Arcsine Architecture and Bellusci Design have completed the Vesu Restaurant in Walnut Creek, a small city near San Francisco, California.

Arcsine Architecture and Bellusci Design transformed a piano store with little curb appeal into a vibrant and engaging restaurant, fitting the bustling downtown Walnut Creek. The clients sought an inviting, modern environment to complement the globally inspired, locally sourced menu by Executive Chef Robert Sapirman.  Situated on a competitive street corner, the design needed to… Read the rest of this entry »

Wedged into a tight lot along Lake Candlewood in New Fairfield, Connecticut, this new home’s form and structure was derived from observations of trees and an adaptation of local building techniques. The project began with studies of leaf canopies, accumulated ring structures, and the dappled light that filters through groups of trees. Multiple study models in several media (concrete, acrylic, wood, plaster), investigated how light flows through perforations in these various materials. We used these models to observe, secondarily, how certain materials would be suited to creating a stable, discrete, but minimal structure. During the formative process we were interested in designing a house that seemed in large part to float and protect, much like the tree canopies on the site shelter the ground beneath them. (ArchDaily)

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Adam Taylor is an Australian photographer with a sagacious feel for landscapes. The collection that we are showing you are elusive shots of solidarity in solitude; the beauty of art. He says in his biography, “I am intrigued by how people relate to each other and connect with earth,” and that existential thought is what links these photographs to one another and the world. Dense work, for a densely moronic time. Cheers A. Taylor!

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There is just something about space that not many people understand, or will ever take the time to understand. In music, Miles Davis was the pioneer of space appreciation; treating space as an idea of cool, giving birth to the cool. In the photos shown in this post we take a look at Baark Photography, Brendan Austin Architectural Photography. He, or she, is based in based somewhere east of nowhere in Stockholm ad New York. He like, Mr. Davis, found an appreciation -as did we- in space. Wicked!

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Floating above the trees, near the tropical coast of Brazil, comes this beautiful and bold Ubatuba House. Surrounded by nature’s greens and blues, this house’s concrete and glass base still seems to blend in perfectly. More information and images after the break:

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One of the greatest artists to ever walk the Earth is getting his own museum. Of course it is well deserved and we have a preview of what’s to come, architecturally, from the Salvador Dalí Museum:

HOK, along with Beck Group, has designed a new museum to house the works of Salvador Dalí in St. Petersburg, Florida. The architecture, greatly inspired by the great surrealist, “combines elements of the classical and the fantastical,” according to the director of the museum. The design speaks to the essence of Dalí while incorporating functional elements to combat Florida’s tough weather.

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A tree house built out of a old Boeing 727? Sure, why not is what the designers from Costa Verde must have thought. This unique and brilliant piece of architecture is located in Costa Rica and it over looks the beaches. Take a look into the hotel after the break:

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A beautiful piece of architecture by Bark Architects. The Marcus Beach House is located on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.

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Casa Son Vida a long-term project involving the Marcel Wanders Studio, Los Angeles and Switzerland-based tecARCHITECTURE and developers Cosmopolitan Estates. Located in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, the Casa Son Vida is best thought of as a showcase for Wanders’ visual eclecticism, the ultimate showhome for a lifestyle focused on design art, display and formal eccentricity.

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I love the flow, design, connectivity of this building designed by B+U.

The proposal for this mixed use office building in Los Angeles, California creates a world-class landmark building aiming to enhance the cities vision as the premier quality city in the southeast area of Los Angeles County and to revitalize the industrial landscape of the site into a vital urban environment.
The project is characterized by its response to the urban setting, its vision for a unique office work environment within a highly sustainable building design, and by its formal and structural elegance. The three level mixed use building includes a café and retail space at the ground floor and two levels of open office spaces above.

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