A Building Material. When you hear your own macs are always on the lookout for the latest trends not that long ago the danish concept of her or coziness was all the hype across europe well now its all about lag on thats the swedish term for just the right amount not too little not too much in balance and living more consciously all this can be applied to many aspects of your lifestyle including clothing and interior design so to learn more about it we traveled to sweden to see firsthand how law works. Theres nothing fussy or fancy about the interior design and nicky brought marks home she prefers things to be lowkey minimalistic and simple but still cozy shes a strong believer in the less is more principle muted simple clean colors. But. Through texture and different materials it was important for me that we had a lot of natural materials in our home and lot of our pictures are of seascapes and botanicals. In sweden theres a name for nikki style. Originally from britain shes lived in for ten years and has a good grasp of what it means. I feel that with. The scandinavian home its really sort of the essence of the way and the architect self is all about ten the architecture is very purposeful and everything you put in it is functional but at the same time it has forms well it has a clean nice static. Lago means just enough moderation its a quintessentially swedish concept one the whole nation is familiar with. There its a philosophy really. Into for me it means not too little not too much finding the right balance that works for you. If you can use it in lots of different contexts if youre out drinking means not drinking so much that you cant work the next day. Apply to a static. Is ubiquitous in sweden. Blogs about interior design and doesnt have to look far for inspiration. If you look around everythings muted. And very simple colors whites greys but theres a lot of text chair as a lot of rattan bamboo stone cotton. She started her blog six years ago and has since turned it into a book scandi style has always been popular and these days suits the site geist more than ever. Its all over twitter and instagram in terms of fashion it translates into well made timeless and understated looks a trademark of the swedish label of a cock. Head of the Form Design Center and manu explains what makes it so appealing and so relevant right now. Were living in very turbulent times. There is more and more talk of Climate Change and sustainability and production consumption and lifestyle that. Were interested in better distribution of resources so that we leave something for the next generation and thats where lock on has a role to play in design. The sign. Swedish furniture giants ikea is keen to prove its green credentials the company has launched the living law project in britain and ireland giving customers support and advice on how to live a more sustainable and healthy life. Its all about striking a healthy balance with the world around us without making extreme changes or denying ourselves anything. Such as the occasional indulgence. Another swedish tradition is. The art of enjoying coffee and cake with Friends Family or even work colleagues taking breaks his log on to i think love comes fascinating from the set and its very much about finding balance in your life for example work and life and if you sit there were cool day your day going to get tired you can get less productive busy hours go on but if you take three slow down leave your desk take coffee like this fee compounds the swedish enjoy youll be much more productive off to its. Mark is working on a new book that will be all about. And she practices what she preaches that means putting the laptop away now and then so that work doesnt get in the way of the good things in life. Its considered the Academy Award of architecture the pritzker prize now its been handed out since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine to mostly the biggest names in architecture such as deed Norman Foster frank gehry renzo piano just to mention a few so it comes as a surprise to many that the winners of the two thousand and seventeen pritzker prize were not very well known however a trio from spain were awarded for their innovative designs using plastic recycled steel and incorporating Natural Landscapes into their work we met up with them in their office to hear more. I think the architects and r. C. Are were both side themselves with joy when they found out they had won the pritzker prize for. And the messages of congratulations have not stopped coming. Here whats the name of it we got a telegram from the Spanish Royal family one of our former lecturers sent us a gift and people on the street keep talking to us like people who know us but what about strangers to us how not just to say congratulations really here is simpler if your most vivid dream is come true or dream that we never even dreamt of dreaming that most of them. Are c. R. Stands for raphael around karma and ramon vologda. The three have their office in a former foundry building in the small catalonian town of they work a lot in the region they designed this library in barcelona a modern steel and glass structure that merges well with the surroundings. And a Sports Facility an all out surrounded by trees. They fill the void in the town to the point creating a space for locals its with projects like these that theyve made a name for themselves. Cynics are going to give us a job were known for our smaller works full of people were not architects who work on a huge scale or for a wide audience its about people for us. Since we always ask ourselves what a building wants to be is that if you and how will people end up in the feeling in the space of us here