Architects: AFGH Location: CH-7557 Vna, GR, Switzerland Project year: 2006-2007 Construction year: 2006-2007 Client: Eva Presenhuber Planners: Jon Andrea Konz Budget: 900.000 CHF (US $866.551) Constructed Area: 224 sqm Photographs: Valentin Jeck This holiday house is located in the middle of the village of Vna in the Lower Engadine. The particular challenge of the project was to bridge the divid..
The Serpentine Gallery in London has published a few photos of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, designed by Frank Gehry.
Greek studio Point Supreme sent us their entry for the international competition for the new UGM Art Gallery in Maribor, Slovenia (previously on Bustler). The Gallery Competition is part of a larger, international architectural ideas competition ‘EPK - DRAVA RIVER 2012’ Project Details: Status: competition Program: urban plan, contemporary art museum, architecture centre, design centre, children..
Trinity Point Planning Project in Fort Worth, Texas BTA was retained by the Tarrant County Water District to work with the team updating the Trinity River flood control system. The design brief was to prepare a framework plan and urban design standards for the Trinity Point lands in Fort Worth, Texas. The site is adjacent and north of the downtown core. This project was initiated by the strong d..
Sometimes we get fancy gift-wrapping and a somewhat expected gift which does not accompany the exterior wrap! Although the best alternative is to try to look for the content and not for the fancy wrapping; but what happens when wrapping and the content are equally weighed? I guess that’s the best formula! Such is the case with Neil Barrett, fashion designer and AquiliAlberg Architects. Recently,..
Arhitektura d.o.o., in collaboration with PONTING (construction engineers) received second prize for their proposal for a competition sponsored by the city of Maribor in Slovenia within the European Capital of Culture. They managed to put the bridge in one leap across the 120 m wide river. The bridge was shaped as a sincere response to the highlighted urbanistic and structural parameters of the ..
Architect Ben Naqoka of Point has completed an installation featuring plywood archways at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. Called Labyrinth of Woods, the wooden profiles branch out lower down to form extra display stands and include arms forming chandeliers where several sections meet. The installation opened last week and will remain in place until 10 July 2010. More Dezeen stor..
Architect: Eduardo Berlin Razmilic Location: Las Condes, Santiago, Chile Client: Withheld Technical Advisors: Eduardo Valenzuela, Gonzalo Santolaya, Juan Grimm Site Area: 1.600 sqm Constructed Area: 600 sqm + terraces Project year: 2005 Construction year: 2006 - 2008 Main Materials: Nude Concrete, Stone & Glass Photographs: Sebastian Sepulveda & Eduardo Berlin Through an unconventional implantat..
The Salon Mittermeier hair salon in Linz by Austrian architects Xarchitekten features a facade with a “three-dimensional architectural (hair) wave”. Completed last year, the store front is composed of waterjet-cut, laminated profiles arranged along the facade to create an undulating wave. Photos are by David Schreyer. Here’s some more information from Xarchitekten: – Hairstyle Interface Salon Mi..
Just a few days ago, we posted the fascinating entry for a footbridge by Family as part of the ‘EPK - DRAVA RIVER 2012’ competition in Maribor, Slovenia. Following is another very exciting bridge proposal by Toronto-based Ja Studio in collaboration with Tadj-Farzin Studio. Here’s a detailed project description we received from Ja Studio: The city of Maribor, the second largest city in Slovenia a..
