Miami has been changing a lot over this last decade, turning into a rich cultural city. Events such as Art Basel Miami Beach (the most important art event in the US) and buildings by international architects are part of this ongoing change. One of these new projects in the city is 1111 Lincoln Road, a development envisioned by Robert Wennett and materialized by swiss architects by Herzog & de Me..
Barcelona’s new wholesale flower market — Mercabarna-Flor — near the Barcelona International Airport was designed by Willy Muller Architects. The most striking features of the new market are the multi-faceted angular roof structure and the multi-colored outer shell inspired by an aerial view of flower fields in full bloom. The new complex — 15,000 square-meters of buildings on a 44,000 square-me..
Yellow Treehouse by Pacific Environments Architects text by Pascal Panagiotidis for Yatzer Who didn't have dreams back in his childhood? Some of them were achieved whilst others never came true. Well, there is an architectural concept that we all dreamed of as children but could only do as an adult fantasy. The tree-house concept is reminiscent of childhood dreams and playtime, fairy stories of ..
Ferrari Factory Store of Serravalle Scrivia, entirely designed by Iosa Ghini Associates, is located outside McArthur Glen Outlet in Serravalle Scrivia. For the first time in the history of Ferrari Stores an entire building has been designed to accommodate the store. The building enjoys a privileged position as one of the first structures of the Outlet visible from the main parking area and acces..
Architect: Produkcija 004 Location: Osijek, Croatia Client: City of Osijek and Panteon d.o.o. Project architects: Davor Katušic Project team: Venko Ćurlin, Robert Franjo, Ivana Senjak, Mirko Buvinić, Maja Furlan Zimmermann Construction: Studio Arhing, Borivoj Pojatina; P&D, Hrvoje Petrovic Installation: Mario Josipović; Renato Majcunić; Nenad Šutevski Project area: 14,200 sqm Budget: 10 mi..
Hong Kong studio Design Systems have completed the interior of the control room at Hong Kong international airport. Called Functional Aesthetic, the project was designed to accommodatetwo teams – one to carry out daily operations and a second to deal withemergencies. Lighting is installed on the sides of triangular blocks that formthe room’s ceiling, in order to reduce reflections on the workers..
Bark Design Architects, a small Australian practice, have designed a studio for themselves that showcases their philosophy of design and provides a great space to work. The “workhouse”, an elevated steel, glass and plywood studio, “explores the notion of a mixed work / house typology.” The architects intended for the project to expresses lightness in its modular structural form, transparency, te..
Paris practice LAN Architecture have designed a 142m high “mirror tower” for Beirut, Lebanon. The tower is part of 486 Mina El Hosn, a development also consisting of a shopping centre and five blocks of housing. Located in the port area of the city, the tower will be clad in glass and steel mesh, reflecting views of the surrounding city. Here’s some more information from LAN: – 486 Mina El Hosn ..
The city council of Weilburg, Germany, a dense medieval city, organized a design competition upon the demolition of an existing parking structure. ACME’s terrace design is a contemporary spin on the Baroque terraced-landscape building typology found nearby in the Weilburg Castle Gardens. The form becomes an integrated part of the landscape, allowing the project to blend into the surrounding cont..
