Architects: Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor Location: Oslo, Norway Design Period: 2002-2004 Construction period: 2003-2004 Client: Aspelin Ramm / Norwegian Design and Architecture Centre Project Architects: Jan Olav Jensen (pl), Børre Skodvin, Siri Moseng, Torunn Golberg, AnneLise Bjerkan, Kaja Poulsen, Torstein Koch, Thomas Liu Landscape Architect: In´By Static Consultant: Hanes & Instanes AS B..
Dorobanti tower, a new project by Zaha Hadid Architects in Bucharest moves away from the works we have been seen lately, with a very expressive structure. The 200m tall iconic tower will be located in the heart of the capital city of Romania, at junction of Calea Dorobanti and St. Mihail Eminescu, with over 100,000 sqm for mixed-use development which include a 5-star hotel (with restaurants and ..
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Location: Pamplona, Spain Project manager: Daniel Galar Irurre, architect Lighting: Anton Aman - ALS LIGHTING Builder: Ignacio Huarte - Construcciones CLEYS S.L. Client: Danieli Joyeros Project year: 2006-2007 Photographs: Jose M. Cutillas Project picks archaic magical conception of the universe that surrounds the value of jewel..
Our friends from XTEN Architecture shared with us their entry to the ThyssenKrupp elevator competition in Dubai. The observation tower is located in a cultural park just off axis from the main skyscraper boulevard in Dubai, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Road. I. Site Strategy The site plan for the Za’abeel Park Observation (ZPO) Tower is organized according to a traditional Islamic geometric pattern ..
Barcelona architects and designers Deardesign have completed a flagship store for mother-and-son fashion designers Lurdes Bergada and Syngman Cucala in Barcelona. The store, located in the L’illa Diagonal shopping mall, is divided in two by a faceted beech tunnel stretching the length of the shop. The wall comprises 1,000 uniquely shaped wooden panels held together by 2,400 screws. The interior ..
Architects: Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Location: Pescara, Italy Client: De Cecco Spa Structure: Studio Ing. Toniolo, Sirmione (BS) Total area: 6,300 sqm Budget: 20M Euro Project Year: 2001-2009 Photographs: Moreno Maggi The New Business Centre for Pescara is the result of integration of two simple elements: a low height building with a punctured plane and the “annular” building sitting on top..
Architect: monovolume architecture + design Location: Bolzano, Italy Project team: Christian Gold, Barbara Waldboth, Thomas Garasi Structural Engineering: Baucon Bozen (Ing. Neulichedl Simon) Program: Commercial building Building area: 1,250 sqm Budget: 2,5 Mil. Euro Project year: 2007 Photographs: Oskar Da Riz The company Blaas in Bolzano is specialized in electro-mechanics. In the new head off..
Buenos Aires architects Dieguez Fridman Arquitectos & Asociados have designed the flagship store for female fashion brand Ayres Store in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The shop interior is characterised by several different floor levels that are connected by steps and ramps. The central staircase ascends diagonally across the shop interior to create space with unusual geometries on either side. Here’s..
Architects: AH Asociados - Miguel A. Alonso del Val, Rufino J. Hernández Minguillón, Pablo Branchi Borrell, Francisco Trujillo Baute Location: Sarriguren, Spain Collaborators: Lorena Borquez, Miguela Modrego, Eduardo Ozcoidi, Miren Oyanguren, Emma Alonso, Javier Gil y Clara Ojer Riggers: Michel Aldaz García-Mina, Carlos Revenga Frauca, Idoya Alba Orduna y Aingeru Bozal Lópe Engineering: GE & Aso..
Canadian-based ACDF Architects have designed an International Financial Center for Dubai (DIFC). The DIFC draws inspiration from geographical and geological properties to create a structure that becomes a natural extension of the site. ACDF Architects work to link the architecture with the region to “give the impression that the building takes root from these natural components instead of simply..