Onat ÖKTEM and Ziya İMREN have receievd an Honorable Mention in the Middle East Technical University Student Center & Public Square Architectural Competition. They have shared their competition entry with us... The main concept of the design is to create an in-between condition between a built environment and the landscape. The inner and outer spaces flow into each other in an historical site wh..
Dutch architect Frank Havermans has built a sunken concrete pavilion by a stream in St. Oedenrode, the Netherlands. The KAPKAR/TO-RXD landscape observatory is built into a bank and made of concrete cast in bark. The pavilion is entered by a ramp that takes you into a space containing two benches. A second ramp takes you further down into an small enclosed space with slit that looks out onto the ..
Brookline, MA-based Jin Choi & Thomas Shine of Choi+Shine recently received the 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award for their "Land of Giants" project. The project was originally submitted for an Icelandic pylon competition, where it received an honorable mention. The competition was to find a new typology for Iceland's high voltage power lines and pylons. This design tr..
These Stockholm offices for fashion brand Cheap Monday by Swedish designers Uglycute feature a conference room inside a pyramid. The floors and pyramid are covered in grey carpet, bright yellow ventilation tubes crisscross the space and stackable chipboard shelving provides storage. A showroom and reception area upstairs have been stripped back to reveal different textures and tiles. Here’s some..
Architects: Della Valle + Bernheimer Design Location: New York, NY, USA Partner in Charge: Jared Della Valle Project Manager: Burck Schellenberg Project Designer: Garrick Jones Project Team: Andrew Willard, Cathy Braasch, Brian Butterfield, Adam Ruedig Client/Developer: Alloy Development Contractor: TG Nickel Project Area: 29,700 sq ft Project Year: 2006-2009 Photographs: Della Valle + Bernheime..
name Flintholm SPARK type invited competition task public building client frederiksberg municipality size 4.000 m2 (phase 1) + 2.000 m2 (phase 2) + 6.000 m2 (commercial) year 2010 collaboration mvrdv, sla, søren jensen consulting engineers, imitio, max fordham, winie ricken The building is a new urban typology with its mix of community centre, exhibition and performance, playground, park and hea..
Architects: 56.02 (Mauricio Bruna-Fruns, Ursula Oliva, Alejandro Gandarillas, Pablo Muñoz) Location: Huentelauquen, Chile Client: Familia Bruna-Fruns Contractor: Arturo Cuevas Project Area: 91 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Alejandro Gandarillas The B8 House is located 270km north of Santiago, in an area characterized for strong winds that run through the pacific coast. The original scheme ..
French architects Studio Bellecour have completed a pair of office buildings near Toulouse, France, wrapped in aluminum fins and connected by a twisting concrete element. The horizontal fins curve around all sides of both offices to prevent overheating in the summer and reflect light back into rooms during the winter. Between the two volumes sits a half-raised courtyard with landscaped gardens a..
Architects: SPBR Arquitetos Location: Ubatuba, Brazil Principal in charge: Angelo Bucci Project team: Ciro Miguel, Juliana Braga, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Flávia Parodi Costa, Tatiana Ozzetti, Lucas Nobre, Nilton Suenaga Client: Antônio Carlos Onofre / Regina Silveira Onofre Structural engineer: Ibsen Puleo Uvo Landscape architect: Raul Pereira Lightning design: Ricardo Heder Construction:..
These dresses by Dutch designers Studio Roosegaarde and V2_ become transparent when approached. Called Intimacy, the garments are made of electically-sensitive foils that become opaque or transparent according to alterations in current. Intimacy Black (above and below) is made from strips of black material that turn transparent as another person gets closer, while Intimacy White (top) varies in ..
