Henning Larsen Architects has won third place in the competition for the ’Nairobi Greater Metropolitan Region’ together with the Niras Consultants and the local partner ETC. The objective of the extensive planning assignment was to strengthen the identity of the Kenyan region thereby creating the basis for growth and development in the area. An important focus area has been to find solutions for..
Architects: C+C04STUDIO Location: Cagliari, Italy Collaborators: Ing. S.Pusceddu, Ing G.Meloni Contractor: Edilizia Bandini snc Budget: € 400,000 Project Year: 2005 Photographs: Pierluigi Dessì / Confinivisivi The building is located in the hinterland of Cagliari, in one of the smaller towns developed in the 60s and 70s of the twentieth century and lacking in the quality of construction and form..
Architects: Aires Mateus Location: Santo Tirso, Portugal Collaborators: Marco Arraiolos, Anna Bacchetta, Bruna Parro Engineering: AFA Consult Client: Portugal Telecom Constructor: LENA / ABRANTINA Surface Area: 4,700 sqm Built Area: 3,985 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: João Morgado The plot assimilates a sequence of different levels, that can be seen from the higher city, in different point..
Japanese architect Makoto Yamaguchi has created a hair salon in the basement of a Tokyo building, showcasing the patchwork of alterations made by previous occupants of the space. Called Kilico, the project involved patching the floor to make it flat and coating the various textures of the walls with white paint. White furniture, lighting and mirrors were then added. Photographs are by Ken’ichi S..
Korean designer Bae Sehwa has introduced two new seating pieces to his Steam collection. from contemporist
BAK Architects have completed the JD House, located in the forest of Mar Azul, in the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires. from contemporist
Task: To marry eighty-four years of history by integrating a contemporary, open and functional living space inside a 1924 landmark that overlooks the Rideau Canal. Project Challenge: The starting point for this renovation was a modest Victorian home in poor condition, whose rooms with small windows and dark interior spaces were separated from one another, as was typical of homes built in an era ..
Architects: Arhitektura Krušec Location: Teharje, Slovenia Project Team: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec Collaborators: Matej Nolda, Miha Žargi Client: Municipality of Celje Project Area: 160 sqm Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Miran Kambič The location at the top of a small slope in the middle of the village cemetery is characterised by beautiful panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. The arch..
client: The Municipality of Greve Place: Hundige, Denmark Year: Concept development 2003 / Construction periode 2008-2010 Purpose: Culture and sports Surface area: 17,800 sq.ft Commission: Public from cebra
JUUL | FROST Arkitekter har vundet parallelopdraget for campusudvikling i Kvarteret Paradis, der ligger i hjertet af Lunds Universitet. Vinderforslaget udvikler en ny helhedsorienteret strategi for campusomradet og omdanner kvarteret fra et traditionelt universitetsomrade til en moderne universitetshub. Projektet angiver desuden udbygningsmuligheder og sammenkæder Kvarteret Paradis med Lund by. ..
