Desitecture, a British Architecture Collective, have recently been shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival in the future project-experimental category for their Vertical City in Venezuela. More images and architect’s description after the break. Originally 23 de Enero was designed to become a mass housing block for residents of the city to live and work in. On January 23rd, 1958, when the..
Architects: Specht Harpman Location: Austin, Texas, USA Project Team: Scott Specht, Louise Harpman, Sarah Gamble, Erica Quinones, Brett Wolfe MEP Engineering: Energy Engineering Associates Structural Engineering: Architectural Engineers Collaborative Civil Engineering: Urban Design Group Landscape Architecture: Sasaki Associates, Inc. in association with RVI Inc. Contractor: VRW Construction Com..
Long Island-based firm Bates Masi + Architects has been honored with two AIA New York State Design Awards in the Residential Small Project Category. Competition for this award is open to Architects registered in the State of New York with projects located around the world. Awards will be presented on October 15 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center at the annual AIA New York State Convention...
This visitor centre by Danish architects EFFEKT will have a series of ramped green roofs and sit at the heart of the Hareskoven forest in Copenhagen. The Nature Centre will cover a thousand square-metres and house research facilities, exhibition spaces, rentable rooms and a café. The star-shaped plan is inspired by a series of hunting pathways created by a former king that disperse from two poin..
Architects: Studio Guilherme Torres Location: Londrina, Brazil Client: OM Floor Area: 250 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: MCA Studio Guilherme Torres, a young Brazilian architect, was hired by an elderly couple to design a contemporary house in a residential condominium in Londrina, Brazil. The clients requested a house which would be suitable for a couple to live on regular basis as well as..
The Scholl Residence expands on the ‘Case Study’ series of the 1950’s. The steep site possessed challenges with drainage, topography, a small footprint, restrictive easements and was required to address very limiting neighborhood design review standards. Contextually, the area was developed in the 1960’s and surrounding residents were quite resistant to the architectural direction. Although the ..
Denmark-based Henning Larsen Architects have won first prize in an invited competition to design the Batumi Aquarium in Georgia. See more images and architect’s description after the break. Architects: Henning Larsen Architects Location: Batumi, Georgia Project Team: Louis Becker (design director, partner) Anders Park (project manager), Viggo Haremst (design responsible), Michael Sørensen and Ja..
The Library is a resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, where designer Tirawan Songsawat created a minimalist structure while intruding as little as possible on the site by building around old-growth trees. Guests may lose themselves among vegetation interspersed with artwork and statuary, contrasting a colour scheme in which white, red, black and grey predominate: the Library’s exterior is white, the s..
Finnish architects Anssi Lassila and Teemu Hirvilammi of Lassila Hirvilammi with Jani Jansson of Luonti have completed this slate-clad church with a separate steeple in Jyväskylä, Finland. Called Kuokkala Church, the project has a laminated wood structure and the interior is finished with spruce, ash and lime wood. The church is adjacent to a market square and has a wide granite stairway to lead..
Robles Architects have sent us a recently completed project, the ISEAMI House in Playa Carate, Península de Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. ISEAMI concept eradicates in the education and awareness of its occupants and its community,that will be capable tolearn about sustainable living thru its spatial living. The house promises a responsible approach to the nature of its location, Peninsula de Osa,..