when the student mistress is puffy or. So it was quite a sensation to win the worlds most prestigious architecture prize worth some ninety five thousand euros one that in the past has been awarded to star architects known for extremely famous buildings such as Norman Foster the british designer of the or the swiss duo they also can do mail bomb who designed the olympic stadium. Him in beijing and the helpful harmonix in hamburg. Or the late zaha hadid who was the first woman to be awarded the prize in two thousand and four. For their star in their studies and of course its a great honor for us to join the list of these award winners. But the prize comes with a lot of responsibility. Because we know that most of the jury has placed us on a pedestal goes through. And now were getting a lot of attention going oh ok if they call a few me and. The attention is well deserved and not all their designs are local they designed the Tsunami Museum in rio de in Southern France one of the regions architectural highlights and their design from the michelin starred restaurant les calls in is as much of a magnet as the food and it is considered a pivotal piece of architecture they transformed a Country House with the Restaurant Owners guests and personnel in mind. If you dont i dont even see and theyve changed the building completely they brought nature into that light the kitchen used to be a stall for animals it was dark we cooked there for ten years without Natural Light we must go in under the as long as you know that without. The members of the jury were not only impressed by the design of the buildings they also honored the trio for their teamwork the three have worked democratically at the same desk for over thirty years they dont intend to stop now. But i meant them with the premier from the start we knew we just wanted to continue doing things the same way still this is the way we won this valuable prize in the middle east because you know she wasnt going to go. Given all that we wont change much. And that they will just continue as weve been doing so far you know she is. In the next to come you know what was said to start. There are several projects in the Pipeline Projects which Pay Attention to the local context but are bull with regard to form and materials architecture that excels from rule space. Roaming on now to a household name and kitchen where alessi the Family Owned Company produces anything from kettles to cooking utensils now there are two thousand products to choose from but the current c. E. O. Alberto alessi isnt as passionate about housewares we visit him at home to see what else inspires him. Family home life surrounded by even yachts in northern italy. Office beautiful views of lake. I fulfilled a lifetime dream here by becoming a gardener and getting involved in farming. To create something in my profession. But those are other things designer prodigals. Jory sitting down. My drive. One hundred fifty year Old Farmhouse is surrounded by some thirty thousand square metres of bin yards the facade couldnt be changed but inside gave the building a total make over converting many small rooms into one open space policy lives here with his wife. Emma. Most days he comes home for lunch from a nearby factory. Joining the great the family eats together with the. Family home was designed by architect alice son through. Have been friends for many years. I feel more at home here than i have anywhere else before. Everything thats important to me. Go. Forward. Each chair around the large table comes from a different design but unless he is still looking for the perfect form of seating. Very comfortable perfect. Products are in everyday use in the kitchen here. Grandson of found any has been head of the Company Since one nine hundred seventy presser makers by Richard Sapper and. Favorite utensils so is the juicy salif lemon squeezer designed by philip stark it remains an International Bestseller to this day. Doesnt really work. For some strange reason people like. The most controversial of the twentieth century. Refers to his Design Workshop as a dream factory here objects come to life that surprise and are never mainstream like this music box nutcracker from the circus collection by dutch design i must say abundance. Look over his extensive in yards from the houses and tower hes been growing organic wine for over ten years now its one of his great passions the last grapes are harvested in early november for the vintage wines. A rich wine from grapes and a white one from shot and they are maturing in the wine cellar the first vintages can be bought online for between one hundred sixty and two hundred twenty euro has. To be a wine bottle is the only item are better choice. Ive discovered that there is little difference between producing high quality i want. I hope i do you. Make you high quality designed objects you know. To achieve. In the end you have to follow natures rhythm. Human creativity. Which is also natural. For the company to someone else and. Bundling resources and a growing trend towards the same ability have led to a renaissance for what as a Building Material modern architecture has so far been characterized by steel concrete and glass but when it comes to a material which stands for progress and your ability architects are now looking once again at what. Its not just the shape of the elephant house that is there exude thats unusual but the Building Material too instead of the usual steel and concrete its made largely from what despite its large eighty five meter diameter the interior dome needs no supports. Even a few years ago it would never have been built from wood. Architect philip hiding money was involved in the project it was initially