Nearly 4 years after the competition for a new administration building of the Schwandorf Incineration Plant in Bavaria, Germany was won by Stuttgart-based archimedialab, this unique ensemble of building and landscape has now been officially inaugurated. Here is how archimedialab describe their project: The task to design a new administration building, reorganize the power station compound and cr..
REX and Principal in Charge Joshua Prince-Ramus have been named the winner of the BibLLLiotheek competition to build a “Library of the Future” for the city of Kortrijk, Belgium. New York-based REX partnered with landscape architects Bureau Bas Smets in entering the competition, which included both a building and master plan. In making its decision, the BibLLLiotheek jury noted that the REX desig..
Hudson Architects have completed a new “citadel” for the Salvation Army in Chelmsford, UK. The new building gives the religious organisation a new worship hall and community facilities. Here’s some text from the architects: – Hudson Architects’ new building for the Salvation Army in Chelmsford is the first Citadel Corps building designed in a contemporary idiom using modern methods of constructi..
The Re: Vision Dallas competition named three winners, two of which we previously featured on AD (DB + P and Atelier Data + Moov). The third winner is Little, a studio based in North Carolina, with their Entangled Bank proposal. “Entangled Bank combines heavy duty technological prowess with artistic integration of systems. The building is designed as a holistic, integrated design…The Entangled B..
Architect Pieta-Linda Auttila has completed a prototype holiday home in Helsinki, Finland, featuring a sculptural, wooden trellis between two box-like ends. Called the WISA Wooden Design Hotel and created for Finnish forest products brand UPM Kymmene, the building is made of pine, spruce and birch grown in Finland. The two solid volumes house sleeping and living areas, with large windows in each..
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Hiroshima, Japan, with offset floors allowing natural light from above to penetrate each level. The house can can be naturally illuminated while maintaining privacy on a small, crowded plot of land. The interior comprises a series of terraces, each shaped differently according to its intended purpose. During the process of d..
We recently shared Albert McDonald’s winning entry for the COD competition, and now SO Architecture just shared their proposal with us. The proposal entitled “Free Plan (T)” incorporates the free plan of Le Corbusier in an effort to leave the inner organization undisturbed. Yet, the free plans also means “no walls shall disturb one to live among nature”. Taking inspiration from Raymond’s work an..
Our friends from F451 Arquitectura, a Barcelona-based office have shared with us their design of a ferry terminal that won a competition in Spain. The terminal will be located in the Mahón Port, on the island of Menorca. More images after the break. from archdaily
Architect: SOMOS Arquitectos Location: Madrid, Spain Project Architects: Luis Burriel Bielza, Pablo Fernandez Lewicki, Jose Antonio Tallon Iglesias Structural Engineer: Deroman S.L. Engineering: GD Inco S.L. Quantity Surveyors: Miguel Asensio Rivera & Maria Jose Lapuerta Morante Façade Consultant: Proesga Project year: 2006 Construction year: 2007-2009 Budget: $6,115,627.97 Euro Project Area: 14..
Architect: Aboday Architects (Indonesia) Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Project Architect: PT. Parama Loka Cipta Developer: PT. Asiana Lintas Cipta Management Construction: PT. Arkonin Structure Consultant: PT. Agoes Kurnia M & E Consultant: PT. Policipta Multidesain Quantity Surveyor: PT. Korra Antarbuana Lighting Consultant: PT. Litac Consultant Photographs: Happy Lim This 16 storey apartment pr..