Location: Saka, Latvia Architects: NRJA (Uldis Luksevics, Martins Osans) Client: Una and Andris Vitolins General Constructor: RBS Skals Object: private house Size: 200 sqm2 Year: 2002 The House of Ruins is located in Latvia on the coast of the Baltic Sea. It is a new family house built inside the19th century ruins of a traditional Latvian barn. The architects here have used the idea of contrast ..
Architects: ONL [Oosterhuis_Lenard] Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Lead Designers: Kas Oosterhuis, Ilona Lenard Project Architect: Gijs Joosen Design team: Ronald Brandsma, Pim Marsman, Paulina Gurak, Rafael Seemann, Arnest Boender, Gerard van den Engel, Bas de Beer, Sanne Plomp, David Milam Client: Ekris Utrecht BV Project year: 2005-2007 Construction Area: Building A_5,400 sqm Building B_6..
Architects: m2r Location: Klingenthal, Germany Project Year: 2006 Client: Landratsamt Vogtlandkreis Structural Engineering: Arup Dusseldorf Photographs: m2r 1. Location? The Ski Jump is located in Klingenthal/ Vogtland, which is in former East Germany, close to the Border of Czech republic. The small town in the mountains is a well-known ski resort, which has produced some of the very finest ski..
international architectural firm coop himmelb(l)au have received first prize inthe competition to design the new 'headquarter of china insurance group' in shenzen, china. it will be part of a lively business quarter in the heart of the central district of shenzhenmade up of a carefully composed ensemble of individual towers creating a landmark silhouette. the project is a high-rise structure wit..
Designer and inventor extraordinaire Knut Karlsen recently unveiled an inspired approach to portable power that can’t be beat for its elegant simplicity: a prototype battery capable of charging itself when exposed to sunshine. His slick set of SunCat C-cells are wrapped in flexible photovoltaic panels and will slowly recharge when left to bask in the sun - just like a cat. Rechargeable batteries..
Architects: Work AC / Dan Wood and Amale Andraos Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox A Hutong on top of an Onion This house is part of the “Ordos 100″ project of 100 speculative villas to be built in Inner Mongolia, Chin..
This project is an expansion of the existing offices of the project developer Vanhaerents. Vanhaerents is a developer who consistently chooses for projects that can stand the test of time. These projects may vary from residential and office buildings, over schools, hospitals and even sports infrastructure. Managing director Joost Vanhaerents continuously seeks out new frames of thought and opted..
Client: DesignMai 2005 / Projekt 0047 Project: Cabin for exhibition, 7 sqm Location: Berlin Contractor: Klöpferholz GmbH from bkark