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, ..
This staircase curls between two floors of an apartment designed by Hong Kong studio Davidclovers. Called Barker Residence, the home commands a view over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Twisting and sloping walls join together storage, entertainment systems and a fireplace, with the floor and lower part of the walls finished in wood. See all our stories featuring spectacular staircases » Here’s so..
Architects: Mayslits Kassif Architects Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Project Team: Ganit Mayslits Kassif, Udi Kassif, Oren Ben Avraham, Galila Yavin, Michal Ilan and Maor Roytman Client: Marine Trust Ltd. Project Area: 55,000 sqm Budget: $5,000,000 Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Iwan Baan, Adi Branda, Galia Kronfeld, Daniela Orvin, Albi Serfaty Situated on one of Israel’s most breathtaking waterfr..
In an adaptive re-use project, Serie Architects, Grimshaw of London and Pysall Ruge Arkitekten of Berlin were asked to renovate four factories in Hangzhou that would form a new urban core for the city center. For Serie’s factory, the firm decided to preserve the unique16 ft tall main hall of the factory and to “accentuate the industrial drama of this massive void by restoring the concrete truss ..
Van Rooijen Architects designed the Van den Heuvel residence in Leidsche Rijn, The Netherlands. The urban history of Leidsche Rijn dates back to the time of the Roman Empire. Today the region is being transformed from a mainly rural area into a new quarter of the city of Utrecht. Along one of the old routes with its variety of architectural typologies a new house is added after demolishing an ol..
Currently a hot contender in the running for the new V&A at Dundee building, New York-based practice REX was asked to design a residential complex in Songdo Landmark City, Incheon, Korea in which every apartment offers direct southern exposure, cross-ventilation, and views. Korean zoning guidelines and local building practices typically produce towers that fail to provide these three key, locall..
Architects: Colboc Franzen & associés Location: Sèvres, France Client: Private Associates : Benjamin Colbos, Manuela Franzen, Arnaud Sachet Project manager : Arnaud Sachet Project team: Florianne Bataillard, Benjamin Colboc, Manuela Franzen, Nadège Lachassagne, Anne Merlio Project Year: 2008 Project Area: 879 sqm Photographs: Cécile Septet The house consists of three separate sets: the amenities..
With the intention of framing a new cultural center within the iconic identity of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, STL has designed a complex program that will revive the cultural atmosphere of the city for the Kaohsiung Competition which is to be submitted by January 10, 2011. More images and architect’s description after the break. The Kaohsiung harbor is truly at the heart of the Kaohsiung urban lands..
