE: 79 HOUSING UNITS
This complex in the Bordeaux suburb of Bgles, France,
reconciles the advantages of a single-family home with
apartment-style living. LANArchitecture designed two
modular buildings clad in sheet metal, like stacks of shipping
containers. Each of the 79 abodes has multiple viewpoints,
and a cube-like exterior space that tenants can use as a
windbreak or a winter garden, or as a means of cooling and
ventilating their units by simply opening large sliding panels

that match the exterior cladding. Like all homeowners, the
residents are free to renovate, but the high-density design
keeps heating and property costs well below market.
Location: Bordeaux, France Firm: LANArchitecture, France
Team: Benoit Jallon and Umberto Napolitano lan-paris.com
2 THE U This mixed-use apartment complex in Old
Montreal plays fast and loose with local typologies. The
entrance resembles the arched porte cochres found on
the citys oldest structures, while the central courtyard,
with its multiple access points and elevator banks, references the iconic Habitat 67. The site, designed by Atelier
Big City, sits adjacent to the Unity Building, a grand early
20th-century skyscraper. But The Us unique textured
facade, with windows that jut out at odd angles to maximize light penetration, sets it apart from everything else
in town. Location: Montreal, Canada Firm: Atelier Big City,
Canada Team: Randy Cohen, Howard Davies and Triana
Dima, with Emily LaFrance, Vi Ngo and Sbastien St-Laurent
atelierbigcity.com
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3 TULA HOUSE This wildly creative family home is

Patkau Architects response to the geography of the island
on which its built: to the east, a jagged ledge overlooks
the Strait of Georgia; to the west, basalt hills, deep valleys
and forests of Douglas fir unfold. The dwelling is low slung
and every bit as irregular as the landscape: a rambling suite
of interconnected rooms, with concrete walls, full-height
windows, and a subtly undulating steel-framed roof beneath
a carpet of moss. The most extreme element is the cantilevered wooden deck, which includes glass apertures that
open dramatically to the roiling waters below. Location:
Quadra Island, Canada Firm: Patkau Architects, Canada
Team: John Patkau, Patricia Patkau and David Shone, with
Greg Boothroyd, James Eidse, Mike Green, MarcHolland,
Dimitri Koubatis, Thomas Schroeder and Craig Simms
patkau.ca
4 RETHINKING THE SPLIT HOUSE The classic
lane house, a three-storey structure with an elongated base,
was once ubiquitous in Old Shanghai. Its now disappearing
to make way for high-rise construction, but Neri&Hu Design
and Research Office is fighting back. Rethinking the Split
House converts the shell of a dilapidated lane house into a
three-family abode, with units connected by an open metal
staircase. The 193-square-metre dwelling, which is

wedged between two other buildings, called for generous
fenestration, namely a skylight over the stairwell, and
floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the street, offering
a clean, contemporary take on a regional form. Location:
Shanghai, China Firm: Neri&Hu Design and Research Office,
China Team: Rossana Hu and Lyndon Neri, with Xiao Lei,
Zhao Lei, Guo Peng and Tony Schonhardt neriandhu.com
5 VACATION RENTAL HOMES PK Arkitektars
20 cottages in southwestern Iceland raise the bar for
what sustainable, context-sensitive design can achieve.
Based on vernacular turf houses, with exteriors clad in
hardwood charred to enhance its durability, the dwellings
are so thoroughly integrated into the landscape that they
seem almost biological. Earth mounds excavated during
construction were used to build bunkers that shield the
outdoor terraces from wind. Most strikingly, the rooftops
are covered in vegetation, making them as lush and green
as the surrounding hills. Location: Brekkuskgur, Iceland
Firm: PKArkitektar, Iceland Team: Fernando de Mendonca
and Palmar Kristmundsson, with Andrew Burges, Liidia Grinko,
Sunna Dra Sigurjnsdttir and Erna Vestmann pk.is
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6 THE WATERHOUSE AT SOUTH BUND
This 19-room boutique hotel, in a former Japanese army
headquarters in Shanghai, boldly embraces its gritty
history. Because Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
has kept the weathered brick and left the water-stained
concrete unvarnished, the rounded exterior is so rustic
it looks almost derelict. By contrast, the guest rooms are
spacious and sleek, with Imondi oak floors and terrazzo
bathtubs, and many look out onto the bustling Huangpu
River. The top floor is panelled in a rich amber Corten steel,
a nod to the dockland locales industrial history. Location:
Shanghai, China Firm: Neri&Hu Design and Research Office,
China Team: Rossana Hu and Lyndon Neri, with Debby
Haepers, Markus Stoecklein, Jane Wang and Cai Chun Yan
neriandhu.com
7 HARBIN OPERA HOUSE MAD Architects
1,600-seat venue is to northeastern China what the
Guggenheim is to Bilbao. The design, with its swooping,

curvilinear forms, owes a debt to Gehry, if only a small
one, but the bigger influence is the Manchurian landscape,

with its winding rivers and billows of snow. Patrons enter
through the lobby, which is lit up with a curtain wall made
from miniature glass pyramids, and find their seats in a
theatre built from swelling masses of local ash. As well, a
narrow promenade is cut into the aluminum-clad exterior,
giving visitors a thrilling new way to explore the site.
Location: Harbin, China Firm: MAD Architects, China Team:
MaYansong, Yosuke Hayano and Dang Qun, with Jackob
Beer, Fu Changrui, Zheng Fang, Daniel Gillen, Liu Huiying,
Jordan Kanter, Kin Li, Sohith Perera, JTravis Russett, Julian
Sattler, Bas van Wylick and Zhao Wei i-mad.com
8 PORTO CRUISE TERMINAL Near the city
of Matosinhos, Portugal, at the precise point where land
meets sea, Lus Pedro Silvas cruise terminal is a stunning
concrete and granite marina, research facility and event
space, with an exterior so singular it could double as a
sculptural installation. Pedestrian ramps encircle the
central hub, then bend outward like an unspooling ball
of yarn, while concrete piers extend, tentacle-like, into
the Atlantic. Meanwhile, the HVAC system is ingeniously
powered by waves, an abundant resource. Location: Porto,
Portugal Firm: Lus Pedro Silva Arquitecto, Portugal Team:
Lus Pedro Silva with Fernando Azevedo, Antnio Babo,

