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The ubiquity of IKEA superstores makes it difficult to remember a time when most of the world seemed to be hopelessly in thrall to another manifestation of Scandinavian design.

Originally launched in 1953, G-Plan furniture was the ultimate domestic fashion statement throughout the 1950s and 1960s and, unlike IKEA’s cheap and cheerful flatpack products, was considered the height of chic.

Continue reading…G-Plan – mix ‘n’ match furniture for the masses…

Whether he’s working on private villas in Javea, a social housing project or indeed large public and commercial buildings in Valencia, Ignacio Carbonell’s main preoccupation is always with the creation of spaces that optimise available resources and add value to the house, apartment, office or retail space in question.

Continue reading…Ignacio Carbonell – shaping spaces…

Rimontgó boss José Ribes Bas, David Mor and José Martinez Medina, the creative man behind leading office and home furniture designers JMM, attended the conference entitled Grandes Proyectos 2010-2011 as part of a two-day workshop in Madrid’s international IFEMA conference complex.

Continue reading…Great Projects 2010-2011…

That was the ultimate question asked during the II Congreso Internacional Contract Madrid. Held between 5 and 6 May this year, the event represents a growing trend towards more interactive fairs and conferences in which information, networking and discussion forums take an important position. As a result, this still new phenomenon was attended by many in the broader sector, from leading architects and designers to important constructors, developers and agents.

Continue reading…Where is construction headed?…

It is said that the best publicity is free publicity and, thanks to writer and Hispanophile Jason Webster, Valencia has been the recipient of some very welcome attention recently.

Webster, whose wife Salud hails from the city, published an article in Britain’s The Guardian newspaper about Valencia’s colourful and historic El Cabanyal district, praising it as a “working-class jewel of art-nouveau design”. However, he was eager to point out to readers that, despite officially being a ‘protected historical zone’, this unique part of Valencia faces demolition as part of a scheme to extend one of the city’s avenues from the city centre to the sea.

Continue reading…Valencia’s El Cabanyal district features in Britain’s The Guardian newspaper…

Many an architect dreams of collating and showcasing his or her body of work in the kind of quality tome that is the calling card of calling cards. Most have to limit themselves to presenting their oeuvre on their website, but leading young Valencia architect Ramón Esteve is fortunate enough to have both the quantity and quality of work behind his name to adorn the pages of what has become an inspiring study of space, form and functional solutions.

Continue reading…Ramon Esteve’s work celebrated in two definitive books…

Ever since the first family moved into a manmade structure, every era has been marked by a different set of architectural and design tendencies. Whether it’s the outrageous ostentation of the Age of Baroque or the clean straight lines of the Modernist period, each era has developed its own set of ideas as to what constitutes the ideal design.

Continue reading…Let’s go green – how the eco movement changed the way we live now…