Architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space have sent us this video of a pavilion situated in Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, designed by US architects Studio Gang. The movie shows the construction of the bent-wood lattice structure, the installation of fibreglass shells to the top of the pavilion providing shelter and its various uses throughout day and night. Studio Gang Architects also designed the ..
Long Island-based firm Bates Masi + Architects has been honored with two AIA New York State Design Awards in the Residential Small Project Category. Competition for this award is open to Architects registered in the State of New York with projects located around the world. Awards will be presented on October 15 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center at the annual AIA New York State Convention...
Architects: Corben Architects Location: Sydney, Australia Project Architect: Andrew Vingilis Project Team: Mark Clark, Carlos Correa, Mie Mie Ohn Structural & Hydraulic Engineering: Acor Consultants Interior Designer: Cressida Kennedy, Space Control Design Project Year: 2007-2009 Photographs: Steve Back This project involved converting a large empty warehouse into a florist workshop and a luxuri..
This visitor centre by Danish architects EFFEKT will have a series of ramped green roofs and sit at the heart of the Hareskoven forest in Copenhagen. The Nature Centre will cover a thousand square-metres and house research facilities, exhibition spaces, rentable rooms and a café. The star-shaped plan is inspired by a series of hunting pathways created by a former king that disperse from two poin..
Co.Design recently called upon all designers to create an infographic that visually explains the plot of Inception, this summer's most complicated movie. And the winner of the contest is Rick Slusher, a graphic-designer based in New York with his very elegant graphic summary of the film. from bustler
Architects: Studio Guilherme Torres Location: Londrina, Brazil Client: OM Floor Area: 250 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: MCA Studio Guilherme Torres, a young Brazilian architect, was hired by an elderly couple to design a contemporary house in a residential condominium in Londrina, Brazil. The clients requested a house which would be suitable for a couple to live on regular basis as well as..
This stepped cardboard installation was designed and built by Berlin University of Arts students to display their own work and meandered around a gallery at their summer show. The UdK Bookshop was made from six hundred corrugated-cardboard panels that were cut, folded and glued to create a lattice structure strong enough for sitting on. The installation was bent into sweeping curves and could be..
The Scholl Residence expands on the ‘Case Study’ series of the 1950’s. The steep site possessed challenges with drainage, topography, a small footprint, restrictive easements and was required to address very limiting neighborhood design review standards. Contextually, the area was developed in the 1960’s and surrounding residents were quite resistant to the architectural direction. Although the ..
Denmark-based Henning Larsen Architects have won first prize in an invited competition to design the Batumi Aquarium in Georgia. See more images and architect’s description after the break. Architects: Henning Larsen Architects Location: Batumi, Georgia Project Team: Louis Becker (design director, partner) Anders Park (project manager), Viggo Haremst (design responsible), Michael Sørensen and Ja..
The Library is a resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, where designer Tirawan Songsawat created a minimalist structure while intruding as little as possible on the site by building around old-growth trees. Guests may lose themselves among vegetation interspersed with artwork and statuary, contrasting a colour scheme in which white, red, black and grey predominate: the Library’s exterior is white, the s..
