Architects: F451 Arquitectura Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China F451 Team: Santi Ibarra, Toni Montes, Lluis Ortega, Xavier Osarte & Esther Segura Engineering Consultant: AKT Landscape: Jeronimo Hagerman Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009-2010 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox Our propos..
Architect: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Oslo Norway Location: Papper, Hvaler Islands, Norway Project Team: Reiulf D Ramstad, Anders Tjønneland Site Area: 80 sqm Project Year: 2004-2006 Construction year: 2005-2006 Photographs: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Oslo Norway, Kim Muller, Norway The house is beautifully situated on the top of a hill overlooking the ocean and the horizon, placed in the midst ..
From the street, this Edwardian house might seem unassuming, undeserving of a second glance. From the back, however, the addition to the Trojan House by Jackson Clements Burrows, where three children’s bedrooms are cantilevered above a large living space, is anything but ordinary. The entire addition is wrapped in a seamless wooden skin that conceals any obvious openings. Windows, covered by shu..
Architects: x Architekten Location: St. Oswald, Austria Client: Golf und Tourismusforderung Contractor: Passivhaus Constructed Area: 757 sqm Project Year: 2003-2004 Photographs: Dietmar Tollerian The golf course as an integrated design landscape and topography nestles up to the soft downs of the Muhlviertel. The club house merges with the landscape and integrates consistently into the natural su..
Rome architects AKA Architetti have won a competition to design a television and learning centre in Italy with this design, entitled Digital Origami. The design will be built in the former Italcitrus packaging plant in Reggio Calabria, Italy. The complex will comprise television and audio-visual productionfacilities, as well as exhibition spaces for temporary installationsand film festivals. The..
Since March 12, the City of Oslo exhibits the 40 contributions for the Munch Area and the Deichman Axis architecture competition (previously on Bustler). The list of invited architects includes names like Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, and Foreign Office Architects. Among the prequalified architects are Diller Scofido Renfro, Sauerbruch Hutton, and Kengo Kuma Associates. The Munch Area will have the ne..
Tent London and gallery The Lightbox have announced the shortlisted projects in a competition to design a pavilion at the gallery in Woking, UK. The shortlisted projects will be on show alongside other entries at The Lightbox from 31 March until 12 April. Above: IN & EDIT Architecture. The winning design will be announced on 6 April and constructed for exhibition at Tent London during the London..
Architects: SARC Architects Location: Joensuu, Finland Building Owner: Senaatti-kiinteistöt User: The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu Forest Research Institute Building consultant: ISS Proko Oy (Engel Rakennuttamispalvelut Oy) Constructed Area: 7,650 sqm Project Year: 2004 Photographs: SARC Architects The construction of The Finnish Forest Research Institutes (METLA) new building to a..
american firm morphosis architects created a futuristic design for the taipei performing arts center. within walking distance of the lively shilin night market, the historic cixian temple, and the zhongshan north green boulevard, as well as the TRTS jiantan station and major roadways, the taipei performing arts center anchors a round-the-clock cultural axis. the architecture becomes, by virtue o..
La Capital, a restaurant designed by architects Dellekamp, opened in Mexico City this week. The tall, narrow building has a glass facade at street level, below a patterned screen and opaque concrete facade concealing the entertainment venue above. Photographs by Iwan Baan. Here’s some text from Dellekamp: – La Capital 2008 La Capital has infused a modern twist on the cantina while evoking its sp..
