A few years ago, Jean Nouvel unveiled his plans for two towers for Sydney City, and now, the project has just received approval. Located on the site of a former brewery, the towers – one 16 stories and the other 33 – are part of the 250,000 sqm development plan managed by Frasers Property. The towers will house 563 luxury apartments above a six level retail and recreation podium. The eastern tow..
Architectural Team: Fletcher Crane Architects / Toby Fletcher, Ian Crane and Sam Stevens Structural Engineer: Elliott Wood/Gary Elliott, George Georgiou Building Environment and Services Engineer: Skelly and Couch/Mark Skelly, Matthew Chantzidakis Quantity Surveyor: Quantem Consulting/Dan Watson Landscape Architects: Whitelaw Turkington/Ian Turkington ‘The Loom’ is the apparatus for weaving stra..
This wavy wall forms the east facade of an information centre designed by BCHO Architects at a Korean concrete factory. Called Hanil Visitors Center and Guest House, the information centre aims to educate visitors about recycling concrete and demonstrates different options through its own construction. Four openings in the eastern wall allow glimpses of how the concrete is produced in the factor..
The Glasshouse is an arts, conference and entertainment centre in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, that has been designed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects. The Glasshouse: Arts Conference and Entertainment Centre comprises a 600-seat performing arts theatre, a 600m2 Regional Art Gallery, a studio theatre, conference facilities and a community workshop located in the centre of Port ..
Architects: A-cero, Joaquin Torres Architects Location: Pozuelo de Alorcón, Spain Partner in Charge: Rafael Llamazares Contractor: Helio Construcciones Interiors: A-cero Project Year: 2008-2010 Photographs: Luis H. Segovia The architecture studio A-cero presents one of its last works about a big single-family house. It takes place in the outskirts of Madrid on a 5,000 m2 plot. It is a single sto..
Our friends at Abitare published several works by Italian firm Buratti + Battiston, an architect and engineer, respectively. With a strong grasp of aesthetics as their foundation for creating spaces, their Vetreria Airoldi Office + Showroom works with the characteristics of colored glass to form a contemporary working space. The office + showroom is an entire experimentation of glass. On the ext..
Photographer Edmund Sumner has shared with us his photos of this house by Matharoo Associates in Ahmadabad, India, featuring shutters weighted with concrete balls. Called The House with Balls, the building was designed for the owner of an aquarium shop and houses four huge tanks for breeding fish. It also doubles as a weekend retreat. The long narrow main room is lined on both sides by shutters,..
American architects Space International have completed this gallery cantilevered over a row of existing garages at the MAK Centre for Art & Architecture, Los Angeles. Polycarbonate panels with an aluminium frame retract to create an open facade and afford views of the neighbouring 1939 Mackey Apartments designed by the late Rudolph Schindler. The garages below have been renovated into studios fo..
Architects: Guz Architects Location: 18 Maryland Drive, Singapore Project Architect: Gan Ren Ying C & S Engineer: MSE Consultants M & E Engineer: Herizal Fitri Consultants Main Contractor: Sun Ho Construction Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Courtesy of Guz Architects The house is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional courtyard house, laid out around a central green courtyard with a doub..
There are some exclusive boutique hotels that have a history and an importance behind them and there are others that have created a new world of ambience, atmosphere and absolute top rate service quality. In the small case that there is a marriage of these two factors you have achieved greatness. We are very pleased and proud to present one such greatness, one which draws a smile to all that hav..
