Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects Location: Nordborg, Denmark Client: Danfoss Universe, Nordborg, Denmark Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Marcus Blum, Thorsten Blatter, Andre Santer, Alessandra Raponi Design Year: 2005-2006 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Constructed Area: Cafeteria_500 sqm / Curiosity Center_1,200 sqm Architect on site: Hallen & Nordby Technical Consultant: Carl Bro Budget: US $3..
Architects: Studio Granda Location: Skagafjörður fjord, Iceland Client: Lilja Pálmadóttir & Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson Structure & Environmental Engineers: Víðsjá Electrical Services: VJÍ Contractor: Trésmiðjan Borg Constructed Area: 294 sqm Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Studio Granda Hof is a country residence in the Skagafjörður fjord, less than 100km from the Arctic Circle. The spectacl..
Portuguese architect Ana Reis has completed a family house in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The 2-storey home is characterised by white, clean-cut volumes arranged around an internal courtyard. Photography by NG Photo. Here’s some more information from Ana Reis: – House RA The house is for a young couple with two kids. The building volume, shape and location are the result of different restrictio..
Santiago studio Guillermo Hevia Architects have completed a factory for olive oil manufacturers Olisur, located 200 km south of Santiago in Chile. The building comprises the company offices and factory, and is made of concrete clad in wood and glass. The factory uses geothermic energy, natural lighting and natural ventilation. According to the architects, all materials used in production of the ..
Architects: EM2N Location: Liestal, Switzerland Project team: Bernd Druffel, Marc Holle, Fredrik Johansson, Katharina Klinger, Thilo Kroeschell, Satu Marjanen, Claudia Meier, Mathias Muller, Daniel Niggli, Claudia Peter, Christoph Rothenhofer Programme: Shelter rooms for cultural assets / Archive extension / New office spaces for archivists / Customers‘ area and reading room Client: Department f..
Architects: LAN Architecture Location: Saint Mesmes, France Client: Marchesini France Programme: Design and construction of a company headquarters Constructed Area: 1,250 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Jean-Marie Monthiers The primary intention of the programme is to explore the relationship between the building and its surroundings and between the building users and the landscape. One of t..
Architects: Rintala Eggertsson Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,170 sqm SITUATION The landscape of the Ordos plateau in Inner Mongolia is wide and open, characterized by dunes of sand and low vegetation. The climate is stable and d..
Or: Sylvia Lavin - Practice Makes Perfect. This spring Sylvia Lavin gave a lecture at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam about why she discards iconography in architecture. She started her lecture by stating: “We do not need any more penis-buildings”. That statement was illustrated by some penis-buildings in architectural history, the penis-building in Hong Hong, the penis-buildings by Jean Nouv..
Architects: Klein Dytham architecture Location: Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan Client: TBWA/ Hakuhodo Team: Astrid Klein, Mark Dytham , Yukinari Hisayama, Yoshinori Nishmura, Joe Keating Contractor: D Brian, Masaya Tanimoto Totem Project Year: 2007 The finished design for the new T/H office space was a creative adaptive reuse enterprise and a joint venture between TBWA, a global advertising company, and..
Architects: Jorge Hernandez de la Garza Location: Oaxtepec, Mexico Design team: Carlos Rubio Martinez Project Year: 2007 Furniture: Gandiablasco By Designet Art: Victor Reyes Sculptures: Alfonso Magana Photographs: Paul Czitrom This house is located in a residential area of Oaxtepec, a place of exceptional natural beauty. It is contiguous to the north with the hill of Tepozteco and to the south ..
