Description: Our project is in a privileged topographic situation, due to its visual condition of greater height in relation to the surrounding neighbors. This allows the house to enjoy excellent vistas towards the National Park of Chipinque in the south, as well as towards all of the east, which is dominated in the horizon by the “Cerro de la Silla”, an emblematic hill in the boundaries of the ..
This vortex-shaped, temporary outdoor installation at Materials & Applications in Los Angeles warped the flow of space with a featherweight rendition of a celestial black hole. Hovering over M&A's courtyard, Maximilian's Schell was a spectacle the size of an apartment building constructed in tinted Mylar resembling stained glass. The piece functioned as a shade structure, swirling overhead for t..
“Vertical Confluence”, a skyscraper in Paris designed by Jiang Yuan and Xu Yang from Y-studio received a special mention in the 2010 eVolo skyscraper competition. A skyscraper at Paris: At a local scale, it is a fundamental element of a radically rethought urban space. It is imbued with a desire to reform. At the scale of the city, it assumes a role in punctuating the city. The site The tour is ..
In the open international competition for the planning and design ofa museum complex for the National Museum of Art, Architecture andDesign at Vestbane in Oslo, Norway the jury has selected three winners: 1st prize: #164 Forum Artis: Kleihues and Schuwerk Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH (Naples, Berlin) 2nd prize: #147 Urban Transition: JAJA Architects ApS (Copenhagen) + Jakob Rolver 3rd prize:..
Lace Apartments by Ofis Arhitekti The location of the apartment block is in the centre of Nova Gorica (population 32.000) – Nova Gorica is situated in the west of Slovenia, adjacent the Slovene – Italian border. It lies 92 meters above sea level. The town has also very specific climate conditions – it is renowned is the hottest town in Slovenia in summer and very strong winds in winter. The obje..
Photographer Slimane turns his eye and camera lens towards Rolls Royce, while Beck records the car engine for a Dazed Digital Exclusive He might have been far too young to drive one, but Hedi Slimane's obsession with the affluent car make Rolls Royce started when the photographer was only six years old. Sketching the car over and over in his note pad, little did young Slimane know that the car e..
program 750 Apartments, Commercial, Hotel, Cinemateque, Kindergarten, underground parking client Modern Hongyun Real Estate Development Co. LTD. Beijing, China size 210,000 sm status Design Development Filmic urban space; around, over and through multifaceted spatial layers, are the central aims of this Hybrid Building complex sited adjacent to the center of Beijing. The aspiration of the develo..
Daniel Bonilla Architects designed the Porciúncula de la Milagrosa Chapel in Bogotá, Colombia. The chapel in la Calera has a basic geometry that tries to alter the territory as little as possible. It uses the natural features of the environment, the wind and the light, to create an essential harmony. The chapel is designed to open to the outside to allow worshipers to gather in mass, this archit..
London-based architect Tonkin Liu has completed the Future Flower, a 14 metre high wind-powered metallic flower, that was commissioned as part of an environmental uplift and public art programme for the banks of the River Mersey in Widnes, Cheshire, UK. The 14 metre high wind-powered metallic flower was commissioned as part of the wider Widnes Waterfront environmental uplift and public art progr..
