Located in the hills above Montecito, California, the Ladera Residence’s by Barton Myers Associates was designed to take advantage of the site’s striking features, including majestic oak trees and large boulders. The residence is divided into two wings. A public wing includes living, dining and kitchen areas and opens up to the main outdoor dining and lounging areas.
Thames Water has opened the UK's first desalination plant at Becton in East London. The Thames Gateway Water Treatment Works has been opened to help ensure London - which is classed as "seriously water stressed" - has a much-needed back-up supply during prolonged periods of low rainfall. London is classed by the Environment Agency as 'seriously water stressed'. This is because the region's large population means that the amount of rainfall per head of population is very low. London actually receives less rainfall than Rome, Istanbul, Dallas or Sydney.
Developed for Puma by Studio Aruliden, this attractive ping-pong table combines sport with a social element. Get playing and chalk up a high score! Available from the Conran Shop for $3,900.
Having successfully won an international European competition in 2000, Hansjörg Göritz Architekturstudio spent seven years in planning and implementation of the National Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The design reflects the Alamannic region of the Alps and the democratic purpose of the building.
The landscape of Mar Azul, a seaside resort near Villa Gesell and 400 km from Buenos Aires, is full of thick forest of different kinds of pine trees, acacias and black poplars as well as wide areas of dunes and virgin beaches. Abiding by local building restrictions architects Martín Fernández de Lema and Nicolás F. Moreno Deutsch designed this house among the trees.
Construction has begun on New York and Istanbul based architecture firm GAD and architect Dara Kirmizitoprak's design for the world’s largest car dealership in Istanbul, which features a test track on its roof. The 216,000 sq m development is composed of five stories, two of which are underground, and features 56 cafes, restaurants and refreshment venues, 42 insurance companies, 24 banks and 74 trading companies. Offering 443 different brands and 2526 different types of car, the aptly named ‘Autopia’ can be more accurately defined as an auto-mall after it’s hugely extensive range of commercial features.
Launched earlier this year the Electrolux Outdoor Kitchen is a design collaboration with landscape designer Jamie Durie. The collection is designed to complement modern outdoor entertaining areas and features the Electrolux Integrated Barbecue and the new Electrolux Integrated Burner. The Outdoor Kitchen joins the ranks of other successful Electrolux collaborations such as the Electrolux Jeppe Utzon Barbecue. With as much emphasis on form as function, the Outdoor Kitchen is an impressive addition to the Electrolux outdoor entertaining portfolio.
Recently opended, Rome's MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts is dedicated to contemporary creativity and thought and offers a laboratory of experiment, study and research. The museum was designed by Zaha Hadid. the Iranian architect commented, 'Densities are distributed around an open campus, which is navigated on the basis of directional drifts. This is indicative of the character of the center as a whole - porous, immersive - a field space."
For their August issue, Wallpaper Magazine is giving readers the chance to play art director for the day and custom-make their own Wallpaper cover. Other famous cover designers have included Philippe Starck, Zaha Hadid and Anish Kapoor.
If you are looking for the ultimate in luxury then the Strand Craft 122 super yacht is probably the answer. Opulence personified, this sleek craft even includes a garage for parking your super car. Batman look out, now even billionaires can help crack crime. Read more here. 
A variety of talent from young students to the commercially successful make up the list of selected artists for the 2010 British Class Biennale.The list of 96 glass pieces by 62 artists was chosen through an anonymous selection process out of 449 pieces entered. Even with the variety of art selected, there were a few types of pieces the judges and contributors had an eye for.
Fashion model-turned-photographer Bruno Cals knows a lot about glamor and style, but now he’s discovering beauty in other forms. Over the past two years, the Brazilian artist has created a series of photographs of the facades of contemporary architectural gems from a skewed point of view. Looking straight up the surface of modern skyscrapers, Cals composes pictures that look more like surrealist landscapes than depictions of buildings. See and read more here
Massimo Gammacurta's logo lollipops are brought together in a new book, a sickly sweet collection of corporate iconography rendered in brightly coloured sugar...
In their global annual survey of 1,500 business leaders IBM has looked at how leadership has changed in the post credit crunch economy. One result is that 'Creativity' is an essential quality for any leader.
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