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 ..
Architecture and design firm Group 41 Inc. is proud to unveil the H House, a modern architectural residence whose design is informed by the crisp language of modernism and shaped by the principals of sustainability. In a city like San Francisco where a moratorium on demolition limits most construction projects to being creative renditions of a renovation, a new, ground-up construction is a rarit..
The new Dublin Veterans Park (in Dublin, Ohio) was awarded to PLANT after an invited international two-stage competition. Our project, entitled The Grounds of Remembrance, is organized into a Walk, Loggia, and Grove, all surrounding an historical 1840s cemetery. Together they define the limits of the grounds and guide movement through the site on days of significance, including Memorial Day and ..
-Mode de construction -Radier et dalle sur rez en béton -Dalle sur premier et dalle toiture en bois lamellé collé -Façades ventilées -Ossature bois et isolation -Couverture et revêtement façades en ardoises naturelles -Revêtement intérieurs -panneaux à particule en bois peints -Production de chaleur : chauffage au mazout -Distribution à basse température dans dalles actives réalisation 2003 Conc..
Zaha Hadid Architects have shared with us a new project designed for the Rooya Group in Cairo, Egypt. The Stone Towers will offer retail, office, luxury hotel and apartments. The Stone Towers by Zaha Hadid Architects for Rooya Group of Egypt is located in the Stone Park district of Cairo. Providing office and retail facilities to a rapidly expanding Cairo, the unique 525,000sqm Stone Towers deve..
Location: West Lake Hills Dates: 2002-2005 402 Redbud Trail is a speculative modern residence in the wooded hills of Austin, Texas. The project was programmed for a family of five with multiple living areas for simple living. With few gadgets, the house focuses on permanence and craftsmanship. The house is sited to capture the views from the rear of a steep site that is accessed from the bottom...
The Istanbul, Turkey based Erginoglu & Calislar Architects designed a contemporary restoration and conversion of a historical stone walled salt barn, so it could be used as the offices of the advertising agency Medina Turgul DDB. from contemporist
