London practice Zaha Hadid Architects have designed two buildings for the city of Reggio Calabria in Italy. One building will house a museum of Mediterranean history, including exhibition spaces, restoration facilities, an archive, an aquarium and a library. The second will house the museum’s administrative offices, a gym, craft workshops, shops and a cinema, as well as three separate auditorium..
Project: Metamorfosis 1, Renovation of a wooden house Location: Tunquen,Casablanca, Chile Architects: Renewal ( 2008) Jose Ulloa Davet, Delphine Ding Original House (1990): Pedro Salas Construction Supervision: Danio Ulloa Azocar Engineering: Teknoingenieria Ltda Carpenter: Pablo Montoya Project year: 2007-2008 Photographs: Jose Ulloa Davet The project is organized according to a new helical pat..
Multi unit residential block- San Candido, Italy completed 2007 Tetris House is derived from turning very pragmatic parameters into a spatially engaging concept: multiple programmatic demands (five self-contained units, parking space and other covered exterior areas) have initiated two volumes. L-shaped in plan and section they are spatially interwoven as to produce a range of dynamic in-between..
Hector Peldoza shared with us this set of pictures of the Sametinget parliament by Stein Halvorsen AS and Christian Sundby architects MNA (1998-2000). The Sámi Parliament building is situated on a ridge above the Karasjok town centre, on a noticeable terrace on the hillside, 35 metres above today’s alluvial plain. Surrounding the building is a landscape comprised of pinetrees and natural vegetat..
Architect: Camilo Restrepo Arquitectos Location: Madellin, Colombia Collaborators: Juliana Montoya, Lucio Luque, Diana Rodriguez, Jorge Buitrago Constructed Area: 700 sqm Contractor: Juan Carlos Tabares, German Zapata, Juan Gonzalo Sanin Project year: 2006 Construction year: 2008 Photographs: Camilo Restrepo 7 considerations for a house on the andes tropic 1. on the placement The house swims thr..
Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos / Derek Dellekamp Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project leader: Ignacio Mendez Project team: Jachen Schleich, Pedro Sanchez, Paulina Goycolea Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox Concept * A container that holds every..
Architecture photographer Iwan Baan just shared with us a photo set of the latest Herzog & de Meuron building in Spain, the Espacio de las Artes at Santa Cruz, Tenerife. Another H&dM building for Spain, after the Caixa Forum (Madrid) and the Forum building (Barcelona). With over 20,622 sqm, the building includes a public library, a contemporary art museum, the Photography Centre of the Tenerife ..
St. james`s park is the oldest Royal Park in London. Our brief was to create an environment that would challenge notions of existing park cafe, whilst retaining a sense of British tradition. The disign of the building reinforces the natural environment of eht park and the interior focus is on the food. Inn the park represents a new generation of modern organic English cuisine and the interior is..
Architects: X-Architects Location: Dubai marina, Dubai Program: Leisure home Constructed Area: 220 sqm Photographs: X-Architects X-Architects closely collaborated with Leen Vandaele, interior decorator ar￢chitect and design consultant from Squisito, to create a houseboat that in￢ventively combines the nautical lifestyle of relaxation and enjoyment with crisp architectural tectonics. The fundamen..
Architects: Ezzo - Cesar Machado Moreira Location: Oporto, Portugal Design Team: Fátima Barroso Project year: 2005-2006 Client: Marta Mello Sampayo Structural Engineering: Eng.Lopes de Oliveira Services: Oval Engenharia Photographs: Joao Ferrand The earliest records of the construction of the house at Outeiro Street date back to the last 19th century where the road to Romanticsm started. Built u..
