Congratulation to Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, the Mountain project which has been awarded an Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2009 Award for Excellence. + Press release courtesy of BIG The Mountain has been selected as a winner of an Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2009 Award for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) [...]
Spanish architect Julio Barreno Gutiérrez recently has completed a building which is to store canoes next to the water reservoir in a small village in the south of Spain. For the construction of this element we used the current materials of this area; the white colour as the main ingredient and inclined black tiled roof [...]
Mexico-based Garduño Arquitectos has designed the 24 units housing development project – Monte Elbruz Building, of not more than 6 levels (local regulation) in such the small site, located in Polanco, Mexico City. The linear courtyard is introduced in between two linear apartment blocks that playing an important rule to the project. + Project description [...]
Peter Pran & Jonathan Ward of NBBJ recently has completed the Akerselva Atrium mixed-used building located along the Akerselva/Aker River in Oslo, Norway. The project composed of two distinct architectural forms split by the central lift core with a dramatic striking color glass atrium, where the entrance of the project is defined. One part of [...]
Singaporean practice Formwerkz Architects has completed a modern tropical house in Singapore. Hierarchies of spaces (and family cells) were carefully expressed in choice materials and architectural languages… Communal spaces were designed as light and open, inviting structures. Formwerkz Architects + Architect’s Statement courtesy of Formwerkz Architects How will you engage the very traditional Asian Concept [...]
Dutch architectural practice UNStudio‘s winning design for Dance Palace has been selected in St. Peterburg, Russia. The project features high level of transparency from inside to outside, introduced by a facade system of triangular cladding panels. + Architect’s statement courtesy of UNStudio UNStudio/ Ben van Berkel’s design selected for Dance Palace in the historic centre [...]
Palabritas Beach House, recently completed by Peruvian firm Architect Jose Orrego, is a contemporary and stylish house designed to capture the view situated on the coast of Lima, Peru. + Project description courtesy of Architect Jose Orrego The house is located on the first row of lots and was designed so that the architecture acted [...]
K2Ld Architects has designed a private house – Khai House located in Singapore. The transparency and boundlessness are the key features of the house design. The approach to spatial definition is most vigorously pursued at ground level, where there are spaces but with no trace of rooms bounded by walls. K2Ld Architects + Project description [...]
Hill Top Residence is a house that sits on a steep triangular plot located in Bukit Tunggal, Singapore, designed by K2Ld Architects. + Project description courtesy of K2Ld Architects One of the first design hurdles designing this house was the topography and the land shape it sat on; that is, upon entering from the road, [...]
Singapore-based architecture firm K2Ld Architects has designed a landscape house located in Cluny Hill, Singapore. The primary motivation behind the project was to respect this ground and to only allow the house to “touch the ground” as lightly as possible. K2Ld Architects + Project description courtesy of K2Ld Architects A stunning landscape calls for a [...]
C. F. Møller Architects and Norwegian firm Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter cooperate to design a new landmark for Oslo. A high-rise development, located at Norways most important traffic hub in central Oslo, and with fantastic views of the waterfront and fjord-landscape beyond. The project is expected to be completed within 3-5 years. + Project description courtesy [...]
URBIA Furniture System for Small Apartments in Big Cities, designed by OBRA Architects for the lifestyles of minimal materiality. + Design description courtesy of OBRA Architects Over the past few years the technological developments related to digital fabrication have became a sort of David’s sling in the design process, significantly expanding the range of what [...]
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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 [...]
