from SoftRigid
Arons & Gelauff Architects - Dormitory, Enschede (Copyright Jeroen Musch) Arons & Gelauff Architects send me photographs of their recently finished dormitory building in Enschede, a city in the east of the Netherlands. One of the sides of the nine story building features a climbing wall. According to the architect it is the second highest one in the Netherlands. The addition of the climbing wall..
Architecture: Pedro Gadanho Location: Porto Date: 2007/2008 Built area: 110 square meters General Contractor: Semedidas Photographer: Fernando Guerra Materials: Lacquered MDF, Polyurethane Resin, Stucco, Plasterboard. Plan Captions 1.Entrance 2.Dining 3.Living 4.Kitchen 5.Storage 6.Bathroom 7.Bedroom 8.Bedroom 9.Hall 10.Master bedroom 11.Walk-in closet 12.Bathroom Ghosts in the Shell Sometimes i..
Erick van Egeraat - Entry Forum Competition, Groningen, Model (Copyright EEA) The ‘instant criticism’ this blog aims for, is often a bit relayed. About a month ago the inhabitants of Groningen, a city in the north of the Netherlands, could vote about seven proposals for a mixed-use cultural building that is projected in the middle of the old city. Among the entrants were Zaha Hadid, Neutelings R..
[+] GIRL: Not yet? - - - - - [+] GIRL: Are they really going to do it? BOY: I’m telling you, they’ll do it. Watch. - - - - - [+] DOCTOR: So… what seems to be the problem? - - - - - [+] PATIENT: Uh, it’s just some pain in one of my back teeth. Uh… DOCTOR: Mmm hmm. - - - - - [+] DOCTOR: I see. The root of your pain does not exist in our dimension. Kishikawa-kun, go get the usual stuff. NURSE: OK. ..
Architects: Saucier + Perrotte architectes Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Principal in Charge: Gilles Saucier Project Architect: Anik Shooner Executive Architect: MENKÈS SHOONER DAGENAIS Project team: Gilles Saucier, Anik Shooner, Caroline Elias, Maxime-Alexis Frappier, Anna Bendix, Anne Sophie Allard, Audrey Archambault, Eda Ascioglu, Patrice Bégin, Catherine Bélanger, Alain Boudrias, Natha..
Architects: Encore Hereux + G Studio 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: 1,000 sqm aprox French architects Encore Heureux & G Studio didn’t send a text for their Ordos villa, but the renderings are quite expressive. Judge for yourself. ..
'bubbletecture M' is a kindergarten designed by japanese studio shuhei endo architect institute. located in shiga, japan the maihara kindergarten is surrounded by a newly developed residential area. the structure consists of concrete boxes between each of the rooms and a wooden roof that ties them together. the shell-form roof is made of triangular continuous surfaces; its structural strength an..
Manchester architects Arca have completed a beach café on the promenade in Morecambe, UK. A band of stainless-steel cladding wraps around the sides and roof of the cafe, and overhangs the two glazed facades that face the promenade and the bay. In front of the cafe there is a south-facing outdoor seating area on two levels. Photography by Timothy Soar. Below is some more information from Arca: – ..
Paris architects ECDM have completed this 63-unit social housing development in Paris. It is located between existing buildings, at the intersection of two streets. A courtyard, hidden from the street, separates the building into two volumes connected by a basement car park. The front facade is composed of coloured glass in different shades of green. The text below is from the architects: – Coll..
