Architects: Izquierdo Lehmann / Luis Izquierdo W., Antonia Lehmann S.B. Location: Santiago, Chile Structural engineering: Santolaya y Asoc. Main contractor: Echeverría Izquierdo Site Area: 3,987 sqm Project Area: 43,129 sqm Project Year: 2006-2007 Construction Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Cristobal Palma & Luis Izquierdo The project consists of an office tower with a commercial complex in the ba..
August 31st, 2008 Harmonia 57 by French-Brazilian architects Triptyque is an office building in Sao Paulo with a planted facade irrigated by a mist system. Plants grow in ¡°pores¡± set into the concrete facade and will eventually cover the building. The Harmonia 57 concept will be on show at Venice Architectural Biennale from 13 September, as part of the French Pavilion. More information about t..
CSET/Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies by mc-architects in Ningbo, China text by Pascal Panagiotidis for Yatzer Architectural projects with minimum environmental impact are quite a necessity nowadays and we are glad to welcome every such effort. The Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET) designed by Mario Cucinella Architects meets all the requirements using all nature’s reso..
Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes Location: Linz, Austria Project Leader: Gerhard Pfeiler Competition Team: Claire Bodénez, Benni Eder, Simone Breitkopf, Barbara Feichtinger-Felber, Vicentiu Sopterean, Silviu Aldea, Markus Himmel, Ruth Pofahl, Rupert Siller Project Team: Philipp Hugo Urabl, Dorit Böhme, Roland Basista, Albert Moosbrugger, Ulli Gabriel, Andreas Trampe-Kieslich, Ralitsa ..
Architects: LGLS Arquitectos / Antonio Santos, Pedro Gaspar and Nuno Gaspar Location: Setúbal, Portugal Collaborators: André Rodrigues, Joana Lousada, Sara Oliveira Enginnering: PTV Ltd (Structure, Lighting, HVAC, Fluids, Communication) Promotor: SANTANDER-TOTTA BANK Built Area: 120 sqm (65 sqm enclosed) Project year: 2008 Photographs: FG + SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra The Campus of the S..
Project Details: Client: IT-Fornebu Eiendom Architect: a-lab Interior design: a-lab Landscape design: Asplan Viak Structural engineer: Rambøll Norge AS (competition phase: Arup) M&E services: Electro : Føyn Consult / Ventilation : Norconsult “Transformation is complete at the Fornebu site – the location of Oslo’s Airport until 1998 when it took retirement at 60. Its vacant cavernous Terminal bui..
Architects: Behnisch Architekten Location: Hamburg, Germany Client: HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung Project Area: 38,000 sqm Competition year: 2006 Project year: 2007–2009 Photographs: Adam Mørk The new Unilever headquarter building for Germany, Austria and Switzerland is located right by the river Elbe in Hamburg’s HafenCity. It marks the end of the route out of the town centre to Hamburg’s new att..
Viva Store is a conversion by Bolivian architects Roca + Paz in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The rebuild, completed last year, involved wrapping a new curving “cover” around the L-shaped building. The “cover” is animated by changing light patterns at night. The following is by Roca + Paz estudio: – Viva Store by Roca + Paz estudio Santo Domingo City is the capital of Dominican Republic. It..
NL Architects have designed a stepped volume for the office of SOZAWE (Welfare Department and Work Agency) in the city of Groningen. The design includes an open marketplace which supports the architects’ intentions of creating an “open, inviting and sustainable place.” This public from archdaily
Architects: BOB361 Architects Location: Niklaas, Belgium Project Architect: Jan Opdekamp Collaborators: Eveline Vyncke, Maarten Deconinck, Gunther Slagmeulder, Nathan Ooms, Bram Aerts, Maureen Heyns Project Area: 3,838 sqm Budget: $5,500,000 Euro Project year: 2005 Photographs: André Nullens, Jan Kempenaers & Frederik Vercruysse Concerning the implantation of the building, the volume is entirely..