Artur Costa, Antnio Ferreira, Vasco Peixoto Freitas, Veloso
Gomes, Ricardo Gonalves, Pedro Gordinho, Jos Carlos
Lino, Jos Magalhes, Antntio Mata and Eullia Soares
luispedrosilva.com
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ENERGY FACILITY As utilitarian as it is beautiful,
ZGFArchitects facility replaces a fossil fuel plant with a
solar farm, an electrical substation and a heat recovery
system, with the goal of reducing annual carbon emissions on the campus by nearly 140,000 metric tons. The
plainspoken facility, built from concrete, Corten steel and
reclaimed wood, will also serve as an intellectual powerhouse. The winner of this years AZ Award for Environmental
Leadership, it features a teaching centre and a lecture hall,
in which a thermal storage drum doubles as a podium. The
centrepiece is a massive hot water tank, whose exterior
is lit up at night like a glowing red beacon. Location:
Stanford, U.S. Firm: ZGF Architects, U.S. Team: Joe Collins,
Toby Hasselgren and Renee Kajimoto, with Christopher
Flint Chatto, Sienna Hill, Bradley Iest, Glen Justice, Michael
McGale, Kelvin Ono, Nicholas Robertson and Curtis Williams
zgf.com
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ARCHITECTURE
UNDER 1,000 SQUARE METRES
10 PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CONSTITUCIN
The 2010 earthquake in Chile devastated the coastal city
of Constitucin, reducing its library to rubble. Sebastian
Irarrzaval Arquitectos rebuild makes use of the regions
two most abundant resources: timber and skilled craftspeople. Except for the concrete firewalls, the building is
constructed entirely from laminated pine. Each of the three
main rooms separately designed for children, teens and
adults has a vaulted ceiling, similar to the nave of a
church but simpler and more rustic. The most charming
elements are the arboreal finishes, including millwork
benches upholstered in bark brown and leafy green.
Location: Constitucin, Chile Firm: Sebastian Irarrzaval
Arquitectos, Chile Team: Sebastian Irarrzaval with Alicia
Arguelles, Joel Barrera, Macarena Burdiles, Sebastin
Mancera and Carlos Pesquera sebastianirarrazaval.cl
11 HE, SHE & IT Is this three distinct sheds or one
interconnected whole? The answer is, both. He is a
painters' studio, a windowless white cube lit by skylights.
She is a ceramicists and silversmiths workshop with
ample fenestration and maple cladding. It, a polycarbonate greenhouse, offers its plant inhabitants the thing they
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three sites to be separate but interdependent. On sunny
days in Buffalo, heat from the greenhouse warms the entire
site, and when its cloudy the sheds can be partitioned
off to maximize heat retention. Location: Buffalo, U.S.
Firm: Davidson Rafailidis, U.S. Team: Stephanie Davidson
and Georg Rafailidis, with Matthew Dore, Jia Ma and Alex
Marchuk davidsonrafailidis.net
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
12 THE GOODS LINE With the ambition of using the
project as a model for urban renewal, the government of
New South Wales, Australia, pulled out all the stops for this
275-metre-long park, built along an abandoned rail line
in Sydney. Aspect Studios and Chrofi were glad to take part,
outfitting the green space with a walkway of connected
polygons, which defines communal and leisure spaces that
house custom steel furniture in brilliant yellow. Next to a
Ping-Pong table and an amphitheatre, a communal desk for
30 people, with built-in power points and Wi-Fi, lets mobile
workers enjoy the outdoors, even while theyre on the clock.
Location: Sydney, Australia Firms: Aspect Studios with Chrofi,
Australia Team: John Choi, Sacha Coles and Michelle Weiss,
with Dale Lenden, Paul McCormack and Bruce Slorach
aspect.net.au, chrofi.com
13 FLOATING CONNECTION Chinas rapid

urbanization and soaring demand for public space led the
municipal authorities of Harbin to hire Turenscape of Beijing
to regenerate and transform an isolated wetland into a
major park, and the expansive grounds for MAD Architects
fluvial Harbin Opera House. By the Songhua River, the water
table varies by two metres between seasons, so Turenscapes
installations and landscaping needed to accommodate
the rise in water levels. At the highest points, they planted
semi-natural meadows that change colours throughout the
year, giving returning visitors new surprises each time.
Location: Harbin, China Firm: Turenscape, China Designer:
Kongjian Yu turenscape.com
TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
14 LOS TROMPOS Last spring, the terrace outside
Atlantas Woodruff Arts Center became a psychedelic
playground animated by giant, multicoloured spinning tops
made from woven fabric over metal frames. Los Trompos,
the work of Mexican designers Hctor Esrawe and Ignacio
Cadena, is both an invitation to play and an enchanting
conceptual design piece, one that enlivens a granite

piazza with bursts of colour. All of the tops actually spin,
though it may take some teamwork to set them in motion.
Esrawe and Cadena were inspired by the universality
of their subject, since children everywhere play with tops.
Location: Atlanta, U.S. Firms: Cadena + Asociados
and Esrawe Studio, Mexico Team: Ignacio Cadena and
Hctor Esrawe, with Ricardo Bideau, Arturo Bonilla,
Jorge Castruita, Sofia Centeno, Alejandro Flores, David
Flores, Javier Garca-Rivera de la Plaza, Moises Gonzlez
and Alberto Lpez Monzn cadena-asociados.com,
esrawe.com
15 EH&I PAVILION Both a carnival funhouse and
a De Stijlinspired masterpiece, the pavilion is the kind of
exhibition space you cant figure out until youve spent
time in it a lot of time. For the RAI Amsterdam design fair
last fall, i29 Interior Architects created display cases made
of bright wooden blocks in the full spectrum of colours,
with exterior panels finished in a clean monochrome that
offered no hint as to the collections of small objects within.
The designers also used mirrored surfaces everywhere,
and with no clear way to navigate, touring the exhibit
space became an exercise in surrendering to the unknown.

Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Firm: i29 Interior
Architects, The Netherlands i29.nl
RESIDENTIAL INTERIORS
16 COUPE CROISE Faced with persnickety
municipal regulations that forced the architects to leave
the facade intact, Yiacouvakis Hamelin Architectes drew
and quartered a 300-square-metre, two-storey house in
the Ville Mont-Royal borough of Montreal. Lopping off the
back enabled them to redraw the floor plan with circulation
in a cross formation, connecting old and new. At the intersection, a double-height void joins the upper and lower
levels, and one arm of the cross extends onto a terrace,
creating a relationship between inside and out. Ip floors
and ceilings contrast with other material interventions, such
as the exposed concrete walls and steel fireplace in the
living room. Location: Montreal, Canada Firm: YH2, Canada
Team: Marie-Claude Hamelin and Loukas Yiacouvakis, with
Donald Arsenault, Franois Blanger and Luu Nguyen
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17 30 ADELAIDE STREET In a suburb of Sydney,

Australia, Ian Moore Architects revamp of a contemporary
one-bedroom house built in 2001 reverses the damage of
a flawed renovation, restoring it to its original Modernisminspired glory. A mezzanine bedroom perched above the
kitchen overlooks a living room ringed by a louvred ribbon
window. Connecting the two floors, a double-decker stack
of bright yellow millwork hides the staircase, playing double
duty as a pantry below and a closet above. Throughout,
the finishes adhere to a soft-spoken palette of white, grey
and silver. Location: Sydney, Australia Firm: Ian Moore
Architects, Australia Team: Ian Moore with Maria Gutierrez
ianmoorearchitects.com
18 MAISON LAC JASPER Its rare that architectural grandstanding results in an actual grandstand.
Architecturama designed the two perpendicular sets
of bleachers that fill this 80-square-metre hilltop cottage
to maximize lake views through a bank of three-storey
windows. Within, the unconventional modular seating morphs
to accommodate different purposes. At the north end,
the residence contains a tight stack of utilitarian spaces
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table occupies the highest vantage point. True to form, the
underbelly contains a maze of stairs, and a forest of structural columns that hides a ground-floor office. Location:
Lac Jasper, Canada Firm: Architecturama, Canada
Team: Sylvain Bilodeau and Nicolas Mathieu-Tremblay
architecturama.ca
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19 ODIN CAFE + BAR This space starts with
Scandinavian-inspired design, but the destination is
anything but traditional. David Grant-Rubash, the Danishtrained lead of Torontos Phaedrus, opted to create a floorto-ceiling sculptural installation of folding planes, deftly
dividing the hybrid establishments functions. Above the
angular counter of white Corian, the architect heightened
the playful complexity by leaving several facets unfinished,
revealing a grid-work skeleton of birch plywood. As this
gesture arches into the dining area, it continues to disintegrate: the vertical beams disappear, and the horizontal
ones seem to break free, forming a lighting installation

