London practice Amanda Levete Architects have completed the facade of an office building off Oxford Street in London. Work on 10 Hills Place is now complete. Amanda Levete Architects has harnessed high quality ship hull technology to create an ingenious sculptural facade for a new office building just off London’s Oxford Street. Lack of daylight in the narrow streets around this major retail art..
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps Location: Albertslund, Denmark Client: Freja Ejendomme A/S Constractor: N. H. Hansen og Søn A/S Construction Engineer: Jørgen Nielsen A/S Engineering, Electricity & Plumbing: Jens-Peter Madsen ApS Landscape: Svend Kierkegaard A/S Site Area: 875 sqm Construction Area: 408 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Adam Mørk Architectural Concept Community Centre H..
Architects: Arquitectos Anónimos® and Paulo Teodósio Location: Vila Nova Gaia, Portugal Client: Fernando Afonso and Fátima Cardoso Structural consultant: Paulo Lima and Manuel Branco Leite Floor area: 90 sqm Site area: 320 sqm Built-up area: 270 sqm Start of planning: 2004 Start of construction: 2005 Completion: 2006 Photographs: Abel Andrade Two criteria lead to the final solution: 1. Geometric..
Yazdani Studio shared with us the Ordos Restaurant they are building in the Mongolian Desert. As I told you before on our interview with Mehrdad Yazdani, Yazdani Studio was one of the first practices working on the new city, with one villa finishing construction and also a Concert Hall and this restaurant (also nearing completion), public programs required by this huge development. During the in..
Architects: Blank Studio Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Structural Engineer: BDA Engineers Landscape Design: DBLD Electrical Engineer: Tony Woo Engineering Mechanical + Plumbing: Kunka Engineering Civil + Solis: Fugro South General Contractor: 180 Degrees Constructed Area: 209 sqm Project year: 2006 Photography: Bill Timmerman The Xeros project is sited within a late 1950’s era neighborhood where th..
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Hudson Architects have completed a new “citadel” for the Salvation Army in Chelmsford, UK. The new building gives the religious organisation a new worship hall and community facilities. Here’s some text from the architects: – Hudson Architects’ new building for the Salvation Army in Chelmsford is the first Citadel Corps building designed in a contemporary idiom using modern methods of constructi..
Architects: CA-DESIGN / Architecture and Urban Planning Location: Quingpu, Shanghai, China Director in charge: Pedro Pablo Arroyo Alba Collaborators: Yki Fo (project leader), Chen Junquan, Yang Yixiu, Wang Fan, Wang Xin, Pablo Sendra Fernández, Eva Jiménez del Río, Luo Wei. Client: Shanghai Qingpu New City Construction Development (Group) Co. Ltd. Engineering: Bridge Structures Department of Ton..
Architect: QVE Arquitectos Location: Vitoria, Spain Architects in charge: Jose Maria Garcia del Monte, Ana Maria Montiel Jimenez & Fernando Garcia Colorado Cost consultant: Rafael Valin Alcocer / Project Phase Structure Consultant: Jose Luis Fernandez Cabo Cost consultant: Jose Luis Montoya & Luis Alberto Martinez de Sarria / Construction Phase Services Consultant: GEA S.L. Project year: 2002-20..
KSP Engel und Zimmermann recently designed a 77,000 square meter library extension to accommodate the existing National Library of Beijing. The new addition will hold approximately 12 million books and be used by an estimated 12,000 people per day. The Si Ku Quan Shu collection, “unparalleled in its historical and cultural significance”, includes manuscripts produced during the Ch’ing dynasty (1..
