Most city parts of Almere, a city with almost 190,000 inhabitants, have a petting farm. In the 'den Uyl' park there used to be one, but it burned down in the early 80's, leaving only its concrete foundation. Early 2005 we were commissioned by the municipality of Almere to design a new petting farm on the exact location and the remaining foundation. The building was finally built using almost onl..
Architects: Willy Müller Architects Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Principal in Charge: Willy Müller Associate Architect: Frédéric Guillaud Project Team: Francisco Villeda, Isabella Pintani, Simona Assiero Brá, Mariano Arias-Diez Collaborators: Iris Cantante, Bruno Louzada, Edgardo Arroyo, Claudia Barata, Bart Hooijen, Katrine Kunstz Structure Consultant: SBP, Schlaich Bergermann und partner, St..
German architect Ole Scheeren of Office for Metropolitan Architecture has designed a skyscraper for Bangkok in Thailand. Called MahaNakhon, the building consists of a 77-storey glass tower. A band of shifted, box-like elements breaks up the surface and creates terraces and balconies. There will also be a public plaza, retail space, 200 homes, a hotel, bar and restaurant. Building is due for comp..
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au Location: Munich, Germany Principal in Charge: Wolf D. Prix Project Architects: Paul Kath Design Team: Wolf D. Prix, Tom Wiscombe, Paul Kath, Waltraut Hohenender, Mona Marbach Partial Project Architects: Günther Weber, Penelope Rüttimann, Renate Weissenböck, Mona Marbach, Verena Perius Project team: Hans Aescht, Beatrix Basting, Guy Bebiè, Chris Beccone, Johannes Beh..
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects and Patrik Schumacher Location: Barcelona, Spain Project Director: Tiago Correia Project Architects: Alejandro Diaz & Aurora Santana Project team: Fabiano Continanza, Víctor Orive, Rafael González, Oihane Santiuste, Mónica Bartolomé, Raquel Gallego, Esther Rivas, Jessica Knobloch, Hooman Talebi, Maria Araya, Ebru Simsek Local Architect: Ferran Pelegrina Associats..
French architects Manuelle Gautrand Architecture have designed a car showroom and leisure centre for Cairo, Egypt. The structure is based on a series of connecting circles and spherical cavities. “The intersection between them creates all the circulations, atriums, and visual perspectives through the whole building,” explain the architects. Made of concrete, the building will be made up of ident..
Architects: Sander Architects Location: Venice, California, USA Constructed Area: 672 sqm Project year: 2009 Photographs: Sander Architects The Orange Office is an architecturally distinctive landmark on Lincoln Blvd that will be immediately identifiable by its orange exterior. Orange fiber grate provides a screen over translucent acrylic to diminish heat gain. At night the building will glow th..
Architect: Epstein | Metter Studio Location: Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA Principal Designer: Andrew Metter, FAIA Design Architect: Daesun Park, AIA|LEED AP Interiors: Epstein Interiors Landscape Architect: Jacobs/Ryan Engineer: Epstein Engineering General Contractor: G.A. Johnson Constructed Area: 8,360 sqm Project year: 2009 Photographs: Mark Ballogg This project is a 90,000 s.f. Corporate H..
UNIQLO MEGASTORE in Tokyo has opened Tokyo based design studio, Curiosity has completed the design of the Uniqlo Megastore that has opened near Shinjuku station in Tokyo. The new design is strongly influenced by the Tokyo urban landscape and the large entrance, marked with three display towers, recreates a mini-Shinjuku city. As the lighting floor wraps the towers in a glow of light that illumin..
Architects: PROJEKTSTUDIO, ing.arch. David Kotek Location: Ostrava, Czech Republic Consultant: Hutní projekt Ostrava a.s. Constructed Area: 2,200 sqm Project year: 2006 Photographs: PROJEKTSTUDIO The fundamental concept of the design is the division of the Substance of the structure into two clearly defined buildings – hall and administration. It is dialogue between the static and the dynamic, a..