Architects ONL (Oosterhuis Lénárd) have designed a whale-shaped building between two existing warehouses on the banks of the river Danube in Budapest, Hungary. The project also involves the renovation of the warehouses, which will be shortened by 20 metres to make way for a new square. The 27,000 square metre development is due for completion in 2010. Here’s some more information from the archit..
Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Location: Särö, Sweden Architects in charge: Gert Wingårdh, Joakim Lyth, Danuta Nielsen, Karin Wingårdh Project Year: 2004-2005 Client: Private Construction: Elu Konsult AB, Göteborg, Paul Palmqvist Landscape: NOD, Natur Orienterad Design Interior Wood: Tranekaer-Teknik, Denmark Constructed Area: 346 sqm Photographer: Wingardh I’ve been wanting to design this ..
Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos Location: Colonia Polanco, Mexico DF, Mexico Project Leader: Alejandro Santillanes Project Team: Rodrigo Alcocer, Aisha Ballesteros, Tania Velazco, Aline Wallach, Victor Jaime Program: Apartment Building Project Year: 2004-2006 Photographs: Dante Busquets & Oscar Necoechea
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed a new headquarters for Spanish banking group BBVA. The building, due for completion in 2013, will be located on the outskirts of Madrid. Here is an architectural statement from the architects: – New Headquarters for BBVA Madrid, Spain 2007 –, planned completion 2013 Herzog & de Meuron Architectural Statement The site BBVA has procured for its new headq..
Ubicación: Pamplona (Navarra) Autores: Miguel A. Alonso del Val, Rufino J. Hernández Minguillón, Marcos Escartín Miguel Colaboradores:Proyecto: Miguela Modrego Jiménez, Ruth Marín Lorente, Pablo BranchiBorrell, Javier Zalacain Díez, Sara Mattivi, Susana Ruiz de GalarretaDíaz de Cerio; Dirección: María López Morquecho, Daniel Maestu Yerro Aparejadores: Miguel Aldaz García-Mina Promotor: Ayuntamie..
Zaha Hadid Architects have won a competition to design a library and learning centre for the University of Economics & Business in Vienna, Austria. The 28,000 square metre building forms the central part of a new campus for the university. The learning centre will include a library, tutorial rooms, administration offices, student centre, book shop, cafeteria, and event space. The project is due ..
Architects: Tetreault Parent Languedoc & Saia Barbarese Topouzanov Location: Montreal, Canada Project year: 1992-2006 Architect Team: Michel Languedoc (project architect), Mario Saia (director of design). Team members: Dino Barbarese, Vladimir Topouzanov, Trong Tuan Nguyen, Sylvain Bastien, Michel Beauchemin, Richard Beaudoin, Nicolas Bokobza, Patrick De Barros, Suzanne Essiambre, Naomi Frangos,..
Architects: Architects Collective & at103 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Client: Yoshua Okon Collaborators: Kurt Sattler, Julio Amezcua, Francisco Pardo Structural Consultant: Colinas de Buen Contractor: Factor Eficiencia Site Area: 150 sqm Construction Area: 120 sqm Project Year: 2004 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Budget: US $250.000 Photographs: Architects Collective In the heart of Mexico City ..
Architects: ODOS architects Location: Wicklow, Ireland Construction: Oaklawn Construction Constructed Area: 287 sqm Design Year: 2006 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Photographs: Ros Kavanagh and ODOS architects This house is in essence a simple bold sculptural form which sits at the foot of a steep escarpment in the Wicklow hills. It is a two storey house with vehicular and pedestrian access from ..
Architects: TAMABI - Tatiana Letier Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Project Year: 2008 Two basic principles guided our project for the construction of a new penthouse foor to house a single 234-square-meter apartment, located at the base of the Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro’s forested Jardim Botânico neighborhood. The first was a demand for an open space with the least possible amount of..
