Further to our previous feature of Big’s winning project – Tallinn Town Hall, Big architects has sent us additional information such as plans, sections and diagrams to demonstrate and appreciate the design. I personally like the diagram so much, because it is a very useful tool to delivery the ideas to readers. Also click here [...]
DRDS in collaboration with Junglim, DMP, Haenglim and A&U have designed the Hwaseong Sports Complex for Hyundai/Samsung Consortium located in Hwaseong, Korea. It is scheduled to open in 2010, including a 35,000 seat soccer, 5000 seat arena and 2000 seat practice field. + Project description courtesy of DRDS Stadiums have significant impact on cities because [...]
Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group has won an International Competition to design Tallinn’s new City Hall. + Press release courtesy of BIG BIG wins an International Competition to design Tallinn’s new City Hall An international idea contest was held for Tallinn’s new City Hall in Estonia and the best concept was presented by [...]
Italy-based architect firm Park Associati has designed a 145 m high Regnum residential and office tower located in Istanbul, Turchia. The sinuous form of the tower consists of three main elements united around a central transparent volume and its various façades change according to the position of the viewer. + Project description courtesy of Park [...]
Mobile Chaplet is one of six portable spaces for reflection commissioned to travel to rural communities around the state of North Dakota as part of the Roberts Street Chaplet Project. The conceptual starting points for Mobile Chaplet were the covered wagons that transported settlers to the Midwest, as well as the vaulted forms of traditional [...]
Aqua Tower by Studio Gang Architects in Chicago has a beautiful vertical topographical pattern which is defined by outdoor terrace projections. These outdoor terraces gradually change from floor to floor over the height of the building that presents a sculptural appearance to the city. + Project description courtesy of Studio Gang Architects Aqua Tower is [...]
Sapphire is a residential gallery addition to private residence with approximately 1,500sf located in Los Angeles, California, designed by XTEN Architecture. The lightweight structure lifted off the ground, creating a shaded multi-functional space for family use, the gallery on top enclosed by huge glass provides a better view to the surrounding hills. + Project Description [...]
Plan, elevation and section are always our favorite drawings to tell a full story to a project, further to our previous post of Eco-Friendly Cascade House by Paul Raff Studio. Here are the floor plan, elevation and section shared by architect Paul Raff Studio. Floor Plan courtesy of Paul Raff Studio Elevation & Section courtesy [...]
Croatia-based 3LHD Architects has won a competition for a business center in Zagreb, Croatia. + Project description courtesy of 3LHD Architects The competition program is placed on a crossing of two streets, Miramarska and Bednjanska. It is a point of colliding two urban city concepts: north part with classical city blocks of the Zagreb’s lower [...]
Netherlands-based i29 interior architects recently has completed the interior design of a public school Panta Rhei which was designed by Snelder Architecten located in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The inspiration of the design is come from the name of school – Panta Rhei, meaning ‘everything flows’, ‘everything is in motion’. This led to a design that leaves [...]
Lebanon-based design firm .PSLAB beirut developed for a restaurant in Cairo a lighting system made of metallic beams carrying horseshoe-like fixtures. The grid of the substructure is induced by the façade’s architectural layout of windows and walls.
Canadian Architect Paul Raff, will be the first architect awarded both R.A.I.C. Awards of Allied Arts Medal and the honourable mention for Innovation in Architecture on June 20 in Montreal during the R.A.I.C. Festival of Architecture. + Press release Unprecedented winner of two R.A.I.C. Awards of Excellence leads trend toward a NEW integrity-based architecture. Canadian [...]
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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 [...]
