Architects: ONL [Oosterhuis_Lenard] Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Design team: Kas Oosterhuis, Ilona Lenard, Cas Aalbers, Sander Boer, Tom Hals, Dimitar Karanikolov, Tom Smith, Richard Lewis, Barbara Janssen, Gijs Joosen, Andrei Badescu, Maciek Swiatkowski, Rafael Seemann Engineering: ONL, Meijers Staalbouw BV, Pilkington Benelux BV Client: Projectbureau Leidsche Rijn Utrecht Production: Me..
Architects: Studio Granda Location: Reykjavík, Iceland Client: City of Reykjavík / Public Roads Administration Structural Engineers: Línuhönnun Landscape Architects: Landslag Contractor: Eykt Photographs: Studio Granda The construction of a new six lane urban highway adjacent to the domestic airport in the heart of Reykjavík required a new system of pedestrian routes and three attendant footbrid..
Architects: Perkins Eastman Location: New York, USA Project Year: 2008 Principal material: Glass Footprint Area: 79 sqm Stairs Area: 200 sqm Photographs: Perkins Eastman The new TKTS Booth, designed by top international architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman, responds to its location a top Father Duffy Square, a slender triangular-shaped public park in Times Square. The TKTS Booth is a com..
Designed and built by second year students of the Alice Studio at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, the Evolver is a wooden alpine structure that “provides a more interactive way to take in the views of the glorious mountains ? especially the Matterhorn.” Located near a clear alpine lake near Zermatt, Switzerland, the spiraling wooden structure is made of 24 round wooden frames that twis..
i.M.A.D.E is an institute within Ball State University, focusing on digital design and fabrication techniques for both industry and education related to architecture and allied arts. It acts as an effective link between the academy and the manufacturing industry, with all the benefits this alliances bring: the fresh ideas on one side, and the technical capacity on the other. With strategic indus..
Architects: Pedro Pacheco + Marie Clément Location: Luz, Mourão, Portugal Programme: Cemetery Anthropology: Clara Saraiva Engineering: G.O.P. - Gabinete de Organização e Projectos, Lda. Lighting engeneering: Raul Serafim Landscape Architecture: Sebastião Pereira Client: E.D.I.A. - Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estruturas do Alqueva, S.A. Constructed Area: 820 sqm Budget: US $ 800,000.00 Pro..
Spanish practice Andres Jaque Arquitectos shared with us this great renovation in Plasencia, transforming an old and abandoned seminary into a residence for former priests and students. Check the diagrams and a great photo set after the break. Catholic Church has defined historically territory superposing two occupation structures: 1. - Ideological structure, tree vertexed at the Vatican. 2. - P..
A Guarda is located at the south western tip of Galicia with the Mino River separating it from its historic “enemy” Portugal. A Guarda’s economy was foundered on fishing and although today it enjoys a more varied economy the town’s fishing heritage still remains important and so does their port! Madrid based architectural office Artectura and Eduardo Zamarro, painter were assigned to give a new ..
From dawn til dusk on Saturday, July 25, artists Heather and Ivan Morison led a crew of volunteers to build a remarkable temporary public artwork in Victoria Park in Bristol, UK. The pavilion-like timber structure, The Black Cloud, was commissioned by Situations at the University of the West of England, and designed in collaboration with architect graduate Sash Reading. It will act as a meeting ..
Architects: CA-DESIGN / Architecture and Urban Planning Location: Quingpu, Shanghai, China Director in charge: Pedro Pablo Arroyo Alba Collaborators: Yki Fo (project leader), Chen Junquan, Yang Yixiu, Wang Fan, Wang Xin, Pablo Sendra Fernández, Eva Jiménez del Río, Luo Wei. Client: Shanghai Qingpu New City Construction Development (Group) Co. Ltd. Engineering: Bridge Structures Department of Ton..
