Architecture: Morphosis Architects Location: Pasadena, California, USA Project Manager: Kim Groves Job Captain: Salvador Hidalgo Project Architect: David Rindlaub Project Designers: Martin Summers, Shanna Yates Project Team: Irena Bedenikovic, Pavel Getov, Debbie Lin, Kristina Loock, David Rindlaub Project Assistants: Patrick Dunn-Baker with Adam Bressler, Laura Foxman, Brock Hinze, Amy Kwok, Hu..
The Local Motors competition to design a car for Detroit closed earlier this month and the winners have been announced. First prize of $1500 went to German student Dmytro Zyubyairov for his Michigan concept, a sleek and slightly Citroenesque-looking front-engined 2+2 shooting brake. Dymtro’s design mixed sharp styling with the practicality and cargo capacity afforded by a shooting brake. As with..
For a lake residence on a diminutive lot in rural Iowa, we conceived of a house as a series of spatial frames that offer a focused and private experience on an otherwise densely populated shore. This second home sits in a resort area that appears as an oasis in the midst of the Midwestern “corn desert”. Not at all nostalgic for the cottages of years gone by, the owners nevertheless wanted a hous..
Samoo Architecture PC, with the project lead Samsung C & T Corporation and Samoo Architects & Engineers in Seoul, Korea, have been awarded first prize and the building/construction commission for the new Taekwondo Park World Headquarters in Muju, Korea. To be located on 570 acres of beautiful old growth woodlands, natural streams and valleys, the Park and associated building complexes are to bec..
Architects: Slade Architecture Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009-2010 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox SITE STRATEGY The masterplan proposes an exhibit of very large houses each encircled by a public footpath juxtaposing two conflicting desires: priva..
toronto based photographer ian pool imagines the lives of superheroes if they were average people. in comic books and movies, superheroes are extraordinary people. they save lives and have super powers that allow them to do almost anything. that being said, it may be difficult to imagine what batman would do on a tuesday night, or how the incredible hulk walks his dog. these questions and more a..
Architecture photographer Leonardo Finotti shared with us a photo set for the JH House (Sao Paulo, 2008) by brazilian architects Bernardes + Jacobsen. I really like the intermediate spaces, putting several common spaces on semi covered outside areas. from archdaily
Architects: Map Architect, Josep Lluis Mateo Location: Cornellà, Barcelona, Spain Competition Project leaders: Jordi Pagès, Virginia Daroca, Victoria Llinares Competition Team: Adriana Porta, Bianca von Geyr, Jaume Prat, Daniel Blüm Architectural Project leader: Yolanda Olmo Project team: Paula Vallejo Client: World Trade Center, WTC Almeda Park, SA Structural Concept: BOMA, Agustí Obiol Technic..
Architects: MAD Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun Site Area: 4,392 sqm Constructed Area: 50,000 sqm Program: Office Headquarters Client: Al Rostamini Group Ltd Images: MAD The site for the Al Rostamini group headquarters is a long waterfront within the central business area of Dubai. Rather than creating a traditional big office block on this site, an..
greek firm petra architects have designed 'blossoming dubai' for their proposal for the zaabeel park tall emblem structure competition. they based their design on the form of a blossoming flower. the tower is equipped with two elevators running on spiral rails (spiral of the most simple geometry turning 135 degrees while ascending 138 meters). these lifts ascend from lower ground floor (where th..
