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15 May 2012

The 'Tomorrow Never Dies' catalogue is now available from Amazon. 

 This hardcover 130 page book accompanied an exhibition of LAVA projects at the Wechselraum Gallery in Stuttgart, Germany. Lots of colour images and plans give an insight into a variety of current projects by LAVA.

In his introduction Dieter Ben Kauffmann describes the LAVA work process: 

With effervescent motivation, the team embarks on new discoveries in constant flow – always using the heat to trigger a dynamic process. Today we plan for the future – because tomorrow never dies.

Publisher: Avedition Gmbh  2012

Language: English and German

Amazon

10 May 2012

Casas Magazine in Peru features Berchtesgaden Youth Hostel in a twelve page article on HOTELS DESIGNS IN TRANSIT - looking at how a few years ago, hotels were synonymous with an expression of conventional luxury, whereas today, 'escaping the 'mainstream' is often the rule, together with an indispensable distinctive aesthetic. in sum, the more radical the better.'

CASAS magazine

5 May 2012

Chris Bosse has won Hong Kong magazine Pespective's 40 Under 40 Award  40 Under 40 Award

The May issue of the magazine features profiles on each of the 40 winners. The award recognises the achievements of the 'region's rising design stars under 40'.

19 April 2012

LAVA's vision for the proposed headquarters of the Green Climate Fund in Bonn is described as having 'maximum impact' and 'an ideal working environment'. 

GREEN CLIMATE FUND

13 April 2012

Chris Bosse is the inaugural speaker in a new hybrid arts lecture series in Moscow as part of Lexus Hybrid Art project 2012.

1,000 guests will attend the lecture on 19 April and 10,000 on-line viewers are expected to tune into this launch event entitled “Digital Cathedrals and the city of the future - man, technology, nature: synergy in the urban environment”.

Bosse was selected as a ‘leader of the new generation of environmentally responsible architects’ and ‘probably knows what the future will look like because he is building it himself’, according to the organisers marka:ff.

‘I’m really excited about my first trip to Russia. I’m keen to experience first hand the legacy of Russian suprematist and constructivist art and architecture and an extraordinary culture that seems to have undergone significant transformation over the past ten years,’ said Bosse.

‘I look forward to sharing how we intend to develop the urban environment in the coming decades through LAVA’s vision of MORE WITH LESS: more (architecture) with less (material/ energy/time/cost) and meeting  members of the local design industry who share LAVA ideas.’

Lexus Hybrid Art, established two years ago, features, in 2012, public lectures by the leading minds in the hybrid world, grants for Russian artists working at the crossroads of art and science, and an international exhibition of hybrid art.

The lecture on April 19^th is at ARTPLAY Design Center, a hotspot for contemporary art in Moscow and is free to the public.

There will be a live stream of the lecture at www.LexusНybridArt.ru on April 19 at 9:15 p.m. [EST 03:15 am 20 April]

More details: http://lexus-hybrid-art.tumblr.com

16 March 2012

Tobias Wallisser is a keynote speaker at ALPITECTURE SUMMIT 2012 on 23 March in SÜDTIROL.

Alpitecture is alps, technologies and architecture - the platform for communicating new ideas, methods and models for dealing with architecture in the Alps. 

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And LAVA's shell set for the 2011 Myer fashion show is featured in 'Landscape Design'.

Both magazines recently published by Dallan University of Technology, China.

12 March, 2012

Time: 5:30pm for 6pm start – to finish approx. 8pm.

The School of Architecture and Built Environment and the Newcastle Division of the Australian Institute of Architects have developed a speaker program for local practitioners, architecture students and the wider community on the latest design by some of the leading architects in the industry.

Bosse will speak on LAVA’s design concepts, in particular understanding the link between digital technology and design elements in nature, designing for sustainability and there will be an open forum question time.

Date: Monday 12^th March

Venue: The Hotel Delany, Darby Street Cooks Hill Newcastle.

