Architect: Giancarlo Mazzanti Location: Bogota, Colombia Collaborators: Andrés Sarmiento, Juan Manuel Gil, Gina Amado, María Constanza Saade, Carlos Melo, Alberto Aranda, Ana María González, Jorge Gómez, Manuel Mendoza, Edgar Mazo Project Year: 2004 Construction Year: 2008 Photographs: Sergio Gómez, Veronica Restrepo THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND ITS IMMEDIATE BORDERS More than an isolated ..
About a month ago the Rolex Learning Center designed by SANAA opened its doors and we feature it with a great video and some images they shared with us. Now, Iwan Baan sent us this great photoset he made for March’s issue of Domus magazine, where we can see much more of the sloped interiors and some amazing images of the perforated curved concrete+glass volume that gives form to the building. fr..
The Dan Pearlman creative agency, created a holistic dreamland for young patients with psychiatric issues at the ‘Evangelisches Konigin Elisabeth Krankenhaus’ Hospital, in Berlin, Germany. The patients of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the ‘Evangelisches Konigin Elisabeth Krankenhaus’ Hospital (KEH) in Berlin will never feel alone again. In addition to doctors and nurses th..
Caltech's Newest Shining Star: The Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics press release by Morohosis Architects The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists who study the outer reaches of space got some space of their own with the official opening of the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The opening on January 27,2009, not only marks the beginning of a new era fo..
Mulders vandenBerk Architecten of Amsterdam have completed a playground building in a park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a Corian façade engraved with images of fairytales from around the world. Called Anansi Playground Building, the pavilion splits the playground in two. One side is used by teenagers, the other by young children. The interior is divided into three separate playrooms featuri..
Morphosis Architects is currently completing a massive project in Shanghai: The Headquarters and offices for Giant Group, including residence for the chairman & all Giant Group employees, hotel, training center and clubhouse, with a total of 258,300 sqf (23,996 sqm). Thom Mayne’s architecture has pushed building techniques in order to take his organics form to reality, and I think that the best ..
Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur Location: Arlberg, Austria Collaborator: Jan Schröder Client: Gemeinde Project Area: 625 sqm Construction Year: 2007 Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus & AllesWirdGut Architektur The compact building block is situated at the upper north area of the plot. The north corner of the mainly 1-storey high kinder- garden rises up into a second floor annex to correspond wit..
Architecture students attending the Chinese University of Hong Kong will enjoy the spatial variety and openness of Ida and Billy’s New School of Architecture situated on the edge of the campus. The form, a diagonal shape which is pierced to preserve views of the sky, has large openings to capture the campus’ topology and views of Tolo Harbor, “giving an infinite boundary to architectural thinkin..
PROJECT: Faroe Islands Education Centre CLIENT: Mentamalaradid (Ministry of Culture) / Landsverk SIZE: 19,200 m2 LOCATION: Torshavn, Faroe Islands STATUS: 1st Prize ARCHITECT: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Fuglark COLLABORATORS: Lemming & Eriksson, Samal Johannesen, Martin E. Leo SP/F, KJ Elrad Radgevandi Verkfroedingar PARTNER IN CHARGE: Bjarke Ingels PROJECT LEADER: Jakob Lange PROJECT MANAGER: D..
In 2006, with its centennial approaching, St. Albans School, a private boys’ school founded in 1909, decided to embark upon its first new construction project in nearly 30 years. The institution hired Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to complete a 25,000-square-foot expansion and 30,00-square-foot of renovations to provide a student center, new classrooms, faculty offices, library and auditorium..
