Architects Baumschlager Eberle have designed a combined clubhouse and boathouse at Port Rohner on Lake Constance in Fussach, Austria. The cube-shaped building consists of an irregular concrete structure enveloped in glass. “The irregular structure of the concrete elements is set off against the regular rectangular shapes of the sheets of glass,” say the architects. “The randomness of the glass d..
La Casa en Bahía de los Piratas explota las virtudes de un terreno incómodo, con dos actitudes opuestas respecto del paisaje: el gesto dramático de cara al mar y la integración casi mimética en la vegetación que la respalda. La estructura ligera de acero galvanizado levita sobre el camino de acceso vehicular. El sutil detalle del perfil alado de la cubierta, con pendiente contraria y longitudina..
More from UNStudio: the Dutch architects have completed Star Place department store in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The structure centres around a 10-storey atrium, where each escalator spirals up to the next floor. Called Ta Lee Plaza during development, the completed building has been renamed Star Place. More information about the project in our previous story. Photographs by Christian Richters. More in..
Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Location: Stockholm, Sweden Architects in charge: Gert Wingårdh, Cecilia Ström, Per Söderberg Collaborators: Gustav Appell, Ewa Bialecka-Colin, David Christoffersson, Daniel Frickeus, Bengt Hellsten, Robert Hendberg, Rickard Karlsson, Stefan Nilsson, Hanna Samuelsson Design Year: 2003 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Client: AB Svenska Bostäder Construction: Tyrén..
Lighting designer Bruce Munro has completed his Field of Light installation at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England. The installation is situated on the grass roof of the visitors’ centre, and consists of 6,000 acrylic tubes capped with glass spheres and containing optical fibres. See our previous story for more information about the installation, which will remain in place until spring 2009. T..
Young Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have completed a new residential building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The building, called Conesa 4560, contains twelve apartments and is situated in the Saavedra district of the city. “Every house tries to continue the tradition of the old houses of the neighbourhood by adding open spaces,” say the architects. “A central patio organises the internal cir..
CitizenM is a hotel made of prefabricated room modules at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, designed by Dutch architectural firm Concrete. Each of the 230 rooms was built ad furnished in a factory and then stacked like shipping containers to form the hotel. The following is from CitizenM: – Project: CitizenM Hotel Client: CitizenM GENERAL INFORMATION: citizenM is a new Dutch hotel group that opens th..
Well, here we have another skyscrapper in Dubai, this time in the shape of a giant wind turbine. When I saw this, i thought it had this turbine to generate eolic energy, but actually it’s a structure that holds a panoramic restaurant in the glass capsule at the top of the building, as you can see on the further images. The 2,15 feet (655m) tall tower includes a mixed use developement with ret..
Foreign Office Architects have unveiled their design for the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station in Birmingham, UK. The metal-clad station features digital information boards at the entrance and is designed to handle over 52 million passengers per year. The £600 million project, titled New Street New Start is due to be completed in 2014. See also our story on Meydan shopping square by..
Architects: Kristin Jarmund Architects Location: Oslo, Norway Project year: 2005-2008 Project Team: Kristin Jarmund, Leif D. Houck, Børge N. Anfinsen, Gunn Andresen, Nora Müller, Arild Eriksen, Aud Randi Astad Client: Bertel O.Steen Constructed Area: 23,500 sqm Photographs: Leif D. Houck Functionally the building is a combined office building, car salesroom and workshop. Formally we worked with ..
