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..
After meeting Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, founders of ecoLogicStudio at the Beyond Media Festival in Florence, they talked to us about one of their latest projects, the STEMcloud v2.0 that now we want to share here, as is a really new and avant-garde vision about parametric and genetic architecture and the way that human interaction can bring new life to architecture projects: The STEMcl..
Personal responsibility in the sustainable use of global resources continues to play an increasingly important role in the life of the average consumer. In this context, the offices of J. MAYER H. Architects and Art+Com Berlin were commissioned to develop a permanent exhibition on the topic sustainability for the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. The exhibition LEVEL GREEN was opened on June 4, 2..
Cloud Tower is a pavilion for open-air concerts in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria, designed by the next ENTERprise - architects. Located at Grafenegg Castle along with the copper-clad concert hall in our previous story, the auditorium occupies an existing depression in the landscape, accentuated by further excavations. Visitors enter the auditorium through a corridor cut into the s..
The chamber music hall has been installed within Manchester Art Gallery for the duration of the Manchester International Festival 2009.From the festival program: “Across a series of nine concerts, threeinternationally acclaimed musicians will perform Bach’s soloinstrumental works in this unique, intimate space. The aim: to create anear-perfect environment for the audience to experience some of t..
the kitchen area // suggests how the kitchen experience could be an inspiring sensual and tactile encounter DuPont Corian and Amanda Levete_Architects (AL_A) surprised us in an astonishing manner in the 2009 edition of Milan Design Week. Sleek, transparent design with a single concept in mind _ a drop of water hitting the pond and creating ripples. “Corian super-surfaces”, “super-succeeded” its ..
Kuurne, Belgium, 30 June 2009. Barco, a global leader in creative LED technology, is proud to announce the world's first transformable LED screen for U2's latest world tour. With its 360° shape, the LED screen surrounds the band while performing and can change shape in all directions during the concert, For the third time this millennium, the Barco – U2 cooperation resulted in a revolutionary ap..
