The River Bend Residence by Pb Elemental Architecture The River Bend residence sits at the base of the Cascades in a heavily forested site on the bank of the Snoqualmie River. The home balances the client’s desire for privacy, while embracing nature. Many challenges faced the design and construction of this home, low budget, sustainable desires, but most of all schedule. The client, a young fami..
Dalian Football Stadium, Dalian, China, 2009 Client: Dalian City Bureau of Urban Planning, Location: Dalian, China Building surface: 38,500 m2 Building site: 144,000 m2 Capacity: 40,000 spectators Programme: Football stadium with two additional training grounds Status: Competition 1st prize Credits UNStudio: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos, Astrid Piber with Nuno Almeida, Ger Gijzen and Cynthia Mar..
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In 2002, Ned Kahn worked with the staff of Technorama, the major science center in Switzerland, and their architects, Durig and Rami, to create a facade for the building which is composed of thousands of aluminum panels that move in the air currents and reveal the complex patterns of turbulence in the wind. from jajaarchitects
Point b recently served as consultants on an architectural project with LAAB - Laboratorio de Arquitectura Alejandro Biguria. Point b was asked to develop a branching algorithm in RhinoScript that allowed LAABto study various site strategies for the plan of an eco-resort inPuerto Rico. The branching algorithm then translates to a series ofelevated footbridges that connect various parts of the re..
The Danish architects jaja has just revealed their new proposal for an office and shop complex in Sandnes - Norway. They have worked with Rambøll Aros on the project, which is 13,000 m2. The building is named after an ancient Viking Ship, which was called worm Lange. The ship was Norwegian, and it feels appealing to draw historical references to a piece of contemporary architecture. The project ..
revious work, which title is ‘Skin of Spaces 02’. This work is composed of around 1400 disposable plastic knives drilled holes by my hand. I showed this work at the Imm Cologne 2009. I might make another layer around this work. I’m gonna be crazy again. haha.. from daisukehiraiwa
On September 30th, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added 76 new items to its "List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", for safeguarding and preservation. The "Intangible" list is a companion to UNESCO's World Heritage list, which focuses on physical sites worldwide. Submitted jointly by member states Argentina and Uruguay, the "symbolic..
Architects: Drost + van Veen architecten Location: Alemere, The Netherlands Project Architects: Evelien van Veen, Simone Drost Collaborators: Onno Groen, Kees de Wit, Jos Lafeber, Bernhard Jaarsma, Perry Klootwijk Client: Gemeente Almere Contractor: Reimert Bouw Structural Engineer: ABT Delft Project year: 2009 Photographs: John Lewis Marshall Nature-education-centre “The Oostvaarders” is situat..
Glass House by Nico Van Der Meulen Architects The house is situated on a 4000 sq.m site, with a total floor area of 2500sq.m. The owner requested a modern, glamorous, open plan, light-filled house with views from all rooms into the garden. The shape on the south side is a half circle, forming a horseshoe on the north side. Approaching the house form the gate the driveway is elevated to allow gli..
