“Smell the newness, smell the wood, smell the aliveness of this place… To begin, I just want to invite you to open your imaginations today… When we built this, we were not absolutely certain how it would be used because we are a church and we don’t determine the use of our lives and the use of our materials and the use of our abilities. We leave that to God. I just heard this little one here ste..
Our friends from L.E.FT (previously featured on AD Futures) just shared with us an interesting vertical landscape project, a joint work with norwegian architects STUDIO hp AS. The project is located in Holmestrand, Norway, and consists on a public elevator that connects the old lower part of the town across and 85m high cliff to the newer part of it. The infrastructure acts as an articulator of ..
Australian architect Paul Burnham has sent us photos of a house he’s recently designed. The house is located in the beachside suburb of Cottesloe in Perth, Western Australia.
Amidst financial buildings and high-rise apartments, Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has redefined the conventional skyscraper. His 132 story complex for the south edge of Roosevelt Island addresses the pressing need for environmental and ecological sustainability. This conceptual design focuses on creating a completely self-sustaining organism that not only utilizes solar, wind, and water e..
Architect: KOZ Architectes / Christophe Ouhayoun – Nicolas Ziesel Location: Saint-Cloud, France Project team: Ambrus Evva, François Kharatt Structural Engineers: EVP Ingénierie Contractor: Delta Fluides Acoustic Consultant: Delphi Acoustique Budget: $3.8M Euro Project Area: 1,600 sqm Project year: 2007-2009 Photographs: © Stephan Lucas Sports and Leisure Center in Saint-Cloud / KOZ Architectes f..
Touted as Singapore’s answer to W Hotels, Quincy aims to fill the niche of providing sleek, ultra modern contemporary digs for the consummate urbanite. A place discreet yet chic and luxe – 400 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets, top of the line balms and potions are de rigueur, service impeccable and intuitive. Each bathroom is designed to ensure complete rejuvenation to the tired executive wit..
Our friends from XTEN Architecture shared with us their entry to the ThyssenKrupp elevator competition in Dubai. The observation tower is located in a cultural park just off axis from the main skyscraper boulevard in Dubai, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Road. I. Site Strategy The site plan for the Za’abeel Park Observation (ZPO) Tower is organized according to a traditional Islamic geometric pattern ..
Jonas Lindvall A&D have designed the Villa M2 in southern Sweden. From the designers: Villa M2 is situated in a village south of Malmö next to a disused lime quarry that has now become a lake. The part of the building facing the lake incorporates generous windows and minimally defined space to encourage the integration of the house’s interior with its stunning natural surroundings. The north and..
Architects: medusagroup Location: Gliwice, Poland Architects in Charge: Przemo łukasik, Lukasz zagała Associate Architects: Rafal Dziedzic, Kuba Pudo, Tomasz Majewski, Dominik Jaksik, Dawid Beil, Krzysztof Drozda, Justyna Siwińska, Agnieszka Szewera, Jakub Magoń Structural Engineer: Statyk Client: Wektor Inwestycje sp. z o.o. Project area: 5,000 sqm Design year: 2007-2008 Construction year: 2008..
Barcelona architects and designers Deardesign have completed a flagship store for mother-and-son fashion designers Lurdes Bergada and Syngman Cucala in Barcelona. The store, located in the L’illa Diagonal shopping mall, is divided in two by a faceted beech tunnel stretching the length of the shop. The wall comprises 1,000 uniquely shaped wooden panels held together by 2,400 screws. The interior ..
