Architects: Willy Müller Architects Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Principal in Charge: Willy Müller Associate Architect: Frédéric Guillaud Project Team: Francisco Villeda, Isabella Pintani, Simona Assiero Brá, Mariano Arias-Diez Collaborators: Iris Cantante, Bruno Louzada, Edgardo Arroyo, Claudia Barata, Bart Hooijen, Katrine Kunstz Structure Consultant: SBP, Schlaich Bergermann und partner, St..
German architect Ole Scheeren of Office for Metropolitan Architecture has designed a skyscraper for Bangkok in Thailand. Called MahaNakhon, the building consists of a 77-storey glass tower. A band of shifted, box-like elements breaks up the surface and creates terraces and balconies. There will also be a public plaza, retail space, 200 homes, a hotel, bar and restaurant. Building is due for comp..
Architects: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Oslo Norway Location: Remmen in Halden, Norway Project team: Reiulf D Ramstad, Espen Surnevik, Anja Strandskogen, Anders Tjønneland ++ ( all Architects MNAL) Client: Statsbygg, Norwegian Public Construction and Property Management Structural Engineer: Dr Techn. Kristoffer Apeland AS, Oslo Norway Mechanical Engineer: Erichsen & Horgen engineering AS, Oslo No..
Dutch architects UNStudio have won a competition to design a dance theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Clad in triangular panels of varying opacity, the building will be situated on a new square in the historic centre of the city. The two horseshoe-shaped auditoriums will have a combined capacity of 1,300. “An essential requirement when we were designing the auditorium was to make it possible to ..
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au Location: Munich, Germany Principal in Charge: Wolf D. Prix Project Architects: Paul Kath Design Team: Wolf D. Prix, Tom Wiscombe, Paul Kath, Waltraut Hohenender, Mona Marbach Partial Project Architects: Günther Weber, Penelope Rüttimann, Renate Weissenböck, Mona Marbach, Verena Perius Project team: Hans Aescht, Beatrix Basting, Guy Bebiè, Chris Beccone, Johannes Beh..
Personal responsibility in the sustainable use of global resources continues to play an increasingly important role in the life of the average consumer. In this context, the offices of J. MAYER H. Architects and Art+Com Berlin were commissioned to develop a permanent exhibition on the topic sustainability for the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. The exhibition LEVEL GREEN was opened on June 4, 2..
Architects: ODOS architects Location: Dublin, Ireland Construction: SHALE Construction Constructed Area: 140 sqm Design Year: 2006 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Photographs: Ros Kavanagh and Barbara Corsico This new residential development, for a motorcycle enthusiast, adjacent to No.10 Grangegorman Villas, Grangegorman, Dublin 7 is an alternative reaction to the more traditional city centre infi..
Architects: Neeson Murcutt Architects Location: Sydney, Australia Principals in Charge: Rachel Neeson, Nicholas Murcutt Project team: Andrew Burns, Amelia Holiday, Jeff Morgan, Sean Choo, David Coleborne Builder: Coddington Constructions Pty Ltd Landscape Architect: Sue Barnsley Design Structural Engineer: Tihanyi Consulting Engineers Hydraulic Engineer: ACOR Consultants Geotechnical: Geotechniq..
Architects: Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos Location: Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil Architects in Charge: Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz Collaborators: Renata Davi, Renata Buschinelli Goes, Luiz Florence, Adriana Junqueira, Paloma Delgado, Ivo Magaldi, André Malheiros, Luciana Muller, Débora Zeppellini, Marília Caetano, Nilton Rossi, Ana Paula Barbosa L..
FORMER ALFA ROMEO FACTORY 2B-2C AREA URBAN PLAN NUOVO PORTELLO The project creates a new city part in coherence with the larger process of transformation affecting the area.The anomalous scale of the existing industrial Alfa Romeo precinct is opened to collective use by tracing a new series of pathways connecting it with the surrounding urban net. A new square along via Traiano generates a new d..