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Landing 200 Lamp by Kim HyunJoo

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Korean designer Kim HyunJoo has created the Landing 200 lamp. The sculptural lighting piece is carved from solid granite.

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Visit Kim HyunJoo’s website – here.

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La Grande Vue 5A by SAOTA and OKHA

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:20 AM PDT

SAOTA (Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects) and OKHA Interiors designed the La Grande Vue 5A house in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Project Description:

Carla & Stefan Antoni have created a dreamy sky-high home that captures the feel of the sea below by using levels to spectacular effect.

Their growing family is what forced the couple to demolish their bachelor pad and build a larger home. The result incorporates Stefan's dual-level penthouse, including two en-suite bedrooms, a living area and a kitchen on the first level, a studio, third bedroom and garage on the lower level, and an apartment underneath. On the roof, is a swimming pool and terrace, as well as the magnificent SKY BAR containing a cocktail bar and entertainment area.

Stefan's bold control of levels and layering has resulted in a visually sculptural interior. They wanted the feel of the apartment to be a contrast between laid-back comfort and slick sophistication. Crème-de-la-crème marble slabs were used for the floors and the woods were lime-washed to give them a 'beachy' feel. Accent colours were kept to greys and aquamarines.

Adam Court of OKHA Interiors created a range of furniture using the Antoni home as a canvas. "We wanted to create a relaxed but sophisticated look; one that was not only about individual pieces but about creating a totally new experience.

The result is a balance between the functional and the eye-catching, from white-leather sofas to ethnic pieces found on exotic travels. David Reade glass pieces sit alongside stacked cubic frames, together with cashmere throws and deep pile rugs.
"We wanted to break free from the mould, create a piece of poetry that plays on light, space and geometry, and balances the primal quality of raw surfaces with modern elements," Stefan concludes.

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Visit the SAOTA website – here.

Visit the OKHA website – here.

Photography © SAOTA

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Hidrosalud Headquarters Offices by Cuartopensante Arquitectura

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Cuartopensante Arquitectura have designed an office interior for Hidrosalud, a Spanish company from Valencia that operates in the water treatment industry.

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Hidrosalud Headquarters Offices by Cuartopensante Arquitectura

Bringing commercial and high-profile image value to the administrative spaces of Hidrosalud, a company from Valencia that operates in the complete water treatment sector.

This was the aim of the Cuartopensante studio which, inspired by the nature of water itself, offered a completely innovative design: wild, dynamic and agile. These features adapt to a space characterised by transparency, verticality and the constant presence of curved and inclined elements.

The entrance is only a gateway to what awaits within: a minimalist atrium with an automatic door in tempered glass that opens onto a futuristic space with corridors that glide between the various rooms, creating a virtual underwater passage.

The richness of this type of interior architecture, characterised by sinuosity and by vertical parameters, connects the corridors and the customer services offices with management spaces, which are separated by an LCD liquid crystal screen between two glass plates. At the end are the sales office and a small showroom, to complete a setting that combines opacity and transparency perfectly.

In order to obtain the shapes desired for furnishing that is the heart of the new offices, a material like HI-MACS® was needed. Through the possibilities of new generation heat formed acrylic stone with no visible joints, the office desks have a rounded shape and a monolithic aspect. These features of HI-MACS® are also evident in the meeting room table which, despite the fact it is over 3 metres long, looks like a single piece.

In this way, thanks to the malleability and elegant aesthetics of HI-MACS®, finishes acquire higher quality. The material is also non-porous, making it easier to clean and maintain, essential features for objects in constant use like desks, counters or cupboard surfaces.

Revolutionary lighting, the result of a combination of LED spotlights and halogen bulbs that can adapt to different areas and work situations, complete the incredible architecture and the use of a high-tech material like acrylic stone.

The result perfect satisfies the client's needs for practicality and the creative mission of designers Rafa Muñoz and Víctor Mollá, which was "the need to assimilate the ungovernable aspect of the aquatic element and extrapolate it into a liveable space".

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Visit the Cuartopensante Arquitectura website – here.

Photography by Xavier Molla

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