Architects Tobias Wallisser and Chris Bosse designed a lounge for Architonic at the IMM Cologne furnishing fair held earlier this month in Germany. The lounge was inspired by arctic slabs of ice and provided the setting for a party to celebrate architectural materials database Architonic’s fifth birthday. Wallisser is formerly a partner at Dutch architects UNStudio while Bosse designed the Aquat..
Amsterdam-based architect Yushi Uehara of Zerodegree Architecture has completed two office buildings in Groningen, the Netherlands. The buildings have identical plans but one is to be used as offices and the other for scientific laboratories. Photographs by Jim Ernst. The following text is from Yushi Uehara: – Shaken Office How far have we matured our architecture? How truthfully have we made ou..
Architects: Manel Brullet & Albert de Pineda Location: Barcelona, Spain Project year: 2006 Client: Grup Agrupació Mutua, Ajuntament de Barcelona y el Consorci (Zona Franca de Barcelona) Structural Engineer: Manuel Arguijo, Arq. Artists: $42,35M Euro (US $54M) Constructed Area: 55,000 sqm PRBB building has a total surface of more than 55.000 m2 and is located at a 9000 m2 site at Barcelona’s seaf..
Design Miami 08: here are some photos of the Temporary Structure designed by New York architects Aranda\Lasch to house the Design Miami collectors’ fair that ended yesterday (Saturday). See our earlier story for more info about the structure. Photos are by James Harris. earlier story Design Miami 08: New York architects Aranda\Lasch have designed a temporary exhibition venue for this year’s Des..
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Location: Dusager, Aarhus N, Denmark Client: NRGi a.m.b.a. Ingeneering: Consult - Consulting Engineers Contractor: H. Hoffmann & Sønner Project Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Constructed Area: 5,067 sqm Photographs: SHL NRGi’s new corporate headquarters is situated in an area marked by a number of freestanding buildings. NRGi stands out from i..
Architects: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier Location: Oita-city, Oita, Japan Client: Private Project year: 2008 Constructed area: 119 sqm Photographs: Toshiyuki YANO (Nacasa & Partners Inc.,) It is a hairsalon built in the suburbs. A mountain type design code is repeated from facade and an opening to interior design. This brings the visual effect as an icon to construction. “Paper-cutting” will be a mot..
Belgrade-based design studio 4of7 and London-based practice Superfuisonlab have completed the conversion of a former restaurant in Belgrade, Serbia, into a gym and spa. The former communist building is cantilevered 15 metres above the river. Approximately 390 translucent, triangular, back-lit panels are suspended from the ceiling’s steel structure. More information about the project on the 4of7 ..
client : straco Corporation, C.Clerico architecte : as.architecture-studio architecte d'intérieur et signalétique : as.design-studio superficie : 5500 m² Coût : 2,5 M € date de début d’étude : septembre 2006 date de livraison : permis de construire en cours activité : complexe restaurant-cabaret avec terrasse dans l’ancien bâtiment de la banque HSBC emplacement : 12 on the Bund Shanghai Chine Ci..
Dutch architects UNStudio have sent us these images of a planned arts and retail complex in Dubai, UAE, to include the Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art. The 25,000 square metre project will house a number of museums, including the Museum of Middle Eastern Art, as well as performance areas, a hotel, and a shopping centre. The complex will form part of Dubai’s ‘Culture Village’ with constructio..