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Jeffrey Durkin, founder of Breadtruck Films, has documented the ongoing efforts of the architect + developer movement to revitalize San Diego’s urban waterfront. In a city where a tree, let alone a patch of grass, is hard to come by, architect Lindsay Brown has proposed a public park along the edge of the city to break the monotonous hardscape of buildings and highways that dominate the area. Th..
© 2007 Portus ehf., Olafur Eliasson, and Henning Larsen Architects A concert hall and conference centre by Henning Larsen Architects in collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson is under construction in Reykjavík, Iceland. © 2007 Portus ehf., Olafur Eliasson, and Henning Larsen Architects Called Harpa, building will accommodate four concert halls, the largest of which will accommodate up to 1,8..
NEW VENUE OF CHOICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Opening in 2011, the Qatar National Convention Centre will be an unparalleled convention facility, boasting iconic design and cutting edge facilities in a world-first green-technology venue. QNCC is the first of its kind being built to the gold certification of U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED). On completion, ..
GRAFT Architects have completed the Aria Pool Deck, Restaurant & Bar at the City Center development in Las Vegas, Nevada. City Center is a mixed use, 18 million square feet, development by MGM Mirage that features buildings by several world renowned architects. The unique seventy-six acre urban resort is located in the heart of the famed Las Vegas Strip and is a collection of luxury hotels, cond..
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has won a competition to redevelop the Dynamo Moscow Stadium and surrounding park in Moscow. Called VTB Arena Park, the project will create two stadiums plus shops, restaurants and cultural facilities within the facade of the existing building, first opened in 1928. This will leavethe remainder of the site to be developed as parkland, while underground parking c..
Garduño Architects transformed an underground plaza for a parking lot, underneath a 40-storey building in Mexico City, into the O2 Restaurant. O2 is the conversion underground plaza for a parking lot into a garden restaurant with a new approach and ingenious sustainable ideas. When we were confronted with the challenge of designing a restaurant in an overcrowded and concrete-saturated area, we s..
Architects: Formwerkz Architects Location: Singapore, Singapore Design Team: Seetoh Kum Loon, Alan Tay, JY Pang, Koh XuanYi, EkaChai Site Area: 1,190 sqm Gross Floor Area: 1,000 sqm Photography: Courtesy of Formwerkz Architects Brief The scale and programme of the house suggests more of a communal dwelling for a multi-tier family. The family called for a design that can accommodate a long wish l..
German designer Elisa Strozyk has created the Miss Maple pendant lamp. The pendant lamp “Miss Maple” is showing the use of a familiar material in an unconventional way. We usually experience wood as a plain surface, but here it is broken down into a grid of triangles. This makes a flexible lampshade which can be transformed manually in three-dimensional ways. While the lamp generates warm light ..
We’ve got a thing for criss-crossing bridges at the moment so here’s another one, this time designed by NEXT Architects and Rietveld Landscape for Amsterdam. Called Melkwegbridge, the design separates pedestrian traffic from cyclists and wheelchair users. Pedestrians cross over an arc to afford views from the summit, while the path for those on wheels zig-zags agross the water in order to achiev..
