Amsterdam-based Laura Alvarez Architecture has been awarded with the second prize in the International Competition for the realisation of the New Cultural Centre in Hernani, Basque Land. The competition was launched as an open european tender organized by the municipality of Hernani. More images and architect’s description after the break. The design brief consists on 4.600 m2 of cultural spaces..
Architects: architectureRED Location: Sriperumbudur, Chennai, India Project Team: Biju Kuriakose, Kishore Panikkar, Sangeeta Kamath, Apoorva Madhusudan, Shailasri Pillai, Kani Pandian, Yasir Azami Client: ETA Star Properties Project Year: 2009-2010 Photographs: Courtesy of architectureRED ETA Star, one of Asia’s leading property developers, hired architectureRED to create a small, yet iconic off..
Israeli firm Chyutin Architects have won a competition to build this museum that will bridge over a sunken garden in Jerusalem. The Museum of Tolerance will sit on the border between the built-up city and Independence Park. The museum, which houses a theatre, hall, restaurant and exhibition spaces, is clad in stone with a curtain wall of glazing facing onto the park. The sunken garden will be ac..
Architects: Maxwan Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Project Team: Nobuki Ogasahara, Artur Borejszo, Jason Hilgefort, Nara Lee, Michiel Raats, Rene Sangers Client: NAi + Ymere + City of Amsterdam Program: Housing, Office, Fitness, Public program, Park Site Area: 17 ha Total Floor Space: 8700 m2 Photographs: Courtesy of Maxwan The Albino Alligator is a progressive live/work development to init..
Architects: Audrius Ambrasas Architects Location: Skanstes str. 12, Riga, Latvia Design team: Audrius Ambrasas, Mindaugas Reklaitis, Monika Sriubaitė Project management: “Merks”, Ltd. Interior design: “XYZ”, Ltd. Client: “SKANSTES 12″, Ltd. Foot print: 1,530 sqm Gross area: 14,445 sqm Net area of typical floor: 1,035 sqm Project Year: 2007-2008 Construction Year: 2008-2010 Photographs: Courtesy ..
The shortlist for the new V&A at Dundee building has been unveiled today. The six shortlisted firms are Snøhetta, Steven Holl, REX, Kengo Kuma, Delugan Meissl and Sutherland Hussey. The V&A at Dundee is looking to create a landmark building which will be sited at Craig Harbour, right on the banks of the River Tay, in Dundee, Scotland. The initiative is being delivered by Design Dundee Ltd, a par..
Chicago-based architects WEATHERS shared with us their proposal for the Museum of World War II in Gdańsk Competition, which they designed with OOS. See more images and architect’s description after the break. The proposal for the Polish city’s WWII museum addresses the issues of the site as it pertains to local adjacencies (vehicular and pedestrian access, programmatic access, and views) as well..
Cattani Architects have designed the recently completed Cité A Docks student housing project, located in Le Havre, France. The housing consists of 100 apartments made out of old shipping containers. The new town is the result of the transformation of old containers in modular housing units equipped with every comfort. Mounted on a metal grid, the containers have given shape to a four-story build..
This holiday home by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld comprises three perpendicular volumes built into a slope in Piracicaba, Brazil. A half-submerged garage and storage area is the lowest of three elements and punctuated by a series of concrete pillars. Above, the ground floor forms an L-shaped plan with the living and dining space in one wing and the kitchen and services in the other. The gro..
Swedish architects Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff, designed the H-House in Trosa, Sweden. A private residence in the archipelago of Stockholm situated on a beautiful site overlooking the ocean. The setting is scenic but the climate is harsh. Summers are light but short and the wind can often be a problem in these coastal areas. As in many of our projects great emphasis is put on exploring the border ..
