Architects: Jose Maria Saez Collaborator: David Barragan Client: Andres Bueno and Ana Maria Armijos Location: Quito Historic Downtown, Ecuador Contractor: Jaime Quinga, Luis Pillajo Engineering: Ing Herberto Novillo Material Aspect: adobe, oxidized steel, brick, concrete, wood, glass Project year: 2005-2007 Photographers: Raed Gindeya, Jose Maria Saez A house in Quito’s Historic Old Town turns ..
Walter Towers by BIG September 30th, 2008 Danish architects and designers Bjarke Ingels Group have unveiled their design for a tower on the Walter site in Prague, Czech Republic. The building will be a combination of office and residential spaces. “What will appear as four different towers is actually one continuous building that is sliced up and pulled apart to maximize the amount of surface an..
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Selected , Sports Architecture , Green Roof, Japan, Steel Architects: Shuhei Endo Location: Hyogo, Japan Collaborator: Wataru Horie Project year: 2008 Client: Hyogo Prefecture Consultant: Masashi Ouji,Design-Structure Laboratory (structure) / Setsubi Giken (service) Structural System: Steel truss Site Area: 1,124,000 sqm Constructed Area: 16,168 sqm Complex functione..
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have unveiled their design for a triangular building in the Porte de Versailles area of Paris, France. According to the architects the triangular profile will prevent the structure casting shadows on adjacent buildings, and allow for optimum solar and wind power generation. The ground floor will incorporate shops and restaurants, while an open public space level wit..
Architects: Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor Location: Mortensrud, Oslo Design Period: 1998 - 1999 Construction period: 2000-2002 Building Leader: Øivind Moen AS, Dag Solvang, Haavard Slaatten Client: Kirkelig Fellesråd i Oslo, Terje Oterholt Project Architects: Jensen & Skodvin, JanOlav Jensen (project leader), Børre Skodvin, AnneLise Bjerkan, Torunn Golberg, Torstein Koch, Siri Moseng, Einar Bj..
Architects: Snøhetta Location: Alstahaug, Norway Project year: 2001-2007 Collaborators: Kjetil Traedal Thorsen, Tarald Lundevall, Astrid Renata Van Veen, Jim Dodson, Bartek Milewski, Maria Svaland, Jenny B. Osuldsen, Lars Jørstad Nordbye, Heidi Pettersvold Client: Alstahaug kommune Constructed Area: 1350 sqm Photographs: Snøhetta, Aake E. Lindman, Inge Ove Tysnes Introduction The project involve..
Architects: Ramirez Buxeda Arquitectos Collaborators: Jorge F. Ramirez-Buxeda, Francisco Matta, Nelson Cotto, Robin Planas, Beatriz Fernandez, Bryan Copp, Migda Colon, Luis Maldonado, Hanelore Freer Location: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, USA Structural: Jose Espinal Vazquez y Asociados Electrical: Juan R. Requena y Asociados Mechanical: Torres y Velez Contractor: Maridian Construction Corp. Site Area:..
Croatian architects 3LHD have won an invited competition to design a sports and community centre at Rijeka, an industrial port city in Croatia. The following info is from 3LHD: – Centre Zamet 3LHD Architects The primary characteristic of the design of Zamet Centre is the integration of a big work project into the urban structure of this part of the town of Rijeka, with the objective of minimizin..
Venice Architecture Biennale: here are more designs for villas at the Next-Gene 20 project in Taiwan, which will feature 20 homes designed by Taiwanese and international architects. Above: Radix House by Shu-Chang Kung More info and images in our earlier story. Above: Ridge House by Hailim Suh The project was launched in Venice during the architecture biennale last week. Above: FlexiVilla by Tos..
Young Spanish architects CrystalZoo have designed an extension to the Seu University of La Nucia, an external site of the University of Alicante in La Nucia, Spain. The two-storey extension wraps around one wing of the existing college building and includes a new reception area and cafeteria. Photographs by Guillermo Luijk and Crystalzoo Studio. The following text is from the architects: – Seu..