Time: 5:30pm for 6pm start – to finish approx. 8pm

10 February 2012

Chris Bosse and Alexander Rieck recently spoke at the Architecture foresight conference in Ischgl Austria.The event was held in association with the World architects Masters, the annual architects Ski race.The conference took place at Pardorama 2,620m above sea level at thePardatschgrat.Chris and Alexander spokeabout the City of the future and sustainable large scale projects in China andthe Middle East.“It was great to exchangethoughts with so many amazing minds above the clouds” says Chris Bosse.“Skiing with your friendsand colleagues and discussing the future of architecture with a glass ofgluhwein in front of a fireplace removed from the world has been amazing” addsAlexander Rieck.

http://www.wam-open.com/

 11 January 2012

LAVA welcomed 20 students from the UTS DISCOVER ARCHITECTURE summer school in the office today.

Gavin Perin led the group year 11 high school students who are keen to learn more about the profession of architecture into LAVAs laboratory in surry hills to discover the different facets of architecture.
Chris gave an overview of the different activities related to design, such as webdesign, animation, computational design, documentation, model making, masterplanning etc.
the afternoon concluded with a short lecture about LAVAs recent work around the world, adressing topics of sustainability and design and innovation.

23 November 2011

Der WECHSELRAUM präsentiert in der Ausstellung „Tomorrow never dies“ das Büro L A V A – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture – das 2007 von Chris Bosse, Alexander Rieck und Tobias Wallisser gegründet wurde. Die drei Grenzgänger arbeiten nicht nur auf drei Kontinenten, sondern auch zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit. So entwickeln sie visionäre Kombinationen aus Hightech und Natur und finden spektakuläre und doch oft einfache Lösungen für ein humanes urban design. Was gestern Zukunft war ist heute schon real. Und wieder gibt es ein neues Morgen…
WECHSELRAUM Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA
Zeppelin carré (Innenhof), Friedrichstrasse 5
70174 Stuttgart
www.wechselraum.de
Vernissage 01 Dez, 19 Uhr
Begrüssung: Dieter Ben Kauffmann, Freier Architekt BDA
Vortrag: Tomorrow never dies, L A V A
Finissage 25 Jan 2012, 19 Uhr
L A V A live Moderation: Amber Sayah
Öffnungszeiten: Di–Fr 10–13 und 15–18 Uhr
geschlossen vom 23 Dez 2011 – 09 Jan 2012
zusätzlich geöffnet Sa/So 11–17 Uhr
14/15 + 21/22 + 28/29 Jan 2012

3 November 2011

 Just spent the day judging 15 entries in the leisure category.While most of the entries were of outstanding quality, including Australians Kerry Hill and WOHA, and a resort in Tasmania, the Prize went to Indian firm The Lotus Praxis Initiative for the Raas Jodhpur, a luxury boutique hotel in the old city of Jodhpur, which brilliantly combined old and new, showing a new way for contemporary architecture in the existing context of India.A mention went to the Master Isay Weinfeld from Brazil for his resort in Uruguay and Tham & Videgård Arkitekter for their outrageous Treehouse, combining hi-tech and nature lifestyle.Domenic Alvaro blitzed the residential category with his small house in Surry Hills, Sydney – I was on the jury with Howard Tanner and Genevieve Lilley that gave this project an AIA award.

http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/news-detail.cfm?newsId=209

August 4, 2011

LAVA's design for the Myer Spring/Summer Collection Launch 2010/2011 has been shortlisted under the 'event' category at the 2011 IDEA awards.Created with Gloss Creative, LAVA's set, 'Shells, Architects of the Ocean', was a giant shell measuring 18 x 5 metres.Using 2000 precisely cut pieces of pine intricately worked together, the sculptural piece was dramatically silhouetted with striking light effects. Inspired by the geometry of the triton shell it was digitised and sliced into buildable components to create a theatrical setting.

http://www.idea-awards.com.au/2011-shortlist/shells-architects-of-the-ocean-for-myer/

July 10, 2011

A new office fit out in Melbourne features screens designed by LAVA for Schiavello's Climate range.The workspace at 500 Collins St, Melbourne for pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, Hospira, was designed by interior architecture consultancy Artillery and used Schiavello's latest workplace program, Climate, for all 190 work-points.LAVA's 'forest' markers were chosen as the screens to accompany Climate; they were chosen in meadow, a vibrant green shade, invoking the rainforest.

 http://www.facebook.com/workclimate

Photo Credit: Andrew Iser

29 June 2011

LAVA's award winning reskinning technology for the UTS tower hit the Australian media this month with stories on Channel Ten News (Sydney).

