BIG with additional team members Tess, Transsolar, Base, Transitec and Michel Forgue is chosen to design an 80 Hectare cultural and commercial destination, EuropaCity in France. The new urban center EuropaCity is located between Paris and Roissy in France’s most populated region Île-de-France. EuropaCity will offer a mixture of retail, culture and leisure on an [...]
Foyer of one of the largest art house cinemas in Europe. New Horizons Cinema is a 9-screening rooms independent movie theatre, which connects all kinds of activities related to the film and its promotion – so not only the regular movie screenings, but also festivals, reviews, exhibitions and educational programs. Project included renovation and reorganization [...]
Maluku Museum (MUMA) commissioned Serge Schoemaker Architects to design a plan for the conversion and extension of the museum building. The design replaces a part of the existing building from the eighties and exploits the currently unused museum courtyard. The building costs of the MUMA extension are 1 million euro. It is expected that the [...]
Portuguese architectural studio Spaceworkers has designed a Footpath and Cycling Bridge proposal for the competition sponsored by the city of Maribor in Slovenia within the European Capital of Culture 2012. The challenge was to create a Footpath and cycling bridge in a place where once existed the first bridge in this city. The dynamics of [...]
The renovation of the Confiserie Bachmann flagship coffee and chocolate house in Basel, designed by HHF architects is now completed and open to public. Confiserie Bachmann is Basels most traditional and most famous chocolate manufacturer, specializing in high-quality sweets. Although the space is small, the renovation creates a spacious, yet intimate atmosphere with the use [...]
Hanover House by Kraus Schoenberg Architects is the refurbishment and extension project on the rooftop of a Victorian warehouse building located in Bradford, United Kingdom. The sculptural aspect of the roof silhouette is no mere architectural fancy, but reflects the roofscape of the surrounding buildings and has been used to form the living spaces. Kraus [...]
Gar_Anat Pilgrim’s hotel in Granada, is an interior design project in restoring the old building designed by Spanish architect Francisco J. del Corral del Campo. + Project description courtesy of Francisco J. del Corral del Campo Dear Traveller, Welcome to Gar_Anat, Pilgrim’s hotel, gate to the world of your imagination. ABOUT the INTERVENTION It takes [...]
Gentofte Hospital Extension in Gentofte has been inaugurated in 22nd October 2009, it was a winning competition project designed by C. F. Møller Architects to extend the hospital by inserting a new, modern core in the original eight-shaped complex. By placing the new buildings as the logistical heart in the middle of the figure-eight layout, [...]
Palazzo Grossi, is the recent completed project by Italian architectural firm HOF for the new head office for the Municipality of Perugia in a former school building. Design The project of the conversion of a former school building in the historical city centre of Perugia into the new head office of the Municipality of Perugia [...]
The Netherlands-based GROUP A recently has completed the ‘Student Housing Tower Blok 1‘ in Presikhaaf, Arnhem, the Netherlands. The building is situated on an isolated location and surrounded by nature, it built to act as a landmark in Presikhaaf area. The facade will be covered in paneling with a slightly differing finish, creating a subtle [...]
Designed by Dutch architects MVRDV in collaboration with Norwegian firms DARK Arkitekter AS. The construction for DnB NOR Headquarters has been started in this year September and scheduled to be completed in 2012. The pixelated design adapts to the urban context and combines an efficient and flexible internal organisation, based on small-scale working entities, with [...]
Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza has designed the Andalucia’s Museum of Memory located in Granada. A very good attempt of creating the interesting spatial experience through an elliptic central court which is designed to connect 3 levels spaces via the featured circular ramp. The new building, silent in its forms, is resounding in its elements [...]
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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 [...]
