Oct 15, 2014 | Exhibitions & Events
Downtown Design is an international design trade fair of select quality brands exhibiting products, trends and concepts never-before seen in the region.
Building on its successful debut, Downtown Design 2014 will be bringing an eclectic mix of the world’s most iconic and cutting-edge brands in furniture, lighting, kitchens, bathrooms, accessories, textiles and new technologies to create a unique business platform dedicated to original design.
Passionate about quality and authenticity, the team behind Downtown Design is on a mission to turn Dubai into a vibrant hub where premium brands, designers, developers, architects and a fresh audience come together to get inspired, network and build lasting business partnerships with the region’s key players.
Set in the heart of downtown Dubai, the fair will boast a packed 3-day exhibit showcasing the latest and greatest in design, complimented by a series of events and workshops that aim to communicate the importance of original design.
For trade visitors
Tuesday, 28 October to Thursday, 30 October 2014, 12noon – 8pm
Friday, 31 October 2014, 12noon – 6pm
Entrance is free for registered trade visitors.
Register here
For the general public
Tuesday, 28 October to Thursday, 30 October 2014, 5 – 8pm
Friday, 31 October 2014, 12noon – 6pm
Free admission for pre-registered visitors
Admission on the door: AED 50
Location
The Venue, Downtown Dubai
For more details you can visit their website:
Downtown Design
Apr 8, 2014 | Architecture, Interiors
The Jesolo Lido Pool Villa is the first of a development for 9 single-family residences in the beach town of Jesolo Lido, Italy. The villa is a custom designed prefabricated wood structure, and it was built and furnished in only 6 months. Energy-saving high standards have been applied to the shell to guarantee maximum comfort and almost zero costs throughout the four seasons. The building features wood structures as a flexible and anti-seismic system which also avoids thermal bridges. The 31 cm of perimeter insulation, argon-gas insulated glass facades, 10 kw of photovoltaic panels installed on the roof and the interior / exterior led light fixtures co-operate in making a technologically contemporary building. Because of the small dimensions of the plot, the design goal has been directed in leaving as much open space as possible. The indoor living area has transparent sides which opens towards two different-sized patios. The largest one features a long swimming pool, which takes the entire length of the space, and two planted square inserts. An olive tree is the main three-dimensional element in the patio and it’s placed next to the staircase which leads to the underground level, where the storage and technical rooms are located.
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Apr 1, 2014 | Architecture, blog, Interiors
This beautiful villa in Las Vegas is designed by Assemblage Studio and is referred to as the Tresarca Residence. Every area is well designed, the combination of grey stone with wood, my favorite combination for modern villas, the infinity pool, amazing terrace, and beautiful bathrooms. Check out the photos below.
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Mar 1, 2014 | Interiors
The Queensgate project was designed by TG Studio where the designers joined two separate apartments. Neither apartment had been renovated for over 40 years.
The luxury apartment had luxurious finishing using Schotten and Hansen wood flooring, Lutron lighting system, Dorn Bracht faucets, and the kitchen by non other than famous German company: Bulthaup.
The Lebanese owners of this apartment travel between Africa and London often. And the brief was for a modern but earthy look that would work in this classical building. The owner runs high quality furniture shops in Africa and with her, TG Studio furnished the apartment when the building works were completed.
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Feb 18, 2014 | Interiors
When it comes to featured houses in Cape town, the usual projects are large scale villas with breathtaking architecture. This interesting project is a small apartment so beautifully utilized and very well designed with influential elements applied only where they should be. Antoni Associates Interiors & OKHA interiors collaborated on this apartment in terms of design and furnishing. The outcome is just beautiful. Below you can read the details as shared by the designers.
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