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Category: Architecture, Healthcare, Office, Selected Tags: Courtyard architecture, Fluid form, Germany, Glass, Pysall Ruge Architekten
German architectural firm Pysall Ruge Architekten has designed the office building and health centre – LTD 1 located in Lübeckertordamm, Hamburg, Germany. The office building’s configuration, composed of four boomerang-shaped elements laid over each other, creates a representative entrance situation, an interior courtyard, and a transitional space to the residential courtyard in the rear. As [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Cladding, Lattice screen, Miller Hull Partnership, Stair, Steel, USA architecture
American architectural firm Miller Hull Partnership has designed the 1713 Wood House located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The dramatic Southern elevation is centered on a three story curtain wall with a perforated steel screen for privacy. On the main living level, a skylight runs the length of the home on the North elevation, maximizing the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Concrete, Exhibition, Glass, Museum, Poland, Pysall Ruge Architekten, Stair
German architectural firm Pysall Ruge Architekten has completed the Polish Aviation Museum located in Cracow, Poland. The idea of flying, the spirit of the place, the structure of the historic airfield – the new building for the Museum of Aviation takes up these references intellectually and synthesises them into an expressive and emblematic structure. Justus [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: 3XN, Architecture Award, Competition, Concert Hall, Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Ireland, Performing Arts Center, Theater
Danish architectural practice 3XN is one of two finalists in the prestigious competition to design Dublin’s new National Concert Hall. The competition was initiated in 2008 and the shortlist of renowned architects was soon narrowed down to two competing teams lead by Danish Architects; 3XN and Henning Larsen Architects. It is quite unique that two [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Master Plan Tags: Courtyard architecture, Mariusz Wrzeszcz Office, Poland, Serbia
Mariusz Wrzeszcz Office did a Block 39 competition proposal – Centre for Promotion of Science in Belgrade. + Project description by Mariusz Wrzeszcz Office A circle interrupts the rigidity and uniformity of the square gri. The fragmentation is challenged. The block 39 is an entity: a perimeter with a disk. A fluid continuum that embraces [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Folding architecture, Landscape architecture, Norway, Timber, Tommie Wilhelmsen
Norway architectural practice Tommie Wilhelmsen architect has designed the 120 m2 Dalene Cabin situated at Østhusvik on the island Rennesøy, Norway. It was completed in 2009. It is placed overlooking the sea surrounding the island and opens up its facade towards south, to bring in as much light as possible. The interior and exterior is [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: 3XN, Architecture Award, Competition, Random pattern, Sweden
3XN has won the competition to design the new Swedbank international headquarters in Stockholm. The new Headquarters will be one of Sweden’s most modern and innovative office buildings – focusing on transparency, Scandinavian simplicity and dynamic social environments. Behind the project is the Danish Architect 3XN in collaboration with Humlegården Fastigheter, representing the property owner [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Canada, Landscape architecture, Todd Saunders, Waterfront architecture
Saunders Architecture has designed the six artist studios to be located in various locations on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada. Here are 3 selected studios – The Long Studio, The Tower Studio, The Bridge Studio designed for Shorefast Foundation & The Fogo Island Arts Corporation. The idea behind the forms of the various studios was to [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Contemporary architecture, Iconic architecture, USA
Alan Lu shared with us his academic project and concept just recently completed at MIT in Cambridge, MA. + Project description by Alan Lu This project by Alan Lu explores the notion of programmatic extremism in a design incubator facility where a central defined figure that contains a vertically integrated manufacturing/workloft arrangement occupies the void [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel Tags: Competition, London, Mjölk architekti, UK
The Whispering House by Czech architectural office mjölk architekti is one of the shortlisted design for the architectural competition “A Room for London” commissioned by Living Architecture. Visibility and exposure are major character traits of the location on the roof of Queen Elizabeth Hall. The feature to present oneself to other people to built by [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Japan, Japanese architecture, Lattice screen, Timber
Japanese architect Takeshi Hamada has completed the House D in Osaka, JAPAN. + Project description by Takeshi Hamada Key word Narrow Housing,, Young Owner Background and Environmental Atmosphere The housing is located in the place from one block from the main street in Osaka’s suburb, and I cannot say it’s a calm. There are a [...]
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Category: Architecture, Education Tags: Competition, Complex City, Fluid form, France, Lattice screen, Perforated, School, Switzerland, White
Dress Code is an elementary school designed for the community of Fréchy in SWITZERLAND. It is surrounded by farming areas and nearby hills. Under the idea that once the program and the function are defined, the architect’s job consists in dressing up architecture; Dress Code was conceived. It gives a major importance to the facades [...]
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