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2010-02-27
Moustafa Fathi Retrospective
From March 9 till April 17, 2010, Ayyam gallery Dubai will present a solo show in memoriam for the late Syrian painter Moustapha Fathi (1942-2009). Featuring two decades of Fathi’s work and accompanied by a recently published monograph on the artist, the exhibition will underscore the importance of one of Syria’s most influential contemporary pioneers.

2010-02-21
An exhibition of Syrian painter Thaier Helal
A solo exhibition of established Syrian painter Thaier Helal at Ayyam Gallery, Damascus from March 6 till March 20, 2010.

2010-02-13
Invitation to participate in : International Architectural Competition 2010
Invitation to participate in : International Architectural Competition 2010 “Architectural Research Center” MAG LAB (Syria-Spain) in collaboration with Ebdaat Magazine (Architectural Creations) - ALFA 301 (Spain) And Stardust* (Spain-Italy-Brazil-USA) is Organizing the 2010 International Architectural Competition. The competition invites architects, engineers, designers and artists to continue investigating new ideas and concepts for the 2010 International Architectural Competition. The competition calls for innovative designs which take into consideration the historical and social context, the existing urban fabric, the human scale, and the environment. This competition of ideas will aim to give the students, architects, engineers, artists and designers enough freedom to address the challenges in the most creative and innovative way. All the information and details are available in the competition official website : www.arcompetition.org for more information please contact us through :contact@arcompetition.org On behalf of MAG-LAB, Alfa 301 and Stardust*, we would like to thank you for your interesting in the Architectural Research Competition. We are looking forward to receiving your entry. If you have any questions please feel free to ask contact@arcompetition.org

2010-01-26
Exhibition: Results of the workshop book design
The German Culture Center- the Goethe Institute- in collaboration with Fine Arts Faculty at Damascus University had launched a workshop for Fine Arts students in September 2009 on the art book theme. The workshop lasted for one week and was lead by German expert Mr. Sven Markisch, professor at Higher Institute of Arts in Halle city, in collaboration with his colleague Professor Iyad El-Mahmoud from university of Damascus. Accomplished works during this workshop will be exhibited in Goethe Institute Gallery hall, from26-28/01/2010. Opening will be at 6PM on Tuesday 26/01/2010 with the participation of workshop students and their instructor, Professor Iyad –El-Mahmoud

2010-01-02
The SiciliaOlanda 2.0 Exhibition
The edition number one SiciliaOlanda held in 2007 at "the Chimneys" of Catania was the first extraordinary meeting of what in time became a real cultural partnership between Sicilian and Dutch architects, in which one the protagonists were 49 young Sicilian architects under 40, selected from the competition SiciliArchitettura '06 .
The participants of this today’s second edition are 10 Sicilian architects under 40, have distinguished themselves in recent years by works, awards, publications and endorsements, and ten Dutch architects are same age, selected from the NAI, the prestigious Institute of Dutch Architecture.

Optic Ximenes

Interior Design| issue 1 2010| Add a comment

Optic Ximenes.
Client: Carlos Ximenes and siblings.
Author: Xavier Martin.
Photographer: Jordi Miralles
Reforming the Local Optical Ximenes was a real challenge for an interior designer Xavier Martin. Located in Barcelona street, the main commercial street of Mataró city, with prestige of its long history since its founding in 1939, Ximenes demanded the highest quality standards and a personal style and unmistakable.

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Barcelona Stylclinic

Interior Design| issue 4 2009| Add a comment

BARCELONA STYLCLINIC
Design: Xavier Martin
Photos by: Eusebi Escarpenter
Conceptual memory of the work:

Xavier Martin on this project was inspired by the firm and smoothness skin, delicate. For this reason we have a sensory space where the various elements create a sense of being inside an organic and involving environment.
Both structural elements as the walls come alive and move with the presence of curved lines all the way, creating together with a careful treatment of light, a sinuous atmosphere, relaxing.

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BRAND

Interior Design| issue 3 2009 | Add a comment

Project: USA, Nevada, Las Vegas - Monte Carlo Resort and Casino
Location The Light Group
Client MGM Mirage Design Group
Building Type: Restaurant & Lounge
Size: 744 m²
Photo Credits: Ricardo Ridecos

The BRAND Steakhouse sits amidst the casino floor in the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas. The jewel of the space is a ceiling canopy made of numerous panels wrapped in custom printed fur creating a pixilated abstract cowhide pattern. Panels lit at various depths create a spectacular dusting glow that emanates from the ceiling. The marriage of texture and form coupled with height variations affords a constantly diversified spatial experience. The perception is individualized and ever-changing due to the magnetic patterning of the ceiling panels as well as the rich and ambient materials beneath that reinforce the sensation of being present within a diversified ecology.

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FIX Restaurant & Bar

Interior Design| issue 3 2009 | Add a comment

Project: FIX Restaurant & Bar
Location: USA, Nevada, Las Vegas – Bellagio Casino
Client: MGM Mirage Design Group
Owner/Operator: Light Group LV
Building Type: Restaurant & Bar
Size: 3.700 sqft [370 m²]
Photo Credits: Ricky Ridecos
As a complex and supernaturally glowing topography, the ceiling plane acts as a façade for the restaurant FIX and guides visitors into the space. The precision milled ceiling assembly comprises padouk wood slats which alternately converge into smooth surfaces and diverge to create openness and translucency. It is waving up and down creating generous and intimate spacial conditions, while invisibly including ‘eye shaped’ diffusers for air, sprinklers, lights, speakers: not a mere ceiling, but an intelligent and beautiful interface.

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STACK Restaurant & Bar

Interior Design| issue 3 2009 | Add a comment

Project: STACK Restaurant & Bar
Location USA, Nevada, Las Vegas - Mirage Casino and Hotel
Client Light Group LV
MGM Mirage Design Group
Building Type: Restaurant and Bar
Size: 560 m²
Photo Credits: Ricardo Ridecos

An enticing canyoning landscape is generated through undulating striations of seating, layered wall and bar, utilizing the generous 19‘ height capacity to produce a telescopic effect in depth. The horizontal layers are peeled from one another, creating variation in patterning, cantilevering and velocity.
This effect forms a visible invitation to the space, drawing the visitor in and gradually framing multiple spatial readings, keeping the guest inside. The canyon wall is embedded with a lighting effect which reveals a random pixilated pattern once one has journeyed inside the restaurant and looks back out.

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