Our friends from XTEN Architecture just sent us one of their latest projects. The Saphire Gallery is a residential gallery addition to a private residente in Los Angeles, California. It is designed to display a private collection of contemporary art while also providing for a home office with views to the sorrounding hills. The owners’ collection includes work by the artists Gregory Crewdson, Ut..
Plasmastudio has recently won the competition to develop the building and landscape design for Horticultural Expo in Xi'an, China. The project comprises 15,000 exhibition hall building, a series of conservatories, a 37Ha park around an artificial lake as well as ancilliary buildings. The next stages of development will take place during the next months with the collaboration of Plasmastudio (bui..
Singapore-based design firm Design Act was a finalist in the competition for the World Expo 2010 Singapore Pavilion organized by the Singapore Tourism Board (for the winning pavilion design by Kay Ngee Tan Architects, click here). Titled “MY DREAM, OUR VISION”, Design Act’s competition entry uses permutated cubes to generate a spectacular sculpture that is visually stunning and celebrative. Fina..
Architects: ACXT Location: Bilbao, Spain Project Managment: Elena Varillas, Javier Duran, Ingenieros de Caminos Project Architects: Cesar Azcarate, Ana Moron, Xabier Aparicio, Carlos Guimaraes Structure: Javier Duran Electrical Engineer: Alvaro Gutierrez Lighting: Anton Aman (ALS Lighting) Photographer: Aitor Ortiz PREVIOUS SITUATION The districts of Txurdinaga and Otxarcoaga are located in Bilb..
Architects: Perkins Eastman Location: New York, USA Project Year: 2008 Principal material: Glass Footprint Area: 79 sqm Stairs Area: 200 sqm Photographs: Perkins Eastman The new TKTS Booth, designed by top international architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman, responds to its location a top Father Duffy Square, a slender triangular-shaped public park in Times Square. The TKTS Booth is a com..
Architects: Consortium Daoust Lestage + Williams Asselin Ackaoui + Option aménagement Location: Quebec, Canada Project Team: Réal Lestage, urban planner, principal in the project team, Renée Daoust, architect, urban planner, principal / Caroline Beaulieu, architect / Lucie Bibeau, landscape architect / Martin Adam, b. arch. / Maria Benech, b. arch. / André Nadeau, landscape architect / Simon Mag..
Architect: ARTEKS Arquitectura Location: Tarragona, Spain Architects in charge: Gerard Veciana Membrado & Elisabet Faura Pavia Arteks Collaborators: Elena Berri, Laia Esteban,Gemma Roca, Carlos Cobreros, Fermin Sánchez, Alex Miralles, Ricard Blanco, Miquel Mercè, Manuel González Constructed Area: 28,000 sqm Project Year: 2008 Pergola Engineering: Amatria Engineering - J.M velasco Facilities Engi..
Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Leader: Finn Nørkjær Project Architect: Jakob Møller Contributors: Christian Finderup, Henning Stuben, Ingrid Serritslev, Marc Jay Collaborator: JDS, CC DESIGN Constructed Area: 2,500 sqm Project year: 2003 Budget: US $787,000 Photographs: BIG, Casper Dalhoff, Esben Bruun, Hanne Fuglbjerg, JDS Cop..
Project Facts & Credits: Location: St Patrick’s College, Old Dublin Road, Carlow Gross External area: 4,679 sqm Gross floor area: 3,726 sqm Project value: €18 million Construction value: €12.7 million Architect: Terry Pawson Architects Commissioning Client: Carlow County Council Project Funding: Carlow County Council, Department of Arts Sport & Tourism Structural Engineer: Arup, Dublin Services ..
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) have designed Koerner Hall in Toronto, Canada, as part of the Royal Conservatory of Music’s TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning. The design of the 1135-seat concert hall is based on the classic shoe-box shape of some of the world’s finest concert halls, and features two balcony tiers above the main orchestra level, and a third technical bal..