The flexible mixed use design of KLab architecture’s Emerging Landscapes allows the project’s function to change as the seasons progress. The project is a small convention center for the winter months, and switches to become a summer camp for children during the second half of the year. Located in Karpenisi, a small city in the Pintos central mountain range of mainland Greece, the project is sit..
Dorobanti tower, a new project by Zaha Hadid Architects in Bucharest moves away from the works we have been seen lately, with a very expressive structure. The 200m tall iconic tower will be located in the heart of the capital city of Romania, at junction of Calea Dorobanti and St. Mihail Eminescu, with over 100,000 sqm for mixed-use development which include a 5-star hotel (with restaurants and ..
Architects: Lyn Rice Architects Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Architects in Charge: Lyn Rice, principal, with Astrid Lipka, associate principal Project Architect: Ivan Chabra Project Designer: Benjamin Cadena Design Team: Karl-Erik Larson, Steven Chen, Daria Supp Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009-2010 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, I..
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Location: Pamplona, Spain Project manager: Daniel Galar Irurre, architect Lighting: Anton Aman - ALS LIGHTING Builder: Ignacio Huarte - Construcciones CLEYS S.L. Client: Danieli Joyeros Project year: 2006-2007 Photographs: Jose M. Cutillas Project picks archaic magical conception of the universe that surrounds the value of jewel..
Architects: Enproyecto arquitectura Location: Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Client: Goverment of Castilla-La Mancha. Culture section Main sponsor: CEMEX S.L Constructor: FERCOPE S.L. Structural engineer: Álvaro Leonardo Budget: $80,000€ Project year: 2007-2009 Photographs: Ricardo Santonja, Emilio Valverde Concept This monument is situated in the home town of Pedro..
In a city covered by over 4,000 square miles of asphalt and cinder block, the green roof movement may have just won a serious coup with SYNTHe, an urban rooftop garden prototype designed by SCI-arc professor and architect Alexis Rochas. Located atop the Flat, a downtown Los Angeles residential mid-rise building, SYNTHe is a fertile oasis in the sky that will ultimately grow a variety of edible p..
Architects: Studio Granda Location: Reykjavík, Iceland Client: City of Reykjavík / Public Roads Administration Structural Engineers: Línuhönnun Landscape Architects: Landslag Contractor: Eykt Photographs: Studio Granda The construction of a new six lane urban highway adjacent to the domestic airport in the heart of Reykjavík required a new system of pedestrian routes and three attendant footbrid..
Architects: ACXT Location: Bilbao, Spain Project Managment: Elena Varillas, Javier Duran, Ingenieros de Caminos Project Architects: Cesar Azcarate, Ana Moron, Xabier Aparicio, Carlos Guimaraes Structure: Javier Duran Electrical Engineer: Alvaro Gutierrez Lighting: Anton Aman (ALS Lighting) Photographer: Aitor Ortiz PREVIOUS SITUATION The districts of Txurdinaga and Otxarcoaga are located in Bilb..
Architects: Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Location: Pescara, Italy Client: De Cecco Spa Structure: Studio Ing. Toniolo, Sirmione (BS) Total area: 6,300 sqm Budget: 20M Euro Project Year: 2001-2009 Photographs: Moreno Maggi The New Business Centre for Pescara is the result of integration of two simple elements: a low height building with a punctured plane and the “annular” building sitting on top..
Location: Kyoto // JAPAN Type of Project: 5 story Residential Complex Project Architects: EASTERN design office /// Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno Total floor area: 992.94 square meters Site area: 440.12 square meters Year of Construction: 2009 We’ve seen their work on Yatzer before with a presentation of their House in Crest in Kyoto // JAPAN. Architects Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno of Japanese..