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Category: Architecture, Residential Tags: CC Arquitectos, Landscape architecture, Lattice screen, Mexico, Waterfront architecture, White
In Ixtapa, Mexico, CC Arquitectos has completed the Finestre Villas housing project which comprises 8 units of villa ranging from 500 to 1000 square meters. The project is sited on a ridge in the Pacific coast in Guerrero state, and designed to integrate with the topography of the site. + Project credits / data Villas [...]
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Category: Master Plan Tags: Aedes, Fluid form, Thailand, Waterfront architecture
The Bangkok-based Architecture firm S+PBA has been invited to attend the exhibition Water- Curse or Blessing!? organized by Aedes East – International Forum for Contemporary Architecture n.p.o. as part of the Asia Pacific Weeks 2011. The event will take place at Aedes Gallery in Berlin from the 9th to 21st September 2011. As a possible [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: 3XN, Cladding, Museum, Stair, UK, Waterfront architecture
3XN Architects have recently completed the Museum of Liverpool. Traditional facades often deal with interruptions – windows for example. I wish to create a holistic kind of architecture, and a patterned façade ties the building together into one sculptural entity. By creating the pattern into a relief, as we did with the Museum of Liverpool, [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel Tags: Hirsch Bedner Associates, Iconic architecture, Swimming pool, Waterfront architecture
Trump Ocean Club Panama, designed by HBA / Hirsch Bedner in collaboration with Ivanka Trump opened in July 6th. HBA, one of the leading global hospitality design firms, drew inspiration from Panama’s rich culture and history to create a dramatic and vibrant hotel. During the initial stages, HBA designers immediately connected with the local culture [...]
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Category: Master Plan Tags: Fluid form, LEO A DALY, Turkey, Waterfront architecture
LEO A DALY is providing the master plan and concept design for Aegean Breeze at Alaçati, a five-star, contemporary beach destination resort that will break ground on the western coast of Turkey this year, with a grand opening planned in summer 2012. Inspired by the breezes of the Aegean Sea, the motion of gulls in [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Color architecture, Japanese architecture, Lattice screen, molo, Museum, Waterfront architecture
In 2001, Stephanie Forsythe + Todd MacAllen of molo were shortlisted for an international architectural competition for the city of Aomori. Their first trip to Japan took them to Tokyo University to present models and drawings to Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel and city officials. In Japan, we’ve been given intimate experiences of true design: a [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Brazil, Landscape architecture, Mareines + Patalano Arquitetura, Stair, Swimming pool, Timber, Waterfront architecture
Brazil-based firm Mareines + Patalano Arquitetura has designed the Leaf House in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We see it as low-tech ecoefficiency, where it has the greatest impact, the concept of the architectural design. Our practice, luckily in agreement with our client, understand the idea of a tropical beach house as a mean to enhance [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Gudmundur Jonsson, Iconic architecture, Norway, Waterfront architecture
Designed by Gudmundur Jonsson Architects, Norveg is situated in the Community Rørvik which has long tradition for fishery, and represents the utmost of the Norwegian coastal culture through ages. Today there is a boat-building industry carrying on the tradition, but in a modern way. Being situated by the coast, represents in one way a challenge bringing [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Exhibition, Folding architecture, Iconic architecture, Museum, UK, Waterfront architecture, Zaha Hadid, Zinc
The Riverside Museum in Glasgow by world renowned architect Zaha Hadid Architects will be unveiled in JUNE 2011. Check it out our previous story here. The historical development of the Clyde and the city is a unique legacy; with the site situated where the Kelvin flows into the Clyde the building can flow from the [...]
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Category: Landscape, Selected Tags: Buro Lubbers, COR-TEN, Netherlands, Public square, Stair, Waterfront architecture
Maaskade Cuijk is a spectacular meeting place near the river Meuse in Cuijk designed by Dutch landscape architect firm Buro Lubbers. The design concept of the river bank is inspired on the scale and atmosphere of the river. The sturdy wall of steel has become the link between village and river, not by separating the [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Landscape architecture, Saenz de Santamaria Designs, Swimming pool, Thailand, Tropical architecture, Waterfront architecture
The largest and most indulgent of the retreats, the Villa of the Rising Sun of Casas del Sol by Saenz de Santamaria Designs features spacious open plan living with incredible panoramic views of Koh Tao, the open ocean and the little sister island of Koh Nangyuan. The design couples loft-style living at large with contemporary [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Landscape architecture, Saenz de Santamaria Designs, Swimming pool, Thailand, Tropical architecture, Waterfront architecture
One of the larger retreats, the Villa of the Full Moon of Casas del Sol by Saenz de Santamaria Designs commands views over sister island Koh Nangyuan and the open ocean. Surrounded by a garden of frangipanis, this stylish hideaway is a serene seaside sanctuary. + Please click here for more about the full story [...]
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