Designed by Paul Kaloustian Architect, the IN/OUT showroom is located on a first floor of an office building in Beirut and houses the Polyform furniture brand as well as theVarena kitchens. The entry is conceived as a exterior ramp that leads directly into the showroom thus disconnecting it from the building. The central element of [...]
Commemorating the life of an international leader and educator in the disability rights movement, the Ed Roberts Campus recently opened in Berkeley. When Ed Roberts founded Berkeley’s Center for Independent Living (CIL) in 1972, it was the world’s first organization to be run by and for people with disabilities. After Roberts’s death in 1995, the [...]
OBRA Architects recently has designed the IBA Hamburg Smart Price Houses, it is the invited competition as part of the Internationale Bauausstellung Hamburg 2010. + Project description courtesy of OBRA Architects THE SMART PRICE HOUSE: An exhibition of everyday life The project‘s mission is to address and satisfy the housing needs and desires of present [...]
Electric Ramps at the Old Centre is the winning project by Spanish architectural practice Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura in 2007. Due to its extreme winter condition in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), the ramps are covered by dramatic envelope that intended to create the improvement of the visual impact in the historic district. We understand that uncovered ramps would [...]
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 [...]
