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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: Aquarium, Competition, Denmark, Fluid form, Henning Larsen architects, Iconic architecture, Waterfront architecture
Danish architectural practice Henning Larsen Architects‘ winning proposal for Batumi Aquarium is inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach – shaped by sea currents through millennia. The 2,000 m2 aquarium will replace the previous aquarium of the port and will be situated on the beach side of Rustaveli Str. adjacent to Batumi 6 [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Sport Tags: Competition, Iconic architecture, UK
UK-based designer Sean Gair has recently designed a new landmark for Aldgate international competition. + Project description courtesy of Sean Gair Global Information Network Amplifyer [GINA] was concieved through the exploration and desire to embody the pride London boasts with its hosting of the XXX Olympiad in the summer of the year 2012. The structure [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office, Selected Tags: Concrete, Iconic architecture, Kim In Cheurl, Korea, Perforated, Skyscrapers
Korean architect Kim In Cheurl designed the innovative Urbanhive tower located in Seoul, South Korea. Urbanhive is a 17 levels of 70 meter high tower with white exposed concrete and contextually sits on the corner of the street within the urban matrix, featuring the perforated architectural façade. The holes in the skin are designed to [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use Tags: 3XN, Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Sweden
Danish architect 3XN has won the Landmark Project in Sweden, the construction is planned to begin 2011. + Press Release courtesy of 3XN architects The softly shaped building symbolizes the human values characterizing the revival of Vällingby Parkstad in Stockholm, Sweden 3XNs winning proposal for the new structure marking the entrance to Vällingby Parkstad creates [...]
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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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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Arquitectos Anónimos, Fluid form, Iconic architecture, Landscape architecture, Museum
Villa Fornea by Arquitectos Anónimos is a project proposed on the existing Roman ruins in Belmonte – Portugal. The architectural design was intended to create an organic building that to challenge the rigid formal arrangement of the spaces. The building results from the accumulation of silhouettes that configure a multidirectional volume rather rigid conception of [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office, Selected Tags: Construction, Glass, Iconic architecture, Modular design, REX, Turkey
The internationally-renowned architecture and design firm REX recently has completed the Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center in Istanbul, Turkey. The project will serve as corporate headquarters of Vakko (Turkey’s preeminent fashion house) and Power Media (Turkey’s best-known music and television network). It was built based on the existing abandoned hotel’s structure, REX divided [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected, Sport Tags: Architectural membrane, FIFA World Cup 2010, gmp architekten, Iconic architecture, South Africa, Stadium, Structure, Tensile structure
In Durban, South Africa, the 70,000-seater Moses Mabhida Stadium by gmp architekten has an unique architectural feature inspired by the South African flag. With its grand arch design, the two legs of the arch on the southern side of the stadium come together to form a single footing on the northern side, symbolizing the new [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected, Sport Tags: Architectural membrane, Concrete, FIFA World Cup 2010, gmp architekten, Iconic architecture, South Africa, Stadium, White
The 68,000 spectators Green Point Stadium designed by gmp architekten, is one of the major stadiums to host the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. With its horizontal facade expression and the curving contours, the architectural design was intended to enhance the horizontal line of Table Mountain, and appeared as an iconic building in [...]
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Category: Architecture, Office, Selected Tags: Berlin, Fluid form, Germany, Gnädinger Architekten, Iconic architecture, Skin, White
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 [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: ACXT, Exhibition, Iconic architecture, Landscape architecture, Spain, White
The Btek – Interpretation centre of Technology by ACXT Architects consists of two apparently uninterrupted pyramid-shaped volumes that connect below ground level. The building is located on one of the highest points of the Vizcaya Technology Park and close to the Bilbao airport’s flight path for takeoffs and landings. It aims to create a landmark [...]
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