2008: Frank Gehry
Inspired by da Vinci’s drawings of wooden catapults as well as seaside huts, Gehry’s vision for the Pavilion, his first built structure in England, was another signature, angular construction, a gorgeous glass-and-timber fractal floating above the ground.
Photograph © 2008 Nick Rochowski
Farm House, 2008. "Doing a small house is like doing a portrait of your client," says Jarmund. "In one case it’s an old abandoned farmhouse for a pair of historians. In another, it’s a guy who wants a house out of James Bond."
Montecito Residence - Tom Kundig / Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
The Boxhome is a great example of small Scandinavian simplicity and this Austin, Texas, bungalow gets a modern update without exploding its tiny footprint in our Small Wonders issue. Photo by: Pia Ulin
Waiting for Ante, Máze, 2008
interior, 2008. collage on paper
The Myto Chair, 2008, for Plank.
Linn, Marita and the dog, Máze, 2008
Another intersection in Los Angeles, 2008.
The Canasta, created in 2008 for Nouvel Studio.
Chabada Chairs, Daniel Rode, 2008.
"Second Nature" (2008) is a chair "grown" from crystals in a transparent tank.
Lunar was a light project for Flos in 2008.
James Welling, "5253," 2008. Inkjet print.
James Welling, "6063," 2008. Inkjet print.
James Welling, "5881," 2008. Inkjet print.
James Welling, "7484," 2008. Inkjet print.
California Dreams from 2008 pays homage to our home state, and kicks off with an amazing cover story on twin homes in La Jolla by architect Sebastian Mariscal. Photo by: Bryce Duffy
Holiday 2008 gift wrapping from Design Within Reach.
The Twist Chair, 2008, by Anna von Schewen.
Edge House, 2008.
Miller created the Grandfather-C clock in 2008 for Dovetusai.
Guy Tillim: Grande Hotel, Beira, Mozambique (2008)
How do you create retail frontage for seven different Swatch group brands when the building you’re working with is only 56-feet wide? Shigeru Ban solved this challenge by stacking stores on top of each other in this Tokyo boutique, and then creating a small series of ground floor showrooms with individual elevators only linking to the specific brand. It’s a structure that works like clockwork, a fitting design for the boutique watchmaker.
Ban’s attached his own signature to the growing cadre of Manhattan condominiums designed by acclaimed architects with this Chelsea project. Between the motorized metal shutters and a series of sliding glass doors on the first floor, these duplex units play with concepts of space and light.
2008's Woven Willow collection ties together artisanal fabrication methods and the centuries-old tradition of a table centerpiece. Scholten & Baijings revived the almost-extinct craft of wicker-weaving by combining the organic material with plastics and papier-mâché, then adding super-saturated color.
Happy Family chairs, 2008, manufactured by E&Y.
"The New York City Waterfalls," Olafur Eliasson, 2008.
Four massive waterfalls were temporarily installed along the East River, including one underneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
St. Edward's University Dorms, Austin, Texas (2008)
By aligning the residential units along the structure's perimeter, the design also maximizes natural sunlight.
St. Edward's University Dorms in Austin, Texas (2008)
Tasked with accommodating 300 beds and social areas within a narrow lot, ELEMENTAL designed a structure in which various parts of the building are carved out or raised on plinths, opening up the ground floor to various meeting spaces and plazas.
500,000 Lego bricks, a crane and the efforts of thousands of children created this giant tower.
Available to rent on Airbnb, the two-bedroom prefab house as a prototype for their pre-engineered IT House series and made an appearance in Dwell Magazine’s November 2008 issue.
The hip streetwear of BAPE gets an equally cool architectural treatment in this 2008 Tokyo shop.
This root-like decanter, Carafe No. 5, is by Etienne Meneau, designed in 2008, fabricated in 2009.
Roger Federer wore this handsome cardigan at Wimbledon 2008, which he won.
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