Everybody copies from each other, Winy Maas – frontman of MVRDV – has stated at more than one occasion. What is more interesting, he adds, is how we can build on each other’s ideas: invention follows invention follows invention. A couple years ago there was a ‘hausse’ of towers that leaned into each other. At the height of the euphoria over that invention United Architects did a proposal like th..
Architects: ACXT Location: Bilbao, Spain Project Managment: Elena Varillas, Javier Duran, Ingenieros de Caminos Project Architects: Cesar Azcarate, Ana Moron, Xabier Aparicio, Carlos Guimaraes Structure: Javier Duran Electrical Engineer: Alvaro Gutierrez Lighting: Anton Aman (ALS Lighting) Photographer: Aitor Ortiz PREVIOUS SITUATION The districts of Txurdinaga and Otxarcoaga are located in Bilb..
Architects: Consortium Daoust Lestage + Williams Asselin Ackaoui + Option aménagement Location: Quebec, Canada Project Team: Réal Lestage, urban planner, principal in the project team, Renée Daoust, architect, urban planner, principal / Caroline Beaulieu, architect / Lucie Bibeau, landscape architect / Martin Adam, b. arch. / Maria Benech, b. arch. / André Nadeau, landscape architect / Simon Mag..
Architect: ARTEKS Arquitectura Location: Tarragona, Spain Architects in charge: Gerard Veciana Membrado & Elisabet Faura Pavia Arteks Collaborators: Elena Berri, Laia Esteban,Gemma Roca, Carlos Cobreros, Fermin Sánchez, Alex Miralles, Ricard Blanco, Miquel Mercè, Manuel González Constructed Area: 28,000 sqm Project Year: 2008 Pergola Engineering: Amatria Engineering - J.M velasco Facilities Engi..
Carving a two-mile-long canyon through the heart of Southern California might seem like apostasy in this age of low-impact land use. But the Orange County Great Park is no ordinary place. To build this winding canyon, excavating machines will move over five million cubic yards of earth to create a sluice of space up to 60 feet deep, with selective cuts framing views of the Santa Ana Mountains, a..
Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Leader: Finn Nørkjær Project Architect: Jakob Møller Contributors: Christian Finderup, Henning Stuben, Ingrid Serritslev, Marc Jay Collaborator: JDS, CC DESIGN Constructed Area: 2,500 sqm Project year: 2003 Budget: US $787,000 Photographs: BIG, Casper Dalhoff, Esben Bruun, Hanne Fuglbjerg, JDS Cop..
Designed by Matsys Designs, Sietch Nevada is a response to the idea of a water-poor world becoming a reality, especially in the American Southwest. With so much of the press focused on wars over oil, the world is often unaware of the slowly depleting water sources, which are indeed exponentially more valuable than oil. This futuristic urban prototype addresses the water situation as a complex un..
Architects: Bjørbekk & Lindheim Location: Oslo, Norway Client: Statsbygg and the city of Oslo Water artist and consultant: Atelier Dreiseitl Technical consultant: Norconsult Constructed Area: 200,000 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Bjørbekk & Lindheim An old cultivated landscape with much variation and beauty was levelled into Oslo’s international airport in the 1940 - 60’s. In 1998, the air..
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..
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..
