Architects: Monolab architects (Rotterdam) Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Client: Tijs van Ruiten & Paula Colenbrander Engineers construction: K-constructies (Rotterdam), Ove Arup (London) Engineers specifications/costs: Ingenieursbureau Multical (Rotterdam) Advisor installations: Schwagermann (‘s-Gravenzande) Contractor: Bouwbedrijf Hofman (Maasdijk) Construction Roof tent: Stre@m (Rotter..
Woodhead Architects designed this building over a beautiful landscape in Western Australia, integrated with it through the use of wood. The exterior spaces offer a shaded place to contemplate this landscape. The ritual burning of the Pinnacles Interpretive Centre in Western Australia, as part of its design and building process underscores the unique role of fire both culturally and environmental..
Designer: Neil M. Denari Arhitects Location: Los Angeles, California The clients for this house renovation / extension, a couple with three daughters, are a creative, democratic unit. The father directs film trailers, the mother is a graphic designer and illustrator, while the high school / middle school / elementary school aged daughters are all immersed in their own versions of their parents v..
Designer: Spacebox Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands Spacebox® is a new and innovative building system. Spacebox® is a registered trademark for a light weight prefab building system for semi-permanent and permanent solutions. What is Spacebox® ? Spacebox® is a new and innovative building system. Spacebox® is a registered trademark for a light weight prefab building system for semi-permanent and p..
The Wyly Theatre in Dallas is almost finished. This project is very interesting, and REX shows once again how designing a building goes way beyond that working on the volumes and the skin, but to rethink the program itself. Anyone familiar with a theatre knows the program order hasn´t changed much, as it´s pretty much the same you find on Neufert. But REX takes this a step further, by re-studyin..
For the design of a webnet mesh system, we developed a RhinoScript that applies a webnet of any dimension to a surface of any geometry. The script outputs cable count and dimensions to excel for quantity and costing, as well as drawing and labeling each cable flat for fabrication. We are currently in the process of building our own .5 x .5 axis CNC machine to measure, mark, and cut the cables fo..
Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects Location: Nordborg, Denmark Client: Danfoss Universe, Nordborg, Denmark Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Marcus Blum, Thorsten Blatter, Andre Santer, Alessandra Raponi Design Year: 2005-2006 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Constructed Area: Cafeteria_500 sqm / Curiosity Center_1,200 sqm Architect on site: Hallen & Nordby Technical Consultant: Carl Bro Budget: US $3..
San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject has unveiled Mission One, the world’s fastest electric production motorcycle. Designed for Mission Motors, the bike was unveiled at the TED 2009 conference at Long Beach, California, today. The bike has a top speed of 150 MPH and an estimated range of 150 miles. Here’s some info from fuseproject: – America’s Newest Motorcycle Company, Mission Moto..
Cologne 09: designer Kilian Schindler, a student at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design exhibited a range of garden furniture at IMM Cologne in Germany last week. The range includes a wire chair, storage rack and lighting system, which Schindler says are inspired by objects found on German allotments. The project was awarded ‘best architectural concept’ in the d³ schools competition. Here’s ..
Manchester architects Arca have completed a beach café on the promenade in Morecambe, UK. A band of stainless-steel cladding wraps around the sides and roof of the cafe, and overhangs the two glazed facades that face the promenade and the bay. In front of the cafe there is a south-facing outdoor seating area on two levels. Photography by Timothy Soar. Below is some more information from Arca: – ..
