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Rooms rotate with the push of a button in this extraordinary Iranian house

Iranian architecture has evolved over the years – like everywhere – and the new generation of designers are producing truly impressive work. Take the extraordinary Sharifi House by next office. In order to maximize space, flexibility and daylight, the design team inserted semi-mobile rooms that rotate with the push of a button.

July 25, 2014Design Read more
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Raanan Stern’s tiny Tel Aviv artist studio boasts stellar space management

Square footage comes at a premium in Tel Aviv, as it does in New York and many other global cities, so designers Raanan Stern and Shany Tal are particularly well adept at making the most of what they have. But the team have turned space management into an art form with this this tiny artist […]

February 11, 2014Design Read more
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Roll-up ‘Shade and Shelter’ Cardboard Protects Desert Dwellers

Israeli designer Ohad Lustgarten designed Shade and Shelter as part of his final project at Shenkar College of Design, the same center that spawned living lace made from bacteria. The six foot tall prototype constructed out of cardboard looks like a giant centipede when it is unwound but then coils up to provide a lightweight […]

October 1, 2012Architecture Read more

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