And on page 3 of the Sun Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/how-to-transform-an-ugly-university-just-dont-call-it-the-condominium-20110618-1g8un.html?from=smh_sb

And in the Straits Times Singapore, and The Star Malaysia:
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/3/business/9218006&sec=business

June 29, 2011

LAVA’s competition design for a new airBaltic terminal in Riga integrated Latvia’s provincial beauty with the future of air travel.

Inspired by regional imagery - linden trees, amber and ladybugs - it is infused with global concerns: sustainability, ease of movement, environmental efficiency, commercial viability, connectivity and leisure.

The terminal’s ovoid form recalls the Latvian ladybug and appears to float above the landscape. Two thirty-metre high amber-coloured ovoid windows flank the main entrance that face stands of oaks and linden trees.  Nature and artifice meld in the central courtyard with its grand oak tree.

The geometry of the terminal structure is based on surface tension. Services are located centrally, below the building, designed with long-term operation and maintenance in mind.

Sustainable features abound: low-carbon, geothermal heating/cooling, tri-generation, water collection and circulation for re-use, maximized natural light, passive design principles, flexible solar roof and even resident bees are used as environmental indicators.

This Hub of the Future embraces cutting edge technologies for the 21st century, with a design like a 'piece of amber on the forest floor catching a stray sunbeam'.

LAVA collaborated with Dale Jones Evans and Aspasia Sagiotis on the design.

December 2010

On November 15th, Berlin was treated to the 1000th TED event worldwide, as the German capital held its second major TEDx conference: TEDx Berlin 2010.
The symposium marked a milestone in the history of the TED organization, proving once more that ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ are a currency with enormously high value.

http://tedxberlin.de/2010/09/tobias-wallisser/

July 2010

LAVA`s Chris Bosse has sliced up the 1967 Panton chair as part of the Re-loved: designer stories at the Powerhouse Museum 31 July – 30 September.
Bosse is one of several designers commissioned by the Powerhouse to use a pre-loved chair to tell a story about a piece of furniture they love.

http://www.sydneydesign.com.au/2010/index.php/exhibitions/re-loved-designer-stories

“We’ve chosen to represent this shape as slices, similar to an MRI scan in order to make visible its complex 3dimensional geometry. The chair is metaphorically and physically carved out of a sliced box, ” says Bosse.
“The project retro-digitises the chair design, although it was the chair that preceded the digital design revolution.” Bosse believes that today we understand better how to derive form from geometry, such as the underlying geometries in nature, and can incorporate buildability into the form from the inception through parametric modeling techniques.

Re-loved is on display at the Powerhouse Museum from 31 July – 30 September 2010 during the Sydney Design Festival.

http://www.sydneydesign.com.au/2010/index.php/exhibitions/re-loved-designer-stories

March 2010

'Tower Skin', LAVA's speculative transformation of the UTS tower in Broadway, has won a prize in the ZEROprize Re-Skinning Awards competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCnucy-Qwgk
Zerofootprint, a leading organization in the global fight against climate change, announced the winners in Rio de Janeiro as part of the World Urban Forum 5 taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 22-26, 2010. Partner in the award is the United Nations Habitat, World Urban Campaign.

The ZEROprize Re-Skinning Awards are intended to 'stimulate market-disrupting improvements in the design and development of retrofitting and re-skinning technologies that enhance the energy efficiency and liveability of older buildings'.‘Tower Skin’ offers a unique opportunity to transform the identity, sustainability and interior comfort of a once state‐of‐the‐art building and can easily be applied to 1960s icons across the world.

http://www.thezeroprize.org/winners/

November 2009

Those were the days:
Chris Bosse was invited to the final reviews at the Institut für Architektur, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien [University of Applied Arts, Vienna].
Greg Lynn, Wolf Prix, and Zaha Hadid. Wow, what a lineup!
Greg’s Studio Giant Robots was situated in Bondi Beach Sydney.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSdXnmq37x0

http://www.dieangewandte.at/jart/prj3/angewandte/main.jart?rel=de&content-id=1229508255644&reserve-mode=active

June 2009

2009 Interior Design Awards Results

Best International Interior Design

Interior design awards>>>

10 May 2012

LAVA's plan for the city centre of Masdar UAE features in a Berliner Zeitung story on cities of the future.

