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【ADF Web Magazine】A Luxury Penthouse of Simple Beauty, Designed by destilat design studio

ＡAbove the rooftops of Vienna, overlooking the Danube and Kahlenberg, destilat developed the interior design for a luxury penthouse of understated beauty. The two-story family home spans 500 square feet with a long rectangular floor plan whose spatial structures flow into one another and continue over terraces on both long sides; crowned by an impressive rooftop garden with pool, outdoor kitchen, custom plant arches and irrigation system.

【ADF Web MagazineMulti-generational House in Bangkok “Reflection House” Receives Best of Best in 2022 Architeccture Masterprize

The Thailand based AUN Design Studio has recently completed the "Reflection House", which reflects the memories of the client's childhood, realizing it for his family and elderly mother to live in harmony.

【ADF Web Magazine】A Floating Forest designed by Turenscape in Fish Tail Park in Nanchang City, China

In the city of Nanchang in the floodplain of the Yangtze River in east-central China, Turenscape transformed an underutilised 126-hectare landscape into a gorgeous floating forest that regulates stormwater, provides wildlife habitat, offers a range of recreational opportunities, and allows residents to reconnect with nature.

【ADF Web Magazine】Garden For Year Round Enjoyment; Oudolf Field in Somerset, UK

Chartered Architect & Founder Von Chua introduces the Oudolf Field in Hauser & Wirth Somerset, UK, a garden designed and operated for enjoyment all year-round.
The Oudolf Field was designed by Piet Oudolf, a famous Dutch garden designer and author who is well known in the horticultural industry and whose name is familiar to households in the UK.

【ADF Web Magazine】2022 Remix / Recap

Artist and freelance writer Keith Tolch looks back at the year 2022. The author looks back at the work of Joan Mitchell, his first writing artist in 2022. We hope you enjoy the article and the photos of the work.

Art Gallery / Museum Information-Recommended Exhibition in January 2023

We present to you the Art Galleries and Museums Exhibitions in January 2023. In addition to the calendar of events, we provide detailed information, for example, about the exhibited works. Up-to-date information on opening hours can be found on the websites of each museum before you visit them.

【ADF Web Magazine】Lightscape at Brooklyn Botanic Garden presents Norman Mooney’s sculptures: Windseeds in New York City

Norman Mooney is pleased to unveil his new installation Windseeds at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden from November 16, 2022 to January 8, 2023. The three Windseed sculptures, commissioned for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and standing 12 feet, 10 feet, and 8 feet tall respectively, all take the same geometric structures as their point of departure.

【ADF Web Magazine】Gae Aulenti; A look at Japan and the world

Architect and researcher Matteo Belfiore presents the exhibition of Gae Aulenti, a versatile architect and tenacious woman who was among the first to take up a profession considered 'masculine'. The architect was also a product designer, set designer and urban planner. Matteo presents the architect's representative works, including the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Palazzo Heres Grassi in Venice, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, and explains her distinguished professors' views on architecture.

Please enjoy the article about her work, which will go down in history as a brilliant architect.

【ADF Web Magazine】Tiny Solar Home on Water Becomes a Personal Retreat and a Cozy Travelling Nest

With the world seemingly turned upside down due to pandemic travel restrictions, the effects of global warming, conflict, an energy crisis and more, the time has never been more urgent for a refuge with a high level of self-sufficient energy and the ability to remain mobile despite growing challenges. Crossboundaries has developed a fully solar-powered motorboat with the features of a high-end tiny home that can function as a traveling nest in slow motion.

【ADF Web Magazine】Presentaion of the new MILANO STYLE Collection by LILI CEMENT TILE

MILANO STYLE Collection was created with Italian design, American industry and direction, and Vietnamese craftsmanship and production. Three souls united to create a sophisticated cement tile collection with a modern and current taste - Infinite solutions from LILI CEMENT TILE, to cover walls and floors with 13 color variations - and 5 designs.

【ADF Web Magazine】Escaleras y Mirador Vela: a Unique Viewing Platform Over the Mediterranean Sea Barcelona, Spain

External Reference presents a new architectural and urban planning project on the Barceloneta seafront that creates a new balcony overlooking the Mediterranean Sea as a unique viewing platform above the city, connecting Passeig del Mare Nostrum with Plaça de la Rosa dels Vents in Barceloneta.

【ADF Web Magazine】San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s New Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center, a Cutting Edge Vertical C

The Ute & William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts at the San Francisco Civic Center, the city's performing arts center, is located in the heart of the city. Center for Performing Arts at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) was designed by Mark Cavagnero Associates (Cavagnero) as a "vertical campus" that combines student housing, dining halls, classrooms, rehearsal spaces, performance spaces, and a radio station under one roof.

Hong Kong News December 2022

We have received a new report supported by GARDE!

Noi, the new restaurant lounge led by Argentinian-born Michelin-starred chef, Paulo Airaudo, has opened at the newly refurbished Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong. The restaurant was designed by interior design studio AB Concept. The overall design pays homage to Chef Airaudo's Italian-Argentinian ancestry by fusing Italian architecture with modern furniture, along with a statement wine cellar. Noi, which translates to "we" or "us" in Italian, offers diners an authentic fine-dining experience and a window into Chef Airaudo's world, complete with playful furnishings that were influenced by his travels as well as pop-art references alluding to his tattoos, favorite movies and video games. Following a design brief set by Airaudo himself, AB Concept has divided the new restaurant into two key zones: an Italian style dining room, and a more casual breakout lounge featuring a wine bar kiosk and panoramic views over Hong Kong.

【ADF Web Magazine】Designed by Takenaka Corporation Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP The Office Inspired by Woven Fabrics

In designing the headquarters of ZOZO, the company behind the fashion e-commerce website "ZOZOTOWN," Takenaka Corporation & Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP aimed to create a "regionally integrated office" that grows with the city, based on the vision that the city itself is an office, where needs such as cafes, parks, daycare centres, gyms, and more are outsourced to the city rather than provided internally. In this way, employees become ideal feedback providers for the company's core business while building a relationship with the city and its residents.

【ADF Web Magazine】HOLIDAY SEASON INSTALLATION

Architect Valentina Cannava shows the Christmas scenery in Tokyo: the special lighting and other aspects of Roppongi Hills and Omotesando will make you feel the glorious Christmas and New Year holidays.

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