that evokes a journey into hyperspace. Location: Toronto,
Canada Firm: Phaedrus, Canada Team: David Grant-Rubash
and Tyler Malone, with Sev Palazov and Katya Tunon
phaedrusstudio.com
20 MUH-TAY-ZIK HOF-FER Jump cuts between
black and white are used to dramatic effect in the offices of
this quirky San Francisco ad agency. The appeal of the
stripped-back interior is more than just a colour scheme:
architecture firm Gensler uncovered various dualities in the
agencys corporate DNA that underpin this language of
stark contrasts. The white represents a blank canvas, with
work zones for free-wheeling creativity; while the black
evokes a business suit, with meeting areas for buttoneddown, client-facing activities. In case the palette made the
company seem chromophobic, pink accents add a punch
of branding. Ultimately, the interior is inspired by the people
who inhabit it: a glimpse into the two hemispheres of an
advertising professionals brain. Location: San Francisco, U.S.
Firm: Gensler, U.S. Team: Collin Burry and Aishanie Marwah,
with Sue Lee and Howard Yao gensler.com
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21 KANONBDSVEJ STUDIO Architecture

practice 3XN defied the trend toward high-rise densification by consolidating its workforce into a one-storey,
2,000-square-metre heritage building along a Copenhagen
canal. The former boathouses most distinctive feature
was a lengthy slope leading to the water; building on this,
the floor of the new office is gently stepped toward the
water in five stages. Running in the opposite direction, the
original post-and-beam framing supports gabled roofs
that divide the space into five sections. The resulting grid
pattern creates small workgroups within the open concept
plan. Throughout, translucent architectural models give
the office the feel of a waterfront exhibit space. Location:
Copenhagen, Denmark Firm: 3XN, Denmark Team:
Jan Ammundsen, Signe Blomquist, Jeppe Kongstad Hjort,
Bo Boje Larsen and Kim Herforth Nielsen 3xn.com
22 VOYAGER ESPRESSO Only If has created
a New York moment with this tiny, futuristic espresso
bar in Manhattan. Founded by OMA alumnus Adam Snow
Frampton, the project elevated a hole in the wall in the
Fulton Street subway station by repurposing modest

materials into slick finishes. The 51-square-metre interior
is circular, seemingly inspired by a Star Wars cantina. The
rounded walls are made of oriented strand board painted
silver, and custom stools line low counters of perforated
aluminum. In contrast, the focal point, a polished black
marble counter, adds gravitas. Though the bar feels vaguely
dystopian, its flair strikes a chord with the slightly alienated
and caffeine starved. Location: New York, U.S. Firm: Only
If, U.S. Team: Karolina Czeczek, Matthew Davis, Adam Snow
Frampton, Francesca Pagliaro, James Schrader, Jon Siani
and Michael Vahrenwald only-if.org
FURNITURE DESIGN
23 WHEELS Keeping pace with the frenetic modern
office, this table and seating collection from frequent
collaborators EOOS and Keilhauer is always ready for a
breakout session. The seven-piece series is supported by
light, scaffold-like wire bases on sturdy casters. Cleverly
designed features heighten its multi-functionality: a

room divider doubles as an acoustic panel; ahigh-backed
bench maximizes privacy; and the plugged-in table and
its workshop-inspired orange extension cord, both central
to the collection, house a multi-socket power supply and
a recessed shelf for charging devices. Studio: EOOS, Austria
Designers: Martin Bergmann, Gernot Bohmann, Harald
Grndl and Mike Keilhauer Manufacturer: Keilhauer, Canada
eoos.com, keilhauer.com
24 FOGO ISLAND SHOP With humorous touches
and ample scope, the wares here offer playful yet beautiful
furnishings influenced by the remote islands maritime
vernacular. A team of international designers created the
70-piece collection, which is handcrafted by area artisans.
Traditional construction and locally sourced materials are
integral to the designs: the Puppy side table (shown) is
made from a single piece of wood, using basic tools; while
the Punt chair borrows a technique from boat building, with
naturally curving juniper and spruce for the legs and back
supports. Team: Zita Cobb and Joseph Kellner, with Markus
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Bergstrom, Elaine Fortin, Ineke Hans, Nick Herder,

Simon Jones, Joe Nunn and Donna Wilson Manufacturer:
Fogo Island Shop, Canada fogoislandshop.ca
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25 BELLEVILLE Has plastic ever looked so sexy?

In profile, this chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec evokes
the occupants shape: arching ever so slightly off a fluid
frame, the narrow backrest curves forward before flaring
into a full-width base. Various seat options transform it
into a polypropylene task chair, an upholstered dining
chair, or a leather desk chair with forward-sloping armrests.
Named for the Paris neighbourhood where the designers
have their studio, Belleville would look right at home on a
bistro patio overlooking the city. Designers: Ronan and
Erwan Bouroullec, France Manufacturer: Vitra, Switzerland
bouroullec.com, vitra.com
26 KAARI COLLECTION The Bouroullecs have
injected new life into the basic table leg with a simple
gesture extrapolated into all sorts of uses. Their first collection for Artek features an innovative base that consists
of a solid oak leg flanked by banded steel strips; midway
down, each powder-coated strip branches off into a triangular foot inspiration for the series name, Finnish for
arch. The element lends itself to multiple tabletop shapes
and sizes, and it proves so versatile that the collection
even includes shelving: flipped around, the foot becomes
a bracket. Designers: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, France
Manufacturer: Artek, Finland artek.fi, bouroullec.com
FURNITURE SYSTEMS
27 FOODSHELF Bringing cohesion to the kitchen
and living room landscape, Ora Itos uniform design is
anything but monotonous. At the systems heart, long
shelves provide fluid transitions across fully customizable
compartments, both open and closed; matte and gloss
lacquered finishes come in an array of colours. Created with
low wall units in mind, Foodshelf deftly rebukes the kitchens
vertical vocabulary in favour of a unified horizontal aesthetic.
Designer: Ora Ito, France Manufacturer: Scavolini, Italy
ora-ito.com, scavolini.us
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LIGHTING FIXTURES
28 MANTA When pondering the far reaches of
space and the oceans depths, palpable similarities
emerge. Ross Lovegroves exploration of astral-oceanic
confluence resulted in an organically shaped light that
floats overhead part sea creature, part spaceship.
Created for Barrisol, its constructed with the same
material the French company uses to make stretch-foil
walls and suspended ceilings. Lovegrove fashioned two
layers of the translucent material over a curved aluminum
frame, lit from within by LEDs, to give Manta its undulating,
membrane-like quality. Designer: Ross Lovegrove, U.K.
Manufacturer: Barrisol, France barrisol.com,
rosslovegrove.com
29 UMA SOUND LANTERN Pablos portable
lamp-speaker hybrid sets the perfect poolside atmosphere. The stylish device achieves its campfire glow with
LED Warm Dimming technology, which emulates the
radiance of an incandescent bulb. A touch-sensitive dial
adjusts both the brightness and the high-fidelity surround
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sound. For effortless ambience, its operable via Bluetooth,

