Project Data GFA (area above ground): 130,073 sqm Total Area (including basements): 263,448 sqm Project Completion: Phase 1, Riverfront Buildings: October 2009 Phase 2 , High Rise Tower and Winter Garden: April 2010 Cruise Terminal Support Facilities: Public Facilities, Entertainment, Retail, F&B: 20% GFA Commercial Offices: 80% GFA Credits Architecture, Landscape, and Interior Design: Sparch De..
This is a housing project of 11 units for one person that built in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. This architecture is built in the alley of Nishioji-Hachijo, where the town houses of about 100 years of old slightly remain. An open space is arranged on the alley side of the site. A street garden is arranged in the center of the architecture. It connects the open space to the courtyard of the north side nei..
The NoRA structure designed by students of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University, was presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale as an interactive architecture exploring how advanced architectural computing and sensor technology could attach the individual perception of place to temporary structures acting as agents for urban experiences. Architectural entities often closing up communicat..
[ Sami Rintala ] NICE BOX (HOME) Location: Oslo, Norway When I suggest that they produce an Ikea-like kit, Holte nods in agreement—but Eggertsson gently reprimands him for undervaluing his own craftsman-ship: Holte did most of the construction work. Just a generation ago, Nordic men were all expect-ed to build their own house, and Rintala wants to return to that practice. Recently, however, espe..
LA based architects Yazdani Studio shared with us the Taj Lands End Hotel competition entry in Mumbai, India. In a single sweeping gesture, the “wave” gathers the multitude of public and private spaces within the new hotel into a seamless composition, immediately iconic against the rectilinear skyline of Mumbai. This graceful arc also echoes the form of multiple bays that make up the city’s west..
The 2010 AIA New York winners were recently announced (we’ll share the full over view this weekend with you), and this project by Kohn Pedersen Fox received a design award in the Unbuilt category. Just like the other winning projects, the design showcases New York talent and was chosen for its “design quality, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness and technique.” The project, entitled U..
A-cero Architects have completed a modular house project in Madrid, Spain. The house is the first of two models that they will offer as prefabricated products available to the market. A-cero architecture Studio, directed by Joaquin Torres introduces a modular architecture product in the market, based on the principles of the Industrialized Construction. Applying same standardization procedures t..
Architects: Moomoo - Jakub Majewski, Lukasz Pastuszka Location: Wilga, Poland Collaborator: Tomasz Bierzanowski Project year: 2008 Constructed Area: 130 sqm This house features a dynamic skin, a curtain that covers the long side of the elevation. The intermediate space changes during the day due to the winds of the area. House for a photographer, Szymon Szczesniak. A textile elevation of the hou..
Architects: km Architektur Location: Walensee, Switzerland Project Year: 2007 Site Area: 690 sqm Constructed Area: 140 sqm
In 2009, the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) announced a competition for its new headquarters to be built in a city near Naju, South Korea. The new KEPCO headquarters, which would include nearly 120,000 square meters of office space and public exhibition program, will constitute a major anchor point of this emerging city. KEPCO has mandated an ambitious program of objectives for the fac..
