Architects: Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec Location: Thiais, France Engineering: BETOM - SIT Main Contractor: DUTHEIL - BETSINOR / LABASETERE Client: PARIS HABITAT Program: Administrative building Project year: 2003-2007 Site Area: 3,5 há Constructed Area: 2,450 sqm Photographs: Benoit Fougeirol - Philippe Ruault Located in the southern suburban area of Paris along wide boulevards and roadwa..
German designers KARO have designed an outdoor library in Leipzig, Germany. Developed from an installation in 2005 made of beer crates, the new building comprises sheltered seating areas and niches to store books. The new building is clad in wood and materials from a former warehouse. Photographs are by Anja Schlamann. Here’s some text from KARO: – We established in 2005 in an abandoned district..
Architect: bittonidesignstudio Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Project Team: Mark Bittoni, Ross Jeffries, Salomé Reeves Client: Private Structural Engineer: C.W. Howe & Associates Area: 185.8 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Eric Staudenmaier Photography Los Angeles-based bittonidesignstudio has recently completed the evansHOUSE, located in the modernist landmark community of Crestwood Hills. ..
Architect: Denton Corker Marshall Location: Manchester, England Project Instigator: Her Majesty’s Court Service Tenant: Ministry of Justice (North West) Developer: Allied London Properties Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Engineers: Mott MacDonald Project area: 34,000 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Tim Griffith An international competition-winning design for the headquarters of the Ministry of ..
A month ago we presented you the finalist entries for Stadskantoor, a new mixed used building at Rotterdam’s City Hall. After a process of public feedback and a presentation to the professional jury, OMA’s entry was awarded with the 1st prize. The strategy of the project is very simple: a modular flexible structure spans between existing buildings, supporting the mixed use program, while freeing..
Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects Location: Hamburg, Germany Architect on Site: Imhotep, Donachie und Blomeyer Sturctural Engineers: Lydia Thiesemann, CBP Building Services: Energiehaus, Sineplan Light Engineers: Andres – Lichtplanung Landscape Architects: Breimann & Bruun Project Year: 2007 Constructed Area: 5,436 sqm Photographs: fotografieSCHAULIN, Hiepler Brunier, Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubv..
Architects: Suppose Design Office Location: Hiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan Program: Wedding Hall Site area: 1,816.46 sqm Building area: 779 sqm Total floor area: 1,241.86 sqm Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano from Nacasa&Partners Inc. From the first time that you see the Marriage Hall, you will want no other place for your ceremony.The site is in the south of the city of Hiroshima, in the prefecture..
Architects: stación-ARquitectura Arquitectos Location: Monterrey, México Associated Architect: Armando Cantú Project team: César Augusto Guerrero Rodríguez, Armando Cantú, Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal, Carlos Raúl Flores Leal, María Sevilla Gómez Programme: Showroom and design room for furniture Client: Ofimodul S. A. de C. V. Size of the project : 272 sqm Project year: 2008 Construction: 2008-2..
Architects: Students of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, led by Professor Frank Flury Local architect: Ecker Architekten Location: Boedigheim, Germany Client: Protestant Church of Bödigheim Project year: 2009 Photographs: Robert Piotrowski, Dea Ecker, Klaus Hilger & John Ruffalo, Brigida Gonzalez Website: Flurkapelle Buchen/Bödigheim The Field Chapel is a proj..
Architects: Johnston Marklee & Associates Location: Beverly Hills, California, USA Project year: 2007 Project Architects: Mark Lee, Sharon Johnston AIA, Katrin Terstegen Project team: Albert Chu, Robert Garlipp, Nicholas Hofstede Client: Sonia Eram (Mameg), Staff USA (Maison Martin Margiela) Contractor: Lofton Contracting, Inc. (Sherman Oaks, CA) Structural Engineer: B.W. Smith Structural Engine..
