Architects: LGLS Arquitectos / Antonio Santos, Pedro Gaspar and Nuno Gaspar Location: Setúbal, Portugal Collaborators: André Rodrigues, Joana Lousada, Sara Oliveira Enginnering: PTV Ltd (Structure, Lighting, HVAC, Fluids, Communication) Promotor: SANTANDER-TOTTA BANK Built Area: 120 sqm (65 sqm enclosed) Project year: 2008 Photographs: FG + SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra The Campus of the S..
Project Details: Client: IT-Fornebu Eiendom Architect: a-lab Interior design: a-lab Landscape design: Asplan Viak Structural engineer: Rambøll Norge AS (competition phase: Arup) M&E services: Electro : Føyn Consult / Ventilation : Norconsult “Transformation is complete at the Fornebu site – the location of Oslo’s Airport until 1998 when it took retirement at 60. Its vacant cavernous Terminal bui..
Argentinian architects B4FS shared with us their proposal in the Punggol Waterfront International Housing Design competition in Singapore, which was shortlisted and awarded a Merit Prize (second prize ex aequo). The two-stage design competition was launched in December 2008 to generate fresh, innovative and new design ideas for high-rise public housing along the waterway. Participating firms wer..
Located directly across the street from Unthank Park in Portland Oregon, The Park Box is a two unit row house constructed on a standard 50’ x 100’ corner Portland lot. The developer and designer of the project is also the owner of the east unit. The placement on the site provides each unit with a large private deck on opposite ends of the site, one with a large yard. This arrangement provides th..
Italian based Stefano Boeri Architetti shared with us their latest project: The requalification and recovery of the ex Military Arsenal on the island of La Maddalena, Italy. This project includes a hotel, a congress centre, a conference building, two large exhibition and commercial spaces and a quay for 700 boats. It was conceived as the central point of the G8 summit at Maddalena, event that wa..
Architects: SUBARQUITECTURA + J.M. Torres Nadal Location: Orihuela, Alicante, Spain Client: UMH - Universidad Miguel Hernández Contractor: UTE ECISA + COMSA Site Area: 1,954 sqm Competition: 2004 Construction finished: 2008 Photographs: Juan de la Cruz Megías The building is located inside the Campus de los Desamparados in Orihuela, next to a lemon orchard. There, the conditions of light, lack o..
Dublin practice FLK Architects have completed a precast concrete residence overlooking Dublin Bay in Howth, Ireland. Called Precast House, the project comprises three separate volumes emerging from the sloping site – a house, garage and swimming pool. The three buildings are made of polished precast concrete, combined with large windows and glass balustrades to reflect the surrounding landscape...
site Shizuoka main purpose complex facility / アトリエ?用住宅 total floor area 120 m2 number of floors 2 upper floors main structure wooden structure
Architects: WOHA Location: Bangkok, Thailand Project Team: Alina Yeo, Carina Tang, Cheah Boon Kwan, Gerry Richardson, Janita Han, Jose Nixon Sicat, Puiphai Khunawat, Punpong Wiwatkul, Techit Romraruk, Richard Hassell, Sim Choon Heok, Wong Mun Summ Associated Architects: Tandem Architects Owner / Developer: Pebble Bay Thailand Co. Ltd Mechanical & Electrical Engineers: Lincolne Scott Ng Pte. Ltd...
Architects: A2RC Architects Location: Brussels, Belgium Client: Palais des Congrès sa and SPF Artist: Arne Quinze Budget: 60,000,000 € Area: 52,000 sqm Competition year: 2000 Project year: 2002-2006 Construction year: 2006-2009 Photographs: A2RC Architects An audacious architectural proposition to the city offers a newfound visibility to the former “Palais des Congrès” by means of a poetic emble..
