Kuwait Pavilion - Venice Biennale, Arsenale...

A few images from the Kuwait Pavilion at this year's Venice Architectural Biennale. It's the first time Kuwait is represented... For more info about the pavilion click here. 

Random Images - Venice Architectural Biennale 2012...

A few, semi-random, images from this year's Architectural Biennale in Venice. Where I can remember, I've included the origin/ name of the work or pavilion... 

I'll post a few more specific submissions of a few pavilions in the near future... 

A copper surface near the entrance to the Arsenale... 

Cyprus Pavilion... 

Chinese Pavilion... 

Japanese Pavilion... 

German Pavilion... 

Canadian Pavilion... 

French Pavilion... 

American Pavilion... 

Korean Pavilion... 

Swiss Pavilion... 

Austrian Pavilion... 

Kosovan Pavilion... 

Belgian (or Spanish) Pavilion... 

 Romanian Pavilion...

Brazilian Pavilion...

Vietnam Memorial - Washington DC...

A few images of Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC... 

Design Details No. 10 - A Carton of Eggs, Doha...

A simple and straightforward egg carton of turquoise cardboard with a (complementary & complimentary) red string, bought at our local grocer... 

Brilliant..! 

Chapel of Silence, Helsinki...

A few images of the Chapel of Silence located in central Helsinki, in the middle of perhaps the busiest square in the city... 

The chapel was designed by K2S Architects... 

Design Details No. 9 - Monocle Packaging...

A few days back I received a pack of CDs ordered from Monocle Magazine's web-shop. The parcel arrived promptly, but beyond that, the package itself was, in my mind, truly beautiful... The CD's were inside an envelope made of, almost card thick, semi-glossy, satin-finish, paper with a Japanese-esque pattern. The top of the rectangular bag was folded over and secured with a bespoke sticker-seal, which one opened by simple finger flick below the seal.

As a package, and considering its content, the envelope transcended into the realm of an artifact with its own particular presence, weight and charm... The act of opening the envelope eclipsed into a small, ascetic, mini-ceremony of its own... 

Sweet...