Italian architects Massimo Mariani have completed the company headquarters for software company Cabel Industry in Empoli, near Florence, Italy. The building has two storeys above ground, with exhibition spaces in the basement. The area around the building has been excavated to admit light to the lower level. Three bridges span the gap, which contains a public lawn. The structure is made of pre-c..
Architect: Pedevilla Architekten Location: St. Lorenzen, Italy Project Team: Armin Pedevilla, Kurt Egger Project type: Town Hall Client: Community of St. Lorenzen Constructed Volume: 8,500 m³ Budget: US $3.7 M Project Year: 2007 Energy Consumption: 5,5 kWh/m²a Photographs: Armin Pedevilla, Günter Wett St. Lorenzen is a small community in South Tyrol, an area of the Italian Alps that lies near th..
“AIKI”, the entry by Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd, has taken first prize in the architectural competition arranged by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the Finnish Embassy building in Tokyo. The winner was announced by Mikko Paaso, Director for Real Estates, at an event to publicize the competition results held at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on March 13. The event was attended by ..
One of Peter Saville’s recent projects with perhaps less cult appeal than his seminal record covers, but definitely no less verve for anyone with an eye for design, is his consultancy for Danish textile giants Kvadrat. Over the last five years he’s tweaked the graphic identity of the family-run company, gently and always appropriately updating the brand for a new generation of fabric fanatics. N..
Architects: Aristide Antonas Location: Hydra, Greece Collaborators: Katerina Koutsogianni & Niki Dimopoulou Project year: 2007 Photographs: Aristide Antonas The amphitheater house is built in Hydra, a traditional small town, situated in the homonymous island, close to Piraeus, the port of Athens. The building was built above the ruins of an older quasi-orthogonal foundation wall but none of the ..
Architects: Bernard Quirot & Olivier Vichard Location: Buillon, France Collaborator: Delphine Tempesta Structure: FDI, François Durant Constructed Area: 135 sqm Photographs: Nicolas Waltefaugle Located in a small village 10 kilometers south of Besançon, the main town of the region « Franche Comté », this house was built far from the center of the village, up on the hill which dominates the river..
Architects: debartolo architects ltd. Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Project team: Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA, Jack DeBartolo Jr FAIA, Aaron Taylor, Christoph Kaiser Civil Engineer: hec engineering Structural Engineer: rudow + berry Mep engineering: sullivan designs Lighting design: roger smith lighting design Contractor: arthur porter construction Landscape: e group Constructed Area: 2,415 sqm De..
Architects: Multiplicities Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project Team: Daniel Holguin, Issei Suma, Perla Pequeño, Joanna Park Sohn, Christopher Chan, Nicole Rodríguez, Masayuki Sono Consultants: Methus Srisuchart + Tatchapon Lertwirojkul / Jee Won Kim Architect / ID engineers Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009-2010 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engin..
Los Angeles office Studio 0.10 Architects have completed a home incorporating an artists’ studio and exhibition space in west Los Angeles, California. The residence comprises two buildings with a courtyard between. A two-storey building faces the street and contains a garage, apartment and art studio. The circulation and exhibition spaces for the owners’ artwork and collections wrap around the t..
Architect: 1100 Architect Location: Okinawa, Japan Principal: Juergen Riehm Project Architect: Joanna Chen Project Managers: Bo Lee, Sebastian Kaempf Designer: Jesse Wark MEP Engineer:American Engineering Corporation Lighting: Litelab/ Continental Lighting General Contractor: Katsuko Tokuchi, Taishin Kensetsu Project Year: 2003 Constructed Area: 650 sqm Photographs: Shinito Sato The Naha project..