playing music for eight hours on a single charge. Above
all, this luminaire thrives on the go: with leather handles, a
durable polycarbonate shade and a silicone base, it can
weather the most raucous get-together. Studio: Pablo, U.S.
Designers: Carmine Deganello and Pablo Pardo
pablodesigns.com
30 SUPERLOON Looking to bring the radiance of
heavenly bodies indoors? Search no further than Jasper
Morrisons floor lamp for Flos. Inspired by the moons
luminosity, Superloon consists of a round white panel
embedded with a ring of LEDs along its circumference. The
flat panel is mounted to a tripod with a gyroscopic base
that allows for 360-degree rotation, while the intensity
and temperature of ambient light can be controlled by an
optical sensor concealed within one of the legs. Available
in three finishes, Superloon will bathe any room in moonlit
splendour. Designer: Jasper Morrison, U.K. Manufacturer:
Flos, Italy flos.com, jaspermorrison.com
LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS
31 SAYNER HTTE FOUNDRY Though the
blast furnaces are long gone, the striking architecture of
a former Prussian iron-casting facility turned event space
is revealed through this fully controllable lighting design
by Licht Kunst Licht. The firm outfitted the 186-year-old
venue with concealed LEDs, carefully mounted and colour
matched to comply with its heritage designation. The
roofs fiery red smoulder, realized by linear RGB lights, can
be adjusted to any colour, while the back wall receives
the interiors sole source of direct illumination, in stunning
contrast to the triptych of subtly lit aisles. Location:
Bendorf, Germany Studio: Licht Kunst Licht, Germany
Designers: Stephanie Jochem, Johannes Roloff and
Andreas Schulz lichtkunstlicht.com
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32 MONO-LIGHTS As they unspool from ceilings,

down walls and across floors, like a model of a futuristic
transit system, Mono-Lights both conform to and redefine
a rooms boundaries. The minimal lighting system from
OSOOS encases LED strips in easy-to-handle white
plastic tubes, joined into segments by silicone foam connectors. Small pucks of grey-veined marble secure the
terminus points to the ground, a wall or a power source.
For a suspended effect, aluminum discs may be threaded
through silicone foam loops to support the network.
Studio: OSOOS, The Netherlands Designers: Sophie
Mensen and Oskar Peet osandoos.com
INTERIOR PRODUCTS
33 URBAN FABRIC RUGS Los Angeless bustling
grid, the sweeping boulevards of Baron Haussmanns Paris,
the whole of Manhattan: these are just a handful of cartographic elements captured within this line of rugs designed
by FourO Nine. Each hand-tufted virgin wool piece uses pile
variations to bring to life a locales unique geography, such
as the 12-sided starburst of Place Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
The firm, from Shanghai by way of Toronto, has designed
the line with two residential grades and one commercial; the
Residential Luxe version introduces a hand-knotting
process that incorporates pure silk for a vibrant lustre.
Designers: Lukasz Kos and Andrei Zerebecky, China
urbanfabricrugs.com
34 INO COLLECTION The slip-thin bathroom
sinks seem finely sliced from polished ceramic slabs, with
the smooth, elongated shape of a well-used bar of soap.
But their delicacy is deceiving: Toan Nguyen Studios latest
collaboration with Laufen utilizes the Swiss manufacturers
SaphirKeramik, a super-strong material that enables fixtures to be made with slender profiles, without sacrificing
their robustness. The washstand, with optional recessed
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up space for the generous basin to hold more water.
The series includes awalnut veneer vanity and a tub with
integrated headrest. Studio: Toan Nguyen Studio, Italy
Designers: Toan Nguyen, with Philipp Leibundgut,
Alain Reymond and Marc Viardot Manufacturer: Laufen,
Switzerland laufen.com, toannguyenstudio.com
35 BLUE CERAMIC FUNERARY URNS
Designer and multidisciplinary scholar Diane Leclair
Bissons study of contemporary burial practices led to
a series of cinerary urns that promote conversations
about sustainable, accessible funeral practices. Moulded
in porcelain using a proprietary glazing technique, they
have a tactile, powdery surface. The cobalt blue finish
(meant to evoke the skys tranquility) and curiously inviting
texture are a welcome evolution from overly ornate, even
intimidating vessels. In three heights, from 8.8 to 35
centimetres, they offer five different lids that meld almost
seamlessly into the universal base. Designer: Diane Leclair
Bisson, Canada Manufacturer: A+JMetissage, Canada
aj-metissage.com, dianeleclairbisson.com
ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS
36 ENTICE ENTRANCE SYSTEM Narrow
vertical stiles just under three centimetres wide seem to
disappear into the glass facade, giving a bank of doorways a now you see me, now you dont quality. CRL-U.S.
Aluminum didn't compromise on performance to achieve
this elegantly engineered design: the system meets or
exceeds air infiltration and thermal standards and other
energy conservation requirements. Glass panels 2.5centimetres thick support door handles on installations up to 3.7
metres tall. The fully fabricated entrance also features an
integrated LED system to highlight the vanishing exterior.
Manufacturer: CRL-U.S. Aluminum, U.S. crlaurence.com
UNBUILT CONCEPTS
37 HOTEL ASCENSION This inn and artists
retreat is proposed for an unlikely spot: a former grain silo
on the Buffalo River. To create livable suites in the elongated
cylindrical forms, Ludovico Centis and Jin Young Song
came up with a scheme of prefabricated steel modules that
can be lowered into the towers using cranes. To turn the
post-industrial structure into a beacon for the local arts
community, the facade will be enlivened by exterior lighting,
and the interior will include a restaurant, alibrary and a
lookout point, proclaiming that even a seemingly antiquated
building can enjoy a triumphant second life. Location:
Buffalo, U.S. Firm: Song Centis, U.S. Team: Ludovico Centis
and Jin Young Song with Thomas Bittner dioinno.com
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MUSEUM When it opens in 2017, the memorial by Allied
Works Architecture will appear to rise from the parkland
of the Scioto Peninsula in Columbus, Ohio. The site will
include a caf, gallery spaces and a two-storey cyclorama
outlining the history of military service in the state. But the
centrepiece will be the circular rooftop sanctuary, three
storeys above ground, where rings of thick concrete will
both uphold the structure and envelop it like ribbons on

