Tag: Refurbishment / Extension

Extension of the National Maritime Museum | C.F. Møller Architects

Extension of the National Maritime Museum | C.F. Møller Architects

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| July 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

C. F. Møller Architects has designed the extension of The National Maritime Museum in London, Britain’s seventh largest tourist attraction and part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. The new wing, called The Sammy Ofer Wing – named after the international shipping magnate and philanthropist Sammy Ofer, who has funded most of £36.5m extension [...]

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Bay Ship and Yacht Company | estudioOCA / Omg

Bay Ship and Yacht Company | estudioOCA / Omg

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| June 18, 2011 | 0 Comments

This project serves as an extension of the Bay Trail, part of what will be a 500-mile network of bicycle and walking trails connecting 47 cities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. This section begins at the Alameda Ferry station and continues through an industrial corridor, along the property of the Bay Ship and Yacht [...]

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Via Turati Refurbishment Project | Park Associati

Via Turati Refurbishment Project | Park Associati

Category: Architecture, Office Tags: , , , ,
| June 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

This building is distinguished by the burnished colour finish of the metal structures on the facade, the tinted glass of the curtain wall system, the brown paintwork and the smaller volume used as a residential unit. During its heyday, the building would have been considered modern and technologically advanced. However, in its contemporary condition, many [...]

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8030 Georgia Avenue | Division1

8030 Georgia Avenue | Division1

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| June 11, 2011 | 0 Comments

8030 is located in an industrial site in Silver Spring, MD. The site has been retrofitted with café’s, and artist’s studios. There has also been a surge of condominium construction around the sites periphery. The site acts as a hinge between residences, retail, and 2 major streets. The stairs act as a focal point while [...]

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The Roberts Residence | Division1

The Roberts Residence | Division1

Category: Architecture, House Tags: , ,
| June 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

Designed by American architecture firm Division1, the ¾ acre site of the Roberts Residence is bound by, a residential street along its west edge, single-family detached residences on adjacent lots to the north and south, and a wooded park towards the rear. At the front of the site along the street edge the site drops [...]

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Tudela (Club Med) Restoration Project | EMF Landscape Architects

Tudela (Club Med) Restoration Project | EMF Landscape Architects

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| June 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

In 1961, on the eastern tip of Iberia Peninsula, Cap de Creus cape, one the windiest and most northern exposed corner of our geography, Club Med constructed a privative holiday village with 430 buildings to receive around 900 visitors 3 months a year. The urbanization project it is considered as one of the most notorious [...]

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X3 New Office in Romania

X3 New Office in Romania

Category: Interior Tags: , , ,
| May 27, 2011 | 2 Comments

In Romania, X3 new office recently has been completed, the office has been re-purposed an old attic and it is both visually appealing and tightly organized. X3 office is an interesting game of contrasts and states that aligns perfectly to X3‘s own eclectic style. In addition to the the visual game, the handcrafted items bring [...]

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Chateau d’eau Water Tower Conversion | Bham Design Studio

Chateau d’eau Water Tower Conversion | Bham Design Studio

Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: ,
| May 26, 2011 | 0 Comments

Interior architect Mauro Brigham has completed reconversion of a water tower into a single family house in Belgium. The history In a small terrain of 16m width by 20m long in the middle of a flat Belgian landscape, raises a 30m high water tower built between 1938 and 1941 for and by the village of [...]

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Napa Valley Vintners – Jackse Winery | Architectural Resources Group

Napa Valley Vintners – Jackse Winery | Architectural Resources Group

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| May 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

The Jackse Winery, one of St. Helena’s oldest wood-framed winery buildings, has recently been restored and expanded to serve as the permanent offices for the Napa Valley Vintners, a non-profit organization responsible for protecting and promoting the smaller wineries in this premier winegrowing region. Built between 1905 and 1913 by Austrian immigrant and vintner Stephen [...]

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Sancho el Sabio Foundation | Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura

Sancho el Sabio Foundation | Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura

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| May 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

The Sancho el Sabio Foundation, dating from 1964, is the main documentation and investigation centre of Basque culture and history. Designed by Spaish firm Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura, the proposal involves the recovery of a former cemetery and based on that, the development of the remaining building. Because the programme contemplates important storage spaces, it was [...]

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Loft in Paris | NZI Architectes + Sandra de Giorgio

Loft in Paris | NZI Architectes + Sandra de Giorgio

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| May 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

Shared by Paris-based firm NZI Architectes + Sandra de Giorgio, this loft has been transformed from a 50m² artist’s workshop (13m long x 3.5m wide x 5m high) to a compact living and sleeping spaces. Due to tight space, NZI Architectes has clearly defined the spaces by changing the level and also provided a sleeping [...]

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Reconstruction of the Mechelen Melaan | OKRA Landscape Architects

Reconstruction of the Mechelen Melaan | OKRA Landscape Architects

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| May 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

‘Water in Historic City Centres’ has Mechelen as its proving ground The first project for the ‘Water in Historic City Centres’ (WIHCC) project has been completed in Mechelen, Belgium. The Melaan, a tributary of the Dijle river, has been excavated and newly landscaped in the old city centre of Mechelen. WIHCC is a European collaborative [...]

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