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Unique Cutlery by Zaha Hadid

Filed under: Decor

I, for one, am a fan of understated design elements -- the things that don't jump out, but get admired more by chance by people who notice details. And as far as I'm concerned this cutlery set designed by architect Zaha Hadid, with the fluid and unique design, is one of those items. Artistic yet surprisingly simple and functional, the two spoons are my favorites. They seem fun to use but in a sophisticated way -- reminding me of grown-up versions of the silly-straw, but without the cheap plastic and obnoxious colors.

The $250 set should be available starting this month, but with a very limited U.S. distribution.

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Reflections at Keppel Bay

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

The rather stunning design shown here, a collection of six glass towers and 11 villa apartment blocks is another luxury project from starchitect Daniel Libeskind. Reflections at Keppel Bay will be going up in Singapore, offering 1,160 luxury residences along a shoreline. The towers are topped with sky gardens are are linked together with sky bridges. People are already signing up to live in the project which offers everything from modest 732 square foot studio apartments to a 12,900 square foot five-bedroom super penthouse.

[via Property Report]

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Futuristic Kitchen by Zaha Hadid

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Dining

Zaha Hadid is an architect known for her innovative and deconstructionist designs, which are found throughout the world. During Design Week in Milan, Hadid created a futuristic kitchen setting out of DuPont Corian. The Z-Island kitchen included two main units, one associated with "fire," which housed the cooktop, and one associated with "water," which had the sink and dishrack. In addition to these fairly basic functions, the "sensory- responsive kitchen environment" had multimedia sound and video equipment embedded into the islands, all of which could be controlled with a central touch panel. The modular wall storage featured a coating that gave it "advanced sound and light diffusion capabilities" to enhance the overall experience of being in the room.

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Twisting Tower for Toronto

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

The MAD Architectural Design Studio, based in Beijing, has won a contest for the right to build a 50-story condominium tower in a western suburb of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. They were chosen based on the integrity of their design, judged by a panel of architects, urban planners and design experts, as well as on a popular vote from some 6,000 of the city's residents.

The twisting tower, which will be of the most fantastic looking buildings in Canada, will cost approximately $114 million to complete and will be made from glass and concrete. The project is scheduled to be complete by 2010, at which point MAD hopes to add an additional four towers to the area.

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