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Category: Architecture, Transportation Tags: Folding architecture, Landscape architecture, Malmström Edström, Sweden
Malmström Edström were along with three other architectural firms invited by to a parallel assignment to create a concept for future railway installations and maintenance buildings. The aim of the assignment was to find a design concept with a high architectural standard. Jernhusen – the client – owns and develops stations, maintenance depots and freight [...]
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Category: Architecture, Commercial, Mixed Use, Office, Residential Tags: Chapman Taylor, Folding architecture, Iconic architecture, London, Shopping complex, Turkey
London-based Chapman Taylor has designed the The Mall of Istanbul. This mixed-use development forms a strong sculptural statement set within a lush, green, landscaped environment. The Mall of Istanbul comprises a mix of uses – retail, leisure, offices, hotel and residential. The development concept is inspired by existing geographic streetscapes within Istanbul to create an [...]
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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, House Tags: Folding architecture, Garduño Arquitectos, Mexico, Stair, Swimming pool
Mexico-based Garduño Arquitectos recently has completed the Alpes House in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico. We decided to use concrete as our main language, dialoguing with the natural context as well as the different spatial, functional and mood necessities. The color of the concrete was made to match a sample of “tepetate” (a brittle volcanic rock), [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: Austria, Balcony, Cladding, Color architecture, Folding architecture, Glass, Paul Ott, Pichler & Traupmann, Random pattern, Stair
Austrian architectural firm Pichler & Traupmann Architekten recently has completed a new office for the Raiffeisen Finance Center in Eisenstadt, Austria. The design of the building playfully responds to the restrictions imposed by the building regulations as well as to the schedule of accommodation for the different floors, and develops an encasing figure that encloses [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential, Selected Tags: Balcony, Folding architecture, Italy, Tisselli studio architetti, White
VC1 is the latest completed residential project by Italian architectural practice Tisselli studio architetti. It is designed to accommodate 1 level of basement car park, 8 apartments in first 2 floors and a garret apartment. Beyond a mere functional description of the intervention, action focus is still the wish to reinstate the architectural quality to [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: dagli + atélier d'architecture, Folding architecture, Luxembourg, Refurbishment / Extension
Luxembourg-based architectural firm dagli + atélier d’architecture has completed a new extension on the roof top of the company headquarters of Sanichaufer, it was designed to express the image of the company and functioned as a showroom displaying the most modern building technologies. + Architect’s statement by dagli + atélier d’architecture “roof top office” Dudelange [...]
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Category: Architecture, Healthcare, Selected Tags: Clinic, D.I.G Architects, Folding architecture, Japan, Japanese architecture, White
Designed by Japanese firm D.I.G Architects, the Majima Clinic was developed based on the concept of “ORIGAMI”. The space under the “ORIGAMI” paper, “ORIGAMI” is the wall or the roof and the eaves. the folding “paper” generate the gap and opening, and the folding operation generate the ambiguous border between the open space and the [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: 10x10, Folding architecture, India architecture
India-based studio 10×10 Design Consultants has designed the contemporary house for Mr. Mansoor and his family in Palakkad district, nestled in the Western Ghats. + Project description courtesy 10×10 Design Consultants A home is a sanctuary and a retreat. It shelters one against the elements of nature. The modern man is trying to find the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Transportation Tags: C. F. Møller Architects, Competition, ESD design, Folding architecture, Iconic architecture, Sweden, Terminal, Waterfront architecture
C. F. Møller Architects won the competition for the new terminal for Stockholm’s ferry connections to Finland and the Baltics. The terminal will be a landmark for the new urban development Norra Djurgårdsstaden – due to a significant architecture and a significant sustainable profile. As a transit zone the terminal is one of Stockholm’s major [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: 36 The Calls Design Competition, Aedas, Competition, Folding architecture, Iconic architecture, UK, Waterfront architecture
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 [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Denmark, Folding architecture, Iconic architecture, Perforated, WE Architecture
WE Architecture, in collaboration with Sophus Søbye Arkitekter, MASU Planning, Øllgaard Consulting Engineer, Spangenberg & Madsen Consulting Engineer and Hausenberg have won the first prize to design the Mariehøj Culturcenter in Holte, Denmark. + Project description courtesy WE Architecture The future “Mariehøj culturcenter” draw a clear profile in the landscape. With a new foyer, the [...]
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