Cattani Architects have designed the recently completed Cité A Docks student housing project, located in Le Havre, France. The housing consists of 100 apartments made out of old shipping containers. The new town is the result of the transformation of old containers in modular housing units equipped with every comfort. Mounted on a metal grid, the containers have given shape to a four-story build..
What do you think of Tony Owen Partners’ latest luxury apartments? The design will shortly enter its construction phase on Elizabeth Street in Sydney’s CBD in prestigious Hyde Park. With only 19 apartments, this exclusive development intends to define the new standard in luxury and contemporary design for Australia. On the exterior, the units’ varied facades are the product of parametric exercis..
Here's the fascinating entry "Slow Up-rising" by Canadian firm Ja Studio to Solar Park South, the international ideas competition in Calabria, Italy. The competition brief called for a 'Solar Highway' by re-using Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway sections between Scilla and Bagnara to be decommissioned by the Italian Highways Authority. As Ja Studio partner Behnaz Assadi tells us: "Our response wa..
Yaohua Wang shared with us his project An Open Appeal for China, designed along with Scott Chung, Jiaohao Lu, Xiaoxuan Lu, and Lennard Ong. They recently received 2nd Prize in the AIM International Architecture Competition. More images and architect’s description after the break. The problem of architecture in the role of artistic production is that there are none. Modern artistic practices have..
Project name: Park Life Client: Eurocol Assignment: Master plan Location: Tirana, Albania Size: 51,300 sqm + 14,000 sqm parking garage Status: Invited competition, 1st prize, realisation 2010 - 2012 Principal architect: Marc Joubert Project team: Jeroen de Loor, Marian Dusinsky, Alessandro Guida, Kim Byungchan JA Joubert Architecture, a Rotterdam-based architectural office, has won first prize i..
Desitecture, a British Architecture Collective, have recently been shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival in the future project-experimental category for their Vertical City in Venezuela. More images and architect’s description after the break. Originally 23 de Enero was designed to become a mass housing block for residents of the city to live and work in. On January 23rd, 1958, when the..
Architects: Della Valle + Bernheimer Design Location: New York, NY, USA Partner in Charge: Jared Della Valle Project Manager: Burck Schellenberg Project Designer: Garrick Jones Project Team: Andrew Willard, Cathy Braasch, Brian Butterfield, Adam Ruedig Client/Developer: Alloy Development Contractor: TG Nickel Project Area: 29,700 sq ft Project Year: 2006-2009 Photographs: Della Valle + Bernheime..
A few years ago, Jean Nouvel unveiled his plans for two towers for Sydney City, and now, the project has just received approval. Located on the site of a former brewery, the towers – one 16 stories and the other 33 – are part of the 250,000 sqm development plan managed by Frasers Property. The towers will house 563 luxury apartments above a six level retail and recreation podium. The eastern tow..
Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have designed this apartment tower with overhanging floor plates and terraces for Beirut, Lebanon. Created as part of a wider masterplan to regenerate this area of the city that includes a marina, the building will comprise five different modular floor slabs used in varying combinations to create a mixture of overhangs and terraces. The building will have ve..
Architects: Formwerkz Architects Location: Singapore, Singapore Design Team: Seetoh Kum Loon, Alan Tay, JY Pang, Koh XuanYi, EkaChai Site Area: 1,190 sqm Gross Floor Area: 1,000 sqm Photography: Courtesy of Formwerkz Architects Brief The scale and programme of the house suggests more of a communal dwelling for a multi-tier family. The family called for a design that can accommodate a long wish l..