Architects: BIG + JDS = PLOT Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Collaborators: Plot, JDS, MOE & Brodsgaard Client: Hopfner A/S, Dansk Olie Kompagni A/S Contractor: Hopfner A/S Program: 230 Apartments Construction period: 2004 - 2005 Total Area: 25000 sqm Photography: BIG & JDS The VM Houses are two residential blocks formed as the letters V and M. The blocks are formed as such to allow for daylight, ..
Möhn + Bouman Architects have sent us photos of the Daycare Centre Felsoord. The building, located in Delft, The Netherlands, is a rare example of a modern design that uses thatch, a material more commonly associated with 19th century cottages. The project concerns the extension and renovation of an existing daycare centre for mentally disabled, situated in a natural wetland area near Delft, the..
Architects: Behnisch Architekten Location: Hamburg, Germany Client: HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung Project Area: 38,000 sqm Competition year: 2006 Project year: 2007–2009 Photographs: Adam Mørk The new Unilever headquarter building for Germany, Austria and Switzerland is located right by the river Elbe in Hamburg’s HafenCity. It marks the end of the route out of the town centre to Hamburg’s new att..
Viva Store is a conversion by Bolivian architects Roca + Paz in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The rebuild, completed last year, involved wrapping a new curving “cover” around the L-shaped building. The “cover” is animated by changing light patterns at night. The following is by Roca + Paz estudio: – Viva Store by Roca + Paz estudio Santo Domingo City is the capital of Dominican Republic. It..
Architect: René van Zuuk Architekten Location: Oosterdok, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Client: Ontwikkelingsbedrijf Gemeente Amsterdam / NL Building Contractor: H.J.Jurrïens b.v., Utrecht/ NL Structural Ingeneering: Advies en Ingenieursbureau Van der Laar, Eindhoven/ NL Project Year: 2002-2003 Site Area: 300 sqm Constructed Area: 477 sqm Budget: US $2.03 M Photographs: Luuk Kramer The ARchitecture..
NL Architects have designed a stepped volume for the office of SOZAWE (Welfare Department and Work Agency) in the city of Groningen. The design includes an open marketplace which supports the architects’ intentions of creating an “open, inviting and sustainable place.” This public from archdaily
Architects: BOB361 Architects Location: Niklaas, Belgium Project Architect: Jan Opdekamp Collaborators: Eveline Vyncke, Maarten Deconinck, Gunther Slagmeulder, Nathan Ooms, Bram Aerts, Maureen Heyns Project Area: 3,838 sqm Budget: $5,500,000 Euro Project year: 2005 Photographs: André Nullens, Jan Kempenaers & Frederik Vercruysse Concerning the implantation of the building, the volume is entirely..
Architects: Elenberg Fraser Architecture Location: Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia Client: Zacamoco Project team: Callum Fraser, Valerie Tan, Hazel Porter, Frank Olbrich, Lorenzo Nuti, Kathrin Wheib, Marcus Ieraci, Caroline King, Iva Foschia, Andrew Prodromou, Beth Solomon, Karl Engstrom Project Management: PDS Group Structural consultant: Bonacci Group Pty Ltd & VSL Australia Pty Ltd Builder: ..
The benign climate that prevails during the whole year in the Caribbean island, as well as the situation of the plot of 7.000 m2 first coast line, they determine in advance the project executed by A-cero Studio. With a singular architectural idea and a certain level of risky, peculiar of the team that Joaquin Torres directs. There appear two blocks well separated from that there arises a game of..
shared with us another project built in Manhattan, the Diane von Furstenberg HQ in TriBeca. An amazing renewal of an historic building. The light use is accented by the use of hanging crystals. I personally like the landscaping on the rooftop, wich reminds me of the High Line passing nearby. You can also see the new The Standard hotel in the back, which is actually being built over the High Line..