a package. Although the project commemorates a history
of turmoil, the architecture tells a story of cohesion and
mutual support. Location: Columbus, U.S. Firm: Allied
Works Architecture, U.S. Team: Brad Cloepfil, Chelsea
Grassinger, Nathan Hamilton and Kyle Lommen, with Jared
Abraham, Chris Brown, Kyle Caldwell, Alexis Kurland,
Rachel Schopmeyer and Luciana Varkulja alliedworks.com
CONCEPT PROTOTYPES
39 NOT TO SCALE The central concept is a single
block, a hollow, three-dimensional concrete trapezoid
that forms exactly one-quarter of a cube. This shape is as
versatile as it is simple. By scaling, rotating, combining and
arranging these conceptual building blocks, its possible
to create a seemingly infinite number of structures: a stool
from one piece, a chaise from four, or a wall from 50. But
why stop there? The designers at Levenbetts are using the
form on an architectural scale to construct an entire house
in upstate New York. Firm: Levenbetts, U.S. Team: Stella
Betts and David Leven, with Filipe Colin, Andrew Feuerstein
and Cornelia Foley levenbetts.com
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Finally, furniture for the 21st-century office that has real
character. This new collection was made with fluid, open
concept spaces in mind, and it features minimalist hat and
coat racks made from bent wood, and three-in-one
workstations (consisting of a seat, a table and a coat rack)
that can be easily moved from place to place. For meetings,
forget the staid mahogany boardroom table: a two-person
loveseat is designed to encourage proximity and eye
contact. The concepts may be novel, but the craftsmanship and materials (mainly beechwood) show a deep
commitment to artisanal values. Studio: PearsonLloyd, U.K.
Designers: Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson Manufacturer:
Teknion, U.S. pearsonlloyd.com, teknion.com
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41 BIZ EYES 3-D-PRINTED EYEWEAR

These glasses arent just about seeing theyre about
being seen. The base frame is made from durable transparent resin, but the customizable white nylon spectacles
make each piece unique. Do you want glasses that
resemble multicoloured orbs? Angels wings? Prehistoric
runes? Thanks to 3-D printing, anything is possible. Each
piece snaps into the base frame, and snaps off just as
easily. When youre ready to switch up your look, just print
off anew pair. Designer: Nasim Sehat, Iran bizeyes.biz
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42 RE-GENERATOR: AN ALTERNATIVE
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT The expanding
global population and rising sea levels are on a collision
course, and coastal regions require a built environment
that can accommodate the coming changes, according
to Gabriel Muoz Moreno of the Harvard University
Graduate School of Design. In response, he has rendered,
in beautiful detail, an elevated coastal development

strategy, in the form of a Meccano-like network of modular
platforms and permeable cells, as well as the connections
that enable the two planes to co-exist: humans on top,
brackish biosphere below. It may look like a gargantuan
water park, but it succeeds in leaving no mark on the
ecosystem below it. School: Harvard University Graduate
School of Design, U.S. Designer: Gabriel Muoz Moreno
gabrielmunozmoreno.com, gsd.harvard.edu
43 WITHIN THE FRAME: THE COUNTRYSIDE AS A CITY Students Nicolas Lee and Carly
Augustine of the Harvard University Graduate School of
Design painstakingly drew up this master plan for an
inverted garden city, envisioning an alternative to the
sprawl of Chinas rapid urbanization. Through the looking
glass of the Industrial Revolution, they propose a selfcontained model for collective rural living, which uses the
courtyard house as the predominant building block for
a mixed-use development that encloses arable fields for
communal agriculture. The concept aims to keep Chinas
rural population connected to the land and preserve

their traditions while mitigating the impact on valuable farmland. Location: Zhengzhou, China School:
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, U.S. Team:
Carly Augustine and Nicolas Lee, with faculty advisors
Christopher C.M.Lee and Simon Whittle gsd.harvard.edu
44 CRADLE TEA SERVICE Conceived by
Kristoffer Paolo Aguila, an industrial design student at
OCAD University in Toronto, this integrated tea service
and cart caters to anyone who suffers from the social
discomfort that comes with dwindling manual dexterity.
The striking birdlike form perches atop two brass twigs,
surrounded by a Lazy Susan lined with standard Ikea
teacups. It enables would-be hosts to roll, tilt and spin
their way through pouring tea without having to grab,
grip, pinch, pull or clean up spills. School: OCAD
University, Canada Team: Kristoffer Paolo Aguila with
faculty advisor Angelika Seeschaaf Veres ocadu.ca
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45 PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CONSTITUCIN
Located in Chiles pulp-and-paper patch, this monumental
library is the culmination of a public-private partnership to
rebuild after an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami hit Constitucin
in 2010. Following the devastation, Sebastian Irarrzavals
scheme for a 300-square-metre community centre served
as a point of pride to a city rebuilding its identity. The
facades full-height windows amplify the librarys public
nature and draw readers in with displays of new titles,
while their awnings shade canopied benches at street level
for weary passers-by. Inside, the choice of laminated pine
beams to define distinct zones is not just visually stunning;
it also created work for local carpenters. Location:
Constitucin, Chile Firm: Sebastian Irarrzaval Arquitectos,
Chile Team: Sebastian Irarrzaval with Alicia Arguelles,
Joel Barrera, Macarena Burdiles, Sebastin Mancera and
Carlos Pesquera sebastianirarrazaval.cl
46 TI KAY L With this orphanage for 24 children
in Anse--Pitres, Haiti, the Ayitimoun Yo NGO offered
architect Bonaventura Visconti di Modrone the chance
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to build his first project. Inspired by local typologies, he

created an open, innovative mixed-use complex that still
feels welcoming, familiar and safe. On an elevated slab of
earthquake-proof concrete, a post-and-beam framework
upholds six roofs, like a row of little houses, over three
volumes of handmade bricks topped with mosquito nets.
Acentral courtyard gives the orphans room to play, and a
place to socialize with other children from the area, helping
to break down the walls of social stigma. Location:
Anse--Pitres, Haiti Firm: Bonaventura Visconti di Modrone,
Italy Team: Bonaventura Visconti di Modrone with Vittorio
Capraro, Fabio Mannucci and Edoardo Monti abvm.it
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
AWARD
47 FLOATING CONNECTION MAD Architects
Harbin Opera House, an AZ Award nominee for architecture,
dominates its mirror-flat landscape, but its mountain-like
structure is really a homage to the surrounding wetlands.
Fortunately, Turenscape of Beijing has transformed the
once-isolated wetland into a park worthy of a cultural landmark, carving a series of bio-swales to manage stormwater
runoff and tailwater from a water-supply plant. With the

addition of delicate interventions, including six kilometres
of boardwalks and bridges linking platforms and pavilions,
the former bog is now a readily accessible, fully rehabilitated
landscape for the public to experience. Location: Harbin,
China Firm: Turenscape, China Designer: Kongjian Yu
turenscape.com
48 ARANZADI PARK This years AZ Award winner
in the landscape category has also earned a nod for environmental leadership. In the crook of a river in Pamplona,
Spain, Aranzadi may be where the countrys oldest
heirloom vegetable varieties grow, but its also a flood plain.
Stripping away ad hoc impermeable modifications that
had been made to the site, Aldayjover created a porous,
coherent landscape that celebrates the seasonal ebb and
flow of the Arga river. Today the park channels the waters
force away from built-up areas, and residents enjoy
accessible pathways through an ever-changing wetland.
Location: Pamplona, Spain Firm: Aldayjover Architecture
and Landscape, Spain Team: Iaki Alday and Margarita
Jover, with Jess Arcos, Marta Casta, Marilena Lucivero,
Andreu Meixide, Francisco Mesonero, Susana Mitjans,
Hector Ortin, Catalina Salv and Raquel Villa aldayjover.com
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1 THE BORING COLLECTION

