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We've moved to a new website!1 comment

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Thank you for reading my blog. In the future, please log on to our new site www.de51gn.com which wi … more »

Tags: Art&Culture, Design, Blogging

Visit The Louvre and it's free!1 comment

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: For a change the French are imitating arch-rival Britain by introducing a free admission policy to … more »

Tags: Art&Culture, Events, Art, Culture, France, Louvre, Museums, Paris

Foster+Partners' projects in China, Russia and Middle East

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Living Wall in Jordan, the high-rise buildings will rise out this quarry-looking space. Russia Tow … more »

Tags: Design, Green Design, Abu Dhabi, Architecture, Beijing, China, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Moscow

Norman Foster's Crystal Island in Moscow

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Top: Entertainment Centre, Kazakhstan Below: Crystal Island, Moscow Is Moscow trying to overtake Du … more »

Tags: Design, Green Design, Architecture, Crystal Island, Kazakhstan, Moscow, Norman Foster, Russia, Sustainable Design

New RTA HQ in Dubai by Zwarts & Jansma Architects1 comment

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Dutch architect firm Zwarts & Jansma Architects have won the competition to design the new hea … more »

Tags: Design, Architecture, Business Bay, Dubai, glass structure, rta, Zwarts & Jansma

The Omnia redesigned by Ali Tayar

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: New York-based architect Ali Tayar has redesigned The Omnia hotel in Zermatt, Switzerland. Tayar c … more »

Tags: Design, Interiors, 20th Century Design, Ali Tayar, Architecture, boutique hotel, Eero Saarinen, mies van der rohe, New York

Ettore Sottsass dies aged 90

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Prominent Italian architect-designer Ettore Sottsass passed away on New Year’s Eve aged 90 … more »

Tags: Design, ettore sottsass, Italy, Memphis movement, Olivetti

Fashion and architecture

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago:   Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture is back with a new installation, ve … more »

Tags: Design, Events, Fashion, alexander mcqueen, Architecture, david adjaye, Exhibition, frank gehry, Hussein Chalayan

New Year greetings from Atelier Hapsitus

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Beirut-based internationally-known architect Nadim Karam and his studio have sent this beautiful gr … more »

Tags: Design, Art&Culture, Art, Architecture, Atelier Hapsitus, Nadim Karam, Beirut, Sculpture, Lebanon

Cool hotels-part II1 comment

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Here are some more cool hotels that are on my list for 2008. Top: Dar Beida is a restored Moroccan … more »

Tags: Design, Art&Culture, Interiors, Design Hotels, Konstantin Grcic, Morocco, Damascus, turkey, boutique hotels

Zaha Hadid's Innovation Tower in Hong Kong

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Zaha Hadid has come a long way from The Peak competition in Hong Kong at the beginning of her caree … more »

Tags: Design, Architecture, Hong Kong, Pritzker Prize, Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid designs Innsbruck railway station

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: There’s nothing that Zaha Hadid can’t or hasn’t designed. From buildings to cars, … more »

Tags: Design, Architecture, Zaha Hadid, Austria, Innsbruck, Public spaces

Barcode and graffiti buildings in Russia

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Top and Middle: Graffiti-painted public housing blocks Bottom: Shtrikh Kod (barcode in Russian) in … more »

Tags: Design, Art&Culture, Art, Architecture, graffiti, Russia, St.Petersburg, urban culture

Norman Foster in Oman

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago:   Blue City project by Foster +Partners in Oman Gulf countries are outdoing each other with a line- … more »

Tags: Design, Green Design, Architecture, Oman, Norman Foster, Gulf architecture

Abu Dhabi in Businessweek

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago:   A few days ago, I posted a link from Meteropolis magazine that featured a story on Dubai’s … more »

Tags: Design, Books/Magazines, Green Design, Architecture, Abu Dhabi, BusinessWeek, Sustainable Architecture, UAE

Design Events for 20081 comment

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Mark your calendars. Here’s a little round-up of most of the important design events/furnitur … more »

Tags: Design, Events, Interiors, Art, Design Events, Furniture fairs, Exhibitions, interior

Cool destinations

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago:   From top to bottom: Jeronimos hotel, Lisbon; Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman; 9Hotel, Paris; Aji … more »

Tags: Design, Interiors, Architecture, Design Hotels, Oman, Lisbon, istanbul, pari

Merry Xmas!

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Top: Church of St. Mary’s of The Angels in Singapore; Centre and Below: St. Bartholomew … more »

Tags: Design, Architecture, Cool Church, Prague, Singapore, Maxim Velcovsky, WOHA

Governors Island design competition won by West 8

SHWETA PARIDA wrote 6 months ago: Dutch design team West 8 have won the international design competition for Governors Island in … more »

Tags: Design, Architecture, dutch design, New York, Urban Development


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