New York-based Julian King Architect shared with us their proposal for the Atlantic City Holocaust Memorial Design Competition, selected as one of the six finalists. The competition will announce the winning project in November. More images and architect’s description after the break. An ethereal wall of over 100,000 glass bottles-representing those who survived the Nazi death camps, and each co..
Project Type: Sauna Location: Liberec, Czech Republic Preparation: 5 days Building time: 8 hours Total cost: 2,200.00 EURO A sauna for all, free of charge has been operating for the past 14 days in Liberec, Czech Republic. Architectural office Mjölk Architekti which was created in 2008 by three graduates of the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University in Liberec - Czech Republic, Jan Mach (..
Korean architect Yong ho Shin shared with us his second prize design for the “Landsnet High-Voltage Transmission Line Tower Design Competition” in Iceland. More images and architect’s description after the break. The design of the conventional high-voltage transmission line towers (aka Electric Pylons) has been with us since the dawn of the modern electric age. Whether it’s urban or rural area, ..
Authors: United Visual Artists Location: Toronto, Canada Commissioners: Cadillac Fairview, Lanterra Developments, Maple Leaf Sports Public Art Consultants: Public Art Management – Karen Mills and Justin Ridgeway Dimensions: 90 metres x 3 metres Project Year: 2010 Photographs: James Medcraft, United Visual Artists, 2010 Inspired by the experience of walking through the dappled light of a forest, ..
The Skyroom is a rooftop event space designed by David Kohn Architects above the Architecture Foundation’s London offices. Opened to coincide with the London Design Festival last month, the steel structure is enclosed by copper mesh walls and topped with transparent plastic. The mixture of enclosed and open-air spaces will be used for lectures, performances and parties. Photographs are by Will P..
Marcy Wong & Donn Logan Architects designed a recreation building for the Orange Memorial Park in San Francisco, California. Orange Memorial Park is the most important public recreation venue for the citizens of South San Francisco, and is the context for the new 6,400 sq. ft. recreation building which is encircled by soccer, basketball, picnic and other outdoor amenities. The facility’s functio..
Santa Monica-based partnership Predock_Frane Architects have shared with us their built work for the 2010 GLOW festival. Hadrian Predock + John Frane’s project for the 2010 GLOW festival in Santa Monica titled “Luminous Passage” links the City to the Ocean as a porous and luminous land bridge. Connecting the existing Bay Street boardwalk to the ocean’s edge, the passage makes visible the connect..
Architects: fabriK·B / Benjamin Scharf, Gonzalo Elizarraras Location: Hvar, Croatia Collaborator: E. Mussche Project Area: 1,200 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Courtesy of fabriK·B The project is located on the island Hvar, Croatia in the Adriatic Sea. The concept was born to create a Multi Activity Centre inside the ruins of an old chapel and castle. The aim was to unified pragmatically di..
UNStudio shared their new pavilion for the 29th Art Biennale in Sao Paulo, Brazil with us. The project is intended to encourage interaction between the participants and visitors by creating a place for display, discussion, and debate. An artistic expression that also functions programmatically, the pavilion embodies the dynamic geometry and spatial qualities common in the firm’s work (to compare..
Here's the fascinating entry "Slow Up-rising" by Canadian firm Ja Studio to Solar Park South, the international ideas competition in Calabria, Italy. The competition brief called for a 'Solar Highway' by re-using Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway sections between Scilla and Bagnara to be decommissioned by the Italian Highways Authority. As Ja Studio partner Behnaz Assadi tells us: "Our response wa..