Lensvelt invited the Amsterdam studio
Space Encounters to make contract
furniture seem a little less dull. The firm
went another route and created intentionally boring products, including task
chairs and wall clocks, in a uniform grey
(shown here in the formation of Ettore
Sottsass Carlton room divider). lensvelt.nl
2 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Ini Archibongs Jadis lighting sculpture
was sensational at SaloneSatellite. For
inspiration, the young designer, who now
lives in Switzerland, says he tapped into
a youth spent escaping beyond the
looking glass. designbyini.com
3 DOUBLE TAKE
Hand-drawn lines on the surface of Belgian
designer Alain Gilles New Perspective
Mirror for Bonaldo create a cartoon illusion
of a room within a room. bonaldo.it
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4 ALL THE WRONG ANGLES

Fabio Novembres Adaptation sofa for
Cappellini is intended to challenge
perceptions. While it may slope to one
side, the wedge-shaped cushions make
up for the skewed angle, creating a level
seat on a lopsided couch. cappellini.it
5 FLAG LAMP
Milan graphic designer Alessandro Poli
and architect Francesca De Giorgi have
been reinterpreting old lampshades since
2007. Flag, designed for Roche Bobois, is
made of cotton and attached to a marble
base and walnut rod. roche-bobois.com
TIME FLIES Watchmaker Citizen and

architect Tsuyoshi Tane presented a
breathtaking room filled with 100,000
watch plates suspended in a grid
formation. Resembling a blizzard of
coins, the plates glittered against a
blackened backdrop. The seemingly
random composition suddenly snapped
into intricate fractal patterns as the
invisible wires aligned. A single pathway, leading to a grand piano, was the
only element to disturb the pattern.
citizenwatch.com, dgtarchitects.com
6 CURVE APPEAL
Antonio Citterio was on hand at the B&B
Italia showroom to launch his douard
sofa. Its gently curved back and arms are
sure to make any gathering a convivial
affair. bebitalia.com
SHOW REPORT
MARVELOUS MAYHEM
FROM SIDEWAYS SOFAS TO CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, THE WORLDS LARGEST
FURNITURE FAIR IS THE YEARS MOST SENSATIONAL EVENT BY CATHERINE OSBORNE
DURING THE MILAN FURNITURE FAIR, trend spotting is a week-long sport. Its
impossible to resist when the worlds top furniture brands, kitchen manufacturers, and a host of other associated producers, pull out all the stops
to impress the 300,000 international visitors who descend on the city en
masse each April. Its a fact that Milan Design Week is at least four times
larger than the citys other great event: Fashion Week. The massive scale
has meant a growing number of corporations have joined in by presenting
of-site exhibitions conceptualized by leading designers. Tsuyoshi Tane
of DGT Architects, for instance, created an Instagram moment for Citizen
watches by suspending inside a blackened room thousands of internal
watch parts to create a dazzling constellation (pictured above); and Dutch

designer Bertjan Pot fabricated poufes out of Flyknit to demonstrate
the versatility of Nikes trademark textile. One of the most dazzling displays
was The Restaurant, by Tom Dixon in collaboration with Caesarstone. To
celebrate this years focus on kitchens, the Israeli quartz company and the
British designer created four thematic concept kitchens earth, re, water
and air each carved out of quartz and installed within a 17th century church
in crucix formation. Above, clusters of Dixons round pendants read as
metallic cumulus clouds. It was culinary theatre at its nest.
The real event, though, is at the fairgrounds, where close to 2,500
companies unveil a bevy of eye-lling novelties, from the always-elegant
sofas and chairs presented by the likes of Living Divani, Cappellini, Knoll
and Minotti, to the wildly playful see-through cabinet by the Campana
Brothers for BD Barcelona Design, and Morosos usual mix of colour, fun
and creative edge. In the hunt for trends, our team came away with a few
trophies, after walking for miles. Expect to see a lot more shades of celadon
in the year ahead; more brushed and matte nishes over polished; and,
if Moooi and Cappellini take over the world, we will soon all be sitting on
lopsided sofas.
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11 DOWNSIZING
Rolf Benz appears to have shrunk the
chesterfield down to a footstool with
953, which sees larger-than-usual tufting
buttons create deep navels on all sides.
rolf-benz.com
7 ROOTED TO THE GROUND

This swivelling bar stool for Desalto is
part of a family of outdoor pieces that at
certain angles shows off a beautiful tree
silhouette. Designer Victor Vasilev has
called the collection Ike, short for ikebana.
desalto.it
8 DYED IN THE WOOD
For the past few years, Israeli design
studio Raw Edges has been experimenting
with the simple act of dipping naked timber
into buckets of colourful dye. A display of
some of their one-off pieces was on view in
downtown Milan. raw-edges.com
12 TINY BUBBLES
Designed by Giopato & Coombes of Italy,
Bolle captures a delicate impression of
soap bubbles. The multiple hand-blown
spheres have also been grouped to look
like clouds. giopatocoombes.com
14 SPOUTING NATURE
The Sea and the Shore, Werner Aisslingers
poetically named faucet, includes a place
for holding plants. The concept was developed for Axor, as part of a challenge to five
designers to rethink bathroom faucets.
hansgrohe.com
15 MACHINE AGE
One of Milans most beautiful design
galleries is Nilufar Depot, where locals
4P1B Design Studio showed their custom
Pulegge light series. Each iteration looks
like a highly polished machine. 4p1b.com
13 ROMAN TIMES
Gourd-shaped pillows flop around the
edges of Fronts latest sofa for Moroso.
The Swedish studio calls their creature
Triclinium, after the Romans, who liked
nothing better than talking politics
while seated on similar bench-like seats.
moroso.it
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16 THE ILLUSION OF DEPTH

For Alpi, Front developed a composite
wood pattern, Grid Wood, a three-tone inlay
that creates an Escheresque optical effect.
The umbrella stand is a one-off, but the new
pattern is now available in panels. alpi.it
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9 PLASTIC TO FANTASTIC
Joe Colombo is having (yet another)
comeback with some lesser-known
creations making an appearance. Amini
Carpets wool-tufted Isola, for one, is
based on a pattern he showed in 1970 at
a plastics trade fair in Dsseldorf. It still
looks fresh today. amini.it
10 THREE-PIECE SOFA
Three attached sacks make up Grapy, an
easy chair launched by Gandia Blasco,
made of two different fabrics (canvas and
velvet) with a contrasting seam. The adorable lounger is stuffed with form-fitting
polystyrene balls. gandiablasco.com
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17 OPEN AND SHUT CASE

Design studio Ludovica+Roberto Palomba
imagine the Xenia fold-up chair for
Eumenes as being nomadic and suited
to almost any space, at the side of a pool or
around a kitchen table. Its polypropylene
covers slip over a die-cast aluminum and
stainless steel frame. eumenes.it
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18 RED CARPET TREATMENT

