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Cabin in Stockholm Archipelago | GRAD arkitekter →  June 28, 2009

Swedish architect GRAD arkitekter has designed a minimal cabin located in beutiful Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden. + Project description courtesy of GRAD arkitekter The cabin is located high up on a cliff in the archipelago of Stockholm, 70 meters over the sea level with view over hundreds of islands. The landscape is barren and dramatic; every change in [...]

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Ford Calumet Environmental Center | Studio Gang Architects →  June 28, 2009

Ford Calumet Environmental Center, demonstrating the sustainable principle of reuse, cost-effective and innovative design, designed by Chicago-based architect firm Studio Gang Architects. A very good attempt of using basket-like mesh of woven recycled and re-used rebar and steel to enclose the south-facing porch that creating passive solar shading and protection against bird strikes, while allowing [...]

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Forensic Psychiatric Hospital | Cannon Design →  June 27, 2009

U.S. based Cannon Design has designed a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital located in Arizona State. + Project description courtesy of Cannon Design The new Arizona State Forensic Hospital will provide a secure housing and treatment facility for psychiatric patients responsible for criminal behavior that are unfit to stand trial. Comprised of 6 major components, the complex is organized [...]

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Behavioral Health Pavilion & Crisis Response Center | Cannon Design →  June 27, 2009

Pima County Behavioral Health Pavilion + Crisis Response Center by Cannon Design. The construction is slated for August 2009. + Project description courtesy Cannon Design Pima County’s new one-of-a-kind mental health center is destined to change the practice of behavioral healthcare. Harmonizing with the climate and raw beauty of the Sonora Desert, the design balances the challenges [...]

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Drawings and Diagrams of Tallinn Town Hall →  June 27, 2009

Further to our previous feature of Big’s winning project – Tallinn Town Hall, Big architects has sent us additional information such as plans, sections and diagrams to demonstrate and appreciate the design. I personally like the diagram so much, because it is a very useful tool to delivery the ideas to readers. Also click here to [...]

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Hwaseong Sports Complex | DRDS →  June 27, 2009

DRDS has designed a Hwaseong Sports Complex for Hyundai/Samsung Consortium located in Hwaseong, Korea. It is scheduled to open in 2010, including a 35,000 seat soccer, 5000 seat arena and 2000 seat practice field collaboration with Junglim Architects and DMP architects. + Project description courtesy of DRDS Stadiums have significant impact on cities because of their size. [...]

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Tallinn’s new City Hall | BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group →  June 24, 2009

Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group has won an International Competition to design Tallinn’s new City Hall. + Press release courtesy of BIG BIG wins an International Competition to design Tallinn’s new City Hall An international idea contest was held for Tallinn’s new City Hall in Estonia and the best concept was presented by the Bjarke Ingels [...]

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Regnum Tower | Park Associati →  June 24, 2009

Italy-based architect firm Park Associati has designed a 145 m high Regnum residential and office tower located in Istanbul, Turchia. The sinuous form of the tower consists of three main elements united around a central transparent volume and its various façades change according to the position of the viewer. + Project description courtesy of Park Associati The [...]

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Capdell Decorates Environmentally Friendly  Spaces →  June 23, 2009

+ Press release Capdell Decorates Environmentally Friendly  Spaces what’s the point of striving to design the best chairs possible, if by the end of the day we won’t have a planet to place them? CAPDELL The harmful effects of the human activity on the climate and environment are more obvious every day. CAPDELL, being conscious of the importance of [...]

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Mobile Chaplet | Moorhead & Moorhead →  June 23, 2009

Mobile Chaplet is one of six portable spaces for reflection commissioned to travel to rural communities around the state of North Dakota as part of the Roberts Street Chaplet Project. The conceptual starting points for Mobile Chaplet were the covered wagons that transported settlers to the Midwest, as well as the vaulted forms of traditional church [...]

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MUAC educational area – The Box | Ludens – Ivan Hernandez Quintela →  June 23, 2009

MUAC educational area – The Box Designed by Ludens – Ivan Hernandez Quintela As part of the new University Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City designed by Teodoro Gonzáles de León, Ludens was asked to design a structure that would respond to the numerous, broad and loosely defined activities that could take place within the educational [...]

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Aqua Tower | Studio Gang Architects →  June 23, 2009

Aqua Tower by Studio Gang Architects in Chicago has a beautiful vertical topographical pattern which is defined by outdoor terrace projections. These outdoor terraces gradually change from floor to floor over the height of the building that presents a sculptural appearance to the city. + Project description courtesy of Studio Gang Architects Aqua Tower is an 82-story [...]

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Gummo Office | i29 interior architects →  June 19, 2009

i29 l interior architects creates a new area in fashionable corporate responsibility for Gummo advertising agency. As Gummo were only going to be renting the space on the first floor of the old Parool newspaper building in Amsterdam for two years, i29 convinced Gummo to embrace the mantra of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ to create a stylish [...]

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Sapphire Gallery | XTEN Architecture →  June 18, 2009

Sapphire is a residential gallery addition to private residence with approximately 1,500sf located in Los Angeles, California, designed by XTEN Architecture. The lightweight structure lifted off the ground, creating a shaded multi-functional space for family use, the gallery on top enclosed by huge glass provides a better view to the surrounding hills. + Project Description courtesy [...]

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