Italian architects Iosa Ghini Associati have completed a bar, breakfast room and conference centre for Boscolo Exedra Nice hotel in Nice, France. The interior features tree-like columns and wood-paneled walls. The bar is made of Corian and the floor of the conference centre is dotted with red, glass inserts. Photographs are by Nicola Schiaffino. Here is some more text from Iosa Ghini Associati: ..
Zaha Hadid Architects have won a competition to design Cairo Expo City in Cairo, Egypt. The topography of the Nile valley is the inspiration behind the project’s fluid forms. The project, located between the city centre and the airport, will provide a campus for exhibitions and conferences. See also our earlier story on The Stone Towers in Cairo by Zaha Hadid Architects. Here’s some info from th..
Architects: Una arquitetos / Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara e Fernando Viégas Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Collaborators: Ana Paula de Castro, Gabriela Gurgel, Jimmy Liendo, José Carlos Silveira Junior, Luis Eduardo Menezes, Maria Cristina Motta, Sílio de Almeida Structure and Fundation: Stec Engenharia Hydraulic Instalations: Nestor Caiuby Electric Instalations: Pascoal d´Apri..
With urban density expected to soar over the next 100 years, what will the future city look and feel like for its inhabitants? Across the street from City Hall in downtown Dallas, a neglected parking lot spanning one square block will soon be transformed into one of the world’s most sophisticated models for sustainable urban development. Today, Urban Re:Vision announced the winners of its intern..
Architects: John Pardey Architects Location: Wargrave, Berkshire, England Project Architect: Henry Goss Project Manager / Contractor: Ridgetree Construction, Wargrave (Clive Hicks) Structural Engineer: Barton Engineers, London (Bob Barton) Project year: 2008 Total Area: 242 sqm Photographs: Richard Powers & John Pardey Architects The clients had moved into a rather ordinary brick and tile 1970’s..
The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association and The Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau announced the winners for the 2008 Western Red Cedar Architectural Design awards. The winning designs were presented at the AIA 2009 National Convention in San Francisco and demonstrate an understanding of the special properties of western red cedar (Thuja Plicata) including beauty and durability. WRCLA WINNER - Jury..
German practice Kadawittfeldarchitektur have completed a kindergarten in Sighartstein near Salzburg, Austria, clad with metal elements designed to look like blades of grass. This green ornamentation shelters the upper floor of the two-storey building and is made of powder-coated aluminium. The building houses a kindergarten on the ground floor with access to the gardens and floor-to-ceiling wind..
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Location: Huarte, Navarra, Spain Project manager: David Eguinoa, architect Riggers: SIAT Structure: Tadeo Errea - DASEIN Contractor: OBENASA Project year: 2003 Finished year: 2004 Photographs: José Manuel Cutillas The genesis of the project starts from a basic minimum cell, which as the minimal optimal space can be multiplied, a..
Dutch design studio Bloomming have designed a modular system where diamond-shaped components can be individually rotated to vary the amount of light allowed to penetrate. Called Lightfacet, the product can be used as a room divider or window blind. It is produced in the Netherlands and made of an injection-moulded, polycarbonate-ABS blend and stainless steel. Its “smart click” modular constructi..
Architects: za bor architects / Arseniy Borisenko, Peter Zaitsev Location: Moscow, Russia Principal Use: Residence Engineer: za bor architects Structure material: Concrete Constructed Area: 270 sqm Project year: 2005-2006 Photographs: Peter Zaitsev The site is located not far from Moscow, on a steep hillside. The inclinated terrain has been minimally transformed - in fact, a building built-in to..