Alessi Plissé electric kettle

The Alessi Plissé electric kettle is designed by architect Michele De Lucchi. The kettle is made of thermoplastic resin in black and white. Alessi

Alberto Campo Baeza creates Rotonda House on a hill north of Madrid

Architecture

Award winning Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza designed Rotonda House at the summit of a hill, north of Madrid. The building captures a 360° panoramic landscape from the belvedere situated above a two storey podium made of local limestone. The building is based on a 12m by 12m grid divided into nine 4m x 4m squares, giving it a Palladian flavour. Photo Javier Callejas . Alberto Campo Baeza

Jasper Morrison’s recyclable EVO-C chair for Vitra

Design| Furniture

The EVO-C chair by Jasper Morrison is made of 100% recyclable polypropylene and the use of a single material gives the chair a sculptural quality. Gas injection moulding technology allows the cantilevered chair to achieve the strength and rigidity of tubular metal chairs. Vitra, Jasper Morrison

Ateliers O-S Architectes restructure an obsolete school building in a suburb of Paris

Architecture| Environment

Paris based Ateliers O-S Architectes have restructured an inefficient asbestos-ridden catering building, which is part of the Frédéric Joliot-Curie high school in the town of Dammarie-les-Lys. The updated 1960s building opens up a view of the forest from a 1,200 capacity dining room, and a large ‘roof’ volume brings in light through lateral windows while forming a generous canopy under which pupils can gather. Photo Cyrille Weiner. Ateliers O-S Architectes

Ortner & Ortner Baukunst create office campus for W&W comprising seven courtyard buildings

Architecture| Interiors

Architects O&O Baukunst have created a 160,000 square meter campus housing 4,200 employees for financial group Wüstenrot & Wüttembergische AG in Kornwestheim, Germany. The compact campus consists of seven courtyard buildings surrounded by mixed meadow orchards and a boulevard lined with cafes, restaurants, conference and leisure facilities. Photo Stefan Mueller. O&O Baukunst