Architects: Die Baupiloten Location: Berlin, Germany Client: TU Berlin Project Team: Susanne Hofmann with Marlen Weiser, Monica Wurfbaum, Martin Janekovic and the Baupiloten Christian Baalß, Tobias Bernecker, Anne Doose, Julian Fissler, Patrick Hoffmann, Denitsa Ilieva, Christoph Jantos, Elena Pavlidou-Reisig, Simone Sexauer, Benedikt Tulinius, Katya Vangelova, Ines Wegner und Mario Bär, Jens Kä..
Architects Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Asia Pacific (LAVA) have unveiled Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower at the Cityscape property fair in Dubai. The 59-storey tower, one of seven to be built around the world, has been built in collaboration with former Formula 1 champion Schumacher, and is described as “branded architecture’s next step”. The..
Alien is a new headquarters for media agency Mediaxis at Schlieren in Switzerland, designed by Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann. The offices, in a converted factory next to the railway station, feature a “huge alien of concrete” at the entrance (below). The following information is from Gus Wüstemann: – An alien for Mediaxis The alien The project was to convert an old factory next to the train stat..
Architects: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos - Juan Coll-Barreu & Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza Location: Bilbao, Spain Collaborators: Fernando de la Maza, Jorge Bilbao, Pablo Castro, Gorka García Project year: 2003-2004 Construction year: 2004-2008 Constructed area: 9,200 sqm Budget: 12,935,436 EURO (US $17,9M) Structure: Mintegia y Bilbao Electrical Consultant: ndotec Safety: Tesysal Photographs: Aleix Bagué..
schmidt hammer lassen architects win sports and leisure complex and overall planThe winning proposal includes a lyrical, contemporary interpretation of a more locally anchored, traditional building culture. It is inspired by the vision of an area where new and old merge to create a spatial interplay between the new townscape and the DGI complex. The proposal’s strikingly sculptural roof profile ..
For the city of St. Petersburg the Russian office Vitruvius & Sons - I am not joking - designed a building called ‘Shtrikh Kod’: Barcode. As the iconography suggests the building houses… shops, shops and shops. “The center is located in a soviet residential area on the bank of the Neva River. Placed in a vast nameless square by the Volodarsky Bridge, formed by gray housing blocks. Vitruvius and ..
Despite what you might think, this is not a temporal installation. The image of the LTL 1000 banknote is brought onto this 10-story building using special enamel paint. During the process the paint turns into a ceramic print that lasts forever. At least in the Netherlands all literal prints on buildings are temporal. (Architects only apply abstract patterns to their designs.) The literal prints ..
New Flagship Store in Japan UNStudio was commissioned to draw up a concept for the new Louis Vuitton Flagship Store in Japan which would unite the modern and classic qualities of Louis Vuitton and express their essence in architectural form. A number of floors over three levels create a special atmosphere, depending on whether they are to be used as a store, spa, café or gallery. Recreation in t..
Architects: Triptyque - Greg Bousquet, Carolina Bueno, Guillaume Sibaud e Olivier Raffaelli Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Project chief: Tiago Guimaraes Project year: 2005- 2006 Construction year: 2007 Site area: 1,059 sqm Constructed area: 1,000 sqm Landscape: Peter Webb Contractor: Bassani Arquitetos Construtores Structure: Osmar Baptista Antunes Photographs: Leonardo Finotti Located in the neig..
Klein Dytham architecture_Sin Den Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 6.2007 Jingumae - the area has its own creative vibe,which is not quite as same as the one with Harajuku, Aoyama and Shibuya. People with their strong style and view in fashion and their lifestyle have injected the more exciting and creative feelings in the area. This project was carried out in the area for a young couple and a baby a..