Belgian architect Laurent Troost of zerOgroup in collaboration with Brazilian architects Unique have won a competition to redesign Praça Do Natal (Christmas Square) in Natal, Brazil. The winning proposal involves creating a giant, permanent mast, which will be used to support Christmas lights during the festive period. During the rest of the year, the square can be used for normal activities. Un..
Architects: Rodrigo Duque Motta / Rafael Hevia García-Huidobro Location: Talca, Chile Client: Gran Casino y Hotel de Talca Collaborators: Cristóbal Martínez / Catalina Ventura Structural Engineer: Eduardo Valenzuela Interior Design: Francisca Varela Lighting Design: Ramón López / Matías López Technical Inspection: José Tomás Vargas Contractor: Inarco Constructed Area: 15.000 sqm Project year: 20..
Who cares what the neighbors think? Let's build a house that looks like a snail shell! That's just what a Mexico City couple did, with the help of the astonishing imagination of those wild and wooly architects at Senosiain Arquitectos. Unlike that House of the Future we showed you yesterday, this abode is built now and the couple is already living in it with their two small children. It's more o..
We are back with AD Futures, our series of articles that feature the most innovative young practices around the world, practices that i´m betting on their future. This week, i present you JaJa, a Danish practice funded by Jakob Christensen and Jan Tanaka, the two Ja’s. Why did i pick them? They are very young (pretty obvious for this section, but still worth mentioning). They are doing some inte..
Architects: EM2N Location: Greifensee, Switzerland Programme: new building: 3 childrens’ rooms, 1 bathroom, 2 patios, 1 home cinema/hobby room Client: Private Engineers: Tragwerk Bauingenieure GmbH, Zürich Design year: 2003-2008 Constructed Area: new building: 67 sqm, conversion ground floor: 127 sqm Photographs: Hannes Henz In fact, all the clients originally wanted was a larger living room win..
Architects: LOHA Architects Location: West Hollywood, California, USA Principal in Charge: Lorcan O’Herlihy Project Team: Kevin Southerland, Tracy Smith, Franka Diehnelt Contractor: Archetype, Inc. Client: Habitat Group Los Angeles, LLC Project year: 2006 Photographs: Lawrence Anderson As a model of courtyard housing development, Gardner 1050 utilizes a variety of design strategies to elevate it..
Architects: Yazdani Studio Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009-2010 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Located in the southwestern part of Inner Mongolia, in Ordos City, the Kaokaoshina New District is an emerging art and cultural district organized by Ai Wei Wei. Kaokaoshina is positioned to be a thriving tourist destination, in anticipation, the dev..
The Los Angeles based team of Studio SHIFT and SWA Group has been selected to create a master plan for the Sichuan Province, a developing area in China. The plan consists of SHIFT’s Miyi Tower that aims to promote the region’s heritage, and SWA Group’s design for a sustainable promenade. Further project description and more images after the break. The Miyi Tower sits at the edge of the Anning Ri..
Slovenian practice Bevk Perović Arhitekti have completed a residential project in an abandoned quarry in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Called Housing Pilon, the two buildings contain 140 apartments. Small, single-occupant homes are located on the lower floors. Above these, patio-villas are arranged around courtyards, with penthouses above those. The facade comprises storage areas alternated with yellow b..
British architect Will Alsop of Alsop Architects has completed a residential building called Chips in Manchester. The eight-storey building, for developer Urban Splash, was conceived as “three fat chips stacked on top of each other.” Each “chip” is covered in text referring to the area’s history. The building forms part of Alsop’s urban plan for the New Islington area of Manchester and contains ..
