Erick van Egeraat - Entry Forum Competition, Groningen, Model (Copyright EEA) The ‘instant criticism’ this blog aims for, is often a bit relayed. About a month ago the inhabitants of Groningen, a city in the north of the Netherlands, could vote about seven proposals for a mixed-use cultural building that is projected in the middle of the old city. Among the entrants were Zaha Hadid, Neutelings R..
Architects: Saucier + Perrotte architectes Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Principal in Charge: Gilles Saucier Project Architect: Anik Shooner Executive Architect: MENKÈS SHOONER DAGENAIS Project team: Gilles Saucier, Anik Shooner, Caroline Elias, Maxime-Alexis Frappier, Anna Bendix, Anne Sophie Allard, Audrey Archambault, Eda Ascioglu, Patrice Bégin, Catherine Bélanger, Alain Boudrias, Natha..
Architects: Encore Hereux + G Studio Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China 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 French architects Encore Heureux & G Studio didn’t send a text for their Ordos villa, but the renderings are quite expressive. Judge for yourself. ..
'bubbletecture M' is a kindergarten designed by japanese studio shuhei endo architect institute. located in shiga, japan the maihara kindergarten is surrounded by a newly developed residential area. the structure consists of concrete boxes between each of the rooms and a wooden roof that ties them together. the shell-form roof is made of triangular continuous surfaces; its structural strength an..
Manchester architects Arca have completed a beach café on the promenade in Morecambe, UK. A band of stainless-steel cladding wraps around the sides and roof of the cafe, and overhangs the two glazed facades that face the promenade and the bay. In front of the cafe there is a south-facing outdoor seating area on two levels. Photography by Timothy Soar. Below is some more information from Arca: – ..
Paris architects ECDM have completed this 63-unit social housing development in Paris. It is located between existing buildings, at the intersection of two streets. A courtyard, hidden from the street, separates the building into two volumes connected by a basement car park. The front facade is composed of coloured glass in different shades of green. The text below is from the architects: – Coll..
A team of Italian architects comprising Modostudio, CCDP and Studio Cattinari have won first prize in a competition to regenerate a former industrial area in Modena, Italy, into a mixed-use public space. Called Ex Fonderie Riunite, the project focuses around the conversion of a former metal-smelting complex into the new site for DAST, the centre for design, art, science and technology in the cit..
After a two-phase international competition (with offices such as Morphosis, Abalos+Sentkiewicz, MVRDV and Zaha Hadid), OMA has been awarded the first prize in the design competition to build the new Taipei Performing Arts Centre. The project, led by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren, is based on 3 theaters (1 x 1,500 seats - the round one, 2 x 800 seats - cubes) which are plugged into a central cub..
Split & Rotate, a holiday home designed by architect Nicos Kalogirou, has been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009. Located at the foot of East Vermion mountain inNaoussa Greece, the single-family house consists of two volumes linked by a glass passageway. The main residence has a metal structure and is clad in shipping plywood. The second volume consists of a children’s pavilion with..
Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects Location: Brione sopra Minusio, TI, Switzerland Construction Supervision: Guscetti Arch. Dipl., 6648 Minusio Engineer: Anastasi SA, 6604 Locarno Building Physics: IFEC Consulenze SA, 6802 Rivera Contractor: Merlini + Ferrari SA, 6648 Minusio Carpenter: Erich Keller AG, 8583 Sulgen Project year: 2004-2005 Photographs: Hannes Henz The new buildi..
