A Contemporary Kitchen Design

A contemporary kitchen design inspiration has been designed by an Auckland, New Zealand based designer, Mal Corboy. This contemporary kitchen design is a part of a modern penthouse apartment interior with a high degree of glass and natural stone on the exterior design. The client wanted a very masculine looking kitchen space and the designer chose the Stat Vein Marble and Stainless Steel, which provided an overall strong mono chromatic look to the Kitchen to achieve this masculine kitchen design.



Bench tops were made 150mm high of Stainless Steel with the Stat Marble inserted into the work surface. The designer continued the use of the Stainless Steel on the draws, doors and end panel fronts. A streamline chromed handle was used on all the cabinetry which were imported from Germany, this gave the Kitchen nice lines and could be used secondary to the Blum electric push release draws. The clients are very design conscious people and coupled with the fact it was twelve months before production began for this Kitchen. The end result is a very contemporary kitchen which takes peoples breath away when they first see it. This has become a focal point in this large open plan apartment.

Black and White Minimalist Kitchen Interior Painting Decoration in Various Style

Black and white colors painting can create dramatic effect and can also give sensational look to your home. Combination of black and white in painting and decorating gives an elegant, sophisticated, clean and a fresh look. This minimalist kitchen interior design dominated with black and white color, it is look very simple, clean, minimalist and elegant interior. Combined all things black and white with great effect and look very luxurious.

Horizontal House – Contemporary Architecture in Italy

This white Horizontal House is on a flat landscape with an endless beauty of the outside. Located in Cuneo, Italy this house presents in clean and smooth line with pure white color of the exterior and interior.







Open walls, clear glass windows, and wide glass doors invite the surround view to come in and fill the interior. Outdoor patio is designed with natural hardwood floor and several floor cushions. An interesting architectural structure of the exterior continues to the interior design which is also presented in white shade. Taking the modern and minimalist concept, the interior is decorated with touch of hot red, stone and big flower pots. Large windows ensure the natural light to fill in and open-concept floor plan leads us to move from one room to another easily. Wood floor becomes a great combination with white shade and make the house looks clean. The kitchen looks very stylish with horizontal windows in wood frame. This awesome Horizontal House very stands out in both exterior and interior design.

Bechtler Museum

Clad in a glazed terra cotta tile that lends it an orange hue and a sleek feel, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, shows Swiss architect Mario Botta shifting subtly from his signature brick and stone.

A mortar-free terra cotta rain screen clads the essential forms of the small museum. The massing block of a fourth-floor gallery reaches out over an entry plaza below, underpinned by a column wrapped in a double-tapered sheath of tiles.



The building's exterior surface combines flat, single-thickness tiles with tiles of triangular cross section, forming textured patterns and creating a play of light and shadow throughout the day. In using the terra cotta, Botta has described his concept of the building as a clay mass carved out by light.

The museum opened on January 2, 2010, as only the second building of Botta's in the United States, after SFMOMA (1995), although his work has flourished in Europe and Asia in the meantime.

Botta says he maintained the open area in an Italian piazza style to give people on the street a sense of being part of the structure. He also aimed to create the feel of a welcoming Southern front porch. Throughout the 36,500-square-foot (3,400-square-meter) building, one gets the sense of being integrated — aware of and able to see what's going on, both inside and out, from all four levels of the building.

Greenpoint Stadium to House South Africa World Cup in 2010

It’s nice to see an example of how architecture and sports evolve together. The pictures below were made in Cape Town, South Africa and they represent the new Greenpoint Stadium which will house the South Africa World Cup in 2010. The previous stadium in Cape Town had a capacity of 18,000 spectators, which apparently was not nearly enough, as the project from Gmp Architekten has a capacity of no less than 65,000 seats. The stadium is not only famous for its future matches, but also for its great architecture. Here is some technical information from the architects concerning the giant building: “The lightweight membrane structure consists of extensive concave features forming a uniform, flowing facade that follows the undulations.







The light-colored glass fiber mesh boosts this effect, its coloration generating depth and vitality. The translucent surface absorbs and reflects the changing atmosphere of the daylight.The angle of inclination means that all the seats have the best possible sighting of the pitch. The interior of the stadium is designed to focus all attention on the pitch, thereby generating an atmosphere of intimacy and excitement”. How is this for an additional reason to stay in touch with the World Cup events?