Architect: bittonidesignstudio Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Project Team: Mark Bittoni, Ross Jeffries, Salomé Reeves Client: Private Structural Engineer: C.W. Howe & Associates Area: 185.8 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Eric Staudenmaier Photography Los Angeles-based bittonidesignstudio has recently completed the evansHOUSE, located in the modernist landmark community of Crestwood Hills. ..
The Jerde Partnership’s Namba Parks, in Osaka, Japan, was just named one of the winners of the Urban Land Institute’s 2009 Awards of Excellence: Asia Pacific competition. When asked to create a gateway to redefine Osaka’s identity, the architects responded with this project that would become a natural intervention in Osaka’s dense and harsh urban condition. The rooftop park offers a sloping park..
Architect: Denton Corker Marshall Location: Manchester, England Project Instigator: Her Majesty’s Court Service Tenant: Ministry of Justice (North West) Developer: Allied London Properties Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Engineers: Mott MacDonald Project area: 34,000 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Tim Griffith An international competition-winning design for the headquarters of the Ministry of ..
Polish Design Season: for his masters project student Adam Wojtalik proposed a conceptual design for the Delft University of Technology’s Faculty of Architecture, whose previous campus was destroyed by fire in 2008. Called The New Bouwkunde, the campus would feature an eleven-storey tower and a five-storey pavilion. These would be connected by a curved, glazed roof, almost half of which would be..
A month ago we presented you the finalist entries for Stadskantoor, a new mixed used building at Rotterdam’s City Hall. After a process of public feedback and a presentation to the professional jury, OMA’s entry was awarded with the 1st prize. The strategy of the project is very simple: a modular flexible structure spans between existing buildings, supporting the mixed use program, while freeing..
Architects: Taller Territorial de Mexico Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009-2010 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox The name of the house: “TRUST HOUSE” is the origin of the project. A place where a family can feel a sense of security, a place simple eno..
Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects Location: Hamburg, Germany Architect on Site: Imhotep, Donachie und Blomeyer Sturctural Engineers: Lydia Thiesemann, CBP Building Services: Energiehaus, Sineplan Light Engineers: Andres – Lichtplanung Landscape Architects: Breimann & Bruun Project Year: 2007 Constructed Area: 5,436 sqm Photographs: fotografieSCHAULIN, Hiepler Brunier, Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubv..
Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects Location: San Francisco, CA, USA General Contractor: Clandmark Building Engineering Construction Inc Project/Construction Manager: Clive McCarthy Structural Engineer: GFDS Engineers Project year: 2007 Photographs: Rien van Rijthoven A robust Mission district industrial building, built in the 1930’s, has had many lives. First as a Lucky Strike war..
Barber Shop / Lior Vaknin & Sabi Aroch Architects: Lior Vaknin & Sabi Aroch Location: Rehovot, Israel Project year: 2007-2008 The hair strand project started its way by considering the idea of what a hair strand is and what kind of insights it can provide for designing the interior space of the barber shop. Hair has a particular geometry and dynamics derived from natural law. The strand geometry..
Architects: Suppose Design Office Location: Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan Program: Wedding Hall Site area: 1,816.46 sqm Building area: 779 sqm Total floor area: 1,241.86 sqm Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano from Nacasa&Partners Inc. From the first time that you see the Marriage Hall, you will want no other place for your ceremony.The site is in the south of the city of Hiroshima, in the prefecture..
