Alexander Lotersztain has designed the HAUS series of conversation pods. These three little houses have been based on the fairy tale ‘the three little pigs’ – with each space being a unique creation, identified by materiality, texture and structure. HAUS were originally conceived as spaces to gather, talk and exchange ideas during the Unlimited Asia Pacific Design Triennial in Brisbane, Australi..
Last year we featured the Brochstein Pavilion designed by Thomas Phifer & Partners and The Office of James Burnett. Since then, the pavilion has received a National AIA Award, a National ASLA Honor Award and the ASU Architectural Citation. Today, we’d like to share with you a video that The Office of James Burnett made about the pavilion. Enjoy! from archdaily
EGM Architects designed a new office for the Verkerk Group in Hoevelaken, The Netherlands. The new branch of Verkerk Group, an electrical installation company with 375 employees, located in the industrial area in the Eastern Hogebrink Entry into Hoevelaken. The terrain is characterized by a motley collection of rectangular buildings, interspersed here and there with a house. To stand out from th..
Concrete Architectural Associates have recently completed the interior design of the Mazzo restaurant in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Mazzo, the eight member of the IQ creative family in Amsterdam, is the Italian sister of Brasserie Witteveen – both in hospitality concept and in the interior there is an obvious connection. As with Witteveen the name and location of Mazzo share a history in the ci..
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..
While Louis Kahn was designing the National Assembly Building in Bangladesh in 1962, he was approached by an admiring Indian architect, Balkrishna Doshi, to design the 60 acre campus for the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India. Much like his project in Bangladesh, he was faced with a culture enamored in tradition, as well as an arid desert climate. For Kahn, the design of the inst..
Eine außergewöhnliche Holzkonstruktion charakterisiert das neue Centre Pompidou in Metz, entworfen von Shigeru Ban und Jean de Gastines. Fotos des Tragwerks und Impressionen der Ausstellungsräume sehen Sie hier. Architekten: Shigeru Ban Architects Europe, Paris und Jean de Gastines, Paris Centre Pompidou-Metz, Foto: Didier Boy de la Tour Das neue Centre Pompidou-Metz fällt schon von weitem durch..
The Cul is Cool Tour made its way to Valencia this year. First premiered in NYC last year, the Cul is Cool seat and photographic exhibition at Hat Gallery, curated by Ramon Ubeda and Pepa Reverter exposes the sensuality, provocativeness and sculptural qualities of the buttock shaped seat designed by Ramon Ubeda and Otto Canalda for ABR. The collection of seats was fully exhibited during Valencia..
Arhiidea Architects of Riga, Latvia shared with us their proposal for the Pireaus Tower 2010 Competition in Greece. Additional images and the architect’s conceptual description after the break. The core concept of the proposal for the reconstruction of Pyreaus Tower is the publicisation of private space, thus opening the building to the city and its inhabitants for multiple uses. The character o..
A collective of Colombian architects have designed a memorial museum for Medellín, Colombia, to commemorate victims of conflict. Architects on the project include Juan David Botero, Maria Fernanda Vasco, Carla Cristina Gil, Jorge Adrian Gaviria, Catalina Jaramillo, Daniel Santiago Herrera, Elías José Gomez, Víctor Hugo Rodriguez, Alejandro Naranjo and Oscar Santana. Separated into three floors, ..
