American designer Laurie Beckerman has designed the incredible bench and named it Ionic Bench. The classic curves of the Greek Ionic column take an unexpected twist as a contemporary wooden bench. The curvaceous lines give a sense of movement. The choice of wood immediately captures our attention while adding both warmth and a sensual texture [...]
CAU Central Library: Overlap is a refurbishment project designed by Kim in-cheurl+archium. It was restructured on the existing library which was built in 1959. Architecture is an identification of place, a creation of individualism that makes it unique to anything else in the world. The place thus creates a memory with time. The meaning of [...]
The Netherlands-based GROUP A designs new building type for cremation – Crematorion Zorgvlied. It is the first Crematorion in the Netherlands, for Zorgvlied – the general cemetery of Amstelveen, situated in Amsterdam. Cremation in a Crematorion emulates the experience associated with funerals. Its aim is to establish a new form for cremation, and to dispose [...]
Korean architect Kim In Cheurl designed the innovative Urbanhive tower located in Seoul, South Korea. Urbanhive is a 17 levels of 70 meter high tower with white exposed concrete and contextually sits on the corner of the street within the urban matrix, featuring the perforated architectural façade. The holes in the skin are designed to [...]
Patrick Clay Studio recently has designed the innovative restaurant – Meals Next Door. + Project description courtesy of Patrick Clay Studio Meals next door owned by Akin Yildiz and Jacob Eberheart is a clear revolutionary vision of creating an efficient, sustainable, and clean kitchen that delivers healthy home cooked cuisine to its customers. This project [...]
C. F. Møller Architects recently has completed the Aarhus Gymnastics and Motor Skills Hall. The project is an extension of the Aarhus Gymnastics and Trampoline Hall. A sculpturally-formed climbing frame, called the seashell, extends across the hall, stretching right up under the ceiling, where there is a look-out tower at a height of eight metres [...]
Spanish architectural studio peña ganchegui y asociados recently has completed the Urrezkoenea House in Getaria. The house is located in the steep site overlooking the Cantabric sea. + Project description courtesy of peña ganchegui y asociados URREZKOENEA: A VILLA ON THE CANTABRIC COAST In a plot with a steep slope towards the North, aligned to [...]
OBRA Architects recently has designed the IBA Hamburg Smart Price Houses, it is the invited competition as part of the Internationale Bauausstellung Hamburg 2010. + Project description courtesy of OBRA Architects THE SMART PRICE HOUSE: An exhibition of everyday life The project‘s mission is to address and satisfy the housing needs and desires of present [...]
Danish architect 3XN has won the Landmark Project in Sweden, the construction is planned to begin 2011. + Press Release courtesy of 3XN architects The softly shaped building symbolizes the human values characterizing the revival of Vällingby Parkstad in Stockholm, Sweden 3XNs winning proposal for the new structure marking the entrance to Vällingby Parkstad creates [...]
What is WAF? WAF is the only annual international event to reward excellence in a fully interactive inclusive live format. Through its unique entry and judging process and its cutting edge seminar and exhibition content, it is simultaneously a celebration of great architecture and an intellectual challenge to a major world profession. No other event [...]
Cipai, the first inter-continental indoor architecture forum, will take place in Feria Valencia (Valencia, Spain), from 27 to 29 september coinciding with Feria Hábitat Valencia. The main aim of this congress is to set up a platform to analyse and reflect upon indoor architecture and habitat design, boosting professional networking and cultural exchange between Europe [...]
WE Architecture, in collaboration with Sophus Søbye Arkitekter, MASU Planning, Øllgaard Consulting Engineer, Spangenberg & Madsen Consulting Engineer and Hausenberg have won the first prize to design the Mariehøj Culturcenter in Holte, Denmark. + Project description courtesy WE Architecture The future “Mariehøj culturcenter” draw a clear profile in the landscape. With a new foyer, the [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
