Metropol Parasol is the World’s Largest Wooden structure in Seville, Spain. Designed by Jurgen Mayer H. Architects, the parasol flows over sidewalks and walkways in waves of honeycomb patterns. The design is created from wood, steel and polyurethane bonding and stretches for more than 18,000 square feet.
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Simplicity in form, versatility in function, and boldness in design. These are the words to describe the Tower Table from Calligaris, an edifice of glass and steel that mirrors the specter of modern skyscrapers. With two easy to deploy leaf extensions, Tower can transform from a standard dining table to a spacious gathering space for dining or conference. See it now at Hold It Contemporary Home. Available in clear or smoked glass.
Available at Hold It Contemporary Home starting at $3295
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Saltbox Drinking & Dining is officially open for business. The new gastro-lounge styled eatery is now the restaurant for the The Sé San Diego, which will soon be the Kimpton Hotel. The restaurant space offers a great rustic and comfortable feel with lots of warm light. As for the food, that has all been created by Executive Chef Simon Dolinky, formerly chef of BLVD 16 Restaurant at the Hotel Palomar Los Angeles and sous chef at JSix under Christian Graves.
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London is making a lot of changes and “upgrades” to their modern architecture before the Olympic Games next summer. But one addition won’t be on land, it will be in the Thames. The Floating River Park is scheduled to being construction and to be completed in time for Games in 2012. The park will be half a mile long and nearly 40 feet wide at parts and will float from the Blackfriars Bridge down until the Tower of London. The design is by Gensler Architects want this space to contain everything and become a tourist destination in itself, as well as a pathway within the city of London.
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The Secret is Out!
Hold It Contemporary Home worked with the talented designers from Bunim Murray Productions to create the La Jolla home for the 26th season of “The Real World”! We’d like to invite you to watch with us, as MTV finally reveals the wild interior design that our team helped make happen.
Join us for the Season Premier of “The Real World: San Diego” at Hold It Contemporary Home on September 28 from 8:30 until 11. Enjoy the drama and check out the hip designs as you sip cocktails and snack on your favorite bar cuisine from Firehouse, all while watching the season premier on a HUGE projection screen!
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We have seen repurposed tires turned into to tables, but this tire art keeps the rubber in its useful form, but makes them more beautiful. The designers at Studio Wim Delvoye have cut shapes into all sorts of everyday items but the tires are so unique and interesting. Find out more info about the tires here.
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Sturgess Architecture has designed a breath-taking and death defying glass walkway to help visitors view even more of the Columbian Icefields in Jasper National Park. The Canadian firm won a competition to create this design in the National Park located in Alberta, Canada. The walkway called “Brewster’s Discovery Walkway” will have a glass floor and will also be attached to a 400 meter walkway on the mountain itself. If you aren’t too afraid of heights, the walkway will open sometime in 2012.
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The San Diego Beer Fair is taking over Liberty Station on September 24th. Local breweries will be offering both beer and food samples. You can also purchase tickets to get in early and meet the brewers and learn more about your favorite beers. Get your tickets here.
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A Colorado sidewalk has been turned into a nature park. The Natural Systems Domination in Downtown Denver took old office furnishings and live plants and created a beautiful concept. Tres Birds designed the space and said that the goal of the area is to “[encourage] people out of their offices for daily fresh air breaks.” The contradiction of the office and the outdoors is extremely well done and offers a whimsical design to the sidewalk space.
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Sometimes billboards say more than words. This Lead Pencil Studio sculpture is built near the U.S.- Canada border near Vancouver and it’s creative design offers big message. The idea behind the design is best described by Lead Pencil Studion “Borrowing the effectiveness of billboards to redirect attention away from the landscape… this permanently open aperture between nations works to frame nothing more than a clear view of the changing atmospheric conditions beyond.”
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