Architect: Produkcija 004 Location: Osijek, Croatia Client: City of Osijek and Panteon d.o.o. Project architects: Davor Katušic Project team: Venko Ćurlin, Robert Franjo, Ivana Senjak, Mirko Buvinić, Maja Furlan Zimmermann Construction: Studio Arhing, Borivoj Pojatina; P&D, Hrvoje Petrovic Installation: Mario Josipović; Renato Majcunić; Nenad Šutevski Project area: 14,200 sqm Budget: 10 mi..
The Spanish architects Vicens + Ramos has designed a fantastic church in Madrid, which goes its own way without the intention of the normal conventions. Hats off for a brave developer who has dared to say yes to the wild architects plan. A trend that we see more and more, are the rusty facade panels which actually provides an interesting appearance and glow to the façade. from dagensdesign
Bark Design Architects, a small Australian practice, have designed a studio for themselves that showcases their philosophy of design and provides a great space to work. The “workhouse”, an elevated steel, glass and plywood studio, “explores the notion of a mixed work / house typology.” The architects intended for the project to expresses lightness in its modular structural form, transparency, te..
Site: Vitoria, Spain Architect: Francisco José Mangado Beloqui Work direction: Francisco José Mangado Beloqui Collaborators: Architecture: José Mª Gastaldo, Richard Král’ovič, Eduardo Pérez de Arenaza. Structural engineering: NB 35 SL (Jesús Jiménez Cañas / Alberto López) Ingenieros. Installations engineering: Iturralde y Sagüés ingenieros / César Martín Gómez. Acoustic engineering: Higini Arau...
Architects: Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL / Einar Jarmund, Hakon Vigsnæs & Alessandra Kosberg Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway Design Period: 2001-2003 Construction period: 2003-2005 Collaborators: Anders Granli, Nevzat Vize, Sissil Morseth Gromholt, Thor Christian Pethon, Halina Noach, Harald Lode, Stian Schjelderup Client: Statsbygg / Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction a..
Polish Design Season: Jakub Szczęsny of Centrala has designed a floating island that purifies river water, powered by exercise machines. The river water is passed through four filters by kinetic pumps attached to the exercise equipment. It is then collected in four tanks before being returned to the river through a fountain in the raft’s centre. Szczęsny created the installation for architecture..
French designer Nicolas Vrignaud has designed the signage for a building comprising a fashion school, shopping centre, exhibition hall and restaurants on the banks of the Seine in Paris. Created for the development (called DOCKS en Seine) by architects Jakob+MacFarlane, the signs wrap around the existing concrete structure. Vrignaud designed the project in collaboration with architect Lorenzo As..
A month ago we presented you the finalist entries for Stadskantoor, a new mixed used building at Rotterdam’s City Hall. After a process of public feedback and a presentation to the professional jury, OMA’s entry was awarded with the 1st prize. The strategy of the project is very simple: a modular flexible structure spans between existing buildings, supporting the mixed use program, while freeing..
Architects: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects Location: San Francisco, CA, USA General Contractor: Clandmark Building Engineering Construction Inc Project/Construction Manager: Clive McCarthy Structural Engineer: GFDS Engineers Project year: 2007 Photographs: Rien van Rijthoven A robust Mission district industrial building, built in the 1930’s, has had many lives. First as a Lucky Strike war..
Architects: Mozas Aguirre arquitectos - Javier Mozas & Eduardo Aguirre Location: Madrid, Spain Project year: 2005 Construction year: 2007 Client: Local Savings Bank: Caja Vital Kutxa Headquarters Structural Engineer: NB 35, Madrid Artists: Javier Perez: two walls and ceiling of the main hall / Miguel Gonzalez de San Román: paintings on the basement Site Area: 11,042 sqm Constructed Area: 16,578 ..