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 ..
An exhibition directed by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka called Second Nature has opened at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo. The exhibition includes Venus chair (see our previous story), created from crystals that form on polyester mesh left in a mineral solution for over a month. Yoshioka also created an installation called Clouds for the exhibition, which consists of overlapping transparent fi..
El edificio se emplaza en el barrio tradicional de Analco, y aunque su intención no es abrirse al exterior, en una búsqueda de integración contextual, solicitada por el comité de dictaminación del centro histórico, tiene una predominancia del macizo sobre el vano e intenta dialogar con los trazos que sugieren los elementos vecinos en la composición de la fachada, la cual de manera respetuosa pla..
LAVA Michael Schumacher Tower Abu Dhabi, UAE The Michael Schumacher Tower is the first in a series of seven towers to be built worldwide. Inspired by the geometrical order of a snowflake and the aerodynamics of a Formula 1 racing car, the tower encapsulates speed, fluid dynamics, future technology and natural patterns of organization. Rather than purely mimicking shapes in nature for their elega..
Tattoo es una ampliación a una casa para brindar a una familia joven en crecimiento más espacio para estar y para cocinar. Muchas de las decisiones de diseño responden a la escasez de presupuesto. La forma, una caja simple, “es la más fuerte que un arquitecto puede lograr con poco dinero”. Cada elemento cumple varias funciones, de modo que el beneficio sea mayor, como la encimera que es también ..
New York architects Aranda\Lasch have designed a temporary exhibition venue for this year’s Design Miami collectors’ fair. The 4,000 square metre structure will house exhibitors at the show, held in the Miami Design District from 3-6 December. Here’s some info from Design Miami: – DESIGN MIAMI/ UNVEILS FURTHER DETAILS ON NEW TEMPORARY STRUCTURE For the first time, Design Miami/, the pre-eminent ..
Architects: Atelier Phileas (member of PLAN01) Location: Dammarie-les-Lys, France Client: Région Ile-de-France Programme: Asbestos removal, heavy restructuration, extension of the workshops while in use, with temporary buildings Consultant: ARCADIS Renovation Area: 3,100 sqm Extension Area: 1,030 sqm Project year: 2007 Photographer: Stephan Lucas The renovation project presented a major advanta..
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