Architects: Sadar Vuga Arhitekti (lead architect); KSS, London (consultant in sports architecture); MYSI, Tel Aviv (shopping centre concept); OFIS arhitekti, Ljubljana (architect shopping centre) Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Landscape Architects: AKKA, Ljubljana Construction Engineering: Gradis; Atelier One, London Mechanical Engineering: Lenassi; Jelen & Zaveršnik Electrical Engineering: Elpro..
Our friends from MVRDV sent us their latest project with Living Architecture, the Balancing Barn, a cantilevered holiday home near the village of Thorington in Suffolk, England. Living Architecture, a British organization devoted to architecture as experience, has commissioned a series of outstanding holiday homes in the UK. MVRDV and co-architect Mole Architects from Cambridge will create a hou..
Our friends from Sponge Architects sent us their design of a temporary art pavillion for which they received an Honourable Mention recognition by the Art Alliance Austin. The project was designed for a competition called TOGS (Temporary Outdoor Gallery Space) in March of this year, where 200 entries from all over the world were received by the organizers. The temporary architecture installation ..
Simple concrete foundations and elementary water pools are proposed by Aristide Antonas in collaboration with Katerina Koutsogianni, to be installed in non hospitable beaches or arid hills nearby the sea. The room units form independent cells, they can be covered by tissues during the day; they provide a quality connection to the Internet. The private or public character of each room is regulate..
Architect: Armon Choros Architects / Eleftheria Serghidou, Vasilis Pashiourtides Location: Nicosia, Cyprus Structural Engineering: Nicos Kalathas, George Demetriades Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Giannos Zempylas, Kyriakos Ioannides Budget: US $13.5 M Design Year: 1999 Construction Year: 2006 Photographs: Christos Papantoniou The design for the Olympic House and Park sought to achieve an ..
The Yas Hotel by Asymptote architects is nearing completion in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The building forms part of the Yas Marina development accompanying a new Formula One circuit. The race track will pass through the complex under a bridge linking the two towers of the hotel. A canopy made of steel and diamond-shaped, glass panels will be supported over the towers and bridge. The 500-room hotel is due ..
Dutch architects Mecanoo have unveiled their masterplan for a new business centre in the Longgang district of Shenzhen, China. The development will include 8,000 residences and 400,000 square metres of commercial space including a hotel, shopping mall, offices and small businesses, linked by boulevards, promenades and squares. Here’s some text from Mecanoo Architecten: – Masterplan Longgang City..
Milan 09: champagne brand Veuve Clicquot present an exhibition called Out of The Box, showing work by Tom Dixon, Front and 5.5 Designers in Zona Tortona. The three exhibits include Comet Lamp by Tom Dixon (top image), Chaise Lounge by Front Design (above) and VCP cellar by 5.5 Designers (below), all made from Veuve Clicquots’ newly-designed paper gift boxes. A limited edition of 500 Comet Lamps ..
Wabi House is an understated, down-to-earth residence inspired by time-honored Japanese design. Located in Carlsbad, California, this contemporary home designed by Sebastian Marsical Studio is described by the architects as “a modern and introspective take on an old tradition.” Street side, the house is barely visible through a densely planted garden, which conceals the home from the public view..
This modern contemporary home designed by Australia’s Wright Architects is as exotic as its location, steps from the beach of Port Douglas. The only thing that rivals this picturesque property is the contemporary design of the house itself, which subtly infuses water influences into its bold concrete, steel and core-filled clay brick masonry. Wooden “waves” make their way down from the home’s ro..