The Cognitive Cities Conference (#CoCities) will host an event in Berlin during February 26th and 27th 2011, it is a platform for discussing the intersection of urbanism and technology. CoCities is a two-day event: Day 1 is a full-on conference (ticket required, start selling within next 2 weeks), Day 2 is dedicated to exploring the [...]
This is an interesting design project by Plastique Fantastique that creates public architectural works in the cities using giant plastic bubbles that astonish the public. Plastique Fantastique wishes its architectures to be spacial experiences and platforms for multi-sensorial actions. The plastic-spheres was custom designed for special events worldwide. The visitor can experience the bubble by [...]
The Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology by German architectural firm Gnädinger Architekten was started from the idea of human muscle fibers, a metaphor for the simulation of complex biological processes and structures. Gnädinger created an amorphous, abstract façade, which wraps dynamically around the six-storey, reinforced concrete frame, encompassing around 1,000 square meters of floor [...]
Berlin-based dan pearlman has completed the Elise Island project, the transformation of a children psychiatric clinic, in the German capital. The clinic is called ‘Evangelisches Konigin Elisabeth Krankenhaus’ (KEH) and has created a holistic dreamland for young patients with psychiatric issues. Each room was designed in terms of shape, color, materials, light and air, with [...]
Grabmal F.C. Gundlach by German architect Roland Poppensieker is a minimal concrete box of a tomb for Hamburgian photographer and art collector F.C. Gundlach. The tomb is composed of four precast concrete elements of the size of 3 by 3 by 3 meter. Dependent on the change of light and shadow and according to the [...]
Libeskind Villa designed by Daniel Libeskind will be unveiled to the public on September 29. The Libeskind Villa is a piece of art with its own unique atmosphere. For the first time, Daniel Libeskind has devised a home which can be erected anywhere in the world. + Press information courtesy of proportion A Libeskind for [...]
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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 [...]
