Aldo Rossi (1931-1997) is one of the most influential Italian architects of the second half of the twentieth century, but beyond that, few people know that he is a product designer, theorist and artist as well. Aldo Rossi is the author of a number of urban theories. He’s architectural style is poetical, light and […]
Levan Mindiashvili -URBAN INTIMACIES
Numerous numbers of individuals are gathered in a modern person’s living environment,which is mainly urban. In spite of this, their majority lacks humanistic and private contact. People are mostly alone. Levan Mindiashvili’s study is more generalized – “I don’t think about the loneliness of an individual person in a huge urban environment – at […]
Wall Rupture by Thierry Dreyfus
Designer: Thierry Dreyfus Production: FLOS (Bovezzo/Italy) This lighting installation is represented in such a “bold” way and it actually is a part of the interior. Golden rupture belongs to a French lighting artist Thierry Dreyfus, who compares his work to an injury, a wound. As for the design, an uneven surface illuminated by an invisible […]
Doodles by Ruso Margishvili
Ruso Margishvili is a New York based architect, who in addition to her profession, is engaged in painting. She outlines that her pictures create a certain mood and accurate artistic vision so much that at first sight it is even unbelievable that painting for her is just a hobby, and she does this in […]
“New Galleries” – Tezi Gabunia
In this article we present Tezi Gabunia’s new series: “New galleries”. Art lovers have been well-acquainted with this artist, who now presents his works in a space where their existence, at first glance, is absurd, but this is exactly his aim – to delete the margin separating artworks and galleries and allow visitors to […]
MOSULISHVILI & PARTNERS ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Architect: George Mosulishvili Total Area: 153.3m2 Location: Tbilisi, Georgia Year: 2015 Construction: Mosulishvili & Partners There are lots of discussions about old part of the city and architecture which should be made or does not have any right to exist in this environment. My article is about a positive part of “activity” in our reality. […]
Future Buildings of Tbilisi
A good news is that constructions are in progress in Tbilisi. Another issue is how important these constructions are for the development of the architecture and whether they are a part of modern life. In this article we present the projects approved by the City Hall, which are already being constructed at present or […]
Bowl Club “LEBOWSKI”
Author of concept: Windfor’s Interior design: “olivedesign” |Nino Kambarashvili, Khatuna Mikaberidze| Wall art: Giorgi Makharashvili, Irakli Kadeishvili, Beka Zalikashvili Construction team: Engineer Group |Pako Magradze| Year: 2015 Location: Georgia, Tbilisi, East Point Each and every corner of this space is impregnated by the spirit of the crime comedy film by the Coen brothers “The Big Lebowski”. […]
Konkret Workshop EASA Malta 2015
Workshop: KONKRET Tutors: Kuba Ulbrych (DE) Marcos Silva Mirra (DE) Laura Dietsch (DE) Javier Guerra (ES) Photo: Laura Dietsch EASA is one of the first main topics for idaaf. Though we have not overviewed it completely this year we can’t miss it entirely. One of our favorite workshops this year is KONKRET – architectural, funky […]
“The Commons”
Not a lot is written about architecture in our country and whenever it is, mostly it is written by architects about each other, urban environment or topics related to professional matters. The individuals for whom all of this architecture is created have no chance to show their opinion at all. The most being done […]
Kingdom of Chairs
How much time do you spend on average studying those objects existing around you? In order to test this, just close your eyes and try to remember the details of your desktop or what is the order of books in the bookcase. If you find this difficult, then open your eyes and observe the […]
W chair
Designed by: Guntis Zingis Graphics by: Svetlana Shagun Photo and video by: Ugis Naglins and Martins Grauds and his team Country: Latvia Available sizes: S M L Personal characteristics: innovative, healthy, smart, patented Chair is one of the most useful inventions a human has ever made, it has changed its form and look […]
Pavements–Already a Necessity
I should have written this article quite a long time ago, when in the city, being a pedestrian, I felt discomfort and did not pay attention to it. This was the beginning of the “era” when cars landed onpavements, while space between them became people’s only walking area. The majority of streets in Tbilisi […]
WHITE STUDIO
IDAAF was lucky to become the sudden witness of communication between the client and one of the heads of creative team, therefore many answers have been received without any inquiries. It could be felt how the members of the team felt about people and art works in every action they’ve done. “Take care of our […]
Architectural Color – GREEN
Wavelength ~ 495 – 570nm Frequency ~ 575 – 525THz When we mention “Green Architecture”, associations, which arise, are much more diverse than just a representation of green-colored facades. Nowadays it mostly subsumes sustainable architecture and plant-encrusted buildings. Green is one of the most interesting architectural colors with its life-giving ability and a […]
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