Architect: Marcio Kogan Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Design Year: 2006 Construction Year: 2007 Co-author: Bruno Gomes, Bruno Guedes Collaborators: Diana Radomysler, Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Samanta Cafardo, Suzana Glogowski, Lair Reis, Carolina Castroviejo, Eduardo Glycerio, Maria Cristina Motta, Gabriel Kogan, Mariana Simas Client: Vitra Site Area: 504 sqm Constructed Area: 250 sqm Co..
HOK has released the first images of its dynamic design for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s new British Embassy building in Jakarta. The 3,800 m² scheme is designed over three levels and is located on a 1.5 hectare site in central Jakarta. The project is due to complete in 2011. The design, expressed in a spiralling form, folds around a central protected courtyard and twists up and outward..
Icelandic Opera House by Arkitema and Arkthing Architects Arkitema of Denmark and Arkthing of Iceland have won a competition to design the Icelandic Opera House in Reykjavik. The 820 seat concert hall will be situated on Borgaholt hill, near the city’s landmark the church of Kópavogs, in an area supposedly inhabited by elves. The competition involved three teams of international architects prese..
Tezuka Architects have designed a hillside studio-house in Ushimado, Japan. The house has a total floor area of 152 square metres. Photographs are by Katsuhisa Kida. Lighting design by Masahide Kakudate Lighting Architect & Associates. Construction by Fujiki Koumuten.
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: 70ºN Arkitektur Location: No defined location Client: 70ºN Arkitektur Constructed Area: 36 sqm Type: Experimental Prefab Builder: Senja Elementer AS Project year: 2004 Photographs: BR - Bent Raanes and Sarah Cameron Sørensen, RSB - Rune Stoltz Bertinussen, 70N - 70°N arkitektur The xbo is primarly a result of the Rotterdam based project ‘PARASITE’ (Prototypes for Advanced/ Ready-made..
Architects: ADD+ Arquitectura - Manuel Bailo Esteve, Rosa Rull Bertran Location: Barcelona, Spain Client: MTC INVERSIONSs Project year: 2008 Photographs: José Hevia The project has been planned understanding the closer environment and the relation between the city and the landscape. The project is situated on a place where the urban conditions are loosing the density and the compactness in front..
Architect: Brasil Arquitetura - Francisco Fanucci and Marcelo Ferraz Location: Ilopolis, RS, Brasil Design Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2007 Co-Author: Anselmo Turazzi Project Team: Anne Dieterich, Cicero Ferraz Cruz and Luciana Dornellas; Carol Silva Moreira, Fabiana Fernandes Paiva, Gabriel Rodrigues Grinspum, Ismael Rossett, Joao Grinspum Ferraz, Pedro Del Guerra, Victor Gurgel, Vinicius Spi..
Architect: Jordi Badia /Josep Val Location: Leon, Spain Project: 1999 Construction: 2000 Collaborators: Elena Valls, Tirma Balague, Albert Cibiach , Marcos Catalan, Juan Carlos Castro, Frans Massana, Lorena Maristany, Rafael Berengena, Francesc Belart, Santi Vinuesa, Barbara Camarero, Gines Egea, Josep Martinez, Luis Victori, Sergi Serrat, Lluis Carreras, Jordi Mercade Structure: Eduard Doce, ar..
Architects: Steven Holl Architects Location: Paradise Valley, AZ, USA Architects: Steven Holl (design architect), Martin Cox (project architect), Tim Bade (schematic design), Robert Edmonds, Annette Goderbauer, Hideki Hirahara, Clark Manning (project team) Project Year: 2002-2005 Structural Engineer: Rudow & Berry Mechanical Engineer: Roy Otterbein Civil Engineer: Fleet Fisher Engineering Electr..