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Category: Architecture, Culture, Transportation Tags: Lattice screen, Refurbishment / Extension, Santamaria Arquitectes, Spain, Stair, Stone
Santamaria Arquitectes have recently finished the restoration of the Community Centre and new accesses to historic downtown in Cardona, Spain. The building is a rectangular volume with a 282,73m2 site area. It is two storey and it has an only 43,23m frontage facing south to the Miracle road. It was built in the 60s, after [...]
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Category: Architecture, Industry Tags: Concrete, Diaz and Diaz Architects, Refurbishment / Extension, Spain
REHABILITATION OF THE OLD FACTORIES STRUTURES CROS. PHASE I Faced with the Burgo estuary, along the new promenade stand proud of the old factory Cros structures. The first phase project includes the decontamination of structures and terrain as well as a complete renovation. To undertake this phase structures were settled with pine wooden formwork and [...]
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Category: Architecture, Transportation Tags: Dominican Republic, Showroom
BMW‘s new home in Dominican Republic is all about showcasing masterpieces in the most perfect way. Designed according to the new BMW Group Identity Guidelines, it has been completely renovated to the new standards of what a BMW Showroom should be. The process to convert the old showroom involved a complete strip down of the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Civic Tags: Fire station, Santamaria Arquitectes, Spain
The new Fire Station is located in a square plot, practically flat, in the industrial park Palau de Reig, in Valls. It is a rectangular compact volume, aligned with the street. Half the building is occupied by the garage and associate services, with heliport on the roof, while the rest of the program is located [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Landscape Tags: Architectural video, Arup, Pavilion, Spain, Timber
The Metropol Parasol was designed by Architect, J. MAYER H., with engineering consulting from Arup. The Metropol Parasol is one of the largest wooden structures in the world and was completed in April 2011. It has become a new centre for Seville. Arup‘s positive influence on the world is explored in a film about Metropol [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office, Selected Tags: 3XN, Denmark
An Expression of Subtle Strength for KPMG’s Danish HQ A balance between a thoughtful blending into the surrounding scale and an elegant, yet significant expression has been the driving thought behind Danish practice 3XN’s design of the new Copenhagen Headquarters for accountancy and consultancy firm, KPMG. The company is certain that their new building gives [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Architectural video, Delaine Isaac, Museum, SANAA, White
Can a building ever be compared to Lady Gaga? Most experts may say no, but they obviously haven’t seen the New Museum, one of the best looking museums ever made according to Delaine Isaac. The New Museum, founded as the New Museum of Contemporary Art by Marcia Tucker in 1977, is the only museum in [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel, Selected Tags: Chile, LAN Architecture, Landscape architecture
SITE Extreme Extreme is the word that keeps coming back on the table at the time of the study. Extreme but necessary is the choice to implement life and activity in the region. Extreme is the site, the climate, the drought, the light, the horizontal dimension of the territory. Extreme is also the way the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use, Residential, Selected Tags: Canada, Concrete, Foster + Partners, Glass, Skyscrapers
Foster + Partners recently have completed Jameson House, it is the first mixed-use project in Canada. Lord Foster said: Vancouver has a spectacular location, surrounded by mountains and the sea. The design makes the most of the city’s fantastic natural setting, with balconies and deep bay windows looking out towards the landscape. Jameson House further [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use, Residential Tags: AQSO, China architecture, Random pattern
AQSO arquitectos office has designed the high density residential complex in Guangyuan, China. The project is conceived as a strong element in consonance with the surrounding hilly scene. The buildings rise over the landscape becoming a milestone, a sober and expressive landmark solving the program requirements: archive the desired plot ratio and increase the green [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: Eriksen Skajaa Architects, Minimalism, Workplace
The user-experience consultancy firm Netlife Research commissioned Eriksen Skajaa Architects to rethink their offices and create new spaces for reflection and creativity. The challenge of low headroom and deep, dark office spaces inspired the architects to choose lightness as the basis for their concepts. These included white, natural rubber floors and a white ceiling as [...]
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Category: Architecture, Education Tags: Australia NewZealand, Fluid form, LAVA
LAVA’s school relocatable is a learning space for the future. The classroom for 21st century learning is sustainable, integrates with the landscape, connects with the school environment, and is suitable for prefabrication and mass customisation. Relocatables are the decades old solution to changing demographics, remote community needs, and natural disasters. Unsightly, they are perceived as [...]
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