The story also apeared in the Frankfurter Rundschau.

"Die Metropolen der Welt haben mit gewaltigen Problemen zu kämpfen. Deshalb suchen Forscher die ideale Stadt - und arbeiten an Konzepten für die Stadt von morgen. Auch Deutschland will dabei stärker mitmischen."

Berliner Zeitung

8 May 2012

LAVA is the featured ‘DESIGNER’ in Workshop magazine, issue 03 with 33 pages which includes an interview and profiles on 9 projects. The projects include: Masdar Plaza, Berchtesgaden Youth Hostel, Armstrong Colourscape, Riga airport and digital origami tigers.

Workshop - creative commercial space + concept (Bi-monthly) is published by Choi's Gallery, Shanghai.

3 May 2012

Chris Bosse has been appointed as a jury member for the 2012 WAF. World Architecture Festival jury members

And Bosse was interviewed by Open Space Moscow on hybrid art. Interview

http://www.openspace.ru/

19 April 2012

Chris Bosse on Russia Today in Moscow.

RT Moscow interview

16 March 2012

"Vivienda y Decoración", magazine at the newspaper "El Mercurio" in Chile, features LAVA's Masdar City Centre design.

12 March 2012

Chris Bosse is a speaker at the 3rd Annual Building Envelopes Asia 2012 in Singapore.

On 25 April he’ll be talking about LAVA projects, building envelopes and skins, and in particular the UN partnered-Zeroprize award-winning reskinning proposal of the UTS tower in Sydney.

Plastic House, LBBW Immobilien Headquarters, Masdar city centre and Mexico resort each have double page spreads in this great new book published by INTERNATIONAL NEW ARCHITECTURE, China.

And we’re on the front cover too!

14 February 2012

LAVA designs a learning environment "from Mars" for The Sydney Story Factory, a not-for-profit creative writing center Redfern, Sydney.

http://sydneystoryfactory.org.au/

Due to be open in mid 2012 the project includes a spaceship like portal system that oscillates through the length of the interior to a leafy rear courtyard. State of the art lighting, sound and fabrication animate a display, shop and writing workshop for up to 30 students and staff. The design also allows configuration of the space to support launches, talks and events that support the not-for-profit program of the space.

23 January 2012

Invitation to Vernissage "LAVA LIVE" with Amber Sayah, facilitation, on 01/25/2012 by 19 clock in the room in the Association of German Architects BDA, Zeppelin Carré (courtyard),our exhibition "TOMORROW NEVER DIES", which was extended up to 13.02.2012.
We appreciate your visit and your questions.
Your LAVA TEAM

29 November 2011

LAVA and ARUP received a ‘Jury Special Mention’ in an Australian competition to design relocatables - classrooms for the future.
LAVA and ARUP`s proposal was one of 116 submissions exploring diverse ideas for future proofing relocatable learning spaces.
Relocatables are the decades old, utilitarian solution to changing demographics, remote community needs, and disasters such as fires, floods and cyclones. However often they are perceived as cheap, dull, unattractiveand unpleasant spaces.
ARUP and LAVA want to turn this idea upside down and create prefabricated spaces, that are sustainable, practical, cost-effective and at the same time fun and exciting to be in.
The aim of the ideas competition was to produce effective spaces for 21st century learning that are sustainable, integrate with the landscape and connect with the school environment, suitable for prefabrication and mass customisation.
The exciting solutions are on show from 12 – 22 December 2011 at the Wunderlich Gallery, University of Melbourne.
The Future Proofing School competition was funded as an Australian Research Council Linkage Project. 

