Indian architectural practice Architecture Paradigm has completed the renovation for a house in Bangalore, India. The project is about exploring this notion of joint family culture in the changing urban scenario. The site is a 400sqm with a steep drop of 2.5 meters from northeast to the southwest. It is flanked by roads on the [...]
ASPECT Studios designed a private terrace garden in Birchgrove, Sydney, Australia. Giant black bamboo, one off in situ concrete details and Australian native hardwood creates a beautifully considered external space. Multi use spaces are created by the layout of these well crafted elements. Sculptural concrete walls double as seating back rests and mediate level changes. [...]
The brief for the Former Water Police Site was to develop a new public park for a 1.8 hectare parcel of post industrial land on the Pyrmont peninsula. The prime location of the site on Sydney’s waterfront offered the unique opportunity for the creation of memorable public parkland for both local users and the wider [...]
Context Jacaranda Square, “The Everyday Stadium” is the first new public space in Sydney Olympic Park to sit within the framework of the Sydney Olympic Park 2030 Master Plan. The master plan sets a new urban framework that is intended to refocus the Olympic legacy of event and spectacle into a finely grained, sustainable town [...]
‘Interactive Landscapes‘ offers a futuristic perspective on every-day reality. This first book by artist and architect Daan Roosegaarde (1979) explores the dawn of a new nature that is evolving from technological innovations by designing interactive landscapes that instinctively respond to sound and movement. Daan Roosegaarde’s innovative works of art are a dynamic fusion of architecture, [...]
Brandscapes: Architecture in the Experience Economy is about how branding has colored the perception and function of architecture, and how architects can reverse this trend and become a catalyst for positive social change. Anna recently held a book signing at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York where she was interviewed by the [...]
Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos has designed a family house in Perbes-Miño. The dwelling is located in the highest zone of the plot, to take maximum advantage of the excellent views and to set back, as far as possible, respect to the street. The entrance porch is in the left side of the front of the [...]
Dima Loginoff, a product designer from Russia, has designed a series of innovative ceramic tile for the world famous brand VitrA. Dolls When you think of Russia, one of the first image that come to mind is the Matryoshka dolls. In the conceptualizing process of this series, Loginoff departed from Matryoshka doll he painted in [...]
Omroep Brabant is a regional broadcasting company. It touches the peoples hearts in the Brabant region. COEN! Translated this feeling into the new interior of this organisation. A warm welcome in the entrance hall, a poem and floor pattern about the purple heath and subtle translation of the typical Brabant flag. A visualisation of tradition [...]
Last month, we introduced the Think Brick Awards 2011 for Australian architects and designers to submit their projects to explore how creative and innovative in use of clay brick. And now, Think Brick has just launched the Horbury Hunt Award, it is the time to submit yours. Sydney design entry Balfour Street Park Pocket took [...]
In Groningen, The Netherlands, UNStudio/ Ben van Berkel, with consortium DUO², realizes one of the most sustainable large office buildings in Europe for two governmental offices – The Education Executive Agency and Tax Offices. The design contains numerous new innovations related to the reduction of materials, lower energy costs and more sustainable working environments. It [...]
metamorphOse, a group of 5 young Belgian architects in Brussels, have proposed «Synapse» as their competition entry for Brussels Courthouse Contest: imagine the future. The «Synapse» has been chosen as one of 30 finalist proposals out of 200. The exhibition of this contest takes place in BOZAR, Brussels, from the 31st of March to 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 [...]
