MVRDV shared with us their design of The Water Cube, a pavilion for the World Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea. The theme of the Expo is “The Living Ocean and Coast”. You can see more proposals for the thematic pavilion by Ginseng Chicken, PTA, and Nicoletti Associati. WORLD WONDERS World expos are fantastic. In the literal meaning. They show man kinds fantasies. They allow for this great opportunity t..
Architects: AK2 Location: Bratislava, Slovakia Designers: Andrea Klimková, Peter Kručay Project Year: 2008 Site Area: 5,418 sqm Construction Area: 9,271 sqm Photographs: Andrea Klimková, Ľubo Stacho Einsteinova Road is probably the most frequented artery in Bratislava, situated misfortunately, like a big cut through Petržalka town quarter. But some architects show us it is possible to refine suc..
Zack|de Vito Architecture have completed the remodel of a 3,400 sq. ft, 19th floor apartment in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood, for a couple with an extensive collection of contemporary art from contemporist
Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture PC along with joind tenderer Fei & Cheng Associates received first prize at the Taipei Pop Music Center Competition. With the Taipei Pop Music Center, Reiser + Umemoto and ARUP have fundamentally rethought the live music and entertainment venue to meet the challenges and opportunities of pop music and digital media in the 21st century. The Taipei Pop Music Cente..
SCALE OROGRAPHY - OPEN AIR THEATER Parametric open-air theater Second Prize Winner 2002 Site: Athens, Greece Program: Variable seating theater from 75 to 500 people Client: Hellenic Ministry of Culture Size: 250-300 m3 Storage volume: 250-300 m3 Cost: 350 000 € Transportation: 10’x10’x36’ containers Ancient Greek Theaters were most of the time built along the curve of existing topography. Hills ..
Project: Haus L. Individual House for a four person family Status: 2006 completed Location: Berlin . Glienicke Germany Projectsize: 350 m2 GROSS Architects: HamannPottArchitekten now Pott Architects and Ulrich Hamann Architekt Cooperations: Kappes & Partner Ingenieurbüro: Dr. Müller Haustechnik: Dr. Specht Photographs: Rudi Meisel Life in the countryside, in the midst of nature, has always had a..
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps Location: Ringsted, Denmark Project Year: 2006 Client: Brainstones Development ApS Engineer: Lemming & Eriksson A/S Construction Area: 790 sqm Photographs: Adam Mørk The terrace houses have been built in connection with the official exhibition ‘Living 2006+’ in Ringsted. The construction consists of 7 terrace houses, placed in rows of 2 with respectively 3..
Competition First Prize Winner, 2007 . Design Team: SERERO Architectes / David Serero, Min-Seung Shin, Julie Napoleon, Yoichi Ozawa, Louisa Gouesnard, Fabrice Zaini. Lighting Design: Atelier Vincent Thiesson, Vincent Thiesson, Sara Castagne. Landscape: Office of Landscape Morphology, Philippe Coignet, Silvia Zagheno.
Architects: KPMB Architects Location: Toronto, Canada Client: Gardiner Museum Project Team: Bruce Kuwabara (design principal), Shirley Blumberg (partner-in-charge), Paulo Rocha (design/project architect); Shane O’Neill, Javier Uribe, Kevin Bridgman, Tyler Sharpe, Ramon Janer, Steven Casey, Bill Colaco (project team) Structural Enginnering: Halsall Associates Ltd. Mechanical and Electrical Engine..