http://www.msdincubator.com/gallery/

10 November, 2011

LAVA has created a new typology for youth hostels with the revisioning of the Berchtesgaden near Munich, Germany.
Gone are the daggy dormitory rooms and impersonal spaces of your typical hostel.The new design features individualised rooms, bold colours, local materials and craftsmanship, and multipurpose zones. The sustainable makeover includes a low energy facade, floor heating, and the installation of a bimass pellet heating system. Built‐in furniture and integrated storage avoids the ubiquitous barracks style environment.The hostel refurbishment was a unique opportunity to explore some of LAVA's  experiments in space and apply sustainable technologies to an existing building.And if you want to sleep in one of LAVA's funky new bedrooms check out the hostel site http://www.design-jugendherberge-berchtesgaden.de/

3 October 2011

LAVA’s digital origami emergency shelter is at Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle during the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival

(www.sydneyarchitecturefestival.org ) from 20th-30th October.

August 2, 2011

LAVA's Evolution light is one of 62 designs featured in the August issue of Wallpaper* magazine.The Handmade issue showcased the work of leading designers, craftsmen and manufacturers who were commissioned to create new products for the Handmade show in Milan earlier this year.

Photo: Tommy Voeten, 1212‐Studio

http://www.wallpaper.com/handmade/2011

June 29, 2011

Green Void, commissioned by Customs House Sydney, received a special mention at The Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building.The prize is promoted by ALA-Assoarchitetti, the Italian association for professional architects, and recognises the client's role as a fundamental partner in generating high-quality work.Chris Bosse was at the presentation at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Palladio's city.

http://www.dedalominosse.org

 June 1, 2011

Alexander Rieck accepted LAVA’s Special Mention award in the Sustainability Category of the international Well Tech Award, announced at the Milan Design Fair.The prestigious award, in its 10th annual edition, recognises materials, products, and technologies that bring innovation in sustainability, accessibility and quality of life.LAVA won the award for its Masdar UAE city centre project. LAVA won the international competition to design the centre of the 50,000-person city, parts of which opened last year. The city centre will include a hotel, shopping centre, cinema complex and a conference centred on a plaza of the 21st century.LAVA's model of Masdar was on display with other winning designs at Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan.

www.well-tech.it/award

1 June 2011

LAVA won a Commendation, Installation Design for two projects: Digital Origami Tigers and Myer Fashion Set with Gloss Creative.

www.australianinteriordesignawards.com

January 2010

What will the city of the future look like?
Carbon-neutral, no waste, no cars - a city that relies entirely on solar and other renewable energy sources. This is a visionary project that is now becoming reality. In the desert of Abu Dhabi, urban planners, architects and researchers are building the world's first eco city: Masdar City.

ARTS.21 went to take a look.

August 2010

Summer, sand and seashells were the inspiration for the set designed by LAVA`s Chris Bosse and Amanda Henderson Gloss Creative for the Myer Spring Summer11 Collections Launch in Sydney Australia last night.
The giant seashell set was a sand-coloured plywood installation 18m long and 5m high, digitally designed and CNC cut and consisted of 2000 pieces put together like a puzzle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-VnyeIj4CY

“We essentially used the geometry of a triton shell which is strictly mathematical but occurs in many beautiful manifestations. We digitised the idea and sliced it into buildable components. The models moved through the shell and then onto the catwalk,” said Bosse.
The three-dimensional installation is another collaboration between Chris Bosse and Amanda Henderson. They worked together on the award-winning bubble Melbourne Cup Moet Marquee in 2005.

December 2009

Tobias Wallisser and Ken Hensley talk about the digital revolution in architecture and music at the Creativity World Forum 2009.Distinguished participants from a broad range of creative sectors will be attending the Creativity World Forum in Ludwigsburg, Germany on the 1st and 2nd of December.Tobias Wallisser will be offering insights into the possibilities offered by digital technologies for new designs and spatial concepts. In his opinion, people no longer need the same spaces they did fifty years ago, an idea that becomes apparent in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart where he acted as the project architect. Wallisser teaches digital design at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design 

June 2009

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