San Francisco Design Week 2019
San Francisco Design Week / AIGA SF
"What's Cooking" in restaurant design trends. Panel discussion by top architects and designers at Flexform SF with AIA SF, June 26, moderated by Modern Luxury Silicon Valley.
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Flexform SF
San Francisco Design Week 2019
San Francisco Design Week / AIGA SF
Exhibition Opening at San Francisco Design Week.
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Andre Pennycooke
San Francisco Design Week 2019
San Francisco Design Week / AIGA SF
Speaker Panel at the Design Hub, San Francisco Design Week.
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Andre Pennycooke
San Francisco Design Week 2019
San Francisco Design Week / AIGA SF
The Design Hub at Pier 27 Embarcadero. San Francisco Design Week.
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Ron Poznansky
San Francisco Design Week 2019
San Francisco Design Week / AIGA SF
Opening Night Party on the waterfront at Pier 27, San Francisco Design Week.
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Irina Blok
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Bex & Arts Pavilion is a temporary structure created by Montalba Architects for the Bex & Arts sculpture triennial in Bex, Switzerland.
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Delphine Burtin
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Multi-functional: Sited within the dramatic Swiss landscape, the 40-square meter pavilion features a fabrication studio, exhibition space, and visitor center.
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Delphine Burtin
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Multi-tasking elements: Lightweight wooden shelves provide structural support and double as exhibition space, and can be easily disassembled and reused for future events.
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Delphine Burtin
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Shared environment: Narrow black, vertical panels alternate with voids to form the pavilion’s façade and a custom perforation pattern filters light while reinforcing the relationship between the interior and surrounding landscape.
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Delphine Burtin
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Sustainably built: Featuring a high-performance wood structure, custom perforated panels, and mineral-based floor panels, Bex & Arts Pavilion sits on a movable foundation that limits the impact of its construction on the land.
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Delphine Burtin
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Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Transportable services: Studio Dental MDU travels to where patients are located at corporate and technology campuses around the San Francisco Bay Area, including Silicon Valley.
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Mitch Tobias
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Tiny footprint: The MDU (mobile dental unit) packs a waiting area, two semi-private operatories, and a sterilization room into 21-square meters while creating the illusion of a more spacious interior.
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Mitch Tobias
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
A ground-breaking project by Montalba Architects, Studio Dental MDU (mobile dental unit) features a material palette of natural wood, bright white surfaces, and custom perforated ceiling and walls.
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Mitch Tobias
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Interior cohesion: A glimpse of the innovative, perforation design details.
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Mitch Tobias
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Innovative design: Each operatory gestures to the sky, with 3.35-meter high ceilings and translucent sculpted skylights above each chair, which deliver abundant, diffused natural light, and also house TV monitors.
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Mitch Tobias
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Utilitarian beauty: The exterior of the 8-meter long trailer features the same custom perforation as found in the interior, a pattern which suggests a dense tree canopy.
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Mitch Tobias
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
At the eco-luxury resort Whitepod, eighteen individual Zen Pods-- hotel-suites-in-a-pod--immerse guests in the unique experience of the alpine landscape.
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Delphine Burtin
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Interconnectivity: The pod design was inspired by the concept of Zen as well as Wu Ting movement theory, which derives from the energies connected to the elements of earth, water, wood, metal, and fire.
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Delphine Burtin
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
Measuring 46-square meters and surrounded by a 67-square meter terrace, each Zen Pod references form of the natural world and borrows materials, such as wood, to reflect the surrounding ecosystem.
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Delphine Burtin
Montalba Architects Masterfully Conjurs Small Projects with Big Ideas
Montalba Architects
The raised bath area features a circular, prefabricated bath box that echoes its circular, semi-enclosure.
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Delphine Burtin
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