100 Planos Architecture designed the Jorge Guedes’ House in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Located on top of a valley, Jorge Guedes’s house, appears as a large window that covers the landscape. The building rises to the principles of aggregation volumetric patents in vernacular architecture of the region. We draw an organic whole, composed of three bodies, which extends to the ground, searching each..
Architects: Todd Saunders Location: Fogo Island, Canada Project Area: 120 sqm Design Year: 2008–2009 Construction Year: 2009–2011 Photographs: Bent Rene´Synnevåg Introduction Fogo Island lies outside of Newfoundland, Canada and is home to a gentle, independent people who have lived for centuries between wind and waves in pursuit of fish. Fogo Islanders live in the untamed landscape of the North ..
Architects: Stein Halvorsen Sivilarkitekter Location: Forsøket, 9010 Tromsø, Norway Project area: 5,300 sqm Project year: 2010 Photographs: Bent Raanes, Sarah Sørensen Tromsøs new fire station marks the beginning of Stakkevollveien – a transformation area between Coal Crane Swing and Campus, and will hopefully set the standard for future developments. On the sites lower level – addressing the St..
SIA AOYAMA BUILDING is a high-rise office for rent that stands in the middle of the commercial district Omotesando, which houses increasing number of brand boutiques, as well as the terminal rail station Shibuya. The area contains a mix of residential and office blocks. Therefore, a building was designed that does not classify into either of those categories; a tower-like monolith with a seamles..
Architects: John Ronan Architects Location: Chicago, USA Design team: John Ronan, Josh Bergman, Evan Menk, Marcin Szef, Anna Ninoyu Project area: 45,000 sq. ft. Project year: 2009 – 2010 Photographs: Steve Hall, Hedrich Blessing Photography This 45,000 square foot new construction charter high school is designed to be used in conjunction with the adjacentGaryComerYouthCenter,locatedintheGrandCro..
The project, located at the shores of the Obersee in Switzerland, will house the headquarters of the internationally recognized landscape architecture firm Enea Garden Design. It emerges from the site as a wooden volume, discrete and elegant, and blends with the landscape as it responds to the natural environment, boundary lines and zoning conditions. After the break are drawings and photographs..
Architects: RUFproject Lead Architect & Designer: Sean Pearson Location: Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa Client: Nike South Africa Local Project Manager: SIP Project Managers Ltd. Project area: 54,800 sqm Photographs: Allan James, Julian Abrams Situated in the heart of Soweto, the Football Training Centre is the centre of football in South Africa, where 1200 teams and 20,000 footballers play each ..
Asymptote Architecture and Artech Architects were awarded a close second place finish for the Kaohsiung Marine Gateway project. The project proposes a 200m long structure situated between two 14 story towers located at the cities newly developed harbor edge. The proposal calls for a new urban intervention at the cities waterfront combining both cultural and commercial aspects with the port termi..
Architects: pvanb architecten Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Client: Lefier StadGroningen Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Courtesy of pvanb architecten The family homes and apartment blocks designed by pvanb architects display brick architecture applied with great care and craftsmanship. They form a tangible translation of the varied residential programme, and continue the brick tradition ..
Architects: Kokaistudios Location: Beijing, China Team: Andrea Destefanis, Filippo Gabbiani, Li Wei, Fang Wei Yi, Liu Wen Wen, Yu Feng Local Architect: BIAD Structure: BIAD Mechanics & Electricity: BIAD Project Area: 10,000 sqm Photographs: Charlie Xia BALANCE ARCHITECTURE WITH LIGHTA challenging project for the most prestigious University in China in the heart of its historical campus. In 2009 ..
