Danish architects C. F. Møller have won a competition to design a new ferry terminal in Stockholm, Sweden. The terminal will service Stockholm’s ferry connection to Finland and the Baltics. The massing of the new building is inspired by traditional maritime architecture and its exterior will be clad in expanded mesh. The new terminal will form part of Norra Djurgårdsstaden, aresidential and comm..
name Dalarna Media Arena type invited competition task University Library + Plaza client Högskolan Dalarna, Falun Municipality size 3000 m2 year 2010 collaboration Sou Fujimoto, Topotek1, Rambøll A/S and Bosch & Fjord The new library, placed centrally at the Dalarna university campus, is organized as a ”spiral of knowledge”. The sloping terrain continues in a ramp through the building. Wrapping ..
Self-navigating cars, small streets and a city crawling with information is architect Jurgen Mayer H.'s winning idea for Audi's Urban Future Award, announced this week at the Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy. Audi's Urban Future competition tapped six firms--also included were Alison Brooks Architects, BIG, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Cloud 9 and Standardarchitecture--to imagine mobility and..
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Arcsine Architecture and Bellusci Design have completed the Vesu Restaurant in Walnut Creek, a small city near San Francisco, California. Arcsine Architecture and Bellusci Design transformed a piano store with little curb appeal into a vibrant and engaging restaurant, fitting the bustling downtown Walnut Creek. The clients sought an inviting, modern environment to complement the globally inspire..
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..
Architects: Architecture 53seven Location: Laois, Ireland Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Joseph Burns The nature of the works undertaken to Egan’s Coffee Bar and Roof Terrace were devised to consider the relationship between differing programmatic requirements; on one-hand, a modest coffee bar offering juices to take away and food to take whilst seating, whilst one the other a roof terrace and ..
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...
Architects: Corben Architects Location: Sydney, Australia Project Architect: Andrew Vingilis Project Team: Mark Clark, Carlos Correa, Mie Mie Ohn Structural & Hydraulic Engineering: Acor Consultants Interior Designer: Cressida Kennedy, Space Control Design Project Year: 2007-2009 Photographs: Steve Back This project involved converting a large empty warehouse into a florist workshop and a luxuri..
