A year and a half ago, OMA unveiled the first images for a residential project in Singapore, on schematic design phase. Basically it was a set of stacked low-rise blocks. Today OMA sent us an update on this project, The Interlace, and more details appear. The project is located on a green belt outside the capital city, and consists on 31 stacked apartment blocks, each six-stories tall and identi..
John Wardle Architects and Office dA have been named the winners of the competition to design the landmark new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning site at the University of Melbourne. Winning design for the new Architecture Faculty Building of the University of Melbourne by John Wardle Architects and Office dA The building will include dedicated spaces for research into sustainable pr..
Architects: Arquitectos Anónimos® and Paulo Teodósio Location: Vila Nova Gaia, Portugal Client: Fernando Afonso and Fátima Cardoso Structural consultant: Paulo Lima and Manuel Branco Leite Floor area: 90 sqm Site area: 320 sqm Built-up area: 270 sqm Start of planning: 2004 Start of construction: 2005 Completion: 2006 Photographs: Abel Andrade Two criteria lead to the final solution: 1. Geometric..
Architects: Sinato - Chikara Ohno Location: Tokyo, Japan Use: Shop Project year: 2009 Constructed area: 79 sqm Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano The interior design of Patrick Cox shop who sells bags, leather goods and accessories. The shop is in a 17-story building Tokyo’s fashion-centric Aoyama district and it is only a few steps inside the building’s main entrance. The important point of this shop ..
The future well being of cities around the globe depends on mankind’s ability to develop and integrate sustainable technology. LAVA designed the Masdar City as the city of the future; positioned at the forefront of integrating sustainable technology into modern architectural design. Rome, Athens, Florence; most great historical cities have had the plaza, forum, or square at their epicentre – whe..
Architects: PK Arkitektar ehf Location: Keflavík, Iceland Client: KFC Iceland Design team: Pálmar Kristmundsson and Fernando de Mendonça Consultants: VSB Engineers Constructed area: 530 sqm Project year: 2005 Photographs: Rafael Pinho Fast food restaurants like Kentucky Fried Chicken are usually known for the standardized look. The architecture in these places seems to never take much considerat..
Architect: ARJM (Abdelmajid Boulaioun) Location: rue de Jerusalem, Chaussée de Haecht, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belguim Project: 5 logements Social + Cabinet médical Project Team: Abdelmajid Boulaioun, Jean-Marie Bertin, Michel Cuypers, Emmanuel Toglet, Ryo Inagaki Structural Engineer: Michael Nguen, Brussels Client: Renovas ASBL Contractor: Balcan, Brussels Project Year: 2009 Photograph: Filip Duj..
Architects: Irisarri + Piñera / Jesús Irisarri Castro & Guadalupe Piñera Location: Pontevedra, Spain Client: Colegio de Arquitectos de Galicia Technical Architect: Sancho Páramo Cerqueira Contractor: Varela Villamar Master Builder: J. Manuel Pérez Boga Project area: 1,980 sqm Budget: 1,800,000 Euro Project year: 2007-2009 Photographs: Manuel Gonzalez Vicente Four constrictions for four freedoms ..
The architects at PIQUE have designed the Garren Residence in Bend, Oregon. From the architects: The Garren Residence rests on a high desert prairie site and is a very low-slung building, with strong horizontal elements to visually tie the building to the landscape. Three parallel axis walls orient the house toward prominent views and define outdoor rooms expanding the small footprint into the l..
Archivi Architects & Associates of Osaka have completed a private house in Wakaura bay, near Wakayama city in Japan. The wooden house is built around two small courtyard gardens. Materials include local cedar and cypress with internal surfaces made of plywood. Here’s some more information from Archivi Architects & Associates The site is in the residential quarter that extends to the foot in the ..
