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About a month ago we received an email from Arild Eriksen, principal of Eriksen Skajaa Architects, telling us that they have recently won the competition for new gateways to the Sjunkhatten National Park in the northern part of Norway. Their proposal called “SAIVU” means portal to another world for the Sami people, indigenous from the Arctic region that stretches the countries of…

Every time I conclude that one more time “it’s all about mood”! More and more people complain about lack of time, but it’s their lack of

good mood they fit into. What else makes the time relative than just mood?

I’m human too and l behave alike the others. I just dislike to repeat things in a raw, therefore I can’t accept to complain about lack of

time anymore. The talking books about time…

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The Newberry Library

[Newberry Library (1893) Henry Ives Cobb, architect /Image & Artwork: designslinger]



There was a time in this country's history when going to the library meant you were either a dues paying member, or had the wherewithal to build your own private…

Citadel/Bank One Corporate Center

[Citadel Center/Bank One Corporate Center (2003) Ricardo Bofill/Arquitectura, design consultants; DeStefano & Partners, architects of record /Images & Artwork: designslinger]



The glimmering glass sheathed building at the corners of…

A half hour south of us , there is a very small, rather old town. It has only a half dozen or so roads. One of those roads is called Old Schoolhouse Rd. and on that road is the original building… the Old School House. Although not a large structure, all it’s architectural details (both inside and out) are bold and from that period. (1860 to 1880). The first floor’s ceiling height is twelve feet with it’s windows beginning three feet off the floor and continuing to within a foot of the…

This room no longer has any walls

Half-way between a country house and a modernist villa by Mies van der Rohe, Loft 24/7 by Fernanda Marques is a space where interiors and exteriors blend in with the surrounding nature.



Living the inside of a house as though one was outside it has always been a soft spot for Brazilian architect, Fernanda Marques. But it is also an increasingly pressing need for modern man, in search of greater respect of and…

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That's what l found interesting: a ventilated mattress, both heating and cooling system applied for a completely other kind of product: a sleeping mattress!

It's a hülsta innovation 2011.

And l found very interesting to see the way it was done: technology,…

Chicago Savings Bank Building/The Chicago Building

[Chicago Savings Bank Building (1904) Holabird & Roche, architects /Images & Artwork: designslinger]



These 15 stories of dark brown brick and terra cotta present you with one of the best surviving examples of one of…

William McCormick Blair House

[William McCormick Blair House (1916) Arthur Heun, architect /Image & Artwork: designslinger]



This rather unassuming, sedate, Georgian/Federal style single family home may not look like much from the outside but the builder's family had a…

I’ve been organizing the hülsta studio summer school for the 2^nd time in 2010. This time it was even more interesting than it’s first edition in 2009: invited lecturers from Germany and Spain were pleased to come and teach our participants – interior architecture students from Ion Mincu University, Bucharest.

There were even more prizes to win also: 2 winners were visiting hülsta factory and showroom, Arte M and Parador showrooms in Germany. Some others were getting some…

200 E. Pearson, Chicago

[200 E. Pearson (1916) Robert S. De Golyer, architect /Images & Artwork: designslinger]



If you've been following our posts this week, we've featured two of modernist Mies van der Rohe's final Chicago projects. The city became the…

AUTHOR: Ross Chapin

ISBN: 978-160085-107-0…