The immensely talented Matteo Cibic
teamed up with luxury retailer Scarlet
Splendour of India to create the
spiral-patterned Round Rug, in seven
vibrant shades. scarletsplendour.com
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19 STRIKING A POSE
Marcel Wanders set the classic sofa on its
ear to make the Charleston chair for Moooi.
In tufted leather, the sideways seat rests
on a wide steel base and is positioned at
just enough of an angle to create a comfy
recliner. moooi.com
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20 CABINET OF CURIOSITY
BD Barcelona Design is one of Spains most
creative brands so its exciting that theyve
teamed up with the Campana Brothers,
Brazils most creative design studio. The
Aqurio cabinet comes as shown, or in grey
with blue glass. bdbarcelona.com
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21 MASTER OF MINIMALISM
Three guesses who designed this inviting
sofa-side table combo, called Avio and
crafted by Knoll. If you thought Piero
Lissoni, judging by its nonchalant elegance
and tasteful mix of exquisite materials,
youd be right. knoll.com
DRAMATIC ARTS One of the most

glamorous installations at Milan
Design Week was The Restaurant by
Tom Dixon, which filled the Rotonda
della Besana with four kitchens, each
sculpted out of Caesarstone quartz.
Visitors were treated to servings of
glazed roots with mushrooms on a bed
of straw and and frozen stracciatella,
meticulously prepared by Italian food
design studio Arabeschi di Latte.
With Dixons metallic pendants hanging in massive clusters from the
ceiling, it was a beautiful display of
culinary theatre. caesarstone.ca,
tomdixon.net
22 RIDDLED WITH HOLES

David Derksen Designs Lucid Lights are
simple in form a shallow half-cone lined
with LEDs but dazzling in execution.
Perforations create a glow that appears
to come from nowhere. davidderksen.nl
23 CIRCLE POWER
One of the most compelling lights this year,
Vent by Diesel Living with Foscarini, was
a simple one three layers of concentric
circles made of varnished metal are illuminated from behind. foscarini.com/diesel
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24 SADDLE UP
A 15-degree tilting back adds another layer
of comfort to Patricia Urquiolas cocooning
seat for Cassina, called Gender. Its tailored
upholstery settles into the leather interior
like a saddle covering the flanks and withers
of a horse. cassina.com
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25 ALL IN THE FAMILY

Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Minotti,
the three-legged Creed family continues
to grow with more sofa and chair options.
Its trademark is a wide foot at the back that
bends upward to support an elbow
backrest. minotti.com
26 MAJOR HOLE
Kristalia brought some technological
prowess to Hole, Kensaku Oshiros
all-purpose table. Sheet metal was moulded
and bent to create a three-dimensional
opening for the table base. kristalia.it
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27 THE ALL-SEASON SOFA

Stephen Burks Ahnda outdoor seating for
Dedon remains hugely popular, loved for its
signature open weave, which creates the
illusion of a transparent upholstery. The
fact that it can withstand the harshest of
winters doesnt hurt. This charming twoseater is brand new. dedon.de
28 VROOM VROOM
Kartell s latest line-up of toys (for kids and
adults) includes this slick sports car, named
after the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante twoseater coupe. kartell.it
29 THE STILETTO LOUNGER
Spanish designer David Lopez Quincoces
has channeled Eastern influences into
Agra, evident with its low-slung profile and
tube-shaped cushions. The refined family
of outdoor (or indoor) seating is made for
Living Divani. livingdivani.it
LIGHTBOX Against the frescoes

of Palazzo Serbelloni a palace that
Napoleon Bonaparte once called
home Czech glass experts Lasvit
installed a stunning array of luminaires, set in black booths. Wandering
between them revealed chandeliers
by Boris Klimek, Maurizio Galante and
Maxim Velovsk whose Memento
Mori, seen here, replaces the usual
chandelier prisms with a jumble of
cast-glass bones. lasvit.com
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DESIGN FILE
STORAGE AND SHELVING
Statement-making shelving and cabinets

that look good all on their own
STACK
IT UP
BY KENDRA JACKSON
1 Galvanized by SCP
A hydrochloric acid treatment gives a
mottled look to this side table in laser-cut
galvanized steel. Oversized nuts and bolts
lend an industrial edge to the collection,
with high and low shelving units plus coffee
and side tables. scp.co.uk
2 Eucalipto by B&B Italia
Smoked crystal shelves and pull-out trays
are concealed behind the back-painted
glass doors of this Antonio Citterio piece.
Black chrome or pewter legs come in two
heights, and the back can be finished for
central placement in a room. bebitalia.com
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3 Lloyd by Poltrona Frau

Panels of vertical wooden rods slide along
invisible rails at the front and back of this
free-standing bookcase, creating a changeable chiaroscuro effect. Fixed vertical
uprights are wrapped in two leather options.
Sizes range up to 280centimetres wide
by 188centimetres high, and the collection
includes low and high cabinets.
poltronafrau.com
4 Astragale by Roche Bobois

The moulded beech facades of the
storage units by Paris designer Bina Baitel
resemble a traditional panel door, hung
slightly askew. Lacquered in a variety of
matte colours and finished with solid
beech legs, the collection includes this
cabinet, which measures 179centimetres high and 95centimetres wide.
roche-bobois.com
5 Its a Wrap by Kartell

Garaga Italia Customs helped the Italian furniture brand reimagine some of its classic
pieces by wrapping them in a special film
used to apply graphics to cars. Here, bright
colour and racing stripes are added to
Philippe Starcks transparent Ghost Buster
side table. kartell.com
6 Showtime by BD Barcelona
Celebrating a decade in production, Jaime
Hayns playful cabinets still boast a multitude of leg styles, but they now come in a
spring-fresh celadon lacquer and various
marble finishes. bdbarcelona.com
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7 Fractal by Calligaris
Painted strips of sheet metal form a pair
of linked boxes for this modular wall shelf.
The melamine backing can be white, walnutor beech-patterned, and the metal frame
is available in six matte colours, including
mustard and optic white. calligaris.us
9 Piuma by Flexform
Cut-out handles in this bedside unit keep it
free from hardware, for a clean finish. The
low-slung Canaletto walnut box with metal
sled feet complements the existing living
area series. flexform.it
10 Hampton by Ligne Roset

Inspired by Ludwig Mies van der Rohes
Farnsworth House, designer Eric Jourdan
combined transparent glass and cherry
wood for this shelving unit/secretary. The
glass portion is laminated in an aquamarine
finish. ligne-roset.com
11 Gi by Poliform
This series by Rodolfo Dordoni is the
designers tip of the hat to Italian architect Gi Ponti. The single-drawer night
table features a gently slanted profile, and
a glossy pop of colour on the upper shelf
that contrasts with the dark spessart oak
finish. poliform.it
8 Carson by Minotti
The dark-stained wood veneer of this bedside table is flanked by metal panels finished
in satin bronze, which form the sides and
legs. A flush-mounted marble top ups the
sophistication, and the drawers glide on a
push-pull mechanism. minotti.com
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STORAGE AND SHELVING
Free-standing bookcases and shelving units

for all of your literary needs
BOOK
STORES
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1 Icaro by Flexform
Roberto Lazzeronis bookcase combines an
ash frame with leather- or suede-covered
solid wood shelves, giving stability to the
floating form. It stands 201centimetres
high and 168centimetres wide, and the
shelves come in 13 shades. flexform.it.
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2 Cavetto by Karl Andersson & Sner

German studio Kaschkasch designed this
system of shelving units so that back
and side panels can be easily added and
arranged in numerous ways with no hardware. The flexible series, in oak and ash,
can be set against a wall or used as a room
divider. karl-andersson.se
3 Endless RGB by Porro

The versatile modular unit was updated for
Salone del Mobile in Milan this year, with
six new transparent colours that leave the
wood grain visible. Die-cast aluminum
cross-joints fasten unlimited numbers of
open boxes in countless arrangements.
porro.com
4 Aero by Living Divani

Industrial designer Lukas Scherrer took
inspiration from aerospace materials and
technology for this lightweight unit. The
18-millimetre-thick shelves are made from
cold-formed corrugated aluminum, with
height-adjustable PVC feet. livingdivani.it
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KARIM CAN BE RATIONAL
Go with the floo . floo is a simple, minimal, rational, kitchen design.