met with skepticism. One would have an effect find for example. Insurance premiums higher and how does it an age is it really as durable and steel and concrete. Theres been a strong shift in the way people think they will start. Japanese architect she going to ban is a veteran of wooden buildings in this office block even the joists are made of wood star architects have. Also used wood for their mountaintop restaurant. Spanish architects and chappaqua is known for his glass steel and concrete designs but would still say the show inside zurich universitys lot apartment ironically this timeless material seems to be enjoying a renaissance in modern architecture writer philip judio explores this in his illustrated book wood buildings there are many many different ways to use wood and its used all over the world. From many Different Countries and many different types of Building Public private residential business. In germany around twenty percent of Single Family homes are made from wood developers are using it more and more for larger buildings too like this school near lowes and switzerland the Company Local architecture who designed the school are doing their bit to push the trend. Their design won first prize in the twenty fifteen. An award that honors innovative uses forward. The. Renewable resource towards the sustainable war that we aiming at i think thats really good material to use and for us this is an exercise to design you know design wooden building in a contemporary way. Its sustainable contemporary and attractive but what has even more to offer in switzerland what has always been used in rural areas as the cheapest Building Material and using prefab wooden elements can really cut down building times like at this sports hall for example. A. New means of processing also make the wood more stable than it was before this opens up new realms of possibility for architects to who until now were restricted to using concrete. Actually clients or. In wooden terms of atmosphere and they also have this feeling that the concrete is maybe too too modern know too cold or this the concrete as a bad image plans for wooden buildings are becoming ever more spectacular like the design for helsinki is the Guggenheim Museum and berlin architect my uses wood for futuristic masterpieces like the metropole parasol in seville the. I dont think wood has been fully exploited yet. Sentence within society is on the riot squad thats creating bigger and bigger more sophisticated buildings from want. To boyden hoyts high rises are the next step in the norwegian city of bag and the worlds tallest wooden housing block was completed in twenty fifteen and fifty one meters its a world record that wont last long in. Construction is underway for a building which is set to reach an impressive eighty four meters. You can find out a lot about a person by just taking a look at their living space and that is exactly the business of photographer dominic and knob across she takes pictures of the living rooms giving the viewer an intimate look into the private lives of both ordinary people as well as celebrities following her books about new york living rooms and paris living rooms now because its also looked into the homes of a number of personalities from berlin. Dominic is at work in a prelim apartment the photographer takes pictures of living rooms in the homes of artists intellectuals and celebrities including that a french actor. Its not. So. You know. One of them. Was it. Was full of the flu flu stuff too that. Gives us a glimpse into the private lives of the rich and famous. She spoke to graft at the homes of french political family the middle homes. French actress john mayer hall. And the vanderbilts in new york. Her first book new york living rooms came out in one thousand nine hundred eight paris living rooms appeared four years later since twenty fourteen dominic noble cause has been working on a book of photos about berlin living rooms. Today she shooting at the home of an intellectual who has spent his life collecting art and antiques. Whatever their location. Pictures all have one thing in common they never show the people who live in these rooms. Much more on the person that if you do a portrait of the both so i decided theyre not going to do the people in their own because he would disliked the one were looking at it so basically who. They knew was somewhere they like the whistle or did i soak truly tell you what the person is all about. The world has opened its doors to dominate no book of she splits her time between paris and the us for decades shes taken photos for magazines like the new yorker vogue vanity fair and the nice paper le monde. Shortly before his death in two thousand and eight she photographed the apartment of iconic french Fashion Designer eve sun lovel. What do i see in the movie so long when i see so many thing i dont know what i see but m. B. Will do that by that place because it reminded me of the museum in. The ceiling i was in a tomb it was a very strange feeling that huge room where i was all alone im sure the butler was in some corner watching me but i didnt see him i spend but two hours there and when i came back to the light i dont know i felt really mean i was anxious in that place because there was something. But i saw that. And now shes here in berlin taking photos in a flat where commuter trains rumble by every five minutes. And with that were out of time but if you miss something you can always go to our website to see the reports again or dont forget you can always follow us on social media for me and the rest of the crew here at euro max is always thanks for joining us again tomorrow. 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