Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps Location: Denmark Project Year: 2004 Engineer: Moe & Brødsgaard A/S Area: 200 sqm Photographs: Torben Eskerod Sitting in the midst of an expanding landscape, the summerhouse is an open-plan dwelling allowing the inhabitants and its visitors to experience a continual interior/exterior natural environment. Raised above the ground by concrete pillars, the hou..
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have unveiled their design for a triangular building in the Porte de Versailles area of Paris, France. According to the architects the triangular profile will prevent the structure casting shadows on adjacent buildings, and allow for optimum solar and wind power generation. The ground floor will incorporate shops and restaurants, while an open public space level wit..
German architects Coordination Berlin and photographers diephotodesigner presented a “multi-faceted design object” called Crystal City Mind in London last weekend. The objects, designed to reflect the surrounding cityscape, are made from high-grade steel that is mirror-polished on one side and matt black on the other. Crystal City Mind was initially developed to highlight the rapidly changing sk..
German architects Coordination Berlin and photographers diephotodesigner presented a “multi-faceted design object” called Crystal City Mind in London last weekend. The objects, designed to reflect the surrounding cityscape, are made from high-grade steel that is mirror-polished on one side and matt black on the other. Crystal City Mind was initially developed to highlight the rapidly changing ..
The Els Colors kindergarten, designed by RCR Arquitectes, exhibits a simplicity in its composition that is achieved through the juxtaposition of sections that differ only in colour. The classrooms, communal areas and cafeteria are spread across two rectangular, single level sections, which are connected by a covered passageway that also gives access to the internal courtyard. A taller section ..
FEATURED PROJECT BY BING THOM ARCHITECTS Located in a vibrant multicultural neighbourhood in South Vancouver, the Sunset Community Centre houses a pre-school, gymnasium, exercise rooms and a host of other community activities. The building has been integrated into the Vancouver Park Board's nursery which will take on an additional role as an educational and recreational resource for the communit..
Location: Lazaro Cardenas, Jalisco, Mexico Architects: AD 11 Grupo de Arquitectura y Diseno / Salvador Macias, Francisco Gutierrez Collaborators: Israel Melo (arq), Belen Aldapa (arq), Margarita Peredo (arq), Alejandra Fernandez (arq), Almendra Magana (arq), Manuel Rivera (ing), Javier Ruiz (arq), Lou Peresandi (dis), Alfredo Barb (dis). Client: KP Alazraki Built area: 2280 sqm Photos: Mito Cova..
Architects: Jackson Clements Burrows Pty Ltd Architects Location: Separation Creek, Victoria, Australia Project Team: Graham Burrows, Tim Jackson, Jon Clements, Anthony Chan, Chris Price, Huan Trinh, Joachim Holland, Anna Guelzo, Kim Stapleton Design duration: 24 months Construction duration: 12 months Landscape: Ocean Road Landscaping Rock Anchoring: Wessell Drilling Contractor: Spence Building..
Architects: 3XN / Kim Herforth Nielsen, Bo Boje Larsen, Kim Christiansen Location: København, Denmark Client: Tivoli Year of Design: 2004 Year of Construction: 2005 Engineering: Arup, BIrch & Krogboe Contractor: NCC (partnering process) Constructed Area: 4,000 sqm Photographs: Adam Mørk In 2004, 3XN was awarded the prestigious task of performing the renovation and extensions of the Concert Hall ..