147 Laidley was designed and built by the Architect owners, Jim Zack and Lise de Vito, and they now occupy it along with their two children. Design was carried out by the couples architecture firm, Zack/de Vito Architecture, with Lise taking on the role of lead designer. Construction was completed by their companion construction company, BuiltForm Construction. The house is a new, ground up sing..
Designer: stoosarchitekten Location: Switzerland Image Credits: Reinhard Zimmermann, Adliswil from spaceinvading
Sako Architects have designed the BUMPS building complex in Beijing, China. The complex is a mixed-use residential and commercial development, which will be a landmark that leads to further development in the surrounding area of the city. The building is characterized by it’s constant variation between the different levels. Every two floors are set as a unit, and every unit is staggered by 2 met..
PROJECT: Faroe Islands Education Centre CLIENT: Mentamalaradid (Ministry of Culture) / Landsverk SIZE: 19,200 m2 LOCATION: Torshavn, Faroe Islands STATUS: 1st Prize ARCHITECT: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Fuglark COLLABORATORS: Lemming & Eriksson, Samal Johannesen, Martin E. Leo SP/F, KJ Elrad Radgevandi Verkfroedingar PARTNER IN CHARGE: Bjarke Ingels PROJECT LEADER: Jakob Lange PROJECT MANAGER: D..
The house is located in a triangular shape site and with the added problem of a great slope. The parcel is next to another in its eastern side, to the access road in its western side and to a precipice that it is the boundary of the ground in the zone the house opens to the fantastic views of the estuary of A Corunna in its north side. The project is developed under these conditionings in two co..
Further to the first project - Ruth Hiller Residence. Here is the second project submitted by Michael P. Johnson Design Studios Ltd - Yoder/Doornbos Residence. Of the multitude of structures built across the country each year, few ever become elevated to a level considered the “art of architecture” by architectural critics and/or historians. The vast majority of these houses and buildings remain..
description: Arena Zagreb is multifunctonal hall with the footprint of 90340 m2. It is located in the southwestern part of Zagreb, Croatia, at one of the main city entrances. Also it lies opposite of popular Zagreb recreation and sports center Jarun. Arena Zagreb became a new city emblem in one of its main axes, offering to the citizens a large palette of amusement events. The shell shape is fol..
Earlier this fall, Sauerbruch Hutton was announced first prize winner in the international competition to design a new home for Hamburg’s Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt/BSU (Office for Urban Development and Environment). The new BSU building will be erected in Hamburg Wilhelmsburg and is slated for completion in 2013. The design entry by the Berlin-based practice lastly won over 24 othe..
House KvD is located in the woods of Teteringen, close to Breda. Important, from the residents point of view, was to experience the green environment in a most intense way. This ambition has formed the main concept of the building: A house that feeds in between the trees, giving every arbitrary movement a surprising perspective on the forest. The square-shaped volume keeps you, while moving thro..
Gnädinger Architects have completed the Otto Bock building in Berlin, Germany. The building was designed for the Otto Bock HealthCare company, a world leader in prosthetics and orthotics. The organic-dynamic design of the six-storey building is based on the principles of nature – as a model of harmony between technology and people. The facade bands have modeled the structure of muscle fibers tha..
