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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, House, Selected Tags: Denmark, Landscape architecture, Perforated, Thailand, Tropical architecture, Waterfront architecture, WE Architecture, White
The young Danish architectural firm, WE Architecture, designed this TT-Villa located in one of the most attractive island in asia – Phuket, Thailand. The house is composed of 3 linear forms which are well integrated into the landscape. We have chosen to split the program of the house into three categories. These are divided on [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use Tags: 36 The Calls Design Competition, Color architecture, Competition, P+HS Architects, UK, Waterfront architecture
This proposal by P+HS Architects is one of the short-lister for the international “36 The Calls Design Competition” run by the Architects Journal with developer Citu. Entrants were asked to draw up proposals for an ‘iconic’ commercial building in Leeds, on a tight car-park plot on the north bank of the River Aire. The objective [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel, Selected Tags: Cladding, India architecture, Skin, Waterfront architecture, Yazdani Studio
American architectural firm Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design has designed an iconic Taj Hotel for Taj Lands End design competition entry in Mumbai, India. The hotel is developed from the idea of “wave” that shaped by fins from its podium to hotel tower, while creating a cascade of terraces and decks at southern edges, it [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use, Residential, Selected Tags: Glass, NBBJ, Peter Pran, Singapore, Skyscrapers, Tim Griffith, Tropical architecture, Waterfront architecture
The Sail @ Marina Bay by NBBJ is the mixed-use building comprising apartment units, several restaurants, health clubs, recreation decks with pools and tennis courts, and parking. As the 10th largest residential high-rise in the world, and the largest high-rise in Singapore, the Sail @ Marina Bay has become Singapore’s newest city icon. It carves [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Mixed Use, Office, Selected Tags: Cladding, Daniel Libeskind, Folding architecture, Glass, Ireland, Theater, Waterfront architecture
Architect Daniel Libeskind recently has completed the Grand Canal Square Theatre and Commercial Development. It comprises two extensive office buildings and a stunning theatre with the dynamic formal expression. The project aims to enhance the new urban structure of Grand Canal Harbor in Dublin, serving as a focus point for its context. The architectural concept [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Ake E.son Lindman, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Folding architecture, Sweden, Timber, Waterfront architecture
On the Muskö island in Sweden, Swedish architectural studio Claesson Koivisto Rune designed the Folded Roof House which is an one-storey house with an asymmetric folded roof plane, bedrooms are located at two gable ends and separated by the living and dining rooms, with a full glazed opening and recessed terrace. It provides an interesting [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Landscape architecture, Timber, USA architecture, Waterfront architecture
Stunningly Modern Bainbridge Island Home The clean modern lines of this newly constructed waterfront home are a rare and perfect match for the person looking for simplicity and a zen-like quality in a home. Striking and progressive materials are utilized throughout in this smart and edgy design. Featured in a recent Seattle AIA exhibition, the [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Fluid form, Folding architecture, Italy, PROGETTOSPORE, Waterfront architecture
Italian studio PROGETTOSPORE has designed The [F] club located in LIDO DI CAMAIORE [LU] Italy. The plan’s aim is to build a structure which answers the needs of a beach Club and at the same time is not a visual barrier but a frame between people who walk along the shore and the seaside. The [...]
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Category: Architecture, Landscape, Sport Tags: Green architecture, Landscape architecture, Netherlands, Studio Noach, Waterfront architecture
Dutch architectural firm Studio Noach and architect Anne Holtrop developed a floating spa wellness center based on recycled waste, in combination with a high tech sustainable climate system and an ecological and botanical coating of plants and flowers, which was invented by Frenchman Patrick Blanc. ‘Floating Gardens/SpaWellness Amsterdam‘ is a world first, and from February 20th [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel Tags: Landscape architecture, mode:lina, Tanzania, Waterfront architecture
Polish studio mode:lina architektura & consulting, in collaboration with architect Zbigniew Pyda and graphic designers Zbigniew Flakus and Krzysztof Pyda have created a brochure for potential investors interested in locating their capital in Sunset Paradise resort on Zanzibar island. + Project description courtesy of mode:lina Resort “Sunset Paradise” is situated on the west coast of [...]
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