The concept features a continuous curved edge that also functions as a handle a distinctive
detail that is warm, friendly and engaging. Monobloc storage cabinets are clean and
seamless from counter to floor, creating a pure geometry that keeps the kitchen crisp and
orderly.
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MATERIAL WORLD
Stone and solid surfacing alternatives for
floors, walls, countertops and cladding
ROCK
SHOW
BY PAIGE MAGARREY
SLIM PROFILES
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1 FLEXIBLE STONE The Air Slate collection, from

LAntic Colonial, is made of paper-thin slate mounted
on a layer of fibreglass. The sheets are easily applied
on flat walls or curved surfaces. anticcolonial.com
2 LARGE SCALE Behind the interwoven patterns

of Patrick Norguets Slimtech Nave lies one of Lea
Ceramiches most complex materials. The ultra-thin
(5.5 millimetre) porcelain stoneware slabs are digitally
printed with a 3-D glazed surface. ceramichelea.it
3 THINNER BRICK American brick maker Boral
recently launched Thin Brick, an indoor-outdoor clay
veneer that measures a mere 1.5centimetres thick
yet provides the illusion of a solid brick wall. Ten
colourways offer a range of looks, from crisp new
build to vintage character. boralamerica.com
Lightweight
solutions
4 REAL VEINS Evoking the look of marble complete

with through-body veins Geoluxes Pyrolithic Stone
is a mineral-based composite of clay, sand, silica,
feldspar and proprietary ingredients. The non-porous
surfaces are highly break resistant, even at just
10millimetres thick. geoluxe.com
DECORATIVE SLABS
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1 MARBLE MOTIF Canadian manufacturer Ceragres

Marmi Classico porcelain collection comes in four
marble looks, including Noir St-Laurent, with its varied
greys, and the subtly veined Bianco Carrara (shown).
The polished slabs measure 120 by 60 centimetres.
ceragres.ca
2 REAL FEEL Quarzit indoor/outdoor tiles by Agrob
Buchtal boast a shimmering stone texture, thanks to
granules embedded into the glaze. This also makes
them slip-resistant enough for pool surrounds or
showers. agrob-buchtal.de
Surface
beauty
3 WAVE WALL The latest addition to Lorenzo Palmeris

Micro 3D collection for Stone Italiana is Dune, a rippling
quartz panel measuring 1.4 by three metres and two to
three centimetres thick. stoneitaliana.com
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4 AGED STEEL Combining the look of oxidized steel

with the benefits of a non-porous engineered surface,
Trilium joins the Tech collection, from Dekton by
Cosentino. Its made from recycled materials gathered
from the companys production process. dekton.ca
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ENGINEERED SURFACING
1
1 BELGIAN BLUES Introduced at Eurocucina this

year, Neoliths Pierre Bleue integrates rock elements
throughout each silk-finished slab to form a pattern
inspired by Petit Granit, a Belgian limestone. thesize.es
2 NEW NEUTRALS Nineteen neutral motifs have
been added to Wilsonarts non-porous solid surfacing
range, including Jovian, a taupe-on-taupe pattern
with earth-toned specks throughout. wilsonart.com
Non-porous
perfection
3 INSPIRED BY STONE Among Caesarstones nine

new hues is Statuario Nuvo, an engineered quartz
interpretation of Statuario marble, which embeds
dark veins in a pure white background.
caesarstone.ca
4 BEACH STONE Part of Cambrias Oceanic collection,
Roxwell is infused with waves of grey, white and
black. The quartz slabs also feature charcoal flecks
and a hint of sparkle to evoke a sandy shoreline.
cambriacanada.com
NATURAL STONE
1
1 HAND-PRINTED The Alston Collection by Stone

Impressions features hexagonal Carrara modules.
Hand-printed using a proprietary process that makes
them look etched or three dimensional, they are
actually flat for durability and easy cleaning.
stoneimpressions.com
From the
quarry
2 PREHISTORIC PATTERN The limited edition Jurassic

Collection from Antolini is made from fossil-rich limestone extracted from a quarry in Valencia, Spain. Each
one-of-a-kind slab is patterned with an array of shells
preserved for millions of years. antolini.com
3 EXOTIC GRANITE Spanish manufacturer Levantina
has introduced Naturamia, a series of quartzite and
granite slabs that are treated to resist stains, heat and
bacteria. Among the options is Lennon, sourced from
the brands own quarry in Brazil. levantina.com
4 CHISELLED FEATURES Cesello (thats chisel, in
Italian) comprises six sinuous patterns carved from
limestone. Designed for Lithos Design Domino by
Raffaello Galiotto, the collection includes Khadi,
which mimics the weft of handmade Indian cotton.
lithosdesign.com
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Terreform ONEs modular cricket farm is snug as a bug
I once had a young neighbour who raised crickets
(to feed his lizard) on the ledge outside his window,
and every night I fell asleep to the comforting sound
of cheerful chirping. Housing 22,000 of these
singing critters, the Cricket Shelter by Brooklyn
non-profit architecture group Terreform ONE is
also about comfort and food.
Designed to provide a low-carbon source of
protein, in a compact structure that doubles as
post-disaster housing, this modular insect farm
looks like a sci-fi movie prop: an exoskeleton of
interlocking pods topped with a mohawk of spiky
fins. The prototype spent a couple of months at
Brooklyns Navy Yard, and in September it heads to
Florida to begin a tour with Survival Architecture
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and the Art of Resilience, an exhibition exploring

emergency shelter.
These crickets are probably the most coddled
insects on the planet. All of the infrastructure
needed to provide them with a free-range life
has been taken into account, including sex pods
and birthing areas. Its important that they have
a good life and are treated properly, says lead
designer Mitchell Joachim.
However, as any farmer knows, livestock
inevitably leads to dead stock: after six to 12
weeks (acrickets natural lifespan), the insects
are delivered to a chef, cooled down so they go
into hibernation, then ground into flour. The team
is experimenting with flavour engineering, feeding
the invertebrates a bespoke diet of orange peels,

apple cores and lime rinds in an effort to add a
fruity flavour to the powder. An upcoming culinary
adventure includes gut-loading the crickets with
vodka, on the principle that insects might be more
appealing to the North American palate when
theres alcohol involved. Chances are, the drunken
crickets will be even happier, too.
Lorraine Johnson is the author of City Farmer:
Adventures in Urban Food Growing and editor of
Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly. She ate
crickets once, in Mexico, and found them tasty.
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