LAN won the competition organized by SAEM EURALILLE to design an office building for Sogeprom/Projectim in Lille, France. The project is located in the Block 4.1-A, the last area to build of Euralille urban developement design by OMA in 1994. Is it possible to reaffirm the city in an architectural project? This question, shared by [...]
Rome-based architecture practice Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners designed the Hanoi / Vietnam: Medlac Pharma office, Italian pharmaceutical company specialized in dermatological products and trans-dermic plasters, has started its construction works for its new offices and plants, designed by Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners and situated in the Hoa Lac Hi-TechPark near the Vietnamese capital Hanoi Roman [...]
Center of Technical Services of LA Grande Motte City is one of the latest completed project designed by French architectural practice N+B architects. The project is part of a deep respect of the present natural elements while offering a determinedly contemporary image allowing a revival this site. The landscaped and architectural project presents a strong [...]
Poland-based firm OneByNine studio recently has designed the Swietokrzyska Tower located in the center of Warsaw, Poland, next to the main street in the city. The shape of a building are created by two simple twisted blocks. The shape is adjusted to the sun movement. OneByNine tried to minimize southern facade which is most exposed [...]
Dutch architectural practice UNStudio‘s UNStudio Office Tower in South Axis business area Amsterdam, has been recently realised. The façade of the UNStudio Tower plays with the juxtaposition of a horizontal and vertical articulation, conceptually relating to the principles upon which the moiré effect is based. In the design for the tower it was important for [...]
Crystal Towers designed by Africa-based firm Vivid architects is conceived as a building that exudes a constant life, energy and glow. The site occupies a strategic position within context of Century City, Cape Town, and this development is seen to play a new pivotal role, an iconic landmark building that would integrate, influence and generate [...]
We featured two (Aedas Architects + P+HS Architects) of the shortlisted entries for the 36 The Calls architectural competition run by the Architects Journal with developer Citu. This is another iconic proposal designed by Portuguese architects Project O Arquitectos Associados. + Project description courtesy Project O Arquitectos Associados Concept: Single conceptual volume, formed by the [...]
11 KILOMETERS OF CHAIN… New Branch of the Cooperative Credit Bank, Fossano, CN A cascade of chains on the facade, dynamic space, mobile, changing, not what you would expect from a bank, especially in a province at the foot of the Maritime Alps. The branch of this Credit Agency, winner of a closed competition, brings [...]
The design for the administrative headquarters of Carglass, a British automotive glass company, had the intention to create a large structure, similar to an industrial hangar, but with unique and striking characteristics able to denote the use of the building. The trapezoidal configuration of the site and the care of local law suggested an unusual [...]
In the French city of Marseille, a new 142.8 metre tower, which is the headquarters of container shipping giant, CMA-CGM is now nearly completed. The building was designed by Zaha Hadid architects in 2004, the project intended to provide a vertical iconic building and to act as a gateway to the city from both land [...]
Aedas Architects of Leeds proposed an office building with stacked containers for a competition in Leeds, UK. The design is an shortlisted entry for the 36 The Calls architectural competition run by the Architects Journal with developer Citu. Also click to read P+HS Architects‘ proposal. The River Aire has always played an important role in [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
