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8 Jul ’11

Beirut Residential Building by Accent Design Group | Architecture

Filed under: Architecture,blog — Tags: , , , — Sahar @ 2:13 am

 

It seems irregular shapes in architecture is the trend nowadays. This is a project located in Beirut on the Fouad Shehab Highway, which is a convenient and beautiful location. The best part about the location is that it overlooks downtown Beirut, and unlike most other areas in Beirut, the view can’t be blocked.

The design focuses on “stacked glass boxes” with an additional aim from its design, maximizing buildable area.

 

The view from this building is amazing, you can see the best of Beirut, i.e. downtown and the sea at the same time, that’s mainly due to the location of the area on a somewhat higher level. The panoramic glass blocks have shading louvers to provide privacy and shade from the excessive sunlight.

Its important the main view was one sided, as the area behind the building is still to a great extent still abandoned and with no great views whatsoever.

 

 

Architect: ACCENT DESIGN GROUP
Location: Beirut Lebanon
Lead Architect :Elie Abs

Project team : Charbel Karam, Ahmad KHOJA, Petia RATZOV
Project Area: 11,000 sqm

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1 Jul ’11

.PSLAB Creates Custom Lighting for Iris Restaurant in Beirut

Filed under: blog,Compliments & Accessories,Restaurants — Tags: , , , , — Sahar @ 7:00 pm

Located in one of Lebanon’s hottest area, Add Mind have just opened up a new open air nightclub replacing the famous White, one of the most popular nightlife venues in the past few years. The management for the new restaurant/lounge hired .PSLAB to come up with a hip and creative custom lighting design for the rooftop club, and so they did.

The space is narrow and thus .PSLAB decided to create a dynamic aspect to that linearity defined by the v-shape installation of the lighting fixtures. The significance of the revealed bulbs added warmth to the open-air space.

The lighting fixtures were designed in tree complementary designs depending on the space or areas they are located in.

 

 

 

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30 Jun ’11

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Paris | Hotel Design

Filed under: blog,Interiors — Tags: , , , , — Sahar @ 5:28 pm

 

 

The Mandarin Oriental opened its Paris location a few days ago in the famous luxury shopping street Saint Honore. The Asian based hotel chain has been opening in several high end locations around the world.

The hotel has 99 rooms and 39 suites within an eight-story building with an exterior façade dating back to the 1930s. The target clients of the Mandarin Oriental are luxury seeking guests from around the world, who enjoy staying at one of the most fashionable locations.

The overall feel of the space design is a little bit feminine due to the butterfly motifs and floral carpets yet very relaxing.

The hotel has a 900 square meter spa, a 40-seat restaurant overseen by Michelin-starred chef Thierry Marx, and a cocktail bar cut from a single piece of brown Spanish marble.

The rate for a deluxe suite with balcony overlooking the courtyard is 2,750 euros/night , also available is the 350 square meter  duplex penthouse for clients with higher requirements.

 

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29 Jun ’11

Isn’t This Your Dream Bed? | Furniture

Filed under: blog,Furniture — Tags: , , , — Sahar @ 8:58 pm

This is exactly what a dream bed should look like. A nest protected with a padded frame. This is the Col-Letto bed by  Lago. Happy dreaming!

Check their website for more products.

27 Jun ’11

Barovier & Toso Murano Chandeliers | From the Past into the Present

Filed under: blog,Compliments & Accessories — Tags: , , , , , — Sahar @ 10:00 am

Back in 1291, famous venetian glassmakers were forced to move to Murano, an island in Northern Italy. Hence it became famous for all its glass art and especially chandeliers. This is why you keep hearing people referring to high end glass as “Murano” glass.Among the very few families who were linked to glassmaking were Barovier & Toso, still considered among the top names in fine Murano glass lighting. Barovier & Toso have been in the market for hundreds of years with designs and collections ranging from the classic to the contemporary with their main focus on quality, trendy designs, and beautiful colors. Their services of allowing custom designs with endless shapes have linked them to the top names in hospitality and fashion houses designing exclusive pieces for their clients. They provide solutions to both commercial and residential projects. I included in this post a nice selection from their designs, hope you like them.

 

 

 

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26 Jun ’11

Karl Lagerfield Glassware Collection | Complements & Accessories

Filed under: blog,Compliments & Accessories — Tags: , , , — Sahar @ 6:35 pm

 

 

The world renowned designer Karl Lagerfeld recently designed a collection of crystal glasses for Swedish Company Orrefors . Distinguished with the KL monogram, the collection includes champagne flutes bowls, vases, water and liqueur glasses. Finishes are in transparent, black ,or milky white.

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24 Jun ’11

From My Kitchen | Linguine With Halloumi

Filed under: blog,From my Kitchen — Tags: , , , , , — Sahar @ 3:23 pm

Well it is summer season already, not only do we not have time to cook, as most of us are vacationing, we need to eat something light, healthy, easy to make, and most probably have its ingredients lying in our kitchen anyway.

This linguine is one of my favorites it literally takes 10 minutes to prepare and that’s just due to the time cooking the pasta takes.

 

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23 Jun ’11

A Live Bar in Shanghai | Bar Design

Filed under: blog,Interiors,Restaurants — Tags: , , — Sahar @ 4:03 pm

This is the perfect example of how creative you can be when you have a client who is open minded to new ideas. When a receptive attitude is present budget doesn’t matter. In this particular project the budget was low, but the expectations were high. An unusual concept was expected, and there it was.

The architect ,Francesco Gatti, proposed for the project ZEBAR, a caved space with vertical slices continuing in 2D on the floors derived from images from the digital world.

The construction for this concept was fast and was almost finished in a couple of months, what was sad though is that it remained closed for 3 years because the owners did not really know what to do with the space or how to run it.

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