bangkok based aesthetics architects go group have designed the minister of municipal affairs & agriculture (MMAA) new office building in doha qatar, also known as the cactus project. the building's design draws its inspiration from the ability of cacti thriving in a desert. the energy efficient structure features sunshade panels that open and close according to the sun's intensity, as well as a ..
Designer: Bunker Arquitectura Location: Mexico from spaceinvading
Architects: Hufft Projects, LLC Location: Springfield, MO, USA Design Team: Matthew Hufft(principal architect), Kimball Hales(principal architect), Jonathan Tramba Structural Engineer: Packard Engineering General Contractor: Howard Bailey MEP Engineer: Malone, Finkle, Eckhardt, and Collins, Inc. Civil Engineer: Olsson Associates Constructed Area: 137 sqm Photographs: Bob Linder Andy’s Frozen Cus..
After an international design competition and nearly two years of design, the high-profile, 2.5-million-square-foot Chinatrust Bank headquarters has broken ground in Taiwan. Designed by the Los Angeles office of NBBJ, in cooperation with the local firm Fei & Cheng Associates, the project is slated to reach completion in 2012. The Chinatrust Bank development will consist of a 30-story headquarter..
An interesting concept for a camouflaged hotel on a tree by Swedish architects Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter: The concept is to create a shelter up in the trees, a lightweight aluminum structure hung around a tree trunk, boxes clad in mirrored glass, 4×4x4 meters. The exterior reflects the surroundings and the sky, creating a camouflaged refuge. The interior is all made of plywood and the w..
French architects Beckmann-N’Thépé and landscape designers TN+ have won a competition to remodel Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland. The proposal involves creating a large glass-domed entrance and animal viewing building on the island zoo, and bringing back polar bears after a 30-year absence. Here’s some info from the architects: – BECKMANN-N’THEPE sarl d’Architecture KORKEASAARI ZOO (Helsink..
Green renovations like this one in London are really exciting, because they show how much potential there is for taking something you already having and making it so much better, through the application of smart design. Crawford Partnership, a London based architecture firm, was responsible for this remodel and extension. They replaced a dilapidated lean-to shed with a modern and spacious extens..
Architects: OMA + LMN Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Key Personnel: Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus (Partner-in-Charge), with Mark von Hof-Zogrotzki, Natasha Sandmeier, Meghan Corwin, Bjarke Ingels, Carol Patterson Consultants: Arup, Bruce Mau Design, Davis Langdon, Dewhurst Macfarlane, Front, HKA, Hoffman Construction, Inside/Oustide, Jones & Jones, Kugler Tillotson, Magnusson Klemenci..
When architect Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen's Entenza House, aka Case Study No 9, went on the market a month ago, the listing photos were a bit confusing. The house, it seems, had been converted to a guest house or maid's quarters, while owner Barry Berkus built his main residence adjacent to the Entenza House. While Curbed commenters exercised their usual restraint ("The Berkus house is an A..
Architects: LAN Architecture Location: Saint Mesmes, France Client: Marchesini France Programme: Design and construction of a company headquarters Constructed Area: 1,250 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Jean-Marie Monthiers The primary intention of the programme is to explore the relationship between the building and its surroundings and between the building users and the landscape. One of t..
