“Netherlands Institute of Architecture has teamed up with the Dutch postal service to create a set of stamps that, when held up in front of your webcam, display 3D models of five unbuilt works by Dutch architecture offices. ”
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Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design a mosque, Islamic centre and museum in Tirana, Albania.
Here are some of the shots from London based freelance photographer, Rachael Smith
Rachael who graduated from University in 2000 has worked for a number of design and advertising clients throughout the UK and also across Europe.
She has a talent for capturing the very essence of a place in her interior shots. Portraying not just the physical features of a home, but giving us an insight into what it may very well be like to live there.
She has the unique ability to capture what makes a house a home in her interior shots.
Here were a few of my favourites..
Against the Swedish, Forest Background.
A well loved and often used fireplace
A warm room that captures the ability of floor to ceiling windows to bring outside in.
This shot gives us into a glimpse of the family home — A Classical piano on modern, polished concrete floors is the main feature of the room. Whilst the toy car lets us know that the Home belongs to a young family.
The Home of Furniture designer Eero Aarnio.
Here he is with his famous bubble chair
A library or study room – With still a hint of Aarnio’s plastic and fibreglass furniture