Oct Design Museum approaches completion in Shenzhen

This impressive piece of architecture is the Oct Design Museum in Shenzhen, China.

It was designed by Studio Pei-Zhu and their inspiration came from both the location, being close to the bay, and from the needs of the museum, a surreal space for design exhibitions.

The Oct Design Museum focuses mainly on fashion shows, product design, and conceptual automotive shows and the goal was to create a space that is surreal to the subject matter but also transcendental in surrounding and feeling.

See and find out more on the Contemporist website.

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Image courtesy studio pei zhu

Unilever Headquarters unusual interior design

Camenzind Evolution, a Swiss interior design agency that focusses upon 'emotional comfort' and how it influences our living and working environments, has designed a rather unusual new office interior for Unilever's headquarters in Switzerland.

This interesting interior design has been created to inspire the highest levels of creativity and innovation. What do you think?

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Photography by Soguel Fotograf

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama by BFLS

BFLS - the award-winning international architectural practice, have designed the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales. A description from the leading architect describes the building, its functionality and its beauty:

"The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is Wales’ national conservatoire. The winning design of an international design competition, the project includes three performance and rehearsal spaces, teaching rooms, studios and library facilities and is set in a Grade I listed Royal Park.

The design focuses on the core needs of the school community, namely an acoustically magnificent collection of performance and learning spaces which encourage and motivate the buildings’ occupants. Designed from the outside in, each performance space is conceived as a separate building. The drama building forms a new façade and the recital hall sits amongst the woods adjacent to the existing building. These elements are unified by a single floating roof. The new entrance to the college opens out on to stunning views over Bute Park and an arcade forms a new spine linking the whole functioning as exhibition space for the Design & Costume Department, whilst doubling as the ‘lungs’ for the scheme as its natural stack effect ventilates the public spaces.

The building will achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ by incorporating sustainable solutions; a green roof, natural ventilation and ground source heating and cooling."

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Zaha Hadid Architects designs new Roca Gallery in London

Zaha Hadid Architects has designed the new Roca London Gallery located in Chelsea Harbour. Roca is a leading bathroom brand which, has developed many technologically advanced products that continue to inspire the industry in design.

See more of the new showroom on Contemporist

Photography by Luke Hayes