First year students of the Vehicle Design course at London’s Royal College of Art presented concepts for light, compact cars at the Science Museum in London earlier this month. The students were asked to research Japanese light vehicles Kei cars, then design a version for a chosen European city. Above: Augustin Barbot, 25 from France Aimed at commuters who need to travel into the city from the r..
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these photos of Casa Parr, a recently completed house by Pezo von Ellrichshausen Arquitectos in Chiguayante, Chile. The single-storey house is built on the site of the owner’s childhood home. The new building comprises twelve rooms arranged around nine courtyards, constructed around the existing trees on the site. Each room has a high, pitched ceiling wit..
Here are some more images and plans of Alpine Capsule by Lovegrove Studio, which was officially presented by Ross Lovegrove at Alta Badia, Italy, this month. The capsule comprises a mounting living unit, where visitors can stay over night in the Italian Alps. Power is provided by several “power plants’, which consist of photovoltaic panels combined with a vertical axis wind turbine. See our prev..
Our green friends over Inhabitat just tipped us on a new project by NYC/Napoli based office LOT-EK, a practice that has been doing an interesting job by reusing containers. 24 containers are put together to create a 3 storey store with over 11,000 sqf, including a bar/lounge area and 2 decks. The store is currently at the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, and it´s transported to each location (Alicant..
Car manufacturers Aston Martin and architects Foster + Partners have won a competition to design a new Routemaster bus for London. The £25,000 first prize was jointly awarded to Aston Martin and Foster + Partners (top image), and bus, coach and truck design company Capoco Design (above). Runners up included Héctor Serrano Studio in the UK, and Miñarro García and Javier Esteban from Spain with th..
Architects ONL (Oosterhuis Lénárd) have designed a whale-shaped building between two existing warehouses on the banks of the river Danube in Budapest, Hungary. The project also involves the renovation of the warehouses, which will be shortened by 20 metres to make way for a new square. The 27,000 square metre development is due for completion in 2010. Here’s some more information from the archit..
A ski jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, designed by Munich-based architects Terrain: loenhart&mayr has been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009. The cantilevered, 100 meter long inrun track is accessed via 332 steps or a diagonal elevator, which lead to three competition decks. The jump will be officially opened during the International Four Hills Tournament 2009, at the end of..
Ubicacion: Tecamachalco, Estado de Mexico Proyecto arquitectonico: rojkind arquitectos (Arq. Michel Rojkind) Colaboradores: Agustin Pereyra, Beatriz Diaz, Alvaro Sordo, Maria Carrillo, Gianpaolo Fusari Construccion: Factor Eficiencia, Arq. Fermin Espinosa, Arq. Ricardo Brito Calculo Estructural: Ing. Jorge Cadena Instalaciones: Ing. Jose Ignacio Baez, Ing. Jesus Saldana Fotografias: Javier Navar..
Architects: Atelier Phileas (member of PLAN01) Location: Bondy, France Client: Town of Bondy - SODEDAT 93 Program: 15 classes, Youth center, Multifunction room, Library, canteen Contractor: COLAS Consultants: BETOM Ingénierie / CAP TERRE / AVEL Acoustique Constructed Area: 3,100 sqm Budget: 5.7M Euro + tax (US $7.18M + tax) Project year: 2007 Photographer: Stephan Lucas The project is developed ..
Amsterdam-based architect Yushi Uehara of Zerodegree Architecture has completed two office buildings in Groningen, the Netherlands. The buildings have identical plans but one is to be used as offices and the other for scientific laboratories. Photographs by Jim Ernst. The following text is from Yushi Uehara: – Shaken Office How far have we matured our architecture? How truthfully have we made ou..
