Beginning in Sydney, Australia three years ago, Earth Hour has grown into a global observance. States, large organizations and individual people observed Earth Hour 2010 on Saturday March 27th, as homes, office towers and landmarks turned off their lights for an hour starting at 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions. These ..
Architects: Polidura + Talhouk Arquitectos - Antonio Polidura, Marco Polidura, Pablo Talhouk Location: La Reserva, Chicureo, Colina, Chile Structural Design: Daniel Stagno Contractor: Costructora Los Robles Site Area: 950 sqm Constructed Area: 260 sqm Project Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2007 Materials: Stone, Wood & Concrete Photographs: Aryeh Kornfeld The assignment consisted in a house for a..
The design of a new Government Complex of Chung-Nam Province - one of the nine South Korean provinces – re-imagines the idea, image and functions of an institutional building and government center. The design reconciles two opposing concepts: 1. BUILDING vs. NATURE and 2. GOVERNMENT vs. CIVIC. By blurring the differences between the built environment and the landscape, people are invited inside ..
Lead Designer: Heatherwick StudioKey Construction Materials: steel and timber composite structure, 60,000 fiber optic filaments, aluminum sleevesSite area: 6000 square metersSeed Cathedral dimensions: 25m x 25m x 20mSeed Cathedral floor area: 105 square metersOptic fibers: 60,588Optic fibers length: 7.5 metersSeeds in Seed Cathedral: 217,300Landscape area: 4490 square metersPublic park area: 24..
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A new inclusion has been made to the list of high end Hotels, with design aware spaces, lounging atmospheres and immaculate detailing. We are proud to announce that this new club member to the elite is located in Greece and even more surprising Thessaloniki. Of course it’s none other then The Met Hotel part of the leading hotel chain Chandris Hotels & Resorts Group. The project was brought to re..
Villa Bio / Créditos Arquitecto principal / Architect: Enric Ruiz-Geli Estructura / Structure: Manel Raventós Diseño interior / Interior Design: Manel Soler Caralps Aparejadora /Technical Architect: Arantza Garetaonandia Estructurista / Structure Constructor: Antonio Diosdado Instalaciones / Installations: Joaquim Ribes Quintana Cubierta Natural / Natural Roof: Jardines Burés Paisajismo / Landsc..
A tilt-shift video documenting a day around Zaha Hadid’s CMA CGM Tower in Marseilles, France. The project is expected to be completed during the second half of 2010. from archdaily
location: Brasília. DF project: march ,2006 conclusion: january ,2008 site plan area: 797 m2 builted area: 270 m2 author: Marcio Kogan co-author: Suzana Glogowski interior design: Diana Radomysler + Marcio Kogan team: Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Lair Reis, Samanta Cafardo, Carolina Castroviejo, Eduardo Glycerio, Maria Cristina Motta, Mariana Simas, Gabriel Kogan photographer: Claudio Dup..
Architects: Architecture W Location: Nagoya, Japan Project Team: Michel Weenick, Yukiko Iwanaga, Brian White Client: Michel Weenick Project Year: 2005 Constructed Area: 320 sqm Structural Engineer: Structure NANA Photographer: Andy Boone Located in one of Nagoya’s more attractive residential neighborhoods, but with only 2.5 meters of dead end street access and set on a difficult site that steps ..
