It keeps intriguing me, the way in this project the fluid concrete bands on the ground with just a fold continue into the facade, and how these flat forms are reflected behind the mirror glass in three-dimensional structures in the interior. As a whole it has a rare sensibility to it. Simply continuing the structure found on the ground onto the facade does not always work out fine, as the Thiais..
Spikvoorde II byRené van Zuuk Architekten Dutch architects René van Zuuk Architekten have completed Spikvoorde II, a building containing a school and apartments in Deventer, Netherlands. A primary school occupies the first three floors of the building, with nine private apartments on the upper floors. All photos are copyright Christian Richters except where specified. The following is from René ..
Mensa Karlsruhe Mensa Karlsruhe is an elastic space, that sits in the center of the Karlsruhe University Campus. As an extension of the already existing facilites, the city of Karlsruhe is building a canteen that will serve the growing number of students. The building becomes the new adress of the campus, negotiating between the identities of three universities as well as between the urban fabri..
For the city of St. Petersburg the Russian office Vitruvius & Sons - I am not joking - designed a building called ‘Shtrikh Kod’: Barcode. As the iconography suggests the building houses… shops, shops and shops. “The center is located in a soviet residential area on the bank of the Neva River. Placed in a vast nameless square by the Volodarsky Bridge, formed by gray housing blocks. Vitruvius and ..
Despite what you might think, this is not a temporal installation. The image of the LTL 1000 banknote is brought onto this 10-story building using special enamel paint. During the process the paint turns into a ceramic print that lasts forever. At least in the Netherlands all literal prints on buildings are temporal. (Architects only apply abstract patterns to their designs.) The literal prints ..
Are we looking at the expression of the boosted confidence of the Chinese after Beijing 2008? I think so. The ‘Superstar’ is a design for a different kind of China Town, one that would be more in tune with the rapidly progressing China of today. The project comes from an architecture firm whose office was located closely to the past ? successful ? Olympics. They are Beijing, they are MAD. In th..
Villa MRMM near Ludwigsburg Germany 2005 - Team J. MAYER H.: Jürgen Mayer H. Georg Schmidthals Thorsten Blatter Simon Takasaki Ausschreibung / Bauleitung: Architekturbüro Uli Wiesler, Stuttgart The geometry of the Dupli.Casa is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site, originally built in 1984 and with many extensions and modifications since then. The new bui..
New Flagship Store in Japan UNStudio was commissioned to draw up a concept for the new Louis Vuitton Flagship Store in Japan which would unite the modern and classic qualities of Louis Vuitton and express their essence in architectural form. A number of floors over three levels create a special atmosphere, depending on whether they are to be used as a store, spa, café or gallery. Recreation in t..
Architects: Triptyque - Greg Bousquet, Carolina Bueno, Guillaume Sibaud e Olivier Raffaelli Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Project chief: Tiago Guimaraes Project year: 2005- 2006 Construction year: 2007 Site area: 1,059 sqm Constructed area: 1,000 sqm Landscape: Peter Webb Contractor: Bassani Arquitetos Construtores Structure: Osmar Baptista Antunes Photographs: Leonardo Finotti Located in the neig..
Klein Dytham architecture_Sin Den Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 6.2007 Jingumae - the area has its own creative vibe,which is not quite as same as the one with Harajuku, Aoyama and Shibuya. People with their strong style and view in fashion and their lifestyle have injected the more exciting and creative feelings in the area. This project was carried out in the area for a young couple and a baby a..
