Samoo Architecture PC, with the project lead Samsung C & T Corporation and Samoo Architects & Engineers in Seoul, Korea, have been awarded first prize and the building/construction commission for the new Taekwondo Park World Headquarters in Muju, Korea. To be located on 570 acres of beautiful old growth woodlands, natural streams and valleys, the Park and associated building complexes are to bec..
Following up on our recent article announcing the finalists of the Slussen urban redesign competition, and news that Lord Norman Foster was awarded Prince of Asturias award, today it was announced that Foster + Partners have been selected. Images and text have been provided by the architects…Foster + Partners and Berg Arkitektkontor, part of C.F. MøllerArchitects, have been appointed to design a..
Architects: Ensamble Studio Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Principal in Charge: Antón García- Abril Collaborators: Bernardo Angelini, Eduardo Martín Asunción, Arantxa Osés, Débora Mesa, Andrés Toledo, Guillermo Sevillano Quantity Surveyor: Javier Cuesta Developer: Santiago de Compostela´s Consortium Construction Management: O.H.L Project year: 2002 Constructed Area: 1,700 sqm Photograph..
Architects: Luis Izquierdo, Antonia Lehmann, Mauricio Leniz y Mirene Elton Structural engineering: Luis Soler P. y Asociados Main contractor: Constructora Marchetti Ltda. Location: Espoz 3125 esquina Narciso Goycolea, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile Plot area: 2240m2 Built area: 2016.45m2 Project: 2007 Construction: 2008 from izquierdolehmann
More from Rojkind Arquitectos, who collaborated on the New Tamayo Museum in our previous story: the architects have recently completed a laboratory building for food brand Nestlé. Rojkind Arquitectos also designed the Nestlé Chocolate Museum in our previous story. Located in Querétaro, Mexico, the laboratory comprises cubic volumes with intersecting domes cut from underneath. The exterior is cla..
Rojkind Arquitectos and Copenhagen architects BIG have won a competition to design a museum overlooking Mexico City. The cross-shaped museum will occupy a hillside above the city and incorporate a large viewing platform on the roof. Cantilevered exhibition spaces provide shade for the social spaces beneath. Packaging, restoration and storage areas will also be open to visitors. The information b..
Switzerland based HHF architects recently have finished an invited project study for an industrial building in switzerland, it is a teaching and information center for the swiss sanitary supplier “Nussbaum“. Architects: HHF architects Project: Invited project study for an information- and trainingcenter Location: Olten, Switzerland Function: Information and Training center Footprint: 1200 m2 Tot..
Designer: Glowacka Rennie Location: London, UK In May 2008 Glowacka Rennie won an invited competition for the design of the Women's Amenities off the Grand Entrance hall at the V&A. from spaceinvading
NRJA, previously featured on our AD Futures series, shared their entry for the House of Arts and Culture competition in Beirut, Lebanon. Project description and images after the break. Proposal for the House of Arts and Culture (the Lebanese-Omani Centre) is based on principles incorporated within competition’s guideline and architecture brief. The House of Arts and Culture tend to become the fi..
Design studio 1:2:3 and student Kristoffer Sundin have developed an interior and graphic identity for the Rio cinema in Stockholm, Sweden. The concept echoes the original design of the 1940’s cinema while accommodating the venue’s events programme of seminars, theatre, art installations and musical performances. Modular furniture can be rearranged and the pendant lights can be gathered together ..
