Project: Skien Brygge, Norway Type: International Competition with prequalification [4 teams selected from 33 applicants] Client: ROM Eiendom, Skien Municipality and Grenland Harbor Program: Housing, offices, retail and urban spaces Site area: Approx. 4 hectare Proposed built area: 56,000 m2 Team: A-lab & SEA Consultants: Buro Happold Ltd A collaborative design effort by A-lab (Oslo, Norway) and..
Toronto-based Ja Architecture Studio, in collaboration with Tadj-Farzin Studio, have sent us their proposal for the Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Popular Music Center competition. The international competition aims to make Kaohsiung, Taiwan an incubator of the pop music industry in Southern Taiwan and throughout the Asian pop music network. The announcement of the final winner is expected for ..
London-based design studio Tonkin Liu have completed a re-design of the Dover Esplanade in Kent, England. Dover’s Esplanade has been given a radical overhaul by Tonkin Liu. The project has been conceived as three artworks that have grown out of their social and environmental context and the way they are constructed. The new Esplanade officially opens today, 4 November 2010. Lifting Wave, Resting..
The Barcelona architecture firm XV Studio has shared with us their proposal for the new Angola Central Highlands University, where they were a part of the four team short list for the international competition. Proposal images and the architects description after the break. TRACING LUSONA PATTERNS AROUND THE POOLS OF LIGHT “Learning, a young boy enjoys making sand drawings with his fingers… thes..
A couple weeks ago, we featured STL‘s proposal for the Kaohsiung Competition. Now, Sun & Schrempp Associates have shared with us their design for a Marine and Pop Music Center driven by the wave motion of the water experienced at Kaohsiung’s marine port. More images and architect’s description after the break. Kaohsiung’s Marine port is a vital element to the city’s culture and history. It used ..
Architect: Maxwan Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan Partner in charge: Hiroki Matsuura Team leader: Jason Hilgefort Team: Hiroki Matsuura, Rients Dijkstra and Jason Hilgefort with Artur Borejszo, Leena Cho, Ignas Uogintas, Nobuki Ogasahara Client: City of Kaohsiung Program: Cultural – Pop Music Center, Marine Center, Large Performance Hall, Music Rehearsal Space, Small Performance Halls Site area: 12 ..
Architects: Dom Arquitectura Location: Agoncillo, Logroño; La Rioja, Spain Project Architect: Pablo Serrano Elorduy Interior Designer: Blanca Elorduy Collaborators: Ingeniería Torrella Project Area: 11,280 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Dom Arquitectura The main design idea by Dom Arquitectura was to produce morphological, topographical and topological conditions and forms within the new landscape..
Architects: Salto AB Location: Varbuse, Estonia Client: Estonian Road Museum Project team: Maarja Kask, Karli Luik, Ralf Lõoke, Pelle-Sten Viiburg Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Andrés Tarto. Karli Luik The concept of the open air exhibition grounds is based on a road – while passing by, your route will be surrounded by different landscapes. The solution forms a long 8-shaped path, where functi..
Architects: Mayslits Kassif Architects Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Project Team: Ganit Mayslits Kassif, Udi Kassif, Oren Ben Avraham, Galila Yavin, Michal Ilan and Maor Roytman Client: Marine Trust Ltd. Project Area: 55,000 sqm Budget: $5,000,000 Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Iwan Baan, Adi Branda, Galia Kronfeld, Daniela Orvin, Albi Serfaty Situated on one of Israel’s most breathtaking waterfr..
Currently a hot contender in the running for the new V&A at Dundee building, New York-based practice REX was asked to design a residential complex in Songdo Landmark City, Incheon, Korea in which every apartment offers direct southern exposure, cross-ventilation, and views. Korean zoning guidelines and local building practices typically produce towers that fail to provide these three key, locall..