A hotel designed by Berlin architects J Mayer H, Krakow practice OVOTZ Design Lab and GD&K Consulting opens today in Krakow, Poland. Called SOF, the building is clad in aluminium with windows framed by dark horizontal bands across the facade. Photographs are by Jakub Kaczmarczyk, Ovotz design Lab. More Dezeen stories about J Mayer H Architects: Level Green Brauner Wegner Priehn centre for dentis..
The River Bend Residence by Pb Elemental Architecture The River Bend residence sits at the base of the Cascades in a heavily forested site on the bank of the Snoqualmie River. The home balances the client’s desire for privacy, while embracing nature. Many challenges faced the design and construction of this home, low budget, sustainable desires, but most of all schedule. The client, a young fami..
Dalian Football Stadium, Dalian, China, 2009 Client: Dalian City Bureau of Urban Planning, Location: Dalian, China Building surface: 38,500 m2 Building site: 144,000 m2 Capacity: 40,000 spectators Programme: Football stadium with two additional training grounds Status: Competition 1st prize Credits UNStudio: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos, Astrid Piber with Nuno Almeida, Ger Gijzen and Cynthia Mar..
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The Danish architects jaja has just revealed their new proposal for an office and shop complex in Sandnes - Norway. They have worked with Rambøll Aros on the project, which is 13,000 m2. The building is named after an ancient Viking Ship, which was called worm Lange. The ship was Norwegian, and it feels appealing to draw historical references to a piece of contemporary architecture. The project ..
On September 30th, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added 76 new items to its "List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", for safeguarding and preservation. The "Intangible" list is a companion to UNESCO's World Heritage list, which focuses on physical sites worldwide. Submitted jointly by member states Argentina and Uruguay, the "symbolic..
Architects: Drost + van Veen architecten Location: Alemere, The Netherlands Project Architects: Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost Collaborators: Onno Groen, Kees de Wit, Jos Lafeber, Bernhard Jaarsma, Perry Klootwijk Client: Gemeente Almere Contractor: Reimert Bouw Structural Engineer: ABT Delft Project year: 2009 Photographs: John Lewis Marshall Nature-education-centre “The Oostvaarders” is situat..
Glass House by Nico Van Der Meulen Architects The house is situated on a 4000 sq.m site, with a total floor area of 2500sq.m. The owner requested a modern, glamorous, open plan, light-filled house with views from all rooms into the garden. The shape on the south side is a half circle, forming a horseshoe on the north side. Approaching the house form the gate the driveway is elevated to allow gli..
Amanda Levete Architects shared with us their submission for the extension for the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester. The form intends to compliment the 19th century gallery, yet still maintain its individuality as a separate element. The extension, then, becomes not “one building connected to another but as something more abstract: a gesture that merges landscape with building.” The urban gal..
Czech architects Projektil Architekti have completed the National Technical Library in Prague, Czech Republic. The library was designed to house 1.2 million volumes alongside an exhibition hall, conference centre, cafe, and bookshop. The building has three floors below ground (comprising storage and parking) and six storeys above. Visitors can access the ground floor entrance hall